Song of the Week #8

This is kind of out there for me. A special prize for the first one to name the poet!*

Before We Knew

And then a day as huge
as yesterdays in pairs
unrolled its horror in my face
until it blocked my eyes

It seemed so easy (before we knew)

I dropped so low in my Regard
I heard it hit the ground
and go to pieces on the stone
at bottom of my mind




*- there isn't really a special prize.

Song of the Week update

This weeks isn't going to be posted until tomorrow night. It is 95% done, but I need to sing loudly, and I don't think my sleeping neighbor would appreciate that right now, so I'm going to wait until tomorrow for that part.

Could've been a night like any other

One of us has to drive
One of us gets to think
I'll force a laugh to break the silence
It's gonna get harder still
Before it gets easy
You can't keep safe what whats to break

I'm alone in this
I'm all as I've always been
Right behind what's happening
She's all lost in this
She's all like she'll always be
A little far for me to reach


The game is this: Open up iTunes (or your media player of choice), turn on shuffle, and list the first 10 songs it plays. Here we go.

1. The Streets - Blinded By The Lights
2. Minus the Bear - Pony Up
3. Blindside - Where the Sun Never Dies
4. Jesus Christ Superstar - Trial Before Pilate
5. Cake - Up So Close
6. Ben Harper - Brown Eyed Blues
7. Les Miserables - Valjean's Confession
8. Wilco - Impossible Germany
9. Project 86 - Me Against Me
10. Ray Charles - Sticks and Stones

Wow. I suppose that is a decent representation of my music library, if only because it is all over the place.


Currently Listening to
Chase This Light
by Jimmy Eat World

There's rows and rows of house, with windows painted blue.

With the light from the t.v. running parallel to you.
But there is no sunken treasure, rumored to be.
Wrapped inside my ribs in a sea black with ink.
I am so out of tune with you, I am so out of tune with you.
If I had a mountain, I'd try to fold it over.
If I had a boat, you know I'd probably roll over.
And I leave it on the shore, I'd leave it for somebody.
Surely there's somebody who needs it more than me.
I am so out of tune with you, I am so out of tune with you.
All the leaves will burn and autumn fires then return.
All the fires we burn, all will return.
Music is my savior, and I was maimed by rock and roll.
I was maimed by rock and roll.
I was tamed by rock and roll.
I got my name from rock and roll.


My sense of humor is a little strange, to say the least. I make references to things that only I know about. I say things that I know the other person won't get unless they are on the exact same page as me, which is a pretty damn difficult page to find. This is never more painfully obvious than when I meet someone new. I used to be a very shy guy. I put a lot of effort into overcoming that when I meet people, but it is really hard when I have nothing to say, because no one is going to get it if I open my mouth.


Currently Listening to
Being There
by Wilco

Cause this is what you've waited for

A chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow

Cause I'm clearing up this wreckage Lord
And there's more than you've ever seen before

So if you have something to say
Say it to me now


If I were a major league pitcher, I would be a set-up guy. I used to be a starter. I've never been a closer. But right now I would be an excellent set-up guy.

Don't ask me what that means. I know it, but I don't want to explain it.


Currently Listening to
Once Soundtrack
by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

Paramedics brave and strong

Up before the break of dawn
Putting poker faces on
Broken bodies all day long
The neighbors heard a fight
Someone had a knife
It must have have been the wife
Husband's lost a lot of blood
He wakes up screaming
"Oh my God, am I gonna die?
Am I gonna die?"
As they strapped his arms down to his sides
At times like these they'd been taught to lie
"Buddy just calm down, you'll be alright"

Several friends came to his grave
His children were so well-behaved
As the priest got up to speak
The assembly craved relief
But he himself had given up
So instead he offered them this bitter cup
"You're gonna die, we're all gonna die
Could be twenty years, could be tonight
Lately I have been wondering why
We go to so much trouble to postpone the unavoidable
And prolong the pain of being alive"


I can't get enough of Pearls Before Swine:


Currently Listening to
Control
by Pedro the Lion

Bonus Song

So, I had today off, President's Day and all. I spent the first half of my day bored. Then I decided to do something, that something was this Elliott Smith cover.

