i listen to ani enough to make my boyfriend want to kill himself! but i always have one song that i must hear, depending on the mood.
i thought this would be fun for ani fans to add to. obviously it will change day to day. you can say what song, or a line or.... whatever!
for me today:
"you are a miracle but that is not all
you are also a stiff drink and i am on call
you are a party and i am a school night
and i'm lookin' for my door key
but you are my porch light"
i thought this would be fun for ani fans to add to. obviously it will change day to day. you can say what song, or a line or.... whatever!
for me today:
"you are a miracle but that is not all
you are also a stiff drink and i am on call
you are a party and i am a school night
and i'm lookin' for my door key
but you are my porch light"
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Re: daily's
Tue, March 16, 2004 - 5:02 PMOooo, I was listening to Ani all day today at work....but this is the one that's stuck in my head now.
"she says forget what you have to do
pretend there is nothing
outside this room
and like an idea she came to me
but she came too late
or maybe too soon
I said please try not to love me
close your eyes, I'm turning on the light
you know I have no vacancy
and it's awfully cold outside tonight" -
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Re: daily's
Tue, March 16, 2004 - 7:41 PMtoday it would be:
"when i need to wipe my face
i use the back of my hand
and i like to take up space
just because i can
and i use my dress
to wipe up my drink
i care less and less
what people think"
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Re: daily's
Tue, March 16, 2004 - 9:37 PMIf your boyfriend wants to kill himself due to this blessing then perhaps you have the wrong one. Err boyfriend, not music. ;)
I'm sure i'm not the only boy in here that would agree.
No ani for me today... got sooo busy i completely forgot to put my headphones on at work. I must now correct that, and it shall be to the teeth. -
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Re: daily's
Tue, March 16, 2004 - 11:17 PM"you want to track each trickle
back to its source
and then scream up the faucet
'til your face is hoarse
cuz you're surrounded by a world's worth
of things you just can't excuse
but you've got the hard cough of a chain smoker
and you're at the arctic circle playing strip poker
and it's getting colder and colder
everytime you lose"
if not for the right of the country, at least for our sanity... let's get bush out of office. -
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Re: daily's
Wed, March 17, 2004 - 3:19 AMhear hear, cookie!
For the moment i've got this in my head:
don't ask me why i'm crying
i'm not going to tell you what's wrong
i'm just gonna sit on your lap
for ten dollars a song
...
i'm just gonna take the money I make
(a little job frustration)
I know the official album lyrics say "five dollars" but I've heard her sing "ten dollars" in concert. I think she makes more money now :p -
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Re: daily's
Wed, March 17, 2004 - 10:06 AMpoems count, right?
" give back the night its distant whistle
give the darkness back its soul
give the big oil companies the finger finally
and relearn how to rock-n-roll
yes, the lessons are all around us and a change is waiting there
so it's time to pick through the rubble, clean the streets
and clear the air
get our government to pull its big dick out of the sand
of someone else's desert
put it back in its pants
and quit the hypocritical chants of
freedom forever" -
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Re: daily's
Wed, March 17, 2004 - 12:15 PMfirst: in defense of my man, he loves ani. he just hates that i tend to get in moods where we cant listen to anything but.
second: yes poems count!
"maybe you don't like your job
maybe you didn't get enough sleep
well, nobody likes their job
nobody got enough sleep
maybe you just had
the worst day of your life
but, you know, there's no escape
and there's no excuse
so just suck up and be nice" -
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Re: daily's
Thu, March 18, 2004 - 8:55 PMyou keep telling me i'm beautiful
but i feel a little less so each time
your love is so colorful
it flashes like a neon sign
but i finally drove out where
the sky is dark enuf to see stars
and i found i missed no one
just listening to the swishing of distant cars
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Re: daily's
Mon, March 22, 2004 - 7:25 AMHey, nice name. ;) My every day I have to hear song is her cover of Bob's Most of the Time
Most of the time
I'm clear focused all around,
Most of the time
I can keep both feet on the ground,
I can follow the path, I can read the signs,
Stay right with it, when the road unwinds,
I can handle whatever I stumble upon,
I don't even notice she's gone,
Most of the time.
Most of the time
It's well understood,
Most of the time
I wouldn't change it if I could,
I can't make it all match up, I can hold my own,
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone,
I can survive, I can endure
And I don't even think about her
Most of the time.
Most of the time
My head is on straight,
Most of the time
I'm strong enough not to hate.
I don't build up illusion 'till it makes me sick,
I ain't afraid of confusion no matter how thick
I can smile in the face of mankind.
Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine
Most of the time.
Most of the time
She ain't even in my mind,
I wouldn't know her if I saw her
She's that far behind.
Most of the time
I can't even be sure
If she was ever with me
Or if I was with her.
Most of the time
I'm halfway content,
Most of the time
I know exactly where I went,
I don't cheat on myself, I don't run and hide,
Hide from the feelings, that are buried inside,
I don't compromised and I don't pretend,
I don't even care if I ever see her again
Most of the time. -
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Re: daily's
Tue, April 20, 2004 - 2:13 PMWhat Cd is this song on? The lyrics are amazing and really want to hear it.
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Re: daily's
Thu, March 18, 2004 - 9:48 PMLet's see...I have one. It's not technically Ani, but it's from "Direct Action" on "Fellow Workers" the record she did with Utah Phillips and this is what it said:
"Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to take it away from you. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free".
That who;le record is awesomely moving and which to me is extremely impartant.
I may have more lyrics from it later.
