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Hostage Heart

from Private Violence by Jaggery

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lyrics

this is my work of art • yours was a hostage heart
& now you’re haunting me • & now i want to see
i’ve seen your face • in my mirror
read your words • in my journal
thought about • what one life could bring
& what we share • identifying • in very precious things

i have wondered what my hands could do
& i have wondered what they are capable of --
i have wondered of what your hands could do
& i have wondered what they were capable of
acts of murder & works of art
& if a hostage heart was capable of
love

your dark liberty • strange sensitivity
& no humility • i hear my note sounding
& hunger strike • think it our only recourse
we wonder why • holding the world by the horns
we are exiled • riding the line • between expressing & destroying

i have wondered what these hands could do
& i have wondered what they are capable of when push comes to shove
i’ve wondered of what those hands could do
& i have wondered what they were capable of
such violence & works of art

want to bring you back • & talk to you
want to hold your hands • i think that i understand
this is urgent • what you wanted to do
if given the chance • but i’ve no excuse
i’ll turn you loose
the hostage • the hostage
have courage • have courage
cuz he’s not dead • he’s not dead
seventeen minutes left • so show some respect
he’s not dead • he’s not dead • he’s not dead ----- yet

so here’s a work of art
to & from a hostage heart

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from Private Violence, released November 13, 2012

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