Saturday, October 06, 2007

I love The Weakerthans.I've been listening to nothing but them, shiny toy guns and taking back sunday. Strange?

My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
sparkled with broken glass.
I'm back with scars to show.
Back with the streets I know.
Will never take me anywhere but here.
The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand,
the strangers whose faces I know.
We meet here for our dress-rehearsal to say "I wanted it this way"
wait for the year to drown.
Spring forward, fall back down.
I'm trying not to wonder where you are.
All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone choose who's left and who's leaving.
Memory will rust and erode into lists of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest,
the best parts of Lonely, duct-tape and soldered wires,
new words for old desires,
and every birthday card I threw away.
I wait in 4/4 time.
Count yellow highway lines that you're relying on to lead you home.

5 Comments:

Blogger Jessie said...

tbs never gets old.
good stuff.
i've been listening to the new weakerthans album a bit this week.
i enjoy it.
but i still hate winnipeg.

1:36 PM  
Blogger lionamelie said...

I hate winnipeg too.

1:50 PM  
Blogger jerms said...

their best song by far.

10:18 PM  
Blogger lionamelie said...

its definitely my fav

11:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good song.

1:01 PM  

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