The title of this track is a reference to the first novel of the Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, “My Brilliant Friend”
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The Neapolitan Novels are a 4-part series by the Italian author Elena Ferrante, published originally by Edizioni e/o, translated i...
My Brilliant Friend traces where I should end
And where I should begin
And he touches me with all of the needs
And the want that goes on between us
Nobody knows, but wherever we go
He assures me I'm worthy of all of it
Sometimes we lie together
And we cry together
And we scream what’s the harm in it
My Brilliant Friend and I always intended
To break up and take up again
I don't have words to describe
All the worlds that we make in our cat kingdom
He stopped the calls till the night of the fall
Now I phone him whenever I want
My Brilliant Friend and I always intended to
Memories of him
Breaking into the gym
Thought we'd stay in these crutches forever
The mornings upset him
He tries to forget them
I remember for us both
My Brilliant Friend asks me
Never to send him music
If that’s all I can give
My Brilliant Friend traces where I should end
And where