This is great. I am so much less irritated by music now. Here's a song I like quite a bit. It's by ani.
Superhero
sleep walking through the all-nite drug store baptized in fluorescent light i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right and every pop song on the radio is suddenly speaking to me art may imitate life but life imitates t.v. 'cuz you've been gone exactly two weeks two weeks and three days and let's just say that things look different now different in so many ways i used to be a superhero no one could touch me not even myself you are like a phone booth that i somehow stubmled into and now look at me i am just like everbody else if i was dressed in my best defenses would you agree to meet me for coffee if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors would you still know which one was me if i was naked and screaming on your front lawn would you turn on the light and come down screaming, there's the asshole who did this to me stripped me of my power stripped me down i used to be a superhero no one could hurt me not even myself you are like a phone booth that i somehow stubmled into and now look at me i am just like everybody else yeah you've been gone exactly two weeks two weeks and three days and now i'm a different person different in so many ways tell me what did you like about me and don't say my strength and daring 'cuz now i think i'm at your mercy and it's my first time for this kind of thing i used to be a superhero i would swoop down and save me from myself but you are like a phone booth that i somehow stumbled into and now look at me i am just like everybody else
There appears to be a new song that I can listen to. I'm stuck on it now. Been this way for about a week. It's by Morphine and it is The Saddest Song.
The Saddest Song
On my first day back my first day back in town My first day my first day back in town The clouds up above they were humming our song Humming humming our song My biggest fear is if I let you go You'll come and get me in my sleep My biggest fear is if I let you go You'll come and get me in my sleep Come and get me I set my course sailed away from shore Steady steady as she goes I crash in the night two worlds collide But when two worlds collide no one survives no one survives and The reddest of reds the bluest of blues The saddest of songs I'll sing for you and My biggest fear is if I let you go You'll come and get me in my sleep My biggest fear is if I let you go You'll come and get me in my sleep Come and get me come and get me in my sleep Come and get me come and get me in my sleep
This is interesting. There is only one song I seem to be able to listen too now that doesn't irritate me. It is No Woman, No Cry by the Fugees. There are a lot of "oh"s and "ah"s in this one.
No Woman, No Cry
A dedication to all the refugees worldwide One time say, say, say
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Brooklyn. Observing the crookedness as it mingled with the good people we meet. Good friends we had, Good friends we've lost along the way. In this great future you can't forget your past, So dry your tears I say And to my peeps who passed away, No woman, no cry, no woman no cry, say say say. Hey little sister don't shed no tears No woman no cry say say say. I remember when we used to rock in a project yard in Jersey, And little Georgie would make the firelight, As stolen cars passed through the night And then we'd hit the corner store for Roots, paper, and brew. My drink's my only remedy For pain of losing family, but while I'm gone Shorty, Everything's gonna be alright, everything's gonna be alright, Fugees come to the dance tonight, everything's gonna be alright, O everything's gonna be alright, The gun man's in the house tonight, But everything's gonna be alright.
Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah
No woman no cry, no woman no cry. Hey, little sister, don't shed no tears No woman no cry say say say. I remember when we used to sit in a government yard in Trenchtown.
The hypocrites as they mingled with the good people we meet. Good friends we had Oh good friends we've lost Along the way hey. In this great future, You can't forget your past so dry your tears I say And no woman no cry. No woman no cry say say say. Hey, little sistser, don't shed no tears No woman no cry and to my peeps who passed away
Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah Oh ah oh ah
Here's a song that I have been obsessed with for about half a year. There were some times last year (while still at Mudd) when I listened to this song several times in a row for hours. It's Annie Lennox's version of an older song by The Lover Speaks called No more I love yous. Honestly, it took me until a few days ago to really figure out what this song was talking about. (these aren't the exact lyrics, but they are close enough.)
No more I love yous
I used to be a lunatic from the gracious days I used to be woebegone and so restless nights My aching heart would bleed for you to see But now... I don't find myself bouncing home Whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry
No more I love yous The language is leaving me No more I love yous Changes are shifting outside the words
I used to have demons in my room at night Desire, despair, desire So many monsters But now... I don't find myself bouncing along Whistling my conscience to make me cry
No more I love yous The language is leaving me No more I love yous The language is leaving me in silence No more I love yous Changes are shifting outside...the words
"Everybody would be really crazy And the words would come... And you know what, Mommy? Everybody was being really crazy" "The monsters are crazy There are monsters outside"
No more I love yous The language is leaving me No more I love yous The language is leaving me in silence No more I love yous Changes are shifting outside the words Outside the words No more I love yous... Changes are shifting outside the words Outside the words
I wasn't as obsessed with this song as Justin Radick was. But back in the day this was a good one to make anyone depressed. It's called Empty Box and it's by Morphine. I rediscovered it this summer.
Empty Box
tore open a package it was an empty box no meaning to me just an empty box sender was a woman sender was a woman she said she's sending me everything that i i i never gave her before she said fill it up and send it back fill it up and send it back so i sent her back an empty box a big mistake, sent back an empty box half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight and half insane just a sound
i crossed into a valley a valley so dark that when i look back i can't see where i begin i can't see my hands i don't even know if my eyes are open in the morning i was by the sea and i swam out as far as i could swim until i was too tired to swim anymore and then i floated and tried to get my strength back
and then an empty box came floating by an empty box and I crawled inside half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight and half insane just a sound in the night half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight and half insane just a sound
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