yamashita riki - i am no longer here

i am no longer here
(improvised performance)
yamashita riki
www.yamashitariki.com
words and music by yamashita riki
(c) copyright yamashita riki 20050419
all rights reserved


{lyrics - improvised}


"alright let's try something else
what else can i say?
what else can i sing?
i never really thought about actually filming myself like this
it's quite amazing
to see me alive
on screen
i should really get a video camera
cos i have such limited time on this..."


though it seems
that i am far away
though it feels
that i am lonely

never forget me now
never
please remember

for i am here
and you are there
and you are here
and i am somewhere

for all the times
when they will be
exist in time
when it should be

the past, and the present and the future tenses
but i don't think i want to be in there
fitted into a frame
written in a wrong time

so remember
remember me

though that i am no longer here


[*3 minute time-out*]


"actually this really sucks
because i can't really put everything into perspective
it's all these short frames
these short little frames
i just don't like it
i think i should get a video camera
i am going to invest in one
i'm really going to invest in one
this is a nice song, isn't it?
i think it is really over now"


though it seems that i am far away
least you forget that i will remember
try to beat time
within this time
and all these revolutions and these cycles
confuses me

two am
one hour to be

i wished they would tell me when this would end
and i could continue again
find the perfect tense and exist

though that you may be far away
though i am close by there
though it seems you're nearby me
but i am distant

i am here
i am for this moment in time
i want to see you
remember me, please

sorry to keep you waiting
maybe this might be the perfect ending


"okay it's gone now"


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[lyrics produced with permission]

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