Thursday, May 05, 2005

the lyrics of the blog

The name of the blog comes from a Tragically Hip song.
Here are the lyrics. I have no idea what they mean.

I want a book that'll make me drunk
full of freaks and disenfranchised punks.
No amount of hate no load of junk
no bag or words no costume trunk
could make me feel the same way
an inch an hour two feet a day
to move through night
in this most fashionable way.
There's this fuckin band you gotta see
they used to scare the living shit outta me.
No frothing dog no cool insanity
no rock n' roll no christianity
makes me feel the same way
an inch an hour two feet a day
to move through night
with very little else to say
but i'm helpless less with the people
than the space
No struggletown no bemused trudeau
no solitary walks through vacant lots
in moonglow
Tonight the winter may have missed its mark
you can see your breath in Springside Park
coffee-coloured ice and peeling birch bark the
sound of rushing water in the dark
makes me feel the same way
an inch an hour two feet a day
to move through life
with very little else to say
but i'm helpless more with the people
than the space
I mean I'm helpless less with the people
than the space
You see, I don't know Neil
I don't know Neil

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Have you seen "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"? Could that be your blog lyric? Hrere is "Hedwig's Lament:"

by Stephen Trask
I was born on the other side
Of a town ripped in two
And no matter how hard I've tried
I end up black and blue

I rose from off of the doctor's slab
I lost a piece of my heart
Now everyone gets to take a stab
They cut me up into parts

I gave a piece to my mother
I gave a piece to my man
I gave a piece to the rock star
He took the good stuff and ran

Anonymous said...

Posted by Jason