fallslikesnow

Camphor crossed with lace, it is the witching hour Cinematic but crude Teasing all my feelings out, you move away It seems so natural to you Still siren, climbing up the victory tower Like there's something left to prove I trap the beads of sweat that run between my eyes And free the fever to move I'm drawing the line, I'm drawing the line I'm drawing the line, I draw the line And I have my pride I'm taking control, I'm taking control I'm taking control, I'm taking control And I save my soul I'm shutting you out, I'm shutting you out I'm shutting you out, I'm shutting you out And I have no doubt Dreamt the sound of scissors, cutting stitches out Then discarding the used Recording all my problems onto memory cards Your compassion unmoved Onto others what they always do to you The most twisted of your rules Distill malaise and photograph the hole it leaves Running out a copy for you I'm drawing the line, I'm drawing the line I...

We are none of us... If I still believed in me I would lie If I had another chance I would try If I lost my dreams I would blame myself again If I were myself I would be someone else If I did't want to feel I would stay If I were myself I would be someone else Cause I can See the truth in the photograph And with all that's mine I need to look back inside And this day New life raced through my mind So with all that's mine I need to look back inside

"First We Take Manhattan" They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom  For trying to change the system from within  I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them  First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin  I'm guided by a signal in the heavens  I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin  I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons  First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin  I'd really like to live beside you, baby  I love your body and your spirit and your clothes  But you see that line there moving through the station?  I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those  Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win  You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline  How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin  First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin  I don't like your fashion business mister  And I don't like these drugs that keep you thi...

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here? Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down Letting the days go by/water flowing underground Into the blue again/after the money's gone Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground. And you may ask yourself How do I work this? And you may ask yourself Where is that large automobile? And you may tell yourself This is not my beautiful house! And you may tell yourself This is not my beautiful wife! Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down Letting the days go by/water flowing underground Into the blue again/after the money's gone Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground. Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was... Same as i...

Walking down this well known street Turning around for ladies feet Like you did so many years ago Sitting in that street cafe Where you had your cup of tea Come on boy, don't get sentimental now Everything's changed but you didn't move on And the only fact is That you're fifteen years older now No use to turn out the light You feel so depressed inside When you think of your wasted years at night

I hand you my ball and chain You just hand me that same old refrain I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling I wish I could please you tonight But my medicine just won't come right I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling Too many steps to take Too many spells to break Too many nights awake And no one else This grindstone's wearing me Your claws are tearing me Don't use me endlessly It's too long, too long to myself Where's the justice and where's the sense? When all the pain is on my side of the fence I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling Too many steps to take Too many spells to break Too many nights awake And no one else This grindstone's wearing me Your claws are tearing me Don't use me endlessly It's too long, it's too long to myself It scares you when you don't know Whichever way the wind might blow I...

I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused. Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used. Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise.  If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?  Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend.  And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner  And everything's done under the sun,  And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer.

She said luck is all you make it You just reach out and take it Now let's dance a while She said nothing ever happens If you don't make it happen And if you can't laugh then smile

From Beard's Roman Women by Anthony Burgess: “the end of a marriage . . . was also the end of a civilization. More than twenty-six years spent in constructing a mythology, a joint memory bank, a language, a signaling system of grunt and touch—all gone, wasted.” posted by thatwhichfalls at 10:38 PM on September 16  [10 favorites +] [!]

The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove  I thought that you knew it all Well you've seen it ten times before. I thought that you had it down With both your feet on the ground. I love slow ... slow but deep. Feigned affections wash over me. Dream on my dear And renounce temporal obligations. Dream on my dear It's a sleep from which you may not awaken. You build me up then you knock me down. You play the fool while I play the clown. We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum. You raise my hopes then you raise the odds You tell me that I dream too much Now I'm serving time in disillusionment. I don't believe you anymore ... I don't believe you. I thought that I knew it all I'd seen all the signs before. I thought that you were the one In darkness my heart was won. You build me up then you knock me down. You play the fool while I play the clown. We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum. You raise my hopes then you raise the odds You tell me that I dream too much No...