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Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Julia Bullock
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Am I in your light?
Am I in your light?
Am I in your light?
No, no one reading
The hackneyed light of evening
Quarrelling with the poems
The book's bent rectangle
Solid on your knees
Only my fingers in your hair
Only, only my eyes
Splitting the skull
To tickle your brain with love
In a slow caress
Blurring the mind
Kissing the mouth awake
Opening the body's mouth
Stopping the words
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This light is thick with birds
And evening warns us
Warns us beautifully of death
Slowly, I bend over you
Slowly, slowly your breath
Runs rhythms through my blood
As if I said, "I love you"
And you should raise your head
"I love you"
As if I said, "I love you"
As if I said, "I love, I love you"
And you should raise your head
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Listening
Listening
Speaking into the covert night
Did someone say something?
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Love, love
Am I in your light?
Am I in your light?
Am I in your light?
Am I?
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See how love alters the living face
Go spin the immortal coin through time
Watch the thing flip through space
Tick, tick
Tick, tick
Tick, tick
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