2005-07-14 - 3:18 p.m.
Sentiment I don't know why, but sometimes the combination of melody and lyric converges in a way that hits every emotional button. As mentioned previously, I'm totally enamoured with the somewhat sentimental, twangy honkytonk of Laura Cantrell of late, and at the top of the list is Churches Off the Interstate. I won't lie and say that I haven't gotten teary eyed over this particular number, as musically upbeat and rambunctious as it is. click here to listen to an mp3 ============= Why try to stay when I can see that there's no reason to? My heart is strong and my feet can move if I tell them to. Time will tell and time will take it's toll on you. My heart can rue, even if I don't want it to. [� APRS / Thrift Shop Songs] ============= Also amazingly addictive (and chokingly heart-rending) is a cover of Elvis Costello's Indoor Fireworks We play these parlour games We play at make believe When we get to the part where I say that I'm gonna leave Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try We go straight past pretending To the part where everybody loves to cry Indoor fireworks Can still burn your fingers Indoor fireworks We swore we were safe as houses They're not so spectacular They don't burn up in the sky But they can dazzle or delight Or bring a tear When the smoke gets in your eyes You were the spice of life The gin in my vermouth And though the sparks would fly I thought our love was fireproof Sometimes we'd fight in public darling With very little cause But different kinds of sparks would fly When we got on our own behind closed doors (chorus) It's time to tell the truth
These things have to be faced My fuse is burning out And all that powder's gone to waste Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through I'll build a bonfire of my dreams And burn a broken effigy of me and you...
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