9 July, 2008
A life told by early morning song lyrics
Doomsday. He’s not on the beach - but who cares anymore. The engines roar and I find myself alone, not even myself, the maple-leafed sign beside me revealing this is Dårlig Ulv Stranden. I got it all wrong. London and the hollow chimes of an unirradiated Big Ben already feel light years away, gongs for a future already written and long since lived. There’s no sunshine anywhere. Chasing Cars. If I just lay here. Close eyes, arms out - back to the Reichenbach mattress as I push with my heel - down, down, down into cold and roaring hell, silent and unnoticed like a stone. I push my neck out so my head hits first. Nothing, just silence. I open my eyes and see only magnolia ceiling - put my hand to my head to find a still intact skull, but my fingers come away bloody all the same. I’m the only one who can see it. I’m the only one. I’m alone.






I drove across the states (from Chicago to LA) last year and that song was there every time I turned on the radio (apart from when it is was either god music or country classics in Oklahoma).
Anyway, it’s a great song, but I can’t hear it now without thinking of dodgy motels and hours at the wheel. Makes me very nostalgic for the road trip.
Comment by travelling but not in love — 10 July, 2008, 12:27 pm