Immaterial Song

I built a house for you
I built it room by room
Color by color, line by line
One sensation at a time
The carpet was that rich red you wanted
The second-hand curtains hung just right
To proscribe the way that particles played
In the slanting shaft of light
I offered up the house to you
Describing its details with great care
All you had to do was look away from me
And the house vanished back into the air
The house was ever only
Ever only empty air

And all I have to offer you
Is sound and light
All I have to give to you
Are words
Come to me with empty hands
You'll go away the same
My own hands are empty
I have nothing to put into yours

I made a man for you
Take him as he is
Take him as a rival, a lover
Take him as a hero, a brother
Just please take him
Just please
Take
Him

And all I have to offer you
Is sound and light
All I have to give to you
Are words
Come to me with empty hands
You'll go away the same
My own hands are empty
I have nothing to put into yours

Rarefied until I am become
A living ghost
My hands go right through
You

I made a world for you
I built it word by word
I tried to make it like you wanted
Based on all I'd seen and heard
Based on all I'd experienced and learned
I opened the gates for you and invited you in
You took a look around and moved right on
You moved right on