Lists
Ten songs from my playlist, and why they're there:
1, Imogen Heap: "Goodnight and Go"; it's a pretty song and I like the lyrics.
One of these days, you'll miss your train and come stay with me
We'll have drinks and talk about things, any excuse to stay awake with you
You'll sleep here, I'll sleep there, but then the heating may be down again at my convenience
we'd be good, we'd be great together
*sigh*
GO!
2. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18; it reminds me of a friend. A very good friend, despite what he says.
3. Antigone Rising: "Open Hearts and Doors"; it reminds me that sometimes it's really for the best to say goodbye.
If you
you don't know by now
Then you
you don't know by now about
Open hearts and doors
Once
I was the big mistake
That one was hard to shake
Forgiveness draws its first breath with hesitation
4. Voltaire: "Dunce"; don't we all feel that way sometimes?
I don't know what to say
I was only trying to make you smile
and bring some needed levity
to your world for a while
I never meant to make you cry
but I did it all by myself
Its just this thing I do
at times like this
I wish I was someone else
5. Madeleine Peyroux "Careless Love"; I um...yeah. Been there.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
In your clutches of desire
You've made me break a many true vow
Then you set my very soul on fire
6. She Wants Revenge: "Out of Control"; this is what the best dancing feels like.
The lights that move sideways and up and down
The beat takes you over and spins you round
Our hearts steady-beating, the sweat turns to cold
We're slaves to the DJ and out of control
7. Neko Case: "Hold On, Hold On"; sigh. Yes okay I'm emo sometimes get over it. I refuse to flail and say this is all his fault because as much as he's a bastard I'm responsible for my own actions, and now Delaine's the only thing between us that matters.
In the end I was the mean girl
Or somebody's in-between girl
Now it's the devil I love
And that's as funny as real love
8. Kíla: "Tine Lasta"; I love listening to songs in Gaellic, even if I don't speak the language. It brings me a little closer to home.
Open what closed, awaken from your slumber, fix what broke and light what went out
Out, don't fail, don't fall, don't slip, don't wreck, don't turn too far from your path,
Don't injure your own, your body's health is your responsibility, from head to toe,
Mornings and nights, you choose the kind of company your thoughts keep,
Spell your name and say it, say it, say it, say it, say it as
As you see it, say as you feel, do what you want, do what you want,
But be sure that it's what you want to do
9. Edith Piaf: "Adieu mon coeur"; I just keep doing this.
Goodbye my heart.
One throws you to misfortune.
You will not have my eyes to die...
Goodbye my heart.
The echoes of happiness
Make your sad songs
As much as a repentance.
10. Death Cab for Cutie: " I Will Follow You Into The Dark"; it's sweet. It is!
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Ten things I'm reading right now:
1. Refusing Heaven, by Jack Gilbert; esp. "Failing and Flying". Gilbert's poetry is powerful, and yet speaks gently to everyday life.
2. Flowers of Evil, by Charles Baudelaire, 1861 Edition; esp. "Alchimie de la douleur". His work is truly decadent, and it's one of the few indulgences I have at the moment.
3. "The World As I See It," by Albert Einstein. He had a poet's soul, all the science be damned. He was a great man.
4. All Day Permanent Red: the first battle scenes of Homer's Iliad rewritten, by Christopher Logue. I enjoy many translations of the classical epics, but Logue's work brings it a new life. His poetry is somewhat erratic, and very modern, but it captures the changing pace of battle and prayer and hope and death.
5. The Tempest, by Willian Shakespeare. It's been a while since I read this particular work, and I wanted to re-familiarize myself with it before Jas and I go to the theater this weekend. And I can't help but identify with Prospero a little.
6. Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman. Fairy tales are not always nice, and neither are little girls. So many people seem to think I don't know that. And sometimes I wonder if, when I'm not feeling nice anymore, if I'll be cruel enough to prove them wrong.
7. Genji Monogatari, by Murasaki Shikibu. Court intrigue is the same the world over, when you strip away the random rituals. And also because my Japanese is in dreadful need of practice.
8. Rotary, by Christina Pugh, esp. "Twenty-third".
9. "Goblin Market", by Christina Rossetti. I like Lizzie, though I know I'm more like Laura.
10. Bee, Princess of the Dwarfs, by Anatole France and retold in English by Peter Wright. Dwarfs should be involved in love stories more often.
