How is it the clouds hang upon you?
how is it the clouds still hang on you?
I am too much in the sun
but break my heart for I must hold my tongue
the time is out of joint
and I have lost all my mirth
doubt that the stars are fire
doubt that the sun moves
doubt the truth the be a liar
but never doubt my love
when sorrows come,
they come not one by one
but in battalions
if it be now tis not to come
tis not to come it will be now
you would play upon me
pluck the heart of my mystery
there is so much music in this organ
yet you cannot make it speak
you may fret me but you cannot play me
when sorrows come,
they come not one by one
but in battalions – battalions
I have bad dreams
I have bad dreams
I have bad dreams
(c) 2010 Paisley Jura
(lyrics adapted from William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet)
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