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    13 March

    the lyrics I love

    Suzanne Vega: Language 
    (Not complete)

    If language were liquid
    It would be rushing in
    Instead here we are
    In a silence more eloquent
    Than any word could ever be

    These words are too solid
    They don't move fast enough
    To catch the blur in the brain
    That flies by and is gone

    I'd like to meet you
    In a timeless, placeless place
    Somewhere out of context
    And beyond all consequences

    Let's go back to the building
    On Little West Twelfth
    It is not far away
    And the river is there
    And the sun and the spaces
    Are all laying low
    And we'll sit in the silence
    That comes rushing in and is
    Gone (Gone)

    I won't use words again
    They don't mean what I meant
    They don't say what I said
    They're just the crust
    of the meaning
    With realms underneath
    Never touched
    Never stirred
    Never even moved through

    If language were liquid
    It would be rushing in
    Instead here we are
    In a silence more eloquent
    Than any word could ever be

    And is gone
    Gone
    Gone
    And is gone

    film note

    晒得到阳光却感微凉的初春,周五,无限期推迟的同事聚会之后终于看啦Music&Lyrics。俗套却不让人讨厌的电影。或许是因为又快满岁,越发宽容啦。
    • A melody is like seeing someone for the first time, the physical attraction. But then, as you get to know the person, that's the lyrics. They are stories who they are underneath. It's the combination of the two that makes it magic.
    • (music) gives spiritual uplift to people
    • Illiteracy is a growing epidemic (in this country).