Karen

Saturday, April 29, 2006

So. Angie and I planned months ago that we're gonna write a book after the exams. A best-seller.

"The Stupid Lies That Men Don't Know They Tell."

And I would really like this to be in our introduction. Perfect example of how men's silly lies are incorporated into so many parts of everyday life & encoded in such a way that we barely even notice it anymore.

Bulletins of God

All the lonely poets' work
And all the words at their command
Would not be enough to prove my love
That I'll always be your man
So look for signs among the clouds
The way that kindness moves in air
O let the infinite speak out loud
About the life that we should share

Chorus
The stars at night are bulletins of God
That you and I should never be apart
The universe reveals itself in code
That you will always own my heart

Let us go then, you and I
The evening spread against the sky
And all the while the wind will prove my love
And the rivers flowing by
And when the years have made us old
Towards the closing of our days
The atmosphere will repeat my call
And the rain will sing your praise

How can we promise 'forever'? Big sweeping statements don't do anything. Some things may be beautiful when watched on a stage or some songs touch the heartstrings while a beautiful voice sings it, but beneath everything, it is all still a manifestation of another world. A world based on our world, yes, but which contains elements of the illusory.

Get a grip on your sense of reality, yo.

lying among the petals 2:13 AM