The Catcher in the Rye

It doesn't matter.
 It all makes sense for all I know.
 It's the same thing that has come that will go.
 I tried to speak up
 (most of the time I was muzzled by a joke)
 but inspiration took a break and I choked.
 I said I'd give an eye for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I said I'd be the catcher in the rye for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I said I'd fight and die for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I said I'd steal the sun from the sky for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I just closed my eyes for you.
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 It's just a cycle.
 Didn't we all find out long ago?
 From Hemingway to The Crystals,
 from de Sade to Sade.
 It doesn't matter.
 It all makes sense for all I know.
 Those starry eyes will glisten,
 till the waves reach the cove.
 I said I'd give an eye for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I said I'd be the catcher in the rye for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I said I'd fight and die for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I said I'd steal the sun from the sky for you,
 but that was just a lie.
 I just closed my eyes.
 I only closed my eyes.
 I just closed my eyes for you.