lyrical fitness

a half-full moon in mexico city; i think of you. when i saw the southern cross, i wished that you had too.
i wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew but it's as warm as saxophones and honey in the sun for you.
i've been spending half the year in a plane going up and down.
you've been seeing other people from a nearby town.
been obsessing and getting depressed about us; excess baggage and other stupid band stuff.
i wish my heart was cold but it's warmer than before.
i wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew but it's as warm as saxophones and honey in the sun for you.
when you said the veins in my left hand were shaped like a tree, was that the very last time you really looked at me?
i'm in training to become as cold as ice;
i'm determined to protect my feelings, to disguise.
and when i said i didn't love you, i told a lie.
because there is no one above you, though i try.
would you laugh at the time i spent calling your name, over and over and over again?
i wish my heart was cold but it's warmer than before.
i wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew but it's as warm as saxophones and honey in the sun for you.
the trouble is i got me close to hating me.
when i wake up in the morning it's your face i see.
where you once made me feel less afraid you've got me pouring myself all over this page.
i wish my heart was cold but it's warmer than before.
i wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew but it's as warm as saxophones and honey in the sun for you.

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currents

10. boogie shoes - kc & the sunshine band
9. 99 problems - jay z
8. stereo love - edward maya ft vika jingulina
7. audacity of huge - simian mobile disco
6. dance yrself clean - lcd soundsystem
5. psychotic girl - the black keys
4. my love - sia
3. ain't nothing like you - the black keys ft mos def & jim jones
2. so much - ragdev
1. always like this - bombay bicycle club

' ... oh you can't wait for what i can give. you know what i am, so you know how i live it. try to look proud but you're not in the slightest. it's happening now but it's always been like this, like this. i'm not whole; i'm not whole. oh, you waste it all. but i'm not whole.'

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no pause

i can't believe i've never waxed poetic about this subject. i touched on the glitch mob which are essentially the same format, just different.
but the fact that i haven't gone gaga over girl talk is unseemingly ridiculous. even my inner monologue finds it ridiculous that i haven't spouted my infinite knowledge and unwavering love for this philly dj/mix artist/brilliant human being.

so i will go forth and do this. over and over again.

feed the animals is possibly the best album i have in my collection right now (besides, like, radiohead's ok computer or cage's hells winter. pffft). the genius is, you shouldn't listen to just one or two songs, you have to listen to the whole thing from play your part pt 1 to the very end, play your part pt 2. i tried an experiment once to see if i could get the same smooth results by playing just the two play your part parts together and, well, there's a reason i'm getting a degree in teaching because i definitely won't be a dj anytime soon. the album is genius because for every three songs you don't know, you'll know ten at the least. i can pick out eminem, jackson five, procol harem, the band, outkast... everything and it`s fucking brilliant.

he's coming to my city tomorrow. and by tomorrow i mean friday. technically it's already thursday since it's after midnight BUT whatever. i'm in a post-eclipse [read: post-coital] bliss right now so forgive me if i'm not selling the album 'feed the animals' as hard as i want to.

but for real though, folks. i know i say it every time i make a recommendation but this time it's sort of like a do or die kind of thing. if you don't pick up girl talk's 'feed the animals' album (or 'night ripper', my other personal favorite) you will die.

just sayin'.

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