Song Lyric Poems

[Liz]

Hey, I got this little procrastination device sent to me by a friend, and I thought you guys might appreciate it.

"Ok, so what you're gonna do is write a poem...with the lines written by the people on your iPod. All you have to do is put your iPod on shuffle, and listen to the first line of the first song that plays. That's the title of your poem. The first lines of the next twenty-nine songs become the subsequent lines of your poem, and then finish it off with the same lyrics you used for the title. Punctuate it however you want...see if you can make us think it makes sense."

Here's the one I made:

"The World Collapsed Early Sunday Morning"

In your arms,
Take your fear, write on your silence.
Here comes the rain again:
My secret.
We don't seem to see eye to eye.
One day more!
The way I see it,
Life's like this.

One too many times, I fell over you:
You're so complicated.
5:15 AM, snow laying all around...
Please don't be long;
I think we're going somewhere.
We met as soulmates,
Ain't it foggy outside?
Will you ever come again?

You said, "Why does everything revolve around you?"
You'll hear me calling in your sweet dream,
When your father pulls up in a Mercedes Benz.
What's the time?
This ain't no place for losers.
It's not time to make a change;
All I want is something good.
I must look a mess.

Reach out, touch faith;
Head out on the highway, lookin' for adventure.
So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you:
It don't matter to me.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
The world collapsed early Sunday morning.


(Weirdly parallels my breakup last month... o.0)

[subtlecollision]

That's a cool idea. I'm going to have to do that sometime. I'm pretty sure I don't recognize any songs in yours.. I don't know why.

[Catherine]

When I Made Up My Mind, and My Heart Along With That

Where can a sick man go?
Sé que hay en tus ojos con solo mirar (I know that there is in your eyes, with just one look…)
This city life when all the lights are fading
Down to you, you’re pushing and pulling me down to you
I bought a cheap watch from the crazy man, floating down the canal
You gave me a title, although I didn’t know You
We were alive, in a tower of Ivory
It’s funny how the smile in your eyes is slowly fading with the last days in July
So that’s what they call a family – mother, daughter, father, son
All the girls and the boys and people making noise
Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye
Flow gently Sweet Afton, among thy green braes
Oh, once upon a midnight clear
Quando sono solo, sogno all’orizzonte e mancan le parole (when I’m alone, I dream on the horizon and words fail)
What I said before, I said in truth
Golden rod, and the 4-H stone, the things I brought you when I found out you had cancer of the bone

Crack the spine, and relate us to yellowed words on brand-new pages
No more talk of darkness, forget these wide-eyed fears
One day you’ll see her, and you’ll know what I mean
The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stony ground
Pulitzer and Hearst, they think we’re nuthin! Are we nuthin? NO
Mercury rising, what’s to blame?
Open the gates and seize the day
I cannot see you over and under
In a room full of people, hanging on one person’s breath
When the train rolls by, I’m gonna be ready this time
Hands in line, arms close to my side
That’s my cigar! You’ll steal anudder
Searching the world, the lost will be found
When I made up my mind, and my heart along with that


i love this

[Catherine]

oh and Liz... i think i recognise two in yours? one day more is, of course, from Les Mis, and your line 'here comes the rain again' continues 'falling from the sky'.... it's that green day song, isn't it? wake me up when september ends, is that the one?