THE DISCOURSE ON LANGUAGE

Music by Gary Radford
Lyrics by Gary Radford and Michel Foucault

Debut: Bottle Hill Pub
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey
December 11, 2009

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LISTEN TO THE DISCOURSE ON LANGUAGE

This demo version was recorded by Gary Radford, June 4, 1998.
All instruments by Gary Radford



Lyrics

Your discourse enfolds me, it brings me to life in a phrase
Your language defines me, it gives me my place in your maze
Please don't speak me, please don't say me
Please don't speak me, please don't say me
Don't colonize my lifeworld

I must go on, I must say words as long as there's words
I must say them until they find me, until they say me
Maybe it's done already, maybe they've already said me
Maybe it's done already, maybe they already said me
Borne me to the threshold of my story

You've nothing to fear from launching out
Your discourse is within the order of things
We've waited a long time for your arrival
We shall both honor and disarm you
And if it has a certain power
It is we, and we alone, who give it that power

Your discourse enfolds me, it brings me to life in a phrase
Your language defines me, it gives me my place in your maze



Copyright 1998 by Gary Radford. All rights reserved

This page last updated February 4, 2010, by Gary Radford.
Many thanks to Kurt Wagner, Marie Radford, and Jon Oliver.