Very spooky images, thanks for the back story on the song. It isn't that I feel stalked but there is a definite "I am an excellent driver, I am an excellent driver" Rainman quality to the exchanges. There is something off about it all. Combined with the ill-wishing it makes for a creepy combo.
I think the contempt she has for what she calls the Mr. Wonderful persona is her aversion to genuinely showing up authentically without all bravado and bullshittery of having to maintain her self-imagined superiority, her much touted higher ethical standards and need to "win" casual discussions. She does not believe she is one of the bozos on this bus. --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > I rebuke thee, I rebuke the, I rebuke thee. Get thee behind me. > > > > (I've heard that works.) > > Curtis, this whole exchange, and the concerted attempt > to keep you in it and continually replying, never to > escape, reminds me of an interesting song by Sarah > McLachlan. > > There is an interesting story behind it. She wrote it > to exorcise a guy who had been stalking her, somewhat > dangerously. He kept writing her letters, sending her > things, and telling her details of a love life between > the two of them that he only imagined existed. He imag- > ined that her song lyrics were written directly to him, > and gave him "secret messages" that she returned his > affections. When she ignored him, he persisted. When > she told him to get lost, he turned nasty, and started > to send her rape fantasies instead of roses. and she > had to call in the police. After they steered the sick > fuck to the enforced psychiatric help he'd needed for > some time, Sarah wrote this song to get the bad taste > of it all out of her mind. Many of the lyrics are > directly from the stalker's letters. > > The song became one of her biggest hits. Living well > is the best revenge. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucdnm8iU-5c&ob=av2e > > Listen as the wind blows > From across the great divide > Voices trapped in yearning > Memories trapped in time > The night is my companion > And solitude my guide > Would I spend forever here > And not be satisfied > > And I would be the one > To hold you down > Kiss you so hard > I'll take your breath away > And after I'd wipe away the tears > Just close your eyes dear > > Through this world I've stumbled > So many times betrayed > Trying to find an honest word > To find the truth enslaved > Oh you speak to me in riddles and > You speak to me in rhymes > My body aches to breathe your breath > You words keep me alive > > And I would be the one > To hold you down > Kiss you so hard > I'll take your breath away > And after I'd wipe away the tears > Just close your eyes dear > > Into this night I wander > It's morning that I dread > Another day of knowing of > The path I fear to tread > Oh into the sea of waking dreams > I follow without pride > Nothing stands between us here > And I won't be denied > > And I would be the one > To hold you down > Kiss you so hard > I'll take your breath away > And after I'd wipe away the tears > Just close your eyes dear >
