A Metaphor For The Dead

by Anaal Nathrakh

From the album: Vanitas

Track 10 of 10 on Vanitas (2012).

Duration: 4:19

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Lyrics for A Metaphor For The Dead

Act! While in delirium, I no longer know what I say, or what I do! And yet it's necessary... make an effort! Bah! Are you not a man? ...alone, before the cadaver... Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto! Ridi del duol, che t'avvelena il cor! Put on your costume and powder your face. The people pay to be here, and they want to laugh. And if Harlequin shall steal your Columbina, laugh, clown, so the crowd will cheer! Pane of glass shattered, yet finally clear. Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto! Ridi del duol, che t'avvelena il cor!

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