Half Right

Song of the Week #7

I didn't do very well on this. The song is ok, but my execution, actually playing it, is mediocre at best. I should have practiced it more. Also, I think I should get a harmonica, although I know that, for the longest time, it would only frustrate me. Whistling is an ok alternative, right? Also (again) this song is actually about something, but like always I'd prefer that you figure it out for yourself.

Firefly

I remember when we thought you could
light up the night
Its easy to expect so much
with empty insight

You think your so special
I think you're just another

Reflecting now I know this is not what you
wanted to hear
Accepting truth is never easy so
I try to be clear

You think your so special
I think you're just another
Firefly
Firefly
Firefly . . .

Song of the Week #6

It was a long weekend. Songs aren't about anything except for what you get from them, so don't ask me what it means.

12:01

its too late for a new way
its too late to grab a case
to drown the yesterdays

close my eyes but no sleep
its just to late to be
anything but nothing

until you make a change
results will stay the same
the world forgets your name

settle for what you see
its all youll ever be
forgotten history

I want to know your plans and how involved in them I am.

When you leave for good this fall Ill be forgiven?
And If you want roses Ill buy a bouquet.
If that just won't cut it, well what can I say?

You're what keeps me believing the world's not gone dead,
Strength in my bones put the words in my head.
When they pour out to paper, it's all for you.
'Cause that's what you do. That's what you do.


I'm pissed. And two dumb transactions are at the heart of it.

#1: Ramsey County. Get your heads out of your asses. I got a ticket for expired registration nearly 3 weeks ago. Now, I realize that its my fault, I never got the letter in the mail to renew and wasn't paying attention, whatever. I'll pay. So I call in, and go through the automated system. It can't find my ticket. So I transfer to a person, and find out that my ticket still hasn't been entered. According the their rules that they clearly lay out on the ticket itself, they have 10 days to enter the ticket and I have 21 days to pay it. We are at roughly 18 days here and the ticket still isn't entered! The lady at the office tells me that the 21 days starts when the ticket is entered, but that was still supposed to happen over a week ago. If I was 8 days late on my part, they sure as hell wouldn't be giving me the benefit of the doubt. Why the hell should I pay for a system that is hopelessly incapable of working?

#2: Bank of America. I get a letter in Bank of America on plain paper with a clipart logo. This looks like something I printed from the first printer my family ever owned, about as far from official as possible. The content of this letter? They want to skyrocket my interest rate, but I can reject this amendment to the cardholder agreement by writing a formal rejection letter, INCLUDING ALL MY ACCOUNT INFORMATION, and mailing it to some random PO Box. My first though is "This is a hoax, someone is trying to steal my account information." I nearly threw the letter away. I thought about it more and decided to call Bank of America to alert them. So I use the actual number on the back of my card and call them. It turns out that this is legit and they actually did ask for my information in that way. This is a common phishing technique, and a legitimate financial institution is telling me that is the only way I can make changes to my account? That is total bullshit. No legitimate business should ever use these means to complete any type of transaction, even just a simple rejection of an amendment. There is no excuse for this and I will absolutely never use Bank of America again under any circumstance.


Currently Listening to
. . . Is A Real Boy
by Say Anything

Song of the Week #5

I've been working on this one for a while now. Its nice to finally have it finished. Sorry about the swearing, Mom, but I'm an adult, I can say what I want. :)

From A Bad Dream

Also, I'm going to go ahead and just put the lyrics here, also, just for those of you that are curious.

From A Bad Dream

Let go of everything
That used to be
Let go of all of it
and see what you're missing
I see you turning back
to altered memories
know that that won't get
you anywhere today

You can fly but you can't hide

So keep on acting tough
pretend you're not affected
like it never really hurt

And like
the razor on your wrist
the ruby red it flows
elegantly
And in
a late December day
our words hang with our
breath in the cold air

You can fly but you can't hide

There's no such thing as happiness
There's no such thing as love
There's no such thing as anything
You float along alone

Not ready to pay
for another fucking mistake
Knew it was a bad idea
but you insisted.