Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Compendium of lyrics that have spoken to me recently

The Knife-Bird from the CD 'The Knife'

If I was a bird I would fly high over the world
I'll comb your hair with my beak
If I was a bird I would count my time in pearls
Under my wings you'll find shelter
you'll breed bugs and keep me well fed
and I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
But you wanted me to be a girl without feathers
without urge then my wings quick disappeared and left was only fear
and I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly

Scout Niblett-Drummer Boy from the CD 'I Am'
She has made a song from a fairy tale:

no one has yet succeeded in climbing the big glass mountain
"I know" said the drummer boy,"but my heart is stout and determined
and I long for adventure

Emily Haines-Our Hell from the CD 'Knives don't have your back'

Our hell is a good life
What I thought it was, it isn't now
What if what it was it isn't now?
We're moderate, we modernize
Til our hell is a good life
there's a bullet in the gun
I tried to save you but it can't be done


Long Blondes-Fulwood Babylon

People Think I'm Being Perverse on Purpose
...
Don't be a sycophant, don't hold my hand
It's hard enough getting someone to like you
And then you find out that they're nothing like you

And it's been a waste of time.
If you want to know who I am
watch me dance