we live on a mountain right at the top there’s a beautiful view from the top of the mountain every morning i walk towards the edge and throw little things off like: car-parts, bottles and cutlery or whatever i find lying around
it’s become a habit a way to start the day
i go through this before you wake up so i can feel happier to be safe up here with you
it’s real early morning no-one is awake i’m back at my cliff still throwing things off i listen to the sounds they make on their way down i follow with my eyes ‘til they crash imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks
and when it lands will my eyes be closed or open?
i’ll go through all this before you wake up so i can feel happier to be safe up here with you
- bjork, hyperballad
How can we dance when our Earth is turning? How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
- Midnight Oil
I still keep my baby teeth in the bedside table with my jewelry you still sleep in the bed with me, my jewelry, and my baby teeth
I don’t need another friend When most of them I can barely keep up with them perfectly able to hold my own hand, but I still can’t kiss my own neck.
I wanted to give you everything but I still stand in awe of superficial things I wanted to love you like my mother’s mother’s mothers did
civilian
– Wye Oak
I’d rather live in his world than live without him in mine.
- Gladys Knight, Midnight Train to Georgia
And you’re the kind to hide your eyes from the sun And in your world the strong survive But won’t you lay your body down Yes and now’s the time to wrap your ears around the sound Of your train coming round You’ll have to lay everything down
- War On Drugs, Arms Like Boulders
You probably could have had it all, You could have been that lonely star.
– The Weeknd, Montreal
Now your grip’s too strong Can’t catch love with a net or a gun Gotta keep faith that your path will change Gotta keep faith that your love will change tomorrow
I got out of your range Tomorrow All your suffering seems vain Change tomorrow Some forgiveness now Tomorrow Love’s no sacred cow
- James, Tomorrow
She says if I leave before you darling Don’t you waste me in the ground I lay smiling like our sleeping children One of us will die inside these arms
Eyes wide open Naked as we came One will spread our Ashes round the yard
- Iron & Wine, Naked As We Came
Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth. Pack up your troubles, let’s head out to the fountain of death & splash about, swim back and forth & laugh out loud,
until the day is ending, & the birds are silent in the branches, & the insects are courting in the bushes, & by the shores of lovely lakes heavy stones are falling.
