Been watching The X-Files recently. Couldn't help remembering this song:
Cerys Matthews looking remarkably like Gillian Anderson:
A bit.
I've also been looking up the lyrics of the forthcoming Moz album. I like them. Especially these:
I'm OK By Myself
Could this be an arm around my waist?
well, surely the hand contains a knife?
it's been so all of my life
why change now?
"it hasn't!"
now this might surprise you, but
I find I'm OK by myself
and I don't need you
or your morality to save me
no, no, no, no, no
Then came an arm around my shoulder
well surely the hand holds a revolver?
it's been so all of my life
why change now?
"it hasn't!"
now this might disturb you, but
I find I'm OK by myself
and I don't need you
or your benevolence to make sense
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
After all these years I find I'm OK by myself
and I don't need you
or your homespun philosophy
no, no, no, no
This might make you throw up in your bed:
I'M OK BY MYSELF!
and I don't need you
and I never have, I never have
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
Noooooooo!
These and these also read well, and have a nice chill to them. Who knows what the album will be like, though. Already disappointed that it has That's How People Grow Up and All You Need Is Me on it, which seems completely unnecessary. Nice cover, though:
Here are my own recent lyrics. Probably unwise to post them in close succession to lyrics by the Moz, but anyway, for what it's worth:
Short-Term Solution
Not mob-handed –
Single-handed, short-handed.
Just my hand and me again,
I mean.
Romance and wishes?
We should be past that crap by now.
But somehow it still bothers me
Until I feel vicious
And swing my feet from the table
To the floor.
What I need is a short-term solution,
Because there are no more long-term solutions
And I’m bored.
No girl, no money.
Just this casual ennui.
Like a spy without a mission,
What I need now is a short-term solution.
Like a mad scientist perfecting reanimation,
What I need now is a short-term solution.
Like a banker with a bad debt to pass on,
What I need now is a short-term solution.
Like a eunuch with a random hardon,
What I need now is a short-term solution.
Like a god without a vision for creation,
What I need now is a short-term solution.
