Gauche, But I'll Do It
I don't particularly care for blogs where people just post a bunch of song lyrics. I think doing that's a cop out because you're using someone else's words to express your thoughts and feelings. But every once in a while, a song just so perfectly captures my feelings. I've posted Au Revoir Simone lyrics, and Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" from the Garden State Soundtrack. Here's a song from the Last Kiss Soundtrack - Paperweight, by Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk. (I transcribed them myself, so there might be mistakes.) I'm not sure they capture my feelings RIGHT NOW, but . . . maybe sometimes, and maybe several times in the last few months.
I don't particularly care for blogs where people just post a bunch of song lyrics. I think doing that's a cop out because you're using someone else's words to express your thoughts and feelings. But every once in a while, a song just so perfectly captures my feelings. I've posted Au Revoir Simone lyrics, and Colin Hay's "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" from the Garden State Soundtrack. Here's a song from the Last Kiss Soundtrack - Paperweight, by Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk. (I transcribed them myself, so there might be mistakes.) I'm not sure they capture my feelings RIGHT NOW, but . . . maybe sometimes, and maybe several times in the last few months.
Been up all night staring at youOh Zach, how your music selections delight and depress me so!
Wondering what's on your mind
I've been this way with so many before
But this feels like the first time
You want the sunrise to go back to bed
And I want to make you laugh
Mess up my bed with me
Kick off the covers and wade in
Every word you say I think I should write down
Don't want to forget come daylight
Happy to lay here just happy to be here
I'm happy to know you
Play me a song
Your newest one
Please leave your taste on my tongue
Paperweight on my back Cover me like a blanket
Mess up my bed with me
Kick off the covers and wade in
Every word you say I think I should write down
Don't want to forget come daylight
And no need to worry that's wasting time
And no need to wonder what's on my mind
It's you, it's you
Every word you say I think I should write down
Don't want to forget come daylight
I give up, I let you win
You win cuz I'm not counting
You made it back to sleep again
Wonder what you're dreaming
3 comments:
see i LOVE this song and if i had just listened to the song and picked up on the lyrics myself, i would have said "kick off the covers and wade in" just like you did. they're not that hard to understand, right? well all the lyrics sites say that it's "i'm waiting" not "and wade in"... but i just don't think that fits the tone of the song. which one do you think it is?
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I hear both. "Wade in" sounds more poetic, but I think "waiting" makes more sense b/c it sounds like she's watching him sleep and wants him to wake up.
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