Where is your birthplace
the poem mentioned displacement so maybe someone planted the tree in the wrong place so where is it supposed to be placed
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Where is the Yellow Emperor who nurtured you?
the person who was taking care of the tree is the yellow emperor so where is he?
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n the land of your displacemen
maybe the tree was placed wrong cause its talking abut displacement
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One pellicle, another, falls
i think part of the trees bark is falling.. or another guy died, im not sure cause i looked up pelliclie and nothing came up but also im not sure if the men are even really dying
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your gentle bark can’t protect you now.
the tree's bark is probably getting damaged
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ity’s oxygen, small men’s shadow
the tree is helping the city's oxygen but m=if its bad oxygen maybe the men are having problems and some are dying cause its talking about they shadow
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Gingko, vomit-eater of the metropolis,
ginko is a tree and if its eating vomit, trees help clean thhe air so i guess its cleaning the air for the people
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n the comfort of night.
its happening at night
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don’t fall as civilizations fall
if they paying rent then maybe someone isn't and they saying don't let the civilization get messed up
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and we pay the rent. So, please,
now i think its not talking about bamboo anymore so its talking about people that are paying the rent
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You arrange the amenities
amenities has to do with planning so maybe the way they are arranging the bamboo
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ke a thin-hipped dowager
dowdager is a old woman so maybe the bamboo is old
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squats in the sinking earth
the bamboo is stuck deep in the ground
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refuses to bend in the wind
the bamboo is strong and doesnt bend in the wind
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Condominium, stiff bamboo,
building something from bamboo
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Urban Love Poem
its a love poem
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Take me homeJust take me homeYeah just take me home, oh
take her to her house she wants to leave
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I said "I've been there too a few times"
shes been with other guys too
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Can't stop thinking about you" and I
even tho hes been with other girls he still thinks about her
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He says "What you've heard is true but I
hes saying he has been with another girl
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I say "I've heard that you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl"
shes saying she heard about him being with a different girl
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Takes me home, lights are off he's taking off his coat (Hm yeah)
he took her home and the lights are still off
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So it goes, he can't keep his wild eyes on the road
hes looking at her instead of the road
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we come back every time
they always make a comeback when they end
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And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
thats what shes wearing
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'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
they never get over eachother
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You've got that long hair slick back, white t-shirt
shes describing what he looks like
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And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
everytime they end bad they always end up back together
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And I got that red lip, classic thing that you like
i think he has a certain type of girls that he likes
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You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
james dean was a actor that mainly played trouble teens i think so shes saying her boyfriend or whatever he is has that same look as james
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Watch it go round and round each time
i guess what they go through just repeats everytime
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Know exactly where it leads but I
so she should tell him to leave cause she knows how it ends
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And I should just tell you to leave 'cause I
shes about to tell us why she should tel him to leave
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It's been a while since I have even heard from you
i think i was right about fade into view cause she just said its been awhile since she heard from him but shes saying they havent talked in a long time
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Fade into view, oh,
if she was talking about her relationship by saying long drive then maybe by fading into the view maybe shes tryna say its been awhile
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Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise
by long drive she could be referring to a long relationship that may end good or bad
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Midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights
when the guy picks her up his headlights are off so maybe he keeps them off cause he doesn't want no one to see him picking her up
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Itʹs full as Opera ‑
even tho she doesnt have all that stuff that she mentioned, she says its still full as opera so she still enjoys it
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Nor any Placard boast me ‑
shes not getting attention cause play card means like display or showing off
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I mention ‑ easy ‑ Here ‑
i guess its easier for her that no one knows
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Nor any know I know the Art
no one knows that she knows ballet
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The House encore me so ‑
the house is like her safe place
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Till I was out of sight, in sound
shes saying how she feels when she thinks about is, out of sight in sound
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Nor rolled on wheels of snow
she hasnt went through alot for this
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Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls
eider is a big northern sea duck.. maybe now shes comparing herself to the sea duck
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One Claw opon the air ‑
maybe shes referring to her hand as the claw
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Nor hopped for Audiences ‑ like Birds ‑
shes still talking about the stuff she doesnt have
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No Ringlet, to my Hair,
ringlet is a lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped curl, she doesnt have that either-
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And though I had no Gown of Gauze ‑
gown of gauze is like a pretty dress from the old times and shes saying even tho she doesnt have one-
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Or lay a Prima, mad,
prima is like the most important performer so i think shes thinking that if she had learned ballet she would be doing good right now and be the most important
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In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe ‑
Pirouette is the act of spinning on one foot and troupe is a group of dancers, blanch means make white or pale by extracting color so maybe shes tryna make it sound dramatic cause when u take the color from something it becomes white and black and i imagine that as more dramatic. so like spinning on one foot in a group but make it dramatic
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Would put itself abroad
abroad means in or to a foreign country or countries so maybe she gets happy when she thinks about how if she knew ballet it would take her somewhere
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That had I Ballet Knowledge ‑
shes saying that if she knew ballet..
