Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Velvet

Wise cracks and ankle shots
I can't get through this door
Take it to the countertop
It beeps as they charge more.
But you say "Go, go
We can't hold back everything
Can't even hold our breaths."

Teen-sad redeemer
Aloof, alone, alive
Chained to your cell phone
It sparkles like a knife
And you say "Go, go!
What you say is what you mean
What you say is death"

Take a sprinkle of laughter
Throw it in the bad
Thunderstruck and bullet-shy
It hurts to stab a good man
In the eye.
And you say "Go, go!
The camera's got our memories
And we can't hold on
We can't hold on."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm not sure what this means, but i like the lauage.

Brass Baboon said...

Yeh.

The first verse isn't the best but after that i think it improves.

The middle one i picture like a sad girl addicted to her cellphone, txting or sommink her boyfriend, and tears falling on the phone she is breaking up with him cause he's killing her.

Then 3rd verse she is trying again with a better man. Only she can't open herself up anymore. So she has to hurt him to make him leave, and tries to forget him herself.

Or something.

Scratch said...

mmm, i change i like to i love.

post-it said...

i like this one your explination helps.. very cool