you feign i’m your monster
you say you’re misled
i’m curved to your liking
sprawled atop your bed

if caustic is my nature
then why do you taste sweet?
i’m fallen like a seraph
drawn across your feet

my friend, how do you see me?
my friend, how do you see me?
i don’t forget the fractured lines
and loaned soliloquies

my friend, how do you see me?
well, frankly you seem upset
‘cause you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

you laud my endeavors
you call me your best
your land of milk and honey
with my legs upon your chest

if i am your off limits
then why do you lack sleep?
you’re far beyond the boundaries, darling
of she’s not mine to keep

my friend, how do you see me?
my friend, how do you see me?
i don’t forget the fractured lines
and loaned soliloquies

my friend, how do you see me?
well, frankly you seem upset
‘cause you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

you want me for quickly
to prove how i am caste
i’m yours for the taking
when you’re kneeling to the past

if all the books you’ve read of
tell you that i deceive
you’ll find your rapture worthy
with the goodly belle juive

my friend, how do you see me?
my friend, how do you see me?
i don’t forget the fractured lines
and loaned soliloquies

my friend, how do you see me?
well, frankly you seem upset
‘cause you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

my friend, how do you see me?
my friend, how do you see me?
i don’t forget the fractured lines
and faux solemnities

my friend, how do you see me?
well, frankly you seem upset
‘cause you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

you’re pulling at your necktie
i’m lying in my dress

written and performed by
Cordelia Hanford Foster

filmed and recorded live by
Yiannis Karakatsianis

mixed by Jamie Candiloro