When other people say it better than yourself Sunday, Jan 27 2008 

The other week I put a post up about music, and how I find it incredible that people I’ve never met, who could now be dead, can write words that capture exactly how I feel, better than I could ever have said it myself. The following lyrics feel like they were written by somebody who’s been looking inside my head for the past 6 months

I’m going back to 505,
If its a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive,
In my imagination you’re waiting lying on your side,
With your hands between your thighs,

Stop and wait a sec,
Oh when you look at me like that my darling,
What did you expect?
I probably still adore you with you hand around my neck,
Or I did last time I checked,

Not shy of a spark,
A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark,
Frightened by the bite though its no harsher than the bark,
Middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start,

I’m going back to 505,
If its a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive,
In my imagination you’re waiting lying on your side,
With your hands between your thighs,

But I crumble completely when you cry,
It seems like once again you’ve had to greet me with goodbye,
Im always just about to go and spoil a suprise,
Take my hands off of your eyes, 
Too soon,

I’m going back to 505,
If its a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive,
In my imagination you’re waiting lying on your side,
With your hands between your thighs and a smile.

Charlyn “Chan” Marshall Wednesday, Jan 16 2008 

Also known as Cat Power.

 Beautiful music by a beautiful woman. I can’t believe I’ve come to this so late.

Why don’t women like this walk into my life? Ah well, music is eternal, I guess.

Cat Power

The Police Thursday, Nov 22 2007 

As in the band, not the fascist pigs.

 I recently noticed that they have the weirdest songs. On first listen they sound like catchy love tunes, but if you listen closely, it’s not so. For example, ‘Can’t Stand Losing You’ is about Sting topping himself because his bird’s dumped him. But not in a tragic, timeless way. More like a 13-year-old, ‘i’m going to kill myself and then you’ll all be sorry’ way. Similarly, ‘Every Breath You Take’, the more I listen to it, sounds like the internal ramblings of a psychotic stalker:

Every step you take, i’ll be watching you

Oh can’t you see, you belong to me?

And so on.