i have been here a million times before. i have told my tale to you each and every time, to remind you of my love. sometimes you need no reminding, sometimes i must remind you constantly. other times you remember, but want to be reminded anyway. it made you nostalgic, you said.
in Byzantium, i said:
you loved my mind. i have tried to keep it intact for you. i have never wanted to withhold anything.
lyrics
i was an engineer named Philo
i doubled the cube
we lived in Byzantium
i was so in love with you
it was an age of violence
it was a time of the muse
i was an engineer named Philo
so in love with you
you called me mathematician
i called you my little prime
we lived in Byzantium
the world was yours and mine
i was an engineer named Philo
i doubled the cube
i lived in Byzantium
i new the truth
it was an age of violence
it was a time of wrath
i was an engineer named Philo
on the warpath
i was an engineer named Philo
i doubled the cube
we lived in Byzantium
i was so in love with you
i was an engineer named Philo
i doubled the cube
we lived in Byzantium
i was so in love with you
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