Vorpal Angel (x 3)
Oldest surviving draft
met and parted perfect strangers you my heartache I your vorpal angel
slept a decade tired of dreaming
cried paint me scarlet call me a rose
by any other name it's not the same
talked to the hand your eye would not see me
tried changing it never did the want went away
met and parted perfect strangers you my heartache I your vorpal angel
Second draft
met and partied mortal strangers one a mirror one a vorpal angel
slept a decade grew tired of dreaming black hazy heartache woke up screaming
wailed paint me scarlet call me a rose it isn't the same by any other name
no game want gone away
left departed mortal strangers no more mirrors only vorpal angels
Vorpal Angel (EP version)
met and partied mortal strangers one mirror one vorpal angel
slept a decade grew tired of dreaming black hazy heartache woke up screaming
cried paint me scarlet call me a rose no other name is the same
no game (never, never came) want gone away
left departed vorpal angel (stop breaking mirror, be a vorpal angel)
no more mirrors only mortal strangers.
Background info
Another one of those late 2003 lyrics of mine dealing with my life back then. See my post on Differentiaton Irrevocable. This is a story of my first, long lasting relationship in form of poetry. I am the Vorpal Angel, my then SO is the Mirror and the situation is me realizing things are about to fall apart.
Vorpal Angel is on the Vipera Aurea side of MtS/VA double EP.
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