4 QuestionsempressjolieAugust 19 2005, 05:04:11 UTC
Ok, make that 3 parts! Damn LJ!
2) I thought that the song question would be the easiest....until I realized all of the "me" songs aren't really songs about me. They're songs about me AND someone else. Some fling, some relationship, some love affair, some friendship, some ships-passing-in-the-night thing. But they aren't about just me. You didn't specify "just me", but I'm pretty sure that's what you meant. So this was a really, really tough question for me. I couldn't think of just one song (I'm not sure what that says about me). So I took your suggestion and grabbed a verse (or so) from each song that I felt was most about me. "Joyful Girl" by Ani DiFranco: "i do it for the joy it brings because i'm a joyful girl because the world owes me nothing we owe each other the world and i do it 'cause it's the least i can do i do it 'cause i learned it from you and i do it just because i want to 'cause i want to
everything i do is judged and they mostly get it wrong but oh well 'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged and the woman who lives there can tell the truth from the stuff that they say and she looks me in the eye and says would you prefer the easy way no, well o.k. then don't cry"
"Cheap and Evil Girl" by Bree Sharp: "The cheap and evil girl sets out on the city She's moistened every curl, she's poisonously pretty And the unsuspecting fool falls prey As the dim detective's led astray Genuflecting boys all say, 'The cheap and evil girl will get her way'"
"32 Flavors" by Alana Davis: "squint your eyes and look closer i'm not between you and your ambition i am a poster girl with no poster i am thirty-two flavors and then some and i'm beyond your peripheral vision so you might want to turn your head cause someday you're going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said"
"Breathe (2am)" by Anna Nalick: "2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song If I get it all down on paper, its no longer inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud And I know that you'll use them, however you want to"
"New Thing Now" by Shawn Colvin: "How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on And still it is the same now I am older Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs And minding less and less if I am colder
But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest And it spreads just like a fire inside my body Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby
It was never clear what would come but that's the risk and that's the test And you were the only one so far to follow And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest Or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back It's like you're waiting for Godot And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and Go...
And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess? And someone always answers like a martyr Is it something you should know, did you never do your best Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder"
"Just A Girl" by No Doubt: "Take this pink ribbon off my eyes I'm exposed And it's no big surprise Don't you think I know Exactly where I stand This world is forcing me To hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me Don't let me out of your sight I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite So don't let me have any rights Oh... I've had it up to here!*** The moment that I step outside So many reasons For me to run and hide I can't do the little things I hold so dear 'Cause it's all those little things That I fear"
2) I thought that the song question would be the easiest....until I realized all of the "me" songs aren't really songs about me. They're songs about me AND someone else. Some fling, some relationship, some love affair, some friendship, some ships-passing-in-the-night thing. But they aren't about just me. You didn't specify "just me", but I'm pretty sure that's what you meant. So this was a really, really tough question for me.
I couldn't think of just one song (I'm not sure what that says about me). So I took your suggestion and grabbed a verse (or so) from each song that I felt was most about me.
"Joyful Girl" by Ani DiFranco:
"i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
we owe each other the world
and i do it 'cause it's the least i can do
i do it 'cause i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
'cause i want to
everything i do is judged
and they mostly get it wrong
but oh well
'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
and the woman who lives there can tell
the truth from the stuff that they say
and she looks me in the eye
and says would you prefer the easy way
no, well o.k. then
don't cry"
"Cheap and Evil Girl" by Bree Sharp:
"The cheap and evil girl sets out on the city
She's moistened every curl, she's poisonously pretty
And the unsuspecting fool falls prey
As the dim detective's led astray
Genuflecting boys all say,
'The cheap and evil girl will get her way'"
"32 Flavors" by Alana Davis:
"squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not between you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you're going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said"
"Breathe (2am)" by Anna Nalick:
"2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to"
"New Thing Now" by Shawn Colvin:
"How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on
And still it is the same now I am older
Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs
And minding less and less if I am colder
But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest
And it spreads just like a fire inside my body
Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh
Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby
It was never clear what would come but that's the risk and that's the test
And you were the only one so far to follow
And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest
Or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back
It's like you're waiting for Godot
And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and
Go...
And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess?
And someone always answers like a martyr
Is it something you should know, did you never do your best
Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder"
"Just A Girl" by No Doubt:
"Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed
And it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me
To hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights
Oh... I've had it up to here!***
The moment that I step outside
So many reasons
For me to run and hide
I can't do the little things
I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things
That I fear"
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