12.30.2009

hear the horses



happiness hit her
like a train on a track
coming towards her
stuck still no turning back
she hid around corners
and she hid under beds
she killed it with kisses
and from it she fled
with every bubble
she sank with her drink
and washed it away
down the kitchen sink


leave all your longing
your loving
behind
you can't carry it with you
if you want to survive


dog days are over
florence and the machine

12.29.2009

knee deep



i'm working on drawing
a straight line
and i'll draw
until i get one right
it's bold and dark, girl
can't you see
i done drawn a line
between you and me

backwards walk
frightened rabbit

12.28.2009

know my cell

we sing the nightmare
of the lies that you speak

iron bars
iron heart
iron bars
everything


dull life
yeah yeah yeahs

leave me



louder
lips speak louder
better
back together
still it's a
sharp shock to your
soft side


softshock
yeah yeah yeahs

12.25.2009

sky

love my name
love left dry

frost or flame
skeleton me

fall asleep
spin the sky

skeleton me
love, don't cry


skeletons
yeah yeah yeahs

12.24.2009

12.22.2009

if i told you


well i sat on the patio
while the pianos were being tuned
forget about it all
for a little while
she don't mind
she don't care


liar
built to spill

12.21.2009

yeah



music to me is just as awe-bringing as the world maybe once was, and i just love it a lot.
-robin pecknold of fleet foxes
sun giant linernotes

12.20.2009

sun does shine



now i'm free
in parenthesis
i'm not sure
what i ought to do with it
it sits in the house
bright eyes and raised hand
if i ignore its advances
then the hand goes down

i feel better
frightened rabbit

12.19.2009

college.

exams.
plastic spoonfuls of honey.
stress.
my bed by the window.
eraser fuzzies.
procrastination.
my roomie's love notes.
utter terror.
inexplicable joy.
chemistry.
writing class.
creepers.
incredibly good friends.

missing home.
finding a second home.

12.18.2009

can't wait

been thinking to myself
and if a life's not long
what matter does it make
if there'll be favorite songs playing in my head
when we go down to the well

down to the well
pixies

( )


so much has changed,
but
such is life,
and it's treated me pretty well
so far.

i'm ready
for some blank space.




12.17.2009

agreed



these walls are paper thin
and everyone hears every little sound
everyone's a voyeur
it's them watching me
watch them watch me right now
they're shaking hands
they're shaking in their shoes
oh lord, don't shake me down


laugh hard
it's a long ways to the bank
i can't be blamed for nothing anymore
it's been a long time
since you've been around
laugh hard it's a long ways to the bank



paper thin walls
modest mouse

12.16.2009

stones at my back

and if i hadn't come down to the coast to disappear
i may have died in a landslide of the rocks
the hopes and fears

so swim until you can't see land


let's call me a baptist
call this the drowning of the past


swim until you can't see land
frightened rabbit

12.13.2009

you shouldn't





when we meet
we can talk awhile
i can sleep
in your dreams
the night alone
i've been waiting

when you say
it's no love affair
i will know
and when we go
i'll be the only thing
who cares




omaha
tapes 'n tapes

12.12.2009

sparks




and i can't stand up
i can't cool down
i can't get my head
off the ground

head on
pixies

12.11.2009

h2o


i'm happy just because
i found out i am really no one.


at the bottom of everything
bright eyes



12.07.2009

foggy morning



but they're dying anyway
to turn to ash
to feel their feelings flash and finally fade away
in one fabulous and fiery
deathspray



let's pause and add our own intentions -
right here.



the latest toughs
okkervil river

tigerstigerstigers crawl out

i'm like this
and you're like this
i'm like this
and you're like this

but i'm a noisy singer singin' for my dinner
dinners are much stranger now


we tigers
animal collective


12.04.2009

bet you can't even tell me that much



in the back room there's a lamp
that hangs over the pool table
and when the fan is on it swings
gently side to side
there's a changing constellation
of balls as we are playing
i see orion and say nothing
the only thing i can think of saying
except


untouchable face
ani difranco

12.02.2009

speed leaving

i think about it sometimes
sun shines in the rusty morning
once i had a good fly
into the mountain
i will fall



bird dream of the olympus mons
pixies