Back in 2004 or so I bought a compilation cd from Starbucks on a lark. The disc introduced me to artists I still listen to today, but it's the last song that continues to resonate deep within whenever I hear it again.
Moving Pictures Silent Films by Great Lake Swimmers
Oh wake me please when this is over
Oh when the ice has melted away
and the hunger returns
I will be the same but older
and maybe twice the man
that I thought I was
Where have you been?
and what have you done?
I've been under the ground
reading prayers from this old book I found
under the ground
saving it up
and spending it all
on moving pictures
silent films
moving pictures
silent films
Oh is this the dream I've been saving?
Oh where the heart beats slower and slower
to almost nothing
almost nothing
almost nothing
I took it for love
or at least something beautiful
out there in the spotlight
but I turned around suddenly
turned around squinting
and saw
that it was headlights
and then the truth, the truth was unbearable
oh, and imminent
bearing down on these two shadow animals
caught painting a dotted line
caught painting a dotted line
caught painting a dotted line
Where have you been?
and what have you done?
I've been under the ground
reading prayers from this old book I've found
under the ground
saving it up
and spending it all
on moving pictures
silent films
moving pictures
silent films
Comments