Rogr Lee: “Half the world is waking from the shaking of the earth!”
Posted: July 11, 2012 Filed under: English, Rogr Lee Comments Off on Rogr Lee: “Half the world is waking from the shaking of the earth!”Rogr Lee
In Exile
At first, life without you
didn’t seem so bad
I could do what I want to
and keep your picture in my hand
But things have gone so crazy
in this world of extremes
-half the world is lost inside
a dream within a dream!
An’ that’s why I am so lonely
why I am in exile
why I am so disenchanted
by the human profile
why I always feel so heavy
why everything feels hostile
why the dam is breaking
why I am in exile
(Y’know I’ve come to see that)
life without you doesn’t offer much
except your face
in everything I see and touch!
An’ that’s why I am so lonely
why I am in exile
why I am so disenchanted
by the human profile
why I always feel so heavy
why everything feels hostile
why the dam is breaking
why I am in exile
So I live without you
and that doesn’t make much sense
but I do what I need to
to “keep the wolf behind the fence”
when there’s half the people sleeping
from the moment of their birth
and half the world is waking
from the shaking of the earth!
An’ that’s why I am so lonely
why I am in exile
why I am so disenchanted
by the human profile
why I always feel so heavy
why everything feels hostile
why the dam is breaking
why I am in exile…
(I’m so lonely
I’m in exile…)
© D. Roger Lee 2003
Keep some of you hidden
One error can set you back
Truth is different from the facts
One lover can set you free
One idea can shatter and bleed
And in the end
You’ll tell your friends
Everything as it isn’t
Keep some of you hidden
Keep some of you hidden
Keep some of you hidden
One day I will happen
Upon another stranger
There won’t be any reason
To fear over-exposure
One error can set you back
Truth is different from the facts
One lover can set you free
One idea can shatter and bleed
And in the end
You’ll tell your friends
Everything as it isn’t
Keep some of your heart hidden
Keep some of your heart hidden
Keep some of your heart hidden
© D. Roger Lee 201o
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Élève la voix
Building a life
Buidling a beast
Building ten times what you need
Power-building
Scrape the stars
Addicted to buildings
Addicted to cars
Build a temple
Try a new form
Élevez la voix
Levez les normes
Building your mansion
building on fault lines
Clear-cutting forests like there’s
No end in sight
Reaching far
Beyond his grasp
Man breaking every
Thing in his path.
Build a temple
Try a new form
Élevez la voix
Levez les normes
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French phrases:
Élève la voix – Raise your voice
Levez les normes – Raise the standards
© D. Roger Lee 2010
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Rogr Lee was born in B.C. and spent his 20s in Toronto’s acoustic music scene with various musicians and poets. He then moved to Vancouver where he started to explore painting and home recording, producing his 2nd and 3rd indie CDs. Recently Rogr found the love of his life and is planning a wonderful future with him – and some cats.
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