De opmaak zal wel zwaar prut zijn, de regels zijn denk ik te lang voor hier, maargoed. Opgedragen aan iemand die van school gaat: To see your face again
and others just triffle, are idle or sniffle 'bout food drink and children or other bewildrement
and still I sit lonelonely 'lone on that bench, through raindrops and thin haze look out of my trench
I see things which are not, or merely not there, pass hours alone 'membring you in despair
this bench I now sit on is rotten and drenched, forsaken neglected, the one in my trench
it's nails are now biting as wood's now all gone, I couldn't care less if I even't were born
when writhing in silence of by-passing people, I 'member the days you were almost my friend
those days now forgotten, and my bench like rotten, I refelt then sorrow I'm having again
one smile was sufficient, one glance just too much, one stare of omniscience to lose innocence
this autumn in april, this mourning in may, all my fault I take it, all my damned behave
when I brought the silence between you and me, what what could have possesed me, wish I could ask thee
and now hapless faces forthgoing with paces and strides of the legs so intireably grey
why are they all crying, so solemnly lying, to me, to eachother to you I'll tell why:
all crying by my words innumer'ble faces and countless disgraces march silently onwards to death do me part
all I want to do in this moment of memory is talk to you reasons of my disbehaviour
but words will not come then, like now in the rain, I'm writing it down but, 't is lost by the rain
all words slowly fading in streams of black ink, now only this scribble will show you I think
I beg you have mercy, uppon my wretched soul, be lenient, be goodness, forgive me my fall
if ever I dare this deliver to you, do read it, for my sake, for my sake, my friendship to you
then do decide highborn, I beg you once more, to grant me redemption, lift me from this floor
now greetings and friendship I send from my trench
forgive me and save me, I'm here, on my bench
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back in black and with a vengeance
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