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ALL OF A PIECE song lyrics
by Joel Sattler based on Baudelaire

Based on a translation of "Tout Entiere"
from FLEURS DU MAL by Charles Baudelaire

the Demon of my upper hall
this morning came and paid a call
and tried to find in me a fault
and said "I'd like to know it all

"of all the magic beauty here
that of her body do compose
which is the sweetest and most dear
of all the wonders black and rose

"do you suppose?" oh my soul
of this abhorrence I replied
"no piece is better than the whole
if I said other then I lied

"when I am much too delighted
it's so hard to get it right
it dazzles as the dawn is brighted
overwhelms me in the night

"and even harmony exquisite
governs best her beauteous corpse
I am a poor analysist
my judgment turns and twists and warps

"Oh metamorpho mystical
all of my senses merge to one
even her breath is musical
and her voice makes me undone!"


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