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But oftentimes, among my mind,A Glee possesseth me,
glee means great delight so i guess oftentimes when shes thinking she gets happy
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I cannot dance opon my Toes ‑No Man instructed me ‑
she cant dance on her toes, she was never taught
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Rose garden filled with thorns
thats what the relationship might be like, looks nice but really its not
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I can make all the tables turn
maybe she can flip the situation
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Screaming, crying, perfect storms
i guess this is the worst that she said hasnt come yet
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Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
its always good at first and the worst comes later
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Be that girl for a month
30 day trial and if he likes her he can keep her
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Find out what you want
let her know what he wants
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You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
comparing them to kings and queens
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I could show you incredible things
talking about the cherry lips and crystal skies
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Cherry lips, crystal skies
shes giving examples of the 'incredible things' she can show him
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And I'll write your name
she'll add his name to it
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But I've got a blank space, baby
maybe she has a empty space on the list of ex's that shes tryna add him to
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They'll tell you I'm insane
they'll tell u she's crazy
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Got a long list of ex-lovers
saying she has alot of ex's again
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It'll leave you breathlessOr with a nasty scar
itll either end good or bad
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We'll take this way too fa
they'll go too far
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'Cause we're young and we're reckless
they like to mess around cause they young
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And you love the game
the guy likes to play too
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'Cause you know I love the players
she likes the guys that are players
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They'll tell you I'm insane
they can tell him if shes crazy
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Got a long list of ex-lovers
hes a lot of ex's
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If the high was worth the pain
the high is the point where its all fun and good and when that's over its the pain and shes saying to see if the good was worth the pain that comes after it
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You can tell me when it's over, mmh
he can tell her when hes not feeling it anymore
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So it's gonna be foreverOr it's gonna go down in flames
shes saying so is it gonna be good or is it gonna end bad
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I can make the bad guys good for a weekend
i guess she thinks she can make them act different
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Grab your passport and my hand
shes tryna go somewhere
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I'm dying to see how this one ends
she wants to see how it'll end up
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So hey, let's be friends
she wants to be friends
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And I know you heard about me
theres rumors about her that she thinks hes heard
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Ain't it funny rumors fly
rumors spread fast
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I can read you like a magazine
shes saying she can see what hes gonna be like by appearance
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New money, suit and tie
maybe the guy has alot of money
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Love's a game, wanna play?" Ay
shes comparing love to a game
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You look like my next mistake
shes still talking about how he looks good so he might be her next mistake
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"Oh, my God, look at that face
shes saying he looks good
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Saw you there and I thought
she saw him and shes about to tell us what she thought
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Magic, madness, heaven, sin
maybe theres mixed fillings and shes explaining it like that
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I could show you incredible things
i guess shes trying to get him to hang by saying she'll show him incredible things
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Nice to meet you, where you been?
shes asking where hes been
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Lyrics
the words to the song
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"Blank Space"
an empty space
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with a wild, headlong motion
with a unrestrained forward motion.
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for the game he loved like a country
he loves basketball
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floating perfectly through the net.
someone scored
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and swiveling back to see an orange blur
he turns around and sees the ball
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inexplicably falling, hitting the floor
he fell and hit the floor
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but losing his balance in the process,
hes off balance
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against the glass for a lay-up,
still going for a lay-up
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by himself now and laying it gently
hes going for a lay-up
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in a fury, taking the ball into the air
he has the ball
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while the power-forward explodes past them
power-ford is running past them
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and commits to the wrong man
he gave the ball to the wrong person
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until the guard finally lunges out
i think the guard messed up
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a single bounce hitting the hardwood
haven't bounce passed it once
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between them without a dribble, without
passing it without dribbling
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together as brothers passing the ball
they are working together and passing the ball to eachother
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and filling the lanes in tandem, moving
they are filling the lanes
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both forwards racing down the court
both of the forwards are running down the court
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the way that forwards should, fanning out
they're fanning out how they're supposed to
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like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,
its playing out like the coach drew it out
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in slow motion, almost exactly
it felt like slow motion
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letting the play develop in front of him
hes letting the play play out
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of a high, gliding dribble and a man
he watching someone else with the ball
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in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight
he fell in the wrong direction while trying to watch the others
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who looks stunned and nailed to the floor
the defender was surprised and fell on the floor
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scissoring past a flat-footed defender
the ball flew past the defender
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an underhand pass toward the other guard
the other teammate is already passing it to the other guard
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to the outlet who is already shoveling
he threw the ball to one of his other teammates
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and spinning around to throw a strike
hes turning around about to throw the ball
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from the air like a cherished possession
got the ball from the air like its a cherished possession.
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perfectly, gathering the orange leather
he jumped and took the ball
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boxes out his man and times his jump
the center boxes out his opponent and is ready to jump
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and for once our gangly starting center
hes referring to the the center and i think he's calling him tall and thin
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Fast Break
from the title i think its gonna be about basketball cause swift break is like a swift attack in basketball
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hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop,
maybe it felt like it was taking a long time for the ball to drop
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A hook shot kisses the rim and
someone shoots the ball one handed and it hits rim
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