From Grace

The song said a man will rise,

a man will fall,

from the sheer face of love

like a fly on a wall

but he has no wings

only the memory thereof

from her he understood rise,

now he understands fall,

arms outstretched in blackness

fingers brush a surface he cannot see

only feel, now raspy, now smooth,

with no purchase for his heart

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Italicized words above are lyrics from "The Fly", by U2, from the album Achtung, Baby. But you probably already knew that...