A Thousand Kisses Deep (poem)
You came to me this morning
And you handled me like meat
You’d have to be a man to know
How good that feels, how sweet
My mirror twin, my next of kin
I’d know you in my sleep
And who but you would take me in
A thousand kisses deep
I loved you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat
You see I’m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
Who loved you with his frozen love
His secondhand physique
With all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep
I know you had to lie to me
I know you had to cheat
To pose all hot and high
Behind the veils of sheer deceit
Our perfect porn aristocrat
So elegant and cheap
I’m old but I’m still into that
A thousand kisses deep
I’m good at love, I’m good at hate
It’s in between I freeze
Been working out but it’s too late
(It’s been too late for years)
But you look good, you really do
They love you on the street
If you were here I’d kneel for you
A thousand kisses deep
The autumn moved across your skin
Got something in my eye
A light that doesn’t need to live
And doesn’t need to die
A riddle in the book of love
Obscure and obsolete
And witnessed here in time and blood
A thousand kisses deep
But I’m still working with the wine
Still dancing cheek to cheek
The band is playing Auld Lang Syne
But the heart will not retreat
But I’m still working with the wine
Still dancing cheek to cheek
The band is playing Auld Lang Syne
But the heart will not retreat
I ran with Diz, I sang with Ray
I never had their sweet
But once or twice they let me play
A thousand kisses deep
I loved you when you opened
Like a lily to the heat
You see I’m just another snowman
Standing in the rain and sleet
Who loved you with his frozen love
His secondhand physique
With all he is and all he was
A thousand kisses deep
But you don’t need to hear me now
And every word I speak
It counts against me anyhow
A thousand kisses deep
Hiljadu poljubaca duboko
Došla si mi jutros
rukovla sa mom kao sa mesom.
moraš biti muškarac
da bi znao kako je to dobar osjećaj, kako sladak.
moj dvojnik u ogledalo, moj sljedeći,
znam da si u mome snu
i tko osim tebe bi me uzeo unutra,
hiljadu poljubaca duboko.
volim kad se otvoris
kao ljiljan prema toplini,
vidiš da sam još jedan snjegović
koji stoji na kiši i topi se,
koji te voli svojim smrznutim ljubavlju
njegovim topljivim stasom
sa svime sto jest, i svime sto je bio.
Hiljadu poljubaca duboko
znam da si mi lagala
znam da si me varala
tako vrela i visoka
iza velova čiste opsjene
naša savršena gospodska golotinja
tako elegantna i jeftina,
ja sam star ali sam još uvijek u tome
hiljadu poljubaca duboko
dobar sam u ljubavi, dobar sam u mrznji,
u sredini se smrznem.
radio sam ali je prekasno,
tako to bude, prekasno godinama.
Ali ti izgledaš dobro, zaista
vole te na ulici.
Da si ovdje kleknuo bih pred tebe,
Hiljadu poljubaca duboko.
jesen se primiče tvojoj koži
imaš neki sjaj u oku
neku svijetlost koja ne bi tebala da je tu
i ne bi trebala da umre
zagonetka u knjizi ljubavi,
nejasna i stara,
svjedočanstvo u vremenu i krvi.
Hiljadu poljubaca duboko.
I dalje se opijam sa vinom
Još uvijek plešem obraz u obraz
Bend svira Auld Lang Sine
Ali srce ne odustaje
Trčim s Dizijem i pjevam s Rejom,
Nikad nisam imao njihovu lakoću
ali jednom ili dvaput su me pustili da sviram.
hiljadu poljubaca duboko.
volim kad se otvoris
kao ljiljan prema toplini,
vidiš da sam još jedan snjegovic
koji stoji na kiši i topi se
koji te voli svojim smrznutim ljubavlju
njegovim topljivim stasom
sa svime sto jest, i svime sto je bio.
hiljadu poljubaca duboko
Ali ti ne želiš da me slušaš sada
I svaka moja izrečena riječ
Ionako se računa protiv mene
hiljadu poljubaca duboko