White Prism Lyrics by Lou Reed

White Prism Lyrics

    There's a white prism with phony jism
    Spread across its face
    And the soulful convicts forever interred
    Lose the smile across their faces
    The smile that registered hopes or dreams
    Has proven just a waste

    And i'm the indentured servant
    Forever in his place
    I'm the indentured servant
    Forever in his place

    I wish i built a cabinet
    Of shiny bolts and wood
    Secret draws and hiding places
    Sculpted out of wood
    Secret places, secret lies
    In a desk lying alone

    A secret letter written to you
    To be read when you're alone
    A secret letter written to you
    To be read when you're alone

    It says, i'm your indentured servant
    I can no longer pretend
    That i'm a lover or an equal
    I'm not even a friend
    I'm not good enough to serve you
    I'm not good enough to stay

    So it is that i beseech you
    To please turn me away
    So it is that i beseech you
    To please turn me away

    Turn me away
    Turn me away
    Turn me away

    I'm asking you to let me go
    It hurts me when you're sad
    And i can not do better than this
    Which must surely make you mad
    I'd be better off in your cabinet
    Or in a prison made of cloth

    Crouched beneath your dress i come
    Shooting little spurts
    Crouched beneath your dress i come
    Shooting little spurts

    I'm your indentured servant
    But even i have pride
    In what i make or say or do
    Although i've lots to hide
    I hide from freedom and i hide from you
    'cause you've found me out

    I belong in prison beneath your legs
    In a cabinet that i've built
    Beneath a candle in a secret drawer
    In a prison by a moat

    I'm your indentured servant
    And i'm asking you to leave
    Me outside this prison cell
    Where only you can breathe
    I-i-i, i'm your indentured servant
    But i'm asking you for this

    Please release me from this love
    And do it with a kiss
    I'm your indentured servant
    I'm the one you'll miss

    Do it with a kiss
    Do it with a kiss
    Do it with a kiss
    I'm the one you'll miss

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