The Monster Inside (Borges Mix)

by Gustavo Lovato

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lyrics

(Chorus)
Have I shown you my monster inside?
It’s similar to yours but this one is mine

Mine can speak gently and eloquently
(You may not always detect it)
It hoists verbs like “enarbolar” and writes divine
But buries the treasure chest empty of riches and full of regrets

(Chorus)

I tried starving him and tried to blind him with radiant hope
And all I managed to do is entwine sighs and signs into an ever tightening rope
around my neck

(Chorus)

Borges expressed it so much better than I. Who is the demon inside knocking incessantly during the early hours and ringing in my ear in the late hours?
(It is I.)
(It is I.)

(Chorus)

There is no victory in this rediscovery. Much better souls have been here before and tiptoed through the creaking wooden floors without awakening the baby nor the guard dog.

(Chorus)

I apologize for his lack of manners and for leaving messes around the house.
(I’ll speak to him about that again.)

credits

released January 13, 2021
Gustavo Lovato - all sounds and drum programming
Bill Swartz - drum programming
Jorge Luis Borges - voice reading his own "Borges y yo"

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singer-songwriter born in Argentina, currently in Brooklyn, NY

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