Pound of Flesh - Regina Spektor

If you’re never sorry

Then you can’t be forgiven

If you’re not forgiven

Then you can’t be forgotten

If you’re not forgotten

Then you can live forever

If you live forever

Then you’ll begin to dream

Of death, death, death, death

Death…

Ezra Pound sat upon my bed

Asked me which books as of late I’ve read

Ezra Pound sat upon my bed

Asked me which books as of late I’ve read

Asked me if I’ve, uh, read his own

And whether I could spare a pound

Of flesh to cover his bare bones

I says, «Man, take a pound, take two

What’s a pound of flesh between

Friends like me and you?

What’s a pound of flesh among friends?

What’s a pound of flesh among friends?»

But if you’re never sorry

If you’re never sorry

If you’re never sorry

Then you can’t be forgiven

If you’re not forgiven

Then you can’t be forgotten

If you’re not forgotten

Then you must live forever

If you live forever

You cannot be reborn

If you’re not reborn then

You can’t be a baby

If you’re not a baby

You can’t learn how to crawl

If you cannot crawl away

Then you must stay in bed all day

If you stay in bed all day

You’re sure to have some visitors

Ezra Pound will sit upon your bed

Ask you which books as of late you’ve read

Ask you if you’ve, uh, read his own

And whether you could spare a pound

Of flesh to cover his bare bones

You’ll say, «Man, take a pound, take two

What’s a pound of flesh between

Friends like me and you?

What’s a pound of flesh among friends?

What’s a pound of flesh among friends?

What’s a pound of flesh among friends?»