; or, A Confederacy of Dunces

ELIZABETH In a nightmare Where caring is seen as weak Where a frightening pair of eyes See people as either Sheep that are eaten or wolves that eat Where hatred shaped The way they made the world We need gentle eyes To see past the lines Of chalk they box us in If those eyes were prized But that's just not the world we live in I love you, Margaret

MARGARET I would paint you as you are Not the you who plays the part But you as you are to me But the sublest of hues Could never summon you Beautiful you These blues useless To get that beauty through No, this won't do But love is dangerous Because love only comes with trust Under a sun as unjust as we've been thrust Only a dunce trusts anyone But that’s how you know when you’re in love The defenses you put up are not enough God, I must be as dumb as they come Cause somehow I trust you, goddammit And I love you, Elizabeth

E & M

I love you I do, I do, I do

ELIZABETH E & M inside of a heart Carved in the poplar bark That is scarred I will dare to share Share the me they’re scared to see The airs we put on Make air hard to breathe So take… Cause freedom means to truly be Who you see when you dig in deep And strength is seeing through this deceit And being seen by who you see No chalk they lock us in is strong enough We are stronger by far When we are together as one soul I love you, Margaret

MARGARET E & M inside a heart Carved in the poplar bark Our tree that is scarred with love I will dare to share the me They’re not prepared to see Scared as I may be These airs we put on Make air hard to breathe … this ring Cause freedom means to truly be Who you see when you dig in deep And strength is seeing through this deceit And being seen by who you see When we got what we got No chalk is strong enough We are stronger by far When we are together as one soul I love you, Elizabeth