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Isn't it Tweeting Obvious? on Dan Patmore |
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twitter bothered me for ages, I hadn't been able to decide if I think there was any benefit of it, or whether it was just a vacuous space of narcissistic, egotistical, and intentionally esoteric nonsense. I had been curious about seeing what Stephen Fry had to say, and then, Northampton Saints got in on the act. It seemed I may be able to get score updates more quickly on match day.... and before you could say microblogging network, I was registered. I spent a few days considering what to do with my account - nothing, banal indulgent waffle, some insight into my early days of fatherhood, some creative writing foray or, busy myself with some sort of micro project. Inevitably for me, the whole idea of a project sounded good, particularly with my time so constrained, the idea of being able to text twitter sounded spot on. So at 6:55am 20th August I opted to go down the route of, 'my life in lyrics' - so I communicated about how I'm feeling, the events in my life, or just what I want to say through song lyrics. There was no point to this other than to entertain myself, and to be a musical snob trying to tweet obsecure lyrics. I enjoyed it. Here they are in all there textual glory. I still tweet, but randomly currently. you can find me at www.twitter.com/whynotrandom They tell me i am crazy, you say im golden Its always better when we are together Gave yourself a caffiene headache, to hide the taste of sleep Everything looks perfect from far away I know perfectly well im not where i should be I may not always love you, but long as there are stars above you, You never need to doubt it, ill make you so sure about it Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too Standing here on quicksand, the more we fight the further we sink I used to get high for a living believing everything i saw on my tv, i used to get high for a living, eating all the bullshit food they ... Why do we look to the tide when we find our minds are getting stale The world is fucked. And so am i. Maybe its the other way round, i cant seem to decide Deadweight on velveteen, vulgar when bought to life Dawn gives me a shadow i know to be taller, all down to you dear, everything his changed She scruffs my hair in the kitchen steam, She's listening to the dream I weaved today When you lose your mind you find your soul And you have your choices, that what makes man great, his ladder to the sun Went the distance now hes not guna stop, just a man and his will to survive Someone tell me how i feel Picking up speed and picking up peices im picking up leaves in every season When I grow up to be a man Maybe if we hope and wish and pray it might come true and there wouldnt be a single thing we couldnt do And you can laugh, a spineless laugh, we hope your rules and wisdom choke you My badly strung declaration, to you, you'll spend the end of your days, gently, smiling, like a newborn Tonight nake me unstoppable and i will chant, i will slice, i will dazzle them with my wit We chase misprinted lies, we face the path of time Take time to make yourself feel good and you do whatever you want If you want to call me baby, if you want to tell me maybe and if you'd like to buy me flowers and if you'd like to talk for hours - just ... Two jumps in a week i bet you think thats pretty clever dont you boy? Where you invest your love, you invest your life And i'll find strength in pain and i will change my name Believe in me, believe in nothing, corner me and make me something, ive become the hollow man, have i become the hollow man i see? I can feel it, i can feel it, i can feel the coming of the beginning of the twist My face is looking weary darkness looms You're a little off colour and tired of the sounds, dont let it get you down We dance to the sound of sirens Woah woah woah woah i want to declare war Its sad, so sad, Its a sad, sad situation, And its getting more and more absurd So hoist up the john b sail, and see how the main stay sets, and i'll call the captain on board let me go home. I wana go home Leave me out with the waste this is not what i do And our love could have soared over playgrounds and rooftops And what i give to you is just what im going through Why won't it snow, like they said it would, what is it that they know, that I really should Don't try to hard to think, don't think at all, I'm not the only one, Staring at the sun. Everything, everything, everything.. In its right place,In its right place,In its right place,Right place I'll blow you a kiss it should reach you tomorrow like coffee and tea I need you regularly Im standing next to a mountain, guna chop it down with the edge of my hand You are the only one you ever believed in, you're the solution and you are the problem No more leaky holes in your brain, no false starts, i want to take it and make it work We've pissed on far too many good intentions To find out what you really are, you must wake up from your long night Come on all of y'all this is sabotage Dont look back in anger, i heard you say Please could you stop the noise Im trying to get some rest? From all the unborn chicken voices in my head Whats that, whats that? All this frustration,I cant meet all my desires,Strange conversation,Self-control has just expired,All an illusion, Given a chance I'm gunna be somebody, if for one dance I'm gunna be somebody, What a life I lead when the sun breaks free, As a giant torn from the clouds Don't you ever want to lie down, When there's no-one else around I know a place where I can go, when I’m alone, Into your arms, into your arms I can go Bright and early for the daily races, going nowhere, going nowhere I what ive been told, you gotta know just when to fold, but i cant do this all on my own, i know, that im no superman Working all the hours god sends, id sooner be with you Awake my soul, awake my soul, awake my soul So throw those curtains wide, one day like this a year will see me right Somewhere in her smile she knows, That I don't need no other lover. You look so tired unhappy, bring down the government, they dont, they dont speak for us Drinking in the morning sun, blinking in the morning sun wake, from your sleep, the drying of your tears And the street is singing with my feet The TV taught me how to sulk and to love nothing Sit with me a while, And let me listen to you talk about, your dreams and your obsessions, I'll be quiet and confessional And only now I see you like, Yeah, lying with me half-awake, Stumbling over what to say, Well, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day "Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway Lookin' for adventure And whatever comes our way" **just to say there will be some reasons - however tedious for the lyrics used "The violets explodes inside me when i meet your eyes, and im spinning and im diving like a cloud of starlings" "I'm so glad that she's my little girl" I have decided! I'm going to tweet through song lyrics.... 1st installment next |
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