Music Monday: From the Other Side of the World

I may have posted this song as a Music Monday before, but I was just reminded of it the other day, so here's a Music...Tuesday? When Simon and I were first...dating? Emailing? Whatever, he did what any good GenX man would do and made me a mix...tape/CD/playlist of songs by British artists that I needed to hear. They were all marvelous but one of them will forever make me think of walking through the Atlanta airport on my way to visit him for the first time. All I need to hear is the sound of the dogs barking at the very beginning and I'm right back there, about to fly internationally for the first time to visit this Yorkshire lad who was so very important to me. "I blow you a kiss, it should reach you tomorrow, as it flies from the other side of the world..." Enjoy.

Fugitive Motelby Elbow
Lost in a lullabySide of the roadMelt in a memorySlide in a solitude
Not 'til I can read by the moonAm I going anywhereNot 'til I can read by the moon
I blow you a kissIt should reach you tomorrowAs it flies from the other side of the world
From my room in my fugitive motelSomewhere in the dust bowlYeah it flies from the other side of the world
I'm tired, I saidYou always look tired, she said
I'm admired, I saidYou always look tired, she said
Not 'til I can read by the moonI'm not going anywhereNot 'til I can read by the moon
I blow you a kissIt should reach you tomorrowAs it flies from the other side of the world
From my room in my fugitive motelSomewhere in the dust bowlSomewhere in the dust bowlIt flies from the other side of the world
The curtains stay closedBut everyone knowsYou hear through the walls in this placeCigarette holes for every lost soulTo give up the ghost in this place
Give me strengthGive me wingsGive me strengthGive me wings
I blow you a kissIt should reach you tomorrowReach you tomorrowIt flies from the other side of the world
From my room in my fugitive motelSomewhere in the dust bowlSomewhere in the dust bowl
It flies from the other side of the worldThe other side of the worldThe other side of the world

Music Monday: Diabolical Blue

This song came up on a playlist recently and while I'm not sure yet, I think it will be very important come to November's Nanowrimo. Or I just like Elbow. One or the other. Or both. Enjoy.


What Am I Without You?by Elbow
The universe keeps singing this songYour eyes are diabolical blue, oohI've been watching you walk on the water latelyMy arms outstretched when you do
What am I?What am I on the earth forIf not to put you to bed?If not to remind you to eat sometimes, if...If not to cradle your head?What am I without you?
The universe keeps singing its songI can't get it out of my headIt skips right along like a stone on waterAnd I think I know how it ends
The last eyes I wanna seeAre yours, are brown and diabolical blueThey never once criеd without laughing, babySo I'll line up a zinger for youThat's what I'll do
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oohWhat am I without you?Ooh-ooh-ooh-oohWhat am I without you?What am I without you?What am I?

Music Monday: Well, it's time...

The pre-order opened on Friday, and I'm hoping that I'm not alone in my excitement for the release of the second in the Guardians of Orana series, Red. I've mentioned Tairn here at the Lettuce once or twice, and I hope that I have sparked an interest in Orana's favorite fire-haired sorceress...and not an automatic "NOT AGAIN" when I mention her. It happens, when a writer has a favorite character. She's my Lestat, to borrow humbly from the great Anne Rice. So of course, when I first heard this song by Elbow (running a close second to Imagine Dragons in terms of winning the right to do all the music for all my movie adaptations...as if), the title alone told me to pay attention. But the song...it is as though they know Tairn. "You burn so bright/you live so fast/this can't go on too long/you're a tragedy starting to happen..." There are other bits too, but you'll have to listen to it again after you get your copy of Red to see what I mean.

 

Red

Elbow

Come as you are sweetheart, come as you are
You know you've got nothing to prove
I'll put you to bed you can let it all go
You've been playing too rough lately

You burn too bright
You live too fast
This can't go on too long
You're a tragedy starting to happen

Just as you are
Perfect
Just as you are
I'll give you the time you deserve
Don't make those promises
Don't tell me again
That dust is gonna settle your nerves

You burn too bright
You live too fast
This can't go on too long
You're a tragedy starting to happen

You burn too bright
You live too fast
This can't go on too long
You're a tragedy starting to happen

You burn too bright
You live too fast
This can't go on too long
You're a tragedy starting to happen