[sleep-s-talkers]
i�m here again
inside you
it�s so good staying here
but i stay a short while
i float around in underwater hibernation
in a hotel connected to the electricity board and nourishing
tyoowoohoo...
but the wait makes me uneasy � i kick the fragility away
and shout � i have to go - help
tyoowoohoo
i explode out and the peace is gone
bathed in new light
i cry and i cry - disconnected
a ruined brain put on breasts
and fed by sleepwalkers
[sigur ros]
footnotes:
1. i first heard this song on university of miami's college radio station the voice and instantly fell in love.
2. then i heard it playing during the movie vanilla sky and immediately bought the soundtrack specifically for that reason.
3. it took me a while to figure out it wasn't a woman singing.
4. i thought the song was repeating "it's you, it's you" over and over, when really they were saying "tj�". not much more than icelandic gibberish. but. the thought of the words being "it's you.. it's you.." meant so much more. touched me. tickled at a deep feeling place in my heart. like.. looking at someone and recognizing.. "it's you..
it's YOU.."
'you' as in my home, my comfort. and even if 'you' meant talking to yourself. because sometimes i like to turn around song lyrics and take them to mean as something being communicated about the relationship with myself. talking to me as if i were another person i can relate to. and maybe the idea of neglecting/avoiding/abandoning yourself for so long.. and then turning around and finding yourself again.. and then you might say to yourself, "it's you.."
there you are. i've found you.
you were here all along.
but maybe that's just me.
5. the past week was an experience in remembering what it's like to feel. and what it's like to cry.
LJ