Jane Siberry

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The empty city


the outline of the city
the sheerness of its height
i thought that i was kidding
whe i said --- i love this sight

i love this skyline
towers rising from the trees
white bars on a blue graph
not exactly flapping in the breeze

cast upon a great white plaza
filtered down through architects' maps
a stand of glassy super-structures
rising from the sprawling city flats

streaming to the blue sea
gleaming like beluga
reducing to teeming atoms
and a shimmering in the wind

hope you have your camera
hope you have some paper
because if no one gets this down
then it's gone forever

this is the elevator
i press all the buttons
every floor is different
a different number anyway

the marble in the lobby
the silent corridors
is this the new church out of which... no one pours

i feel i'm rising higher
i must be in the clouds by now
i knew it when i saw it
i picked the right office tower

i feel i heard it lift off
break away from all the rest
lifting its great heaviness

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Biografia

Jane Siberry is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in 1955. Known for her ethereal voice and introspective melodies, she has released several successful albums including "Hush", "When I Was a Boy", "The Walking" and "Maria". Her primary musical genre is folk, but her works also venture into more experimental territories. Siberry was an important figure in the indie music scene of the 1980s and 1990s, appreciated for her originality and the depth of her lyrics. Among her most representative songs are "Mimi", "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "One More Time".

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