KimMusic

This is great. I am so much less irritated by music now. Here's a song I like quite a bit. It's by ani.

Superhero

 sleep walking through
 the all-nite drug store
 baptized in fluorescent light
 i found religion in the greeting card aisle
 now i know hallmark was right
 and every pop song on the radio
 is suddenly speaking to me
 art may imitate life
 but life imitates t.v.
 'cuz you've been gone
 exactly two weeks
 two weeks and three days
 and let's just say 
 that things look different now 
 different in so many ways
 i used to be a superhero
 no one could touch me
 not even myself
 you are like a phone booth
 that i somehow stubmled into
 and now look at me
 i am just like everbody else
 if i was dressed in my best defenses 
 would you agree to meet me for coffee
 if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors
 would you still know which one was me
 if i was naked and screaming 
 on your front lawn
 would you turn on the light
 and come down
 screaming, there's the asshole 
 who did this to me
 stripped me of my power
 stripped me down
 i used to be a superhero
 no one could hurt me 
 not even myself
 you are like a phone booth
 that i somehow stubmled into
 and now look at me
 i am just like everybody else
 yeah you've been gone
 exactly two weeks
 two weeks and three days
 and now i'm a different person
 different in so many ways
 tell me what did you like about me
 and don't say my strength and daring
 'cuz now i think i'm at your mercy
 and it's my first time
 for this kind of thing
 i used to be a superhero
 i would swoop down and save me
 from myself
 but you are like a phone booth
 that i somehow stumbled into
 and now look at me
 i am just like everybody else

---

There appears to be a new song that I can listen to. I'm stuck on it now. Been this way for about a week. It's by Morphine and it is The Saddest Song.

The Saddest Song

 On my first day back my first day back in town
 My first day my first day back in town
 The clouds up above they were humming our song
 Humming humming our song
 My biggest fear is if I let you go
 You'll come and get me in my sleep
 My biggest fear is if I let you go
 You'll come and get me in my sleep
 Come and get me
 I set my course sailed away from shore
 Steady steady as she goes
 I crash in the night two worlds collide
 But when two worlds collide no one survives no one survives and
 The reddest of reds the bluest of blues
 The saddest of songs I'll sing for you and
 My biggest fear is if I let you go
 You'll come and get me in my sleep
 My biggest fear is if I let you go
 You'll come and get me in my sleep
 Come and get me come and get me in my sleep
 Come and get me come and get me in my sleep

---

This is interesting. There is only one song I seem to be able to listen too now that doesn't irritate me. It is No Woman, No Cry by the Fugees. There are a lot of "oh"s and "ah"s in this one.

No Woman, No Cry

 A dedication to all the refugees worldwide 
 One time say, say, say

 I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Brooklyn.
 Observing the crookedness as it mingled with the good people we meet.
 Good friends we had,
 Good friends we've lost along the way.
 In this great future you can't forget your past, So dry your tears
 I say And to my peeps who passed away,
 No woman, no cry, no woman no cry, say say say.
 Hey little sister don't shed no tears
 No woman no cry say say say.
 I remember when we used to rock in a project yard in Jersey,
 And little Georgie would make the firelight,
 As stolen cars passed through the night
 And then we'd hit the corner store for Roots, paper, and brew.
 My drink's my only remedy
 For pain of losing family, but while I'm gone Shorty,
 Everything's gonna be alright, everything's gonna be alright,
 Fugees come to the dance tonight, everything's gonna be alright,
 O everything's gonna be alright,
 The gun man's in the house tonight,
 But everything's gonna be alright.

 Oh ah oh ah
 Oh ah oh ah
 Oh ah oh ah
 Oh ah oh ah
 Oh ah oh ah
 Oh ah oh ah
 Oh ah oh ah

 No woman no cry, no woman no cry.
 Hey, little sister, don't shed no tears
 No woman no cry say say say.
 I remember when we used to sit in a government yard in Trenchtown.

 The hypocrites as they mingled with the good people we meet.
 Good friends we had Oh good friends we've lost
 Along the way hey.
 In this great future,
 You can't forget your past so dry your tears I say
 And no woman no cry. No woman no cry say say say.
 Hey, little sistser, don't shed no tears
 No woman no cry and to my peeps who passed away

 Oh ah oh ah 
 Oh ah oh ah 
 Oh ah oh ah 
 Oh ah oh ah 

---

Here's a song that I have been obsessed with for about half a year. There were some times last year (while still at Mudd) when I listened to this song several times in a row for hours. It's Annie Lennox's version of an older song by The Lover Speaks called No more I love yous. Honestly, it took me until a few days ago to really figure out what this song was talking about. (these aren't the exact lyrics, but they are close enough.)

No more I love yous

 I used to be a lunatic from the gracious days
 I used to be woebegone and so restless nights
 My aching heart would bleed for you to see
 But now...
 I don't find myself bouncing home
 Whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry

 No more I love yous
 The language is leaving me
 No more I love yous
 Changes are shifting outside the words

 I used to have demons in my room at night
 Desire, despair, desire
 So many monsters
 But now...
 I don't find myself bouncing along
 Whistling my conscience to make me cry

 No more I love yous
 The language is leaving me
 No more I love yous
 The language is leaving me in silence
 No more I love yous
 Changes are shifting outside...the words

 "Everybody would be really crazy
 And the words would come...
 And you know what, Mommy?
 Everybody was being really crazy"
 "The monsters are crazy
 There are monsters outside"

 No more I love yous
 The language is leaving me
 No more I love yous
 The language is leaving me in silence
 No more I love yous
 Changes are shifting outside the words
 Outside the words
 No more I love yous...
 Changes are shifting outside the words
 Outside the words

---

I wasn't as obsessed with this song as Justin Radick was. But back in the day this was a good one to make anyone depressed. It's called Empty Box and it's by Morphine. I rediscovered it this summer.

Empty Box

 tore open a package it was an empty box 
 no meaning to me just an empty box 
 sender was a woman
 sender was a woman 
 she said she's sending me everything that i 
 i i never gave her 
 before 
 she said fill it up and send it back 
 fill it up and send it back 
 so i sent her back an empty box 
 a big mistake, sent back an empty box 
 half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight 
 and half insane 
 just a sound 

 i crossed into a valley
 a valley so dark 
 that when i look back i can't see where i begin 
 i can't see my hands 
 i don't even know if my eyes are open 
 in the morning i was by the sea 
 and i swam out as far as i could swim 
 until i was too tired to swim anymore 
 and then i floated and tried to get my strength back 

 and then an empty box came floating by 
 an empty box and I crawled inside 
 half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight 
 and half insane 
 just a sound 
 in the night 
 half in the shadows, half in the husky moonlight 
 and half insane 
 just a sound