Polish Girl

October 27, 2011

Artist: Neon Indian

It’s been at least another year
And still I haven’t got the chance to say
Always rolling off the tongue
Never said but nearly sung about a million ways

Every photograph and story
Trickled through the lengthy web of friend
I overthought but understood
Distant look but looking good
And not the other way

But you fail to remember
But you fail to remember

Do I still cross your mind?
Your face still distorts the time

Do I still cross your mind?
Your face still distorts the time

With heat struck afternoons long through
Those idle dreams go back to you
Was this only in my head
Just like most things go misread
When overthought


I Hope You Die

October 10, 2011

Artist: Wye Oak

In the belly of the cloud
I was released
You were released
Was it deafeningly loud?
Or was it peace?
Sweet peace

All the streets
All filled with sound
Because it’s right
It’s for the best
Still I sense
Their judgment now
As we ask for a judgment

I can’t sleep until I see you sleeping
Curse my mind and its all-seeing eye
Watch the rise
And wonder if you’re breathing
Against your will
You are alive

Iron brick couldn’t notch the wall
That we have made
That we have made
Still you fool yourself to ask
If you had stayed
If we had stayed

At the ringing of a bell
Or at the falling of a tree
If you think of it at all
Remember me
Trust me

I can’t breathe until I see you waking
Watching as the scars fall from your eyes
Into a world that you may not remember
I hope you die
I hope you die
I hope you die
I hope you die


All Your Women Things

September 27, 2011

Artist: Smog
Album: Doctor Came at Dawn

All your women things

All your frilly things
Scattered ’round my room
Right where you left them
When you left them
Scattered ’round my room

All your hardness
All your softness
And your mercy

All your bridges and bras
Your cotton
and gauze
All your buckles and straps
Releases and traps
All your screws
and false nails
Oriental winks
and Egyptian veils

Oh all of these things
I gathered them
And I made a dolly
I made a dolly
A spread-eagle dolly
Out of your frilly things

Why couldn’t I have loved you
This tenderly
When you were here
In the flesh
So tenderly

How could I ignore
Your left breast
Your right breast

How could I ignore
Your hardness
Your softness
And your mercy

Well it’s been seven years
And the thought of your name
Still makes me
Weak in the knees

How could I ignore
Your left breast
Your right breast