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steven_stuart 07:32 pm UTC 10/11/10 |
| In reply to: | Wow -- - Jacqueline 04:50 pm UTC 10/10/10 |
> So dark!!! Not at all what the title suggested. Really > chilling and I would think that the "over 25's" would > agree (says an "over 40" woman). Bravo, Vin. Really, > really excellent. Loved this line the most: > 'My safety net’s been ripped and chewed / > By the beast that waits to feast on you' > Thanks for posting. > > > I thought this title would get me a light-hearted song. > > The song had other ideas... > > > > > > Save the Lap Dance for Me > > > > Who is this person I’ve become? > > How did I wind up here? > > Light years beyond my glory days, > > a fraction of the man I thought I’d be, > > Wandering lost in a barren maze, > > littered with the bones of opportunity. > > And all the signs say “Quit while you’re behind” > > Except this one ahead that I just read, > > Says “Boy, the end is near.” > > > > My master plan’s been foiled hard, > > the blueprints torn asunder. > > My grand design’s been scribbled through > > and it seems its all that I can do > > To stare in wide-eyed, wasted wonder > > > > There’s a ghost in the machine > > And a devil in the details > > But I just might find a savior in my medicine chest. > > But I’m getting too far ahead > > For now I’m just right here. > > And Andrew Jackson’s asking you > > To do what you do best > > > > So darling won’t you save the lap dance for me? > > I’ll keep my hands beside myself > > And my face in your hair > > I’m only paying for a little taste > > of what I think my life’s been missing > > Before I disappear again into the cold and thinning air > > > > I wasted my parents’ college tuition, > > At least you’re here working for yours. > > Still shaking off that youthful glow, > > a future just as bright as you believe it to be. > > I wish I didn’t know what you don’t know, > > That a life can be a web of mediocrity. > > And every time I cast my eyes too high > > The heavens smack me down into the ground, > > Then slam and lock the doors. > > > > If I had a bridge its long since burnt, > > My ship has sailed and splintered. > > My safety net’s been ripped and chewed > > By the beast that waits to feast on you > > And see all our ambitions killed and interred. > > > > I’ve seen a gremlin on the wing > > And a fiend in all the fine print > > But I just might exorcise them in my Chevy’s exhaust. > > But I’m miles from my garage > > And only inches from your new tattoo > > So let me buy some hope from you, > > For all my other hopes are lost. > > > > So darling won’t you save the lap dance for me? > > I’ll only look you in the eye > > when you’re looking away. > > I’m only praying for a chance to waste > > This awful time that I’ve been killing, > > Before I stagger off into the unforgiving light of day. > > > > What went wrong? > > And who’s to blame? > > And please don’t give me my own name. > > And who do I direct all my objections to? > > And please don’t leave me hanging here, > > For the only American Dream I have right now is you. > > > > So darling won’t you save the lap dance for me? > > I can promise I won’t touch you, > > If you can swear that you won’t cry. > > I’ll never come this close to love again > > Without blowing all my money, > > But that’s allright this night is over, babe, and so am > > I. > > | |
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