From time to time, I’ll find that one song that I can’t stop listening to. It’s usually the kind of song that would be the last track on the soundtrack of your life (if you were to have one). So “Left & Leaving” by The Weakerthans happens to be that song for me now. I first heard it in Jake’s car the other night, as we all sat talking. I’ve listened to it only one million times over since then.
“My city’s still breathing (but barely it’s true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,
sparkled with broken glass.
I’m back with scars to show,
Back with the streets I know
Will never take me anywhere but here.
The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand,
the strangers whose faces I know.
We meet here for our dress-rehearsal to say ” I wanted it this way”.
Wait for the year to drown;
Spring forward, fall back down.
I’m trying not to wonder where you are.
All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone choose who’s left and who’s leaving.
Memory will rust and erode into lists of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest,
the best parts of Lonely, duct-tape and soldered wires,
new words for old desires,
and every birthday card I threw away.
I wait in 4/4 time.
Count yellow highway lines that you’re relying on to lead you home.”
So really what I’m saying, is that you ought to find the song (be it through your limewire or a crappy youtube fan-made video) and listen to & love the song.
_____________
__________
end.
