Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Just some artsy stuff running through my head

Sometimes I, like everyone else, will get bits and pieces of songs and spoken parts stuck in my head. Here's a snapshot of what's been trickling through my mind today:

The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze 
I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful -
These are truly the last days" 
You grabbed my hand 
And we fell into it
Like a daydream 
Or a fever
The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You Black Emperor
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Darkness on the edge
Shadows where I stand
I search for the time
On a watch with no hands
I want to see you clearly
Come closer than this
But all I remember
Are the dreams in the mist

Is it cloak and dagger?
Could it be spring or fall?
I walk without a cut
Through a stained glass wall
Weaker in my eyesight
The candle in my grip
And words that have no form
Are fallin' from my lips
These Dreams by Heart
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Save the fairyland we live in
Where all failings are forgiven
Feel like hunted by a griffin
I'm falling down
Straight down
Fairyland by Angelzoom
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X
And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, 
When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, 
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, 
A highwayman comes riding— 
Riding—riding— 
A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.

XI
Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard; 
He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred; 
He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there 
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter, 
Bess, the landlord's daughter, 
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
The Highwayman (final two stanzas) by Alfred Noyes

4 Comments:

Margaret said...

You, my dear, have a very poetic and artistic mind!!

The wandering pilot said...

I like them all but I love the last. That poem has always been one of my favorites. It conjures up images of a time probably much more engaging to read about than it was to live through. After all, the average life expectancy at birth in England then was around 40 or so. I'd be long gone!

+Rei Bathory+ said...

I love all of these lyrics and poems, darling! <3 And I'm so glad you used the Angelzoom lyrics! That's my favorite Angelzoom song and I can never get it out of my head after listening to it... Usually when I get something poetic (usually a song) stuck in my head, it ends up on my blog header... XD Have a lovely day, darling! <3 <3 <3 *

+Rei Bathory+

Kacey said...

I love your mind! xoxo