Oh, have I mentioned how much I absolutely love Bare Naked Ladies? Mmm, Canada. I've been listening to Gordon lately..."The Flag" especially. It's a very Tyler/Opal after-the-story kind of song. (Yes, I'm horrible to my characters, absolutely horrible. It's not as bad as it sounds, really; I'll have to write that scene before it drives me crazy...)

The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock.
He says sorry I woke you, but I just had to talk
You know last night, remember when I tried to choke you?
I didn't mean it, I was drunk, it was only a joke.
You should know that by now,
when the chequered flag comes down,
no one no one no one has won the race.

The next night he's over and over and under
and after he's finished she lies there and wonders
just why does she need him and why does she stay here
and then in the darkness she'll quietly say Dear,
you've never really known that when the white flag is flown,
no one no one no one has won the war.

They're complicated people
leading complicated lives,
and he complicates their problems
by telling complicated lies
He tells her he's sorry, she tells him it's over,
he tells her he's sorry, she says over and over
You've never really known that when the white flag is flown,
no one no one no one has won the war.

There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird
There goes a partridge and there goes a Go Train
There goes an angel and there goes a steeple
There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons
There goes a raven and there go
The ribbons the ribbons the ribbons
The ribbons of the flag
-BNL "The Flag"

I promise it's not as bad as it sounds. Tyler and Opal don't get that tragic...the song just reminds me of them, that's all. Other tracks from Gordon that I love? "Ninth Grade" and "Brian Wilson", naturally. "Hello City" amuses me, as well.

Right now The Talking Heads are playing in the background; daddy dearest is renting the DVD...My god, David Byrne's cheekbones. *giggle* Mmm 80's music. I rather like The Talking Heads.

"BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE!!"
Seriously, watching this is almost as amusing as Michael Stipe's dancing. ;)