Wednesday 28 December 2016

Our song

I can't get enough of easy living
I can't get enough of how you get me singing
Is it a time for ruin, or time for glue
Cause I can't get enough of you
- Moose, Can't Get Enough of You

Tuesday 27 December 2016

Oh my heart, I cling to your rocks, and shy from my sorrow

Here I am
Here I am
Waiting to hold you
- Tim Buckley, Song To The Siren

Wednesday 21 December 2016

On our future

there
in the dust
all the things
we discussed
- Low, Point Of Disgust

Sunday 11 December 2016

Don't leave me this way

now who's to blame
we used to be the same
now you won't let me speak your name
what a shame
- Low, Monkey

Monday 21 November 2016

On when the most trite pop describes your life

Now I know I'm being used
That's okay man because I like the abuse
I know she's playing with me
That's okay 'cause I've got no self-esteem
...

When she's saying oh that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can stand
Well I guess I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care, right?
 ....

Now I know I should say no
But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go
I may be dumb
But I'm not a dweeb
I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem
- The Offspring, Self Esteem

Sunday 20 November 2016

You are a thread, woven into this city, into my dreams, into my life. You're everywhere and nowhere.

I'm dreaming of you
you are free of all the pain
you kept from me

all I'm saying
all I'm saying
all I'm saying
all I'm saying
I'm missing you


I'm missing you and all the worlds you opened up to view

I love you

See you next time
- James, All I'm Saying

 

Monday 14 November 2016

On things to ease the pain

Sometimes have my breakfast right
Off of a mirror
And sometimes I have it
Right out of a bottle
- Spiritualized, Home Of The Brave

Wednesday 9 November 2016

Why do you treat me like this?

When you cancel dinner plans
When you cross the street
And you don't take my hand
When you make impossible demands
I wish I didn't understand
- The Magnetic Fields, You're My Only Home

Sunday 16 October 2016

You came on your own - and that's how you'll leave

let it go
let it leave
let it happen
nothing
in this world
was promised or
belonged to you
anyway
all you own is yourself
- Rupi Kaur

Thursday 29 September 2016

You

You're a weapon of devotion

You're a lover of attention
- James, P.S.

Thursday 22 September 2016

They don't burn like we do... (are you listening to this too, my love?)

even though our love is doomed
even though we're all messed up
even though our love is cruel
even though our stars are crossed

you're the only thing worth fighting for
- Garbage, Even Though Our Love Is Doomed


Wednesday 21 September 2016

Every day

I drown myself in sorrow
Until I wake up tomorrow
- Tricky, Ponderosa

Saturday 17 September 2016

On being cut off

I know you're out there
I know you're gone
You can't say that's fair
Can't you be wrong?
- Dinosaur Jr., Out There

Thursday 15 September 2016

On living in the borderlands with you

I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted
The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost
They look for you, but your spirit is in the air
Baby, you're nowhere
- U2, So Cruel

Thursday 8 September 2016

One does one's best

Let's not focus on her. That'll be like entering a bad k-hole you'll never wake up from.
- Mr Robot, Episode 2

Wednesday 27 July 2016

On waiting, again

He thought of her glance, which had lain in his heart like a glittering treasure. But she did not come. And the more he tried to make her come, the fainter became his memory of that glitter in his heart, until the end all was darkness within him.
- Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

Friday 15 July 2016

Deal with it

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

- Ray Bradbury, Zen In The Art Of Writing

Wednesday 13 July 2016

I'm not an addict

It's not a habit, it's cool
I feel alive
The deeper you stick it in your vein
The deeper the thoughts there's no more pain
- K's Choice, "I'm Not An Addict"

Thursday 7 July 2016

Why

Why do I have to follow you
To know just who I am?
- The Lemon Twigs, These Words

Monday 4 July 2016

I miss you so much

Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
- Toto, Africa

Thursday 30 June 2016

What can I do?

without you
what would I do?
- David Bowie, Without You


Monday 27 June 2016

That's just the way it goes

don't rake up my mistakes
I know exactly what they are
- Morrissey, Why don't you find out for yourself

Thursday 12 May 2016

On waiting

So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me

- Abba, Take a chance on me

Sunday 31 January 2016

Alone

I was there when you needed me most
I was there when you wanted me least
I was your father
your son
your holy ghost and priest

I saw you at your best
I knew you at your worst
I couldn't tell if you were blessed or cursed

I couldn't save your soul
I couldn't even take you home
I couldn't fill that hole
Alone
- Depeche Mode, Alone



Wednesday 20 January 2016

This isn't real

I've said goodbye so many times
It's as easy as breathing
And I've lost count of all the nights
I've listened to you leaving.
- The Bluetones, Driftwood

Friday 15 January 2016

Missing

Your bedroom eyes

and your baby pout
- Garbage, Hammering In My Head