Ahora el escenario está desnudo y estoy parado aquí Con vacío a mi alrededor Y si no regresas a mi Entonces que cierren el telón

Are you lonesome tonight,
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?

Veían temblar la papada gelatinosa o calculaban su peso en libras u observaban zigzaguear el sudor que rezumaba la carne cerúlea pegada a la frente o esperaban que cayese a plomo, aplastando la guitarra sobre el escenario: el placer sibilino contenido en una mueca de espanto, el público como un solo ser, monstruo perfecto a la hora del crepúsculo.

Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day,
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?

Los ojos entornados y el salto mortal de la memoria en la lengua de un mar hecho jirones. La sonrisa fingida y él riéndose de todos aquellos imbéciles y de si mismo. Burlándose de su suerte de rey circense embutido en lentejuelas como diciendo, mirad, éste sois vosotros.

I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world's a stage
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two,
You seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I'll never know.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.

Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?

(Are you lonesome tonight?)