​of Montreal - Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory lyrics

Music stopped and I woke
I can laugh at myself if I get the joke
Somebody's paying attention and not coping
Well with all the concrete, ooh
He ruined you without a
Single intelligent word
Sometimes, you get the punishment
Somebody else deserved
But a man must have his conquest
To keep his spirit's high, and I

And I and I heard you whimpering from
Behind the red curtain
I just rolled my eyes and
Went back to my book
I realize that if ever there
Was something alive in you
Something I could love
That thing must now be dead
I asked if I can come visit
Her in her living grave
The place where she and
Her circumstantial husband stay
To whisk her away or at least shake things up
But who am I to break up an unhappy home?

And you said you wanted to
Murder your rabid heart well you mustn't
It's a part of you that I love the best
You must keep it safe, let it stay wild
Let it stay free
It's what makes you special
So much better than me

I sent you missives from the carriage
And you started killing our story
Before it could even begin
Mourning us almost keeps you alive
But in the wasteland of my memory
I know that you'll never survive

She recited O'Hara's "Having a Coke With You"
While my friends were at a
Bar outside of Lido
Smoking hash, talking anti-American trash

I want your come silent
Like something you fear
I kissed you on the South Street Seaport pier
She's the daughter of the owl
I'm the fox's brother
Why's it so hard for us to
Say nice things to each other?

I know she feels for me
I know she does what she can
But still I'm out of New York
City given the other man
I don't wanna make things messy
With someone I respect
It's an evil situation but I
Guess I deserve it
I guess it is comically correct
Oh, no, oh my! Ooh!

Ooh! Oh, no!, oh my!
Oh, no!