Friday, October 21, 2022

The Dreaming Moon by The Magnetic Fields

 With an ivory pipe

And a cummerbundIn the dead of nightOn the autobahnWith the long agoOn the radioAnd the dreaming moon...We were young and in loveIn a burning townBut the fire went outI'm alone again nowAnd I finally knowHow cool to be coldWith the dreaming moonI'll begin againWith another new nameAnd a whole new lifeFull of fortune and fameBut in the 100th yearI'll be right back hereWith the dreaming moon

4 comments:

Aaron said...

Wow. This might be the best song i've ever heard on songtime. I've never heard of the magnetic fields but they remind me of a band i would have loved in high school. this song is fuckin rad. maybe its cuz it sounds like an 80's band but the lyrics are also very rad. its true that there are very brief moments in your life that are like magic. and no matter how old you get and how many rad things you experience you just kinda long to go back to that magic moment.

now i am sad

Aaron said...

Also, i would want to live forever cuz i think it would be fun to be smarter than everyone else.

Anonymous said...

Yes... one of my moments is watching waz trudge through the snow in his underpats toward the office of his apartment complex to get the key after he had locked himself out of his apartment complex. He had burst through the door in a fit of rage after I had repeatedly pushed the intercom button. But I was safely speeding away in the get away van driven by the wizard. In my darkest hours I can look back on that moment and it warms my heart.

Dan Tschirhart said...

Cool song

I like these guys - their song 'Absolutely Cuckoo' is one of my favorites

The brief moments of magic can be few and fleeting, but at least we had them

Being immortal could get lonely unless you lived in the world of Highlander

Then at least you know someone is always wondering where you are

An angry Waz in the snow is a force to be reckoned with, most definitely