Thursday, March 29, 2007

That hesitation you take

I love songs that linger on even after they've seemingly ended. It's as if they're reluctant to let go and the music still keeps playing long after the main theme has ended. It's such a calm experience as the song finally sizzles down into just music. I've been repeatedly listening to two such songs all day - "Five Combs" by Fridge and James Figurine's "55566688833". I think this effect is also partly the reason I love GNR's "November Rain". The beautiful lyrics to the ingeniously titled "55566688833":

My phone's got a camera, it's built right in
but it's hard to keep the dirt and grease off the lens
the last time you were happy since so long ago now
I tried to take a picture but it didn't come out

and the messages sent are almost as blurred
my cryptic printstyles dials to songs no one’s heard
if we keep this up, things will never get better
when we disagree we fight in capital letters

I have to type eleven numbers into my cell phone
Just to make it spell ‘love’
So I usually don’t
And it takes up fifteen digits to spell out ‘goodbye’
But if I leave out the ‘good’ I can save us some time
55566688833

my throat’s a little sore after last night’s events
you were somewhere doing something
I was out with my friends
You wrote just to ask if I was having fun
and I guess I didn’t text you back quite fast enough
So when I got home you were awake in the den
There were tears in your eyes, the lights were dimmed
I turned off my phone, you did the same
And we fought face-to-face like it was the 90s again

I have to type eleven numbers into my cell phone
Just to make it spell ‘love’
So I usually don’t
And it takes up fifteen digits to spell out ‘goodbye’
But if I leave out the ‘good’ I can save us some time

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