Vic Chesnutt- The Mad Passion of the Stoic
I DO NOT OWN rights to this song, or anything else.
Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power, and the Amorphous Strums-
Dark Developments 2008 ©
Sorry I did not feature the two collaborating bands in the title. Whenever I do so , the actual song title doesn't even show up in its entirety. Its quite a mouthful : ) Anyway.......
LYRICS:
Hunched over a little round bar table
Ineligible for the draft
Small pencil at epistolary
Sun on a rheostat
Strong tea gurgling in gut
Looking out across the smoky castling harbor
Oh, how wrong things sparkle and entrance alas
Sugar cannot sustain one, Oh, so fine forbidden
Flitting in front, coaxing the confident cat off
The cozy sofa over the sloping edge into the
Killing cleansing magma
So easy to accept
But so hard to understand
As the raging river tears
(as the)
At those doting terra banks
(doting)
That hug, hold and ultimately define it
(holding, uttering)
As the raging river tears
(as the raging)
As those doting terra banks
(doting)
We claw our coy comforts
“You always hurt the one you love.”
Thanks for listening. I like this one, but do not expect me to venture forth an opinion as to what the lyrics might mean. I haven't a bloody clue.
This video is another Vic tribute, of sorts, though, this one in celebration of the late singers excellent taste in art. All art shown was done by Canadian abstract artist Phillip Guston (1913-1980); Vic's artistic hero and inspiration. A quick google image search will bring all the displayed images up, but if anybody shows an interest, I will certainly write them all down. As it is, i'm not so sure the song will get many views, anyway. Let me know, though......... Thanks for listening. Cheers!