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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

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Comment and Appreciation *snigger.. loudly..*

Ha! Scared u didn't I? Relax Lit-ers (Lit sudents la). What I meant to say by this very self-explanatory title is that I wished to talk about an 'extract'. Ha! It's just lyrics. Remember the one Mr Wee played for us during the feminism lecture? Yuppers.. That song. And ya Joyce (If u ever get to see this). I take back my words. The lyrics is NOT rude, just disturbing to people not used to the morbid. In fact, the more I listen to it, the more i like it. Ha. So, here goes...

Charlene- Never Been To Me

Hey lady, you lady
cursing at your life
you're a discontented mother
and a regimented wife
I have no doubt
you dream about the things you never do
but I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you

Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacher man
and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Please lady please lady
don't just walk away
Cause I have this need to tell you
why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me
still living in your eyes
won't you share a part
of a weary heart that has lived a million lives

Oh, I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
when I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
and showed them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
and I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'pose to see
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie
a fantasy we created about people and places
as we like them to be
but you know what truth is?
it's that little baby you're holding
and it's that man you fought with this morning
the same one you are gonna make love to tonight
that's truth that's love

sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
that might have made me complete
but I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I spent my life exploring
the subtle whoreing
that costs too much to be free
hey lady I've been to paradise
but I've never been to me...

I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...

First things first, i chose red because I thought it was appropriate. I mean. Juz read the lyrics. And yes, being a blog reader myself, I know ppl seldom look at the lyrics. Shan't digress too much shall we. No doubt, the lyrics are really sad. She sounded so forlon and lost that i sympathize with her (the persona). Obviously, this song is quite a reality check although I don't think many of us would become such confused... person (harlots). But, as some of you know, one of my biggest dream is to actually travel everywhere. So in a way, I want to go to that paradise (minus the sexual connotations). And it's an irony that she's been to everywhere, but have never really 'been to me'. She seem to be running.. from herself? (Do tell me wad ya think).

And in a way (Disclaimer: No i am not a sicko, nor am I perverse), her life is fascinating. Just thought to add some lines that i liked.

I sipped champagne on a yacht

I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo

and showed them what I've got

I've been undressed by kings

Don't ya think that this stanza is so bitter sweet. And the imagery is simply fascinating. (maybe too much romance novels eh?) Yah, no doubt that she is promiscuous, and lost, and confused, and misunderstood. Do you think of The Handmaids Tale when you read the lyrics? (ha! Don't ask me. I haven't finish the book).

All in all, I do like it. It's like sooooooooooooo sad. (Okay, I know I sound quite bimbotic here. *embarassed hackles*)

Maybe I just like this kinda songs in general. The self confessing rebel kind. That's y I like Meredith Brook's 'Bitch' too.

you'll nv walk alone..

Elaine + Snowy

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9:57 PM
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The Attention Seeker

WY + Snowy + Poka Neembong Eng + Napoleon
im remaining 19 for life!
Liverpool FC
Singapore
NUS FASS
22nd June
You'll nv walk alone

Totally in love wid`

myself
globe trekking
cocoa dusted almond
white chocolate ice blended
shopping
suppers
Romance novels and chic lit
lychee martinis
zouk
goon

get outta my face if u're..

ugly
act cute
TCMI (totally cannot make it)
after my man

GIMME GIMME GIMME!!

Liverpool jersey
Crumpler bag
Spa treatment
MORE CLOTHES DANG IT!

My bitches and faggies

Goon
Wensu
Winnie
Phyllis
Maril
Gwen
Liane
Beth
Julie
Pauline
Amanda
Joel
Dee
Castor
Javin
Chad
Kwan Shen
Wei Xin
Celest
Lin Feng
Irene
Ruben

Other things to check out

LFC Webbie
Topshop Singapore
Franz Ferdinand
Birkenstock
Beau Monde
Vainpot
XpressFlower
My friends
Love Meridian Day
England Field Trip
Vacation Down South

Credits

my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder,

all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her...

all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter,

she is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever.

-Jeff Buckley