Donnerstag, 22. Mai 2008, 20:24

It's been quite a while since my last journal entry on last.fm However, I won't live up to the public expectations (if there are any) and post another witty review or explication of modern man's existential dilemma (solved by the omnipotent phrase "in my pants" which, added to any random song title, provides insight into what lies beyond the surface of things). What I want to do tonight is simply post the lyrics of a song which keeps reappearing in my troubled mind. It is neither a very important song to me nor a musical revelation. And there are probably songs whose lyrics deserve much more to be included here. But anyway, I just want to do it. So here we go. The song is called Sunkissed and appears on an EP entitled American Gothic, released this year by The Smashing Pumpkins.

"Sunkissed"

To make thee mine
I cast a net as wide as I am free
Line by line
Erase the schemes that I'm drawn to believe
There's no fear anymore
Crystalline the truth, assumes to bleed
There's no fear anymore
Burn the bridge outside

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you
If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

If I can't live without you
I feel alone
Walking home
All by myself
I've never chased
A brighter sun
Than you'll become

I mistook you for a trust
Invocations I must dust off
Fresh bouquets to playfully collect

Even though
You've seen the show
I've saved the best for last
A cannonball
Shot stern to bow
To warn the crowd
I fall in love
From my guts
My arms are twined to switch
And in repose
A silent rose
Burns the bridge outside

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you
If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you
If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

To make thee mine
I call upon the wisdom of my age
Blow by blow
Chase the bees of the death song's wings
There's no crying anymore
Crystalline, the bridges burn outside
Stitches will all come undone

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

What comes must all come out at once
Of us

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

I've never chased
A brighter sun
Than you'll become
What comes with all
The breaking dawn
But I'm on its side

Yes… this song struck something in me. The moon is playing too many tricks already as to allow me late to relate to you what it exactly struck but we can, of course, have a sip of wine and I'll tell you about those random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty (as Jeff would have said) that positioned the song in my inner world.

Another thing before I fade away between the sheets of my bed. As some of you might know, I'm very passionate about this genre called post-rock. In a few days I'll probably see Explosions In The Sky play here in Vienna… Something happened on May 9. A very talented Russian band called Mooncake presented their debut album - Lagrange Points - in Moscow. They play amazingly beautiful post-rock which covers all possible emotional landscapes with its effulgent power. I would humbly ask you to lend them your ear for a moment or two - it may result in a lifetime infatuation.

And now, let me continue eating my mooncake…