Poetry from Simon and Garfunkel - "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall"

[Midwest_Doc]

Through the corridors of sleep
Past the shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion.
I don't know what is real,
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

The mirror on my wall
Casts an image dark and small
But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection.
I am blinded by the light
Of God and truth and right
And I wander in the night without direction.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

It's no matter if you're born
To play the King or pawn
For the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow,
So my fantasy
Becomes reality,
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

[LynzM]

1. I love their stuff...

:thumbsup: :D

[canoeist52]

2. I still remember all the words to their albums. Thanks for the memory.

[DutchLiberal]

3. One of my favorite S&G songs... Poetry indeed...

Thanks for posting. Listening to them right now.

[nolabear]

4. I can almost feel what it was like being a kid (13 or 14) and listening to this.

I was a mess. Life was a mess (recently dead mother and shipped-out military father) and a girlfriend and I bonded deeply around a love of Simon and Garfunkel. Y'all can imagine how lyrics like these would be something I'd treasure. Thanks for posting. Some of these lesser known songs are just lovely. April Come She Will is another that I loved.

[Captain Hilts]

5. I've always LOVED this one. nt