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Friday, February 17, 2012

Moment of Surrender

I was lucky enough to receive not one, but two Valentine's Day Mixes...



I will do a post later on the songs on theses mixes; as there are some pretty romantic (Jeff Buckley) but also some pretty random (Big Bang Theory Theme) songs on there.  Apparently random suits me.  I don't know what he means...

Anyway, I have decided on my favourite song of the two mixes and here it is:


Moment of Surrender
I tied myself with wire
To let the horses roam free
Playing with the fire
Until the fire played with me
The stone was semi-precious
We were barely conscious
Two souls too smart to be
In the realm of certainty
Even on our wedding day

We set ourselves on fire
Oh God, do not deny her
It's not if I believe in love
If love believes in me
Oh, believe in me

At the moment of surrender
I folded to my knees
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me

I've been in every black hole
At the altar of the dark star
My body's now a begging bowl
That's begging to get back, begging to get back
To my heart
To the rhythm of my soul
To the rhythm of my unconsciousness
To the rhythm that yearns
To be released from control

I was punching in the numbers at the ATM machine
I could see in the reflection
A face staring back at me

At the moment of surrender
Of vision over visibility
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me
I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down 'til the pain would stop

At the moment of surrender
Of vision over visibility
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me

3 comments:

  1. An awesome choice. Glad you like it. Not sure that I'm able to pick a favourite from the group, but this one is damn close.

    The guilty undertaker sighs
    The lonesome organ grinder cries
    The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
    The cracked bells and washed-out horns
    Blow into my face with scorn
    But it’s not that way
    I wasn’t born to lose you

    I want you, I want you
    I want you so bad
    Honey, I want you

    The drunken politician leaps
    Upon the street where mothers weep
    And the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you
    And I wait for them to interrupt
    Me drinkin’ from my broken cup
    And ask me to
    Open up the gate for you

    I want you, I want you
    I want you so bad
    Honey, I want you

    How all my fathers, they’ve gone down
    True love they’ve been without it
    But all their daughters put me down
    ’Cause I don’t think about it

    Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
    And talk with my chambermaid
    She knows that I’m not afraid to look at her
    She is good to me
    And there’s nothing she doesn’t see
    She knows where I’d like to be
    But it doesn’t matter

    I want you, I want you
    I want you so bad
    Honey, I want you

    Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
    He spoke to me, I took his flute
    No, I wasn’t very cute to him, was I?
    But I did it, though, because he lied
    Because he took you for a ride
    And because time was on his side
    And because I . . .

    I want you, I want you
    I want you so bad
    Honey, I want you

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  2. Natuurlik sal jy Bob Dylan kies :)

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