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2006-10-29 11:05 a.m.

Gimme Shelter, For Good, Killing Lights, 6 to 8

Somehow my random shuffle mix on my Windows Media Player always manages to turn up with the song that most reflects my mood. This morning's four?

"Gimme Shelter"
Oh, see the storm is threatening
My very life today
If i don't get some shelter
Yeah, i'm gonna fade away

War, children
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
(repeat)
Yeah

Oh, see the fire is sweeping
Down through the streets today
Burning like a bright red carpet
Another fool who lost the way

Rape, murder
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
(repeat)
Yeah

[repeat verse one]

Love, sisters
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
Love, sisters
It's just a shot away
Shot away
Shot away

War, children
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss awy
War, children
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away
Kiss away

Rape murder
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Rape, murder
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away
Kiss away

[repeat previous three twice]

[repeat love chorus]

War, children
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away
Kiss away

--As performed by the Sisters of Mercy (originally by the Rolling Stones)

"For Good"
(Elphaba) I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

(Glinda) I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Glinda) Because I knew you

(Both) I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for

(Glinda) But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

(Both) Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

(Glinda) And because I knew you...

(Elphaba) Because I knew you...

(Both) Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.

--From the musical Wicked, about the life of the Wicked Witch of the West

"The Killing Lights"
Five A.M. on the bathroom floor from the night before.
Do you find me dreadful?
What a shame such a sad disgrace,
Such a pretty face.
But she's not regretful.

Am I beautiful?
Am I usable?

It's killing time again.
Put on your face and let's pretend,
These killing lights won't kill us all again.

Three A.M. on the city street,
When the air is sweet,
I have had my mouth full
But it seems that outside the screen
Such a pretty face often will look dreadful.

Am I beautiful?
Am I usable?

It's killing time again.
Put on your face and let's pretend,
these killing lights won't kill us all again.

It's killing time again.
cover your face and we'll pretend,
these killing lights can't kill us all again.

You see they always remember,
they never forget a face.

when they cut cut cut cut cut cut cut you up,
cut cut cut cut cut they remember.

cut cut cut cut cut cut cut you up.
cut you up!

It's killing time again.
Put on your face and let's pretend,
these killing lights won't kill us all again.

It's killing time again.
cover your face and we'll pretend,
these killing lights can't kill us all again.

All again.
All again.
It's time again.
It's killing time.

--AFI, off of the album Decemberunderground

"6 to 8"
Six figures enter, they've come to destroy the world.
They've called together this storm almost every night.
And I awake in another place.
A familiar voice with a stranger's face speaks,
(I awake in another place)
more unheard words.

What new friends will the day bring?
One for one thousand acquainted.
What new hope will the night bring?
When it all comes down you just throw the bones.

On the way I saw five hours of sleep.
On the way but your fire makes it all worth while.
On the way I wrote words for you to keep.
On the way,

What new friends will the day bring?
One for one thousand acquainted.
What new hope will the night bring?
When it all comes down you just throw the bones.

On the way I saw five hours of sleep.
On the way but your fire makes it all worth while.
On the way I wrote words for you to keep.
On the way...

I saw myself.
Lost myself along the way.
And you were by me.

On the way I saw five hours of sleep.
On the way but your fire makes it all worth while.
On the way I wrote words for you to keep.
On the way.

--AFI again, from the album Art of Drowning

I think I might go drown myself in the shower today.

...

No, I won't do that. It's counterproductive and melodramatic. But today is definitely a "drowning yourself in the shower" kinda day. Even after the extra hour of sleep. Even two days before my favorite holiday ever.

Even when there's no real reason why you should be feeling this way.

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