I loved that since my ears were first blessed with those words... Still do to this day. Just something real and beautiful/haunting about it. Definitely my favorite SG album.
"looking california, feeling minnesota" was my MySpace profile name many years ago (remember MySpace?!?)
I've always loved that line too
and so many people assume that line is knocking minnesota. I remember a long time ago Chris was asked about the meaning, and if in fact that was the case, and he said it could actually be taken the opposite way as well. or slagging both.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Blind Dogs has always been one of my favorite songs. It's difficult to pick just one lyric because Chris really had a gift for painting pictures with his words. I haven't been able to listen to any of his music since he died, but I may try to today.
"Blind Dogs"
Run away Now it's Halloween Shave your head and burn your sheets Evil could be right next door What do blind dogs believe? I don't want to know
Blind Following blind
Run away Now it's Halloween The safe bet is on your knees Bow your head to the Trinity That's what blind dogs believe But I've heard that before
Dead on my feet While my nightmare walks I fell asleep Where the freeway talks Suffer to swim and dying to sink These things in the air They will make you think Make you think
"It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014
In your morning I will sleep Fire on an open palm Death for Jesus and plastic armies Wouldn't bring me back again Sweet as ether eyes I'm blind to them
And in your aching hour Time wilts like flowers Sleeping on land-mine pillows Tired angels save my love for the lasting one
Sweet Euphoria mine is the heart you stole Touched and broken are the things you love Using stars to light your candles Warms my face but I can't remember yours Gone are your dandelions falling like mine Falling like daydream mangos Diving swallows Save my love Save my love Save my love for the lasting one
I killed myself, threw away my mental health but nobody was blinking an eye Backyard, basement, falling on the pavement Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye
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I can't ever pick a favorite song or lyric. There are too many!
-EV 8/14/93
"Blind Dogs"
Now it's Halloween
Shave your head and burn your sheets
Evil could be right next door
What do blind dogs believe?
I don't want to know
Following blind
Now it's Halloween
The safe bet is on your knees
Bow your head to the Trinity
That's what blind dogs believe
But I've heard that before
While my nightmare walks
I fell asleep
Where the freeway talks
Suffer to swim and dying to sink
These things in the air
They will make you think
Make you think
-EV 8/14/93
Mine is the heart you own
You lost the grace of the hands that harmed you
In the daze of a thousand yawns
Lost my love, as it is I'm truly gone
In your morning I will sleep
Fire on an open palm
Death for Jesus and plastic armies
Wouldn't bring me back again
Sweet as ether eyes I'm blind to them
And in your aching hour
Time wilts like flowers
Sleeping on land-mine pillows
Tired angels save my love for the lasting one
Sweet Euphoria mine is the heart you stole
Touched and broken are the things you love
Using stars to light your candles
Warms my face but I can't remember yours
Gone are your dandelions falling like mine
Falling like daydream mangos
Diving swallows
Save my love
Save my love
Save my love for the lasting one
The sky is open
and the drones are pouring out
The day inhales in a contagious yawn
Backyard, basement, falling on the pavement
Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye
Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye
I'm thinking of your highness
And crying long upon the loss
I've found
And on the plus and minus
zero chance of ever
Turning this around
Why doesn't anyone believe
In loneliness
Stand up and everyone will see
Your holiness
They say if you look hard
You'll find your way back home
Born without a friend
And bound to die alone