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Cruel Diagram

by Ortega Fuerte

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Wake up!
Wake up!

Teach me all the rules and I'll dissent; tell me when to stop, I won't relent, my God, what have I done?
I made a cruel diagram of you.
In the heart of night I creep upstairs. Anywhere you want me, I'm not there, my God, what have I done?
I made a cruel diagram of you.

In the morning when you wake, you'll see it;
There's a question where your head should be, it
Shows the static that you call a heart, a
Vague disturbance in the lower part (I knew...);

It's you.

Vipers in the sand less often kill
Than the mind of man when warped by will, my God
What have I done?
I made a cruel diagram of you.

If you want someone to diagnose you,
Give them something they can get up close to,
Mark your feelings with a dotted line and
Welcome healing with an empty mind, or two--
It's you!

Feel free to take it home and learn
all about yourself!

Everyone you know cries 'safety first,'
'Take it as it goes', 'relax', 'rehearse':
My God, what have I done?
I made a cruel diagram of you.

All the pictures in the drawing room I
Just replaced them with these maps of you, they
Show your circulation marked in black and
Something " kill a fellow_________ , venom lack," I
Wouldn't know myself without your insight;
Couldn't trust myself to heal your snakebite;
I'm just telling you what you told me, I
drew the pictures that your eyes can't see
Right through,
It's you.
I made a cruel diagram of you.

Wake up!
Why won't you wake up?!
What's wrong?
Why won't you wake up?

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released May 14, 2015

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Ortega Fuerte Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ortega Fuerte are a group of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists founded in 2003 by core member Hugo Grayling and often including the contributions of Air Anchor's Chris Rohlf.

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