"Who will mourn the passing of my heart? / Will its little droppings climb the pop chart?"
— Stephin Merritt (b. February 9, 1965)
Work Title
Date
1999
Metaphor
"Who will mourn the passing of my heart? / Will its little droppings climb the pop chart?"
Metaphor in Context
"Caution, to prevent electric shock
Do not remove cover
No user-serviceable parts inside
Refer servicing to qualified
Service personnel"
Let this be the epitaph for my heart
Cupid put too much poison in the dart
This is the epitaph for my heart
Because it's gone, gone, gone
Who will mourn the passing of my heart?
Will its little droppings climb the pop chart?
Who'll take its ashes and singing, fling
Them from the top of the Brill Building?
Do not remove cover
No user-serviceable parts inside
Refer servicing to qualified
Service personnel"
Let this be the epitaph for my heart
Cupid put too much poison in the dart
This is the epitaph for my heart
Because it's gone, gone, gone
Who will mourn the passing of my heart?
Will its little droppings climb the pop chart?
Who'll take its ashes and singing, fling
Them from the top of the Brill Building?
Categories
Provenance
Listening
Citation
"The Magnetic Fields, "Epitaph for my Heart," 69 Love Songs, vol. II (1999).
Date of Entry
07/18/2024
