strange form of life

stripped

Will you miss me when I burn
And will you eye me with a longing?
It is longing that I feel
To be missed for, to be real


Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Ruby

On the slope of the creek, I asked her
Where are you going hiding your flashlight with your coat?
My house is all dark and lonesome, lend me that light!
She raised her dark eyes for a moment and looked at my face through the dusk
I have come to the creek, she said, to shine my flashlight on the animals in the water when it gets dark

It got darker, and I asked again if she would bring her light to my house
As there were no animals in the water. There was nothing living moving
She said, I'm going to shine it on the sky, eventually it will reach a star
I watched her shine the light uselessly into the sky

In the moonless gloom of midnight I asked her why she still held the light close to her chest
My house is all dark and lonesome, I said. Lend me your light
I need it to walk home with, she said. I can't see in the dark like a cat
I watched her light get lost among the trees and into the lights of houses

Will Oldham

(and music fills my bones again, at last
and pride inflates my chest...)

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

will you eye me with a longing?

It is longing that I feel
To be missed for, to be real

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

(no one can hurt you)

"What is normally called religion what I would tend to call music (...) I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language. I don't think people think about God so much as they think about themselves and how they're going to get through life."

Will Oldham

Things just are

Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

It could've killed me... if it were not for the rain

"Let the rain exalt us
As the night draws in
Winds howl around us
As we begin
What a way to start a fire
Broken with the break of day

A kiss could have killed me
If it were not for rain

And I have a feeling it's coming on
And I felt it coming on
for so long

And oh it could've
It could've killed me
It could've killed me
If it were not for the rain"

Scout Niblett

Death to everyone is gonna come, and it makes hosing much more fun, la la la...

"I am here, right here
Where god puts none asunder
And you, in black dress and black shoe
You do invite me under
Go on, go there
You can see me aging
Stars turn, balls burn
Coming kids are raging

Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun
Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun
La la la...

Every terrible thing is a relief
Even months on end buried in grief
Are easy light times which have to end
With the coming of your death friend

Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun
Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun
La la la...

So strap me on and raise me high
Cause buddy I'm not afraid to die
But life is long and it's tremendous
And we're glad that you're here with us
And since we know an end will come
It makes our living fun

Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun
Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun

Death to me and death to you
Tell me what else can we do die do
Death to all and death to each
Our own god-bottle's within reach
Death to everyone is gonna come
And it makes hosing much more fun"

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

All these vicious dogs

S.

"Once again in the world
Of twelve hundred feelings
All in electric lights
We see what we can

And I have been yours
In fall and in praying
And I love to look at you
From the side at night
With music playing

And love will protect you
To the edge of the wood
And a monster will get you
And love does no good"

Will Oldham

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewPBk8c6p4]