Emily Dickinson Lyrics - Manafon - David Sylvian

She was no longer a user 

Don't think she realized we knew that 

Not one to make a fuss 

Why this and not something else 

Wasn't it obvious? 

She made such a hash of it 

You can't help but notice 

And a absence of tenderness 

And who wants to live like that? 

And friends turn their backs on her 

She no longer a user 

And she wanted to stay home 

With a box full of postcards 

And no place to send them 

Live like Emily Dickinson 

Without so much as a kiss 

Or the comfort of strangers 

Withdrawing into herself 

But why this, 

And not something else?