Tuesday, April 05, 2011

poems in music and music in poems...

when i was a kid
i was obsessed with song lyrics...
i would pore over the lyrics from every record liner
{prince 1999}{rick springfield}{micheal jackson}
{ratt}{motley crue}
and read and reread the lyrics from my cassette tapes
{bon jovi}{billy idol}{madonna}{more prince}
until they fell apart from use and abuse....

i would copy the lyrics over and over...i would cover my school notebooks
with snippets of songs and broken bits of favorite phrases...

this became a favorite song when i was little older...university actually...
but i fell in love with its words...with its angst...
to me, it was the perfect love song...

When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special

But I'm a creep

I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts

I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice when I'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep

I'm a weirdo
What the hell I'm doing here?
I don't belong here

She's running out the door

She's running out
She runs runs runs

Whatever makes you happy

Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep

I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here

4 comments:

Heidi said...

Oh, man. I love that song. I was just listening to it the other day . . .

Char said...

that is in rotation on my ipod - love it

Nat said...

Still love this song, I tend to agree that it is a love song.

I too used to pour over song lyrics... just the liner notes now are on my laptop... and I tend to think of them longer longer ...

jennifer h. said...

This made me smile ~I did this too (and with all the same musicians). I've always loved this song.