Hmph.
The night the lights went out in NYC by the Ataris
The lights are out in the city tonight
So close your eyes, gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out
If I could have one wish tonight
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you
We spend our whole lives searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
So many paths that we can take
To bring us to our destiny
Gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out
If I could have one wish tonight
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you
We spend our whole lives searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
Be careful what you wish for
These stars are fading out.
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The Ataris always remind me of high school. Their songs have that optimistic and dreamy quality that made up high school, when every smile was pure joy and every heartbreak worldrending. Back then, days seemed full of color, even when spent in the same old places with the same people. We didn't need anyone else to create wonderful memories back then. All we needed were each other.
I sound like a different person now. I'm a bit more guarded, a bit more anxious. I don't have the unbridled passion of youth nor the steady composure of experience. I'm at that awkward in-between stage, with clunky movements and a lack of conviction.
We're all stars fading out.
But we'll always have those years when everything was clean and pure. I'm grateful for those people in my life who accept me no matter who I become. I keep making my mistakes and I'm not really sure where I'm headed, but to them, I'm still that guy. One of those people who were part of their lives and lent his light for one moment. Even a cactus flower blooms once in the darkness every month, so why can't a man's life have those moments of redemption?
I digress, I'm rambling. And writing is becoming very painful, like I'm agonizing over every word. Like I said, guarded.
If I could have one wish tonight...
Oct 31, 2008. 11:11 pm
The lights are out in the city tonight
So close your eyes, gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out
If I could have one wish tonight
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you
We spend our whole lives searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
So many paths that we can take
To bring us to our destiny
Gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out
If I could have one wish tonight
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you
We spend our whole lives searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have
Be careful what you wish for
These stars are fading out.
-------------------------------------
The Ataris always remind me of high school. Their songs have that optimistic and dreamy quality that made up high school, when every smile was pure joy and every heartbreak worldrending. Back then, days seemed full of color, even when spent in the same old places with the same people. We didn't need anyone else to create wonderful memories back then. All we needed were each other.
I sound like a different person now. I'm a bit more guarded, a bit more anxious. I don't have the unbridled passion of youth nor the steady composure of experience. I'm at that awkward in-between stage, with clunky movements and a lack of conviction.
We're all stars fading out.
But we'll always have those years when everything was clean and pure. I'm grateful for those people in my life who accept me no matter who I become. I keep making my mistakes and I'm not really sure where I'm headed, but to them, I'm still that guy. One of those people who were part of their lives and lent his light for one moment. Even a cactus flower blooms once in the darkness every month, so why can't a man's life have those moments of redemption?
I digress, I'm rambling. And writing is becoming very painful, like I'm agonizing over every word. Like I said, guarded.
If I could have one wish tonight...
Oct 31, 2008. 11:11 pm