Saturday, January 30, 2010
Rudi Arapahoe, from the album "Echoes From One To Another"
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what your soul sings
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Don't be afraid
Open your mouth and say
Say what your soul sings to you
Your mind can never change
Unless you ask it to
Lovingly re-arrange
The thoughts that make you blue
The things that bring you down
Only do harm to you
So make your choice joy
The joy belongs to you
And when you do
You'll find the one you love is you
You'll find you love you
Don't be ashamed
To open your heart and pray
Say what your soul sings
To you
So no longer pretend
That you can't feel it near
That tickle on your head
That tingle in your ear
Oh ask it anything
Because it loves you dear
It's your most precious king
If only you could hear
And when you do
You'll find the one you need is you
You'll find you love you
Massive Attack - what your soul sings Massive Attack - from the album "100th Window" (2003)
Dear Darkness
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Dear darkness
Dear darkness
Won't you cover, cover
Me again?
Dear darkness
Dear
I've been your friend
For many years
Won't you do this for me?
Dearest darkness
And cover me from the sun
And the words tightening
The words are tightening
Around my throat
And, and...
Around the throat of the one I love
Tightening, tightening, tightening
Around the throat of the one I love
Tightening, tightening, tightening
Dear darkness
Dear darkness
Now it's your time to look after us
'Cause we kept you clothed
We kept in business
When everyone else was having good luck
So now it's your time
Time to pay
To pay me and the one I love
With the worldly goods you've stashed away
With all the things you
Took from us
P.J. Harvey, from the album "White Chalk" (2007)
Premonition
Sunday, March 29, 2009
(She said, "no complications...I've been hurt too many times before
and each time, well it gets a little harder - I'll hurt you if you stay
for more. (she said....) She said : "it was different last night; You
were a tiger on the prowl. You had claws - but they snapped. You don't
attract me now. She said, "Don't bother phoning ; I'd slam the receiver
right down. Well, I just want to be alone you know these days.....)
Somewhere someone's laughing.
the legendary pink dots, from the album "the Lovers"
I have moved into the shadow
Sunday, March 15, 2009
..In letters from my sister, she asks me how I’m feeling
I say that I am better, but I lie in every letter
I have moved into the margin, I have moved into the shadow
Move closer to the fire, or else you’ll meet the ghost
I loved you like a brother, I loved you more than most
But still you left me vacant, still you left me cold..
Piano Magic, from "Incurable" EP
The Dress
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tears you see on my face, you do have something to do with
Fear starts creeping up when you have so much to lose
Your love waits you while you're cheating
Lightning strikes you when you're moving
The light you see in my eyes, you do have something to do with
Play the game namely love, play it like you have nothing to lose
Horse loves you when you move with him
People hate you when you're changing
Don't let the dress trick you
I love you less now that I know you
I won't count the scars again
I love you less now that I know you
The glow you see on my face, you do have something to do with
Fear starts creeping up when you have so much to lose
Your love wait you while you're cheating
Lighting strikes you when you're moving
Don't let me wonder away
I love you less now that I know you
Don't let the dress trick you
I love you less now that I know you
I won't count the scars again
Because I love you..
Blonde Redhead, from the album "23" (2007)
Could I stay the honest one?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
if your words lodged within me
burning streamers... how could i stay
the honest one? harbouring these feelings
...engulfing me
burn my memories... your tears the ultimate
beauty... so deceived, by honesty
similar needs, similar traits...
a fear of being turned against, so hard to open...
desire... desire... lose this fear; reveal my heart to you
remain in this house as the walls tumble down
my faith swirling round... my faith swirling round...
maybe this all reveals..
within each other have we found our spirit..?
Black Tape For A Blue Girl, from the album "A Chaos of Desire" (1991)
.. how?..
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
..the remains of what we used to have were taken away with the softest squeeze
how did i forget?.. how?..
a momentary spakle of absolute sadness, pouring tears, breathtaking memories, i do not want to die, never forget
Ólafur Arnalds, from "Variations Of Static" (2008)
Weather inside - Snowfall soon
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
..I have a photograph - mid-heaven, post-laughter
Eyes shine ridiculous - illuminate the both of us
In the fold of a camera's eye, in the time it takes to sigh
I open up an ashen heart, pour out a thousand whys
Handle with care if only you dare,
I'm sensitive, touch sensitive
Handle with care if only you dare
I'm sensitive, touch sensitive..
Piano Magic, from the album "Low Birth Weight" (1999)
Same but different
Saturday, January 17, 2009
I'm in a boat
On the sea
And I see
You on the shore
So sure
Of yourself
You're in a boat
On the sea
And you see
Me on the shore
So sure
Of myself
We're in a boat
All at sea
And we see
We are the same
The same
But different
Vashti Bunyan, from the album "Lookaftering" (2005)
These Fleeting Moments
Friday, January 16, 2009
Black Tape For A Blue Girl - "A Chaos of Desire" (1991)
Hidden Place
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
There lies my passion, hidden
There lies my love
I'll hide it under a blanket
Lull it to sleep
I'll keep it in a hidden place
I'll keep it in a hidden place
Keep it in a hidden place
Keep it in a hidden place
He's the beautifullest
Fragilest
Still strong
Dark and divine
And the littleness of his movements
Hides himself
He invents a charm that makes him invisible
Hides in the air
Can I hide there too?
Hide in the air of him
Seek solace
Sanctuary
In the hidden place
In a hidden place
In a hidden place
We'll stay in a hidden place
Ooohh in a hidden place
We'll live in a hidden place
We'll be in a hidden place
In a hidden place..
Bjork, "Hidden place"
from the album "Vespertine" (2001)
Pagan Poetry
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Pedalling through
The dark currents
I find
An accurate copy
A blueprint
Of the pleasure
In me
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
A secret code carved
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
A secret code carved
He offers
A handshake
Crooked
Five fingers
They form a pattern
Yet to be matched
On the surface simplicity
But the darkest pit in me
It's pagan poetry
Pagan poetry
Morsecoding signals (signals)
They pulsate (wake me up) and wake me up
(pulsate) from my hibernating
On the surface simplicity
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
But the darkest pit in me
It's pagan poetry
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
Pagan poetry
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
She loves him, she loves him
This time
I'm gonna keep it to myself
This time
I'm gonna keep me all to myself
She loves him, she loves him
And he makes me want to hurt myself again
And he makes my want to hand myself over..
Bjork, "Pagan Poetry"
from the album "Vespertine" (2001)
