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You and I Are Actually the Same Person

from l'objet petit a by Daniel Miller

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"The Ego Ideal is the place in the symbolic order with which the subject identifies. It is the place from which the subject observes himself or herself in the way he or she would like to be seen...

"When we fall in love, we position the person who is the object of our love in the place of the ideal ego. We love this object because of the perfection we have striven to reach for our own ego...

"Lacan's famous definition of love is that the subject gives to the other what he or she does not have. This object is the traumatic objet petit a, the object cause of desire." (Renata Salecl)

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You and I are actually the same person
You and I are actually the same person
Good coffee is important but it's not everything
It's who you are not what you bring

Back when we were, were not really together
Back when we were, we weren't really together

A fire so hot we're afraid of it
A wound so deep we're ashamed of it
Desire so strong we can't fulfill it
Can't let it grow up can't change it

A fire so red we can't believe it
A wound so quick we can't feel it
Desire so strong we can't need it
Can't let it grow up can't feed it

I had to die to ever live again
Gaining nothing and just labeled as sin
I'm sorry that you're part of that death
You gave me nothing then that's all I had left

You and I are completely different people
You and I are completely different people

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from l'objet petit a, released March 7, 2009
Words and music by Daniel Miller
Guitar, drums and voice by Daniel Miller
Bass and voice Salim Nourallah
Keys and guitar by Chris Holt
Produced by Salim Nourallah
Mixed by Rip Rowan
Mastered by Carl Saff

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