Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory

The music stopped and I awoke 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 spirits 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 Inn 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 to be your Carl Solomon not something you fear I kissed you darkly 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 in New York City given the other man I don't wanna make things messy he's someone I respect It's an evil situation but I guess I deserve it I guess it is karmically correct Oh no, oh my! Ooh! [?] Ooh! Oh no!, oh my! Oh no!