Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Faces of Death - Ladyhawk

for me, it's hard to pick a favourite ladyhawk song
i think a lot of fans could say the same thing
during a show at the biltmore a couple of months ago, with my ragtag group of friends in tow
almost the whole crowd sang along with duffy and the guys in the band
energy was limitless, we bounced, people crowd-surfed
and yet my throat constricted with an imaginary noose when this song came on
and i felt like a teenager with my angst and oh how the singer is talking directly to me, and i blushed and felt young and useless and in awe
i felt adoration and i felt the noose
i stopped for a second and became a modern fan, snapping a video for a friend that couldn't make the show
something - anything to clear my throat again
wishing for someone by my side, wishing for unspoken communication with anyone
i don't want to have to shut you up when this song comes on in the car
i want you to sit back and listen
i want you to look out the window and feel this song rip your heart up like it does mine
and let the perfect chords - a mix of slow and driving - lull you into thinking this song is really just a diary entry you wrote

and now, months later, i listen to the song to get into the groove of writing this post
i press repeat, repeat, repeat, plus five times or more
because i know there's no such thing as endless love