Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Patti Smith
Canonical path: /patti-smith/beneath-the-southern-cross
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Beneath the Southern Cross
Read Beneath the Southern Cross lyrics by Patti Smith on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Beneath the Southern Cross
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Oh
to be
not anyone
gone
this maze of being
skin
oh
to cry
not any cry
so mournful that
the dove just laughs
the steadfast gasps
oh
to owe
not anyone
nothing
to be
not here
but here
forsaking
equatorial bliss
who walked through
the callow mist
dressed in scraps
who walked
the curve of the world
whose bone scraped
whose flesh unfurled
who grieves not
anyone gone
to greet lame
the inspired sky
amazed to stumble
where gods get lost
beneath
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Patti Smith performs "Beneath the Southern Cross", and this lyric page sits inside the Patti Smith catalog on LyroVerse.
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