Poetry has never really done it for me.
Song lyrics have always been all the poetry I've ever needed.
Which is why I'll constantly be posting song lyrics
Or quoting them in my journals.
The emotion and power music possesses...
Matched with a beautiful voice...
And lyrics that can say it better than you could ever say yourself
All help me make sense of what I'm feeling sometimes.
I love the lyrics to this song so much
that I put them on the back page of my wedding programs.
I didn't originally want to have wedding programs.
I kinda thought they were a waste of paper
and a waste of time
(I only had six months to plan my wedding)
But then I thought that because music means so much to my husband and I
that I ought to have a song that perfectly explains who he is to me
What he rescued me from
And how he changed my life.
(I also wanted to remember his grandparents who were no longer with us)
So at the last minute,
I printed 250 or so programs with the lyrics to this very special song.
I'll be the grapes fermented
Bottled and served with the table set in my finest suit
Like a perfect gentlemen
I'll be the fire escape that bolted to the ancient brick
Where you will sit and contemplate your day
I'll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowning
In an open tab when your judgments on the brink
I'll be the phonograph that plays your favorite albums back
As you're lying there, drifting off to sleep
I'll be the platform shoes and undo what heredity's done to you
You won't have to strain to look into my eyes
I'll be your winter coat
Buttoned and zipped straight to the throat
With the collar up so you won't catch cold
I want to take you far from the cynics in this town
And kiss you on the mouth
We'll cut our bodies free from the tethers of this scene
Start a brand new colony
Where everything will change
We'll give ourselves new names
(Identities erased)
The sun will heat the grounds
Under our bare feet in this brand new colony
Everything will change
Brand New Colony,
The Postal Service
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