Mazzy Star
I’m no foolI know you’re coolI never really wanted your heart. —Mazzy Star, from “Blue Flower,” She Hangs Brightly. (1990)
I’m no foolI know you’re coolI never really wanted your heart. —Mazzy Star, from “Blue Flower,” She Hangs Brightly. (1990)
When I have not rage or sorrow, and you depart from me, then I am most afraid. When the belly is full, and the mind has its sayings, then I fear for my soul; I rush to you as a child at night breaks into its parents’ room. Do not forget me in my satisfaction.… Continue reading Leonard Cohen
I almost went to bedwithout rememberingthe four white violetsI put in the button-holeof your green sweater and how i kissed you thenand you kissed meshy as though I’dnever been your lover — Leonard Cohen, “Song,” The Spice-Box of Earth. (Jonathan Cape, London 1973.; F edition 1973)
I will break into your thoughtsWith what’s written on my heart — Flyleaf, from “I’m So Sick,” Flyleaf (2006)
I heard of a manwho says words so beautifullythat if he only speaks their namewomen give themselves to him.If I am dumb beside your bodywhile silence blossoms like tumors on our lips.it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside the door. — Leonard Cohen, “I heard of a man,”… Continue reading Leonard Cohen
I am troubled, immeasurablyby your eyes.I am struck by the featherof your soft reply.The sound of glassspeaks quick, disdainand concealswhat your eyes fightto explain. ― Jim Morrison, Wilderness: The Lost Writings, Vol. 1 (Vintage; 1st Vintage Books ed edition, December 17, 1989) Originally published 1988.
‘T ain’t no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones. — Tom Waits, from “T’aint No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin and Dance Around in Your Bones),” The Black Rider. Original Release Date: October 25, 1993. Island Records.
I find it hard to believe you don’t know the beauty you are,But you don’t let me be your eyes. — Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” The Velvet Underground & Nico. (March 12, 1967)
Some fall in love.I shatter. —Stephin Merritt, from “I Shatter,” 69 Love Songs, Volume Two. (1999)
When I see and think how much air separates me from that lovely face that is always so near to me and so distant. Then to myself softly: ‘What do you know, wretch? perhaps off there someone is sighing now because of your absence.’ And in this thought my soul breathes more easily. — Petrarch,… Continue reading Petrarch