1, Imogen Heap: "Goodnight and Go"; it's a pretty song and I like the lyrics.
One of these days, you'll miss your train and come stay with me
We'll have drinks and talk about things, any excuse to stay awake with you
You'll sleep here, I'll sleep there, but then the heating may be down again at my convenience
we'd be good, we'd be great together
*sigh*
GO!
2. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18; it reminds me of a friend. A very good friend, despite what he says.
3. Antigone Rising: "Open Hearts and Doors"; it reminds me that sometimes it's really for the best to say goodbye.
If you
you don't know by now
Then you
you don't know by now about
Open hearts and doors
Once
I was the big mistake
That one was hard to shake
Forgiveness draws its first breath with hesitation
4. Voltaire: "Dunce"; don't we all feel that way sometimes?
I don't know what to say
I was only trying to make you smile
and bring some needed levity
to your world for a while
I never meant to make you cry
but I did it all by myself
Its just this thing I do
at times like this
I wish I was someone else
5. Madeleine Peyroux "Careless Love"; I um...yeah. Been there.
Love, oh love, oh careless love
In your clutches of desire
You've made me break a many true vow
Then you set my very soul on fire
6. She Wants Revenge: "Out of Control"; this is what the best dancing feels like.
The lights that move sideways and up and down
The beat takes you over and spins you round
Our hearts steady-beating, the sweat turns to cold
We're slaves to the DJ and out of control
7. Neko Case: "Hold On, Hold On"; sigh. Yes okay I'm emo sometimes get over it. I refuse to flail and say this is all his fault because as much as he's a bastard I'm responsible for my own actions, and now Delaine's the only thing between us that matters.
In the end I was the mean girl
Or somebody's in-between girl
Now it's the devil I love
And that's as funny as real love
8. Kíla: "Tine Lasta"; I love listening to songs in Gaellic, even if I don't speak the language. It brings me a little closer to home.
Open what closed, awaken from your slumber, fix what broke and light what went out
Out, don't fail, don't fall, don't slip, don't wreck, don't turn too far from your path,
Don't injure your own, your body's health is your responsibility, from head to toe,
Mornings and nights, you choose the kind of company your thoughts keep,
Spell your name and say it, say it, say it, say it, say it as
As you see it, say as you feel, do what you want, do what you want,
But be sure that it's what you want to do
9. Edith Piaf: "Adieu mon coeur"; I just keep doing this.
Goodbye my heart.
One throws you to misfortune.
You will not have my eyes to die...
Goodbye my heart.
The echoes of happiness
Make your sad songs
As much as a repentance.
10. Death Cab for Cutie: " I Will Follow You Into The Dark"; it's sweet. It is!
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Ten things I'm reading right now:
1. Refusing Heaven, by Jack Gilbert; esp. "Failing and Flying". Gilbert's poetry is powerful, and yet speaks gently to everyday life.
2. Flowers of Evil, by Charles Baudelaire, 1861 Edition; esp. "Alchimie de la douleur". His work is truly decadent, and it's one of the few indulgences I have at the moment.
3. "The World As I See It," by Albert Einstein. He had a poet's soul, all the science be damned. He was a great man.
4. All Day Permanent Red: the first battle scenes of Homer's Iliad rewritten, by Christopher Logue. I enjoy many translations of the classical epics, but Logue's work brings it a new life. His poetry is somewhat erratic, and very modern, but it captures the changing pace of battle and prayer and hope and death.
5. The Tempest, by Willian Shakespeare. It's been a while since I read this particular work, and I wanted to re-familiarize myself with it before Jas and I go to the theater this weekend. And I can't help but identify with Prospero a little.
6. Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman. Fairy tales are not always nice, and neither are little girls. So many people seem to think I don't know that. And sometimes I wonder if, when I'm not feeling nice anymore, if I'll be cruel enough to prove them wrong.
7. Genji Monogatari, by Murasaki Shikibu. Court intrigue is the same the world over, when you strip away the random rituals. And also because my Japanese is in dreadful need of practice.
8. Rotary, by Christina Pugh, esp. "Twenty-third".
9. "Goblin Market", by Christina Rossetti. I like Lizzie, though I know I'm more like Laura.
10. Bee, Princess of the Dwarfs, by Anatole France and retold in English by Peter Wright. Dwarfs should be involved in love stories more often.