Romeo and Juliet

I can't do the talk like the talk on the TV,
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be.
I can't do everything, but I'd do anything for you.
I can't do anything except be in love with you.
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be.
And all I do is keep the beat and the bad company.
And all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme.
Juliet, I'd do the stars with you any time.

Juliet, when we made love you used to cry.
I said I love you like the stars above.
I love you 'til I die.
And theres a place for us . . .
You know the movie song.
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet . . .

Grey Street

Oh, look at how she listens.
She says nothing of what she thinks.
She just goes stumbling through her memories,
Staring out onto Grey Street.
But she thinks, "Hey, how did I come to this?
I've dreamed myself a million times around the world,
But I cant get out of this place."
There's a loneliness inside her,
And she'd do anything to fill it in.
And though its red blood bleeding from her now,
It felt like cold blue ice in her heart
When all the colors mix together to grey.
And it breaks her heart.

You know, she wishes it was different.
She prays to God most every night,
And though she's quite sure he doesn't listen,
There's a tiny hope in her he might.
She says, "I pray, but my prayers,
They fall on deaf ears.
Am I supposed to take it on myself
To get out of this place?"
There's an emptiness inside her,
And she'd do anything to fill it in.
And though it's red blood bleeding from her now,
It felt like cold blue ice in her heart.
She feels like kicking out all the windows,
And setting fire to this life.
She would change everything about her
Using colors bold and bright,
But all the colors mix together to grey.
And it breaks her heart.

New Obsessions

M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"
Black Kids' Party Traumatic album
The Spill Canvas' "Connect the Dots"
Kira Wiley's "Colors"

And an old obsession reappearing:
The Sundays' Static and Silence album

Looking Back

Looking back at all of my Facebook pictures was a really cool experience tonight. People and times that I had forgotten, brought to the fore. A lot of good times, and a lot of that homesick feeling.

Victory

I just made a rather significant breakthrough at work. I have been struggling with one particular aspect of this project for more than two weeks and simply been at a loss as to what or where the problem might be. It was actually a pair of problems which appeared unrelated, but one small fix proved, as it usually does, to be all that was required to take care of both issues. I can't really go into any detail, as you know, but I felt like I had to post . . . something.

This is why I am in this business. This feeling.