Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Elliot Smith

I'll fake it through the day
With some help from Johnny Walker Red
And the cold pain behind my eyes
That shoots back through my head
With two tickets torn in half
In a lot with nothing to do
But it's all right, because some enchanted night I'll be with you
Tarot cards and the lines in my hand
Tell me I'm wrong, but they're untrue
I got plans for both of us
That involve a trip out of town
To a place I've seen in a magazine
That you left lying around
I can't hold my liquor but I keep a good attitude
Because it's all right, some enchanted night
I'll be with you
And though you'd rather see me gone
Then to see there come the day
I'll be waiting for you anyway
Next door, the TV's flashing
Blue frames on the wall
Its a comedy from the seventies
With a lead no one recalls
He vanished into oblivion
It's easy to do
And I cried a sea when you talked to me
The day you said we were through
But it's all right, some enchanted night I'll be with you

This is a song by Elliot Smith, called Miss Misery (early version).  It just hit me so hard today, I had to hold back my tears at work.  It is almost like this song could be written about my life right now. 

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