"And my brain is like an orchestra / Playing on, insane"

— Lenker, Adrianne


Date
2017
Metaphor
"And my brain is like an orchestra / Playing on, insane"
Metaphor in Context
Burn up with the water
The floods are on the plains
The planets in a rose
Who knows what they contain?
And my brain is like an orchestra
Playing on, insane

Will you love me like you loved me in the January rain?
Categories
Provenance
Listening
Citation
Big Thief, "Mary," Capacity (Saddle Creek, 2017). Written by Adrianne Lenker.
Date of Entry
01/24/2018

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.