June 13, 2005

Don't push me I am not OK

Here's the link to the song I meant to post the other day. It's a yousendit.com link, so it'll only be uploaded for a week. It's an m4u file, so I'm not sure it will work with any music player other than iTunes. Which is good, because iTunes is amazing and you should all have downloaded it by now. Let me know if you have problems with the format, and I'll see what I can do. (It should also work on winamp)

As I said earlier, this song may be overstating my emotions a bit, but it still sets a mood that is/was representative of what it's like to have your (abusive) boyfriend cheat on you while your dad has quintuple bypass surgery.

Jumpers--Sleater Kinney.m4u
(Track #4 from The Woods)

I spend the afternoon in cars
I sit in traffic jams for hours
Don't push me I am not OK

The sky is blue most every day
The lemons grow like tumors they
Are tiny suns infused with sour

Lonely as a cloud
In the Golden State
"The coldest winter that I ever saw
Was the summer that I spent..."

The only substance is the fog
And it hides all that has gone wrong
Can't see a thing inside the maze

There is a bridge adored and famed
The Golden spine of engineering
Who's back is heavy with my weight

Be still this old heart
Be still this old skin
Drink your last drink
Sin your last sin
Sing your last song
About the beginning
Sing your song loud
So the people can hear
Let's Go
Be still this sad day
Be still this sad year
Hope your last hope
Fear your last fear
You're not the only one
Let's Go

My falling shape will draw a line
Between the blue of sea and sky
I'm not a bird I'm not a plane

I took the taxi to the gate
I will not go to school again
Four seconds was the longest wait
Here lies a most ridiculous raw youth, indulging himself in the literary graces that he once vowed to eschew. Now he just rocks out.