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Re: daily's
Thu, March 18, 2004 - 10:22 PMOne more for today from "Fellow Workers":
"Lawrence" -Utah Phillips
"You know, I never had to work underground in Pennsylvania at
the age of 12 in a coal mine, my sister never had to work at the
age of 8 or 9 in the looms in Lawrence, Massachusetts. And
why? Why do we have that 8 hour day, why do we have those
mine safety laws, why do we have those laws busting the
sweatshops? Were they benevolent gifts from an enlightened
management? No, they were fought for, bled for, died for by
people a lot like us. They died not on the battlefield to fight
another dumb bosses' war. They died on the picket line to give
all of us a better future."
I love it because it's an awesome tribute the labor movement of the past that made a lot of today's ongoing labor movement anf general activism possible. -
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Re: daily's
Fri, March 19, 2004 - 6:45 PMI am writing
graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of
how hard we tried
I am watching your chest rise and fall
like the tides of my life,
and the rest of it all
and your bones have been my bedframe
and your flesh has been my pillow
I am waiting for sleep
to offer up the deep
with both hands
in eachother's shadows we grew less and less tall
and eventually our theories couldn't explain it all
and I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall
and eventually the landlord will come
and paint over it all
I'm a lover of Both Hands! -
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Re: daily's
Fri, March 19, 2004 - 11:38 PM"the windows of my soul
are made of one way glass
don't bother looking into my eyes
if you want to know something
just ask
i've got a dead bolt stroll
where i'm going is clear
i don't have time for you to wonder
i'll just tell you why i'm here
'cause i know the biggest crime
is just to throw up your hands
say this has nothing to do with me
i just want to live as comfortably as i can
you gotta to look outside your eyes
you gotta to think outside your brain
you gotta walk outside the line
to where the neighborhood changes"
my theme song...
*sigh* so good. -
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Re: daily's
Sun, March 21, 2004 - 11:50 AM"how can I go home
with nothing to say
I know you're going to look at me that way
and say what did you do out there
and what did you decide
you said you needed time
and you had time
you are a china shop
and I am a bull
you are really good food
and I am full
I guess everything is timing
I guess everything's been said
so I am coming home with an empty head"
This one's really speaking to me lately..... -
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Re: daily's
Tue, March 23, 2004 - 4:50 PMLovins to Fire Door
i'm singing now because my tear ducts are too tired
and my mind is disconnected but my heart is wired
i make such a good statistic
someone should study me now
somebody's got to be interested in how i feel
just 'cause i'm here
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Re: daily's
Wed, April 14, 2004 - 4:46 AMi recently spent about an hour waiting at the airport to meet some guests. As I watched a steady stream of people filing out of the airport, looking tired, dragging baggage, joy lighting up in their face when they saw their loved ones, I had this one running through my head...
gonna go out
to the arrivals gate at the airport
and sit there all day
watch people reuniting
public affection so exciting
it even makes airports ok
watching children run
with their arms outstretched
just to throw those arms
around thei'r grandpa's neck
watching lovers plant kisses
old men to their misses
at their arrivals gate
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Re: daily's
Wed, April 14, 2004 - 11:17 AMyay megan! i guess your family is in town! hope you have fun. i just went through a weekend with my fam. it was great. first time my mom made it out to visit me in the 5 years ive been gone. her health hasnt been very good, so it was wonderful to see her!
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Re: daily's
Wed, April 14, 2004 - 11:18 AMi wanted to put my daily in a different post since the song i am feeling now is much different than that of my folks visiting!!
"i am writing
graffiti on your body
i am drawing the story of
how hard we tried
i am watching your chest rise and fall
like the tides of my life,
and the rest of it all
and your bones have been my bedframe
and your flesh has been my pillow
i am waiting for sleep
to offer up the deep
with both hands"
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Re: daily's
Wed, April 14, 2004 - 11:21 AM"if we let our love
off of its leash
do you fear like i fear
how fierce it would be?"
im feeling very lovey lately.
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Re: daily's
Wed, April 14, 2004 - 2:46 PMyay for both hands! one of my favorites! -
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Re: daily's
Thu, April 15, 2004 - 12:00 PMhell yeah jordan...."i'm a pixie, i'm a paper doll, i'm a cartoon....."
this one defintley applies everyday....i find myself singing these lyrics in my head to most of the people in this world who push by me, cut in line, knock over my little kid cause they're in a rush.....well.....this is what i got to say the them....
"maybe you don't like your job
maybe you didn't get enough sleep
well, nobody likes their job
nobody got enough sleep
maybe you just had
the worst day of your life
but, you know, there's no escape
and there's no excuse
so just suck up and be nice"
.....hmpfff!
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Re: daily's
Thu, April 15, 2004 - 12:41 PM"feels like reckless driving when we're talking
it's fun while it lasts, and it's faster than walking
but no one's going to sympathize when we crash
they'll say "you hit what you head for, you get what you ask"
and we'll say we didn't know, we didn't even try
one minute there was road beneath us, the next just sky"
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Re: daily's
Sat, April 17, 2004 - 9:24 AMhere's one for you.. :)
sitting in the boardroom
the I'm-so-bored room
listening to the suits
talk about their world
they can make straight lines
out of almost anything
except for the line
of my upper lip when it curls
dressed in my best greasy skin
and squinty eyes
I'm the only part of summer here
that made it inside
in the air-conditioned building
decorated with coporate flair
I wonder
can these boys smell me bleeding
though my underwear -
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Re: daily's
Sat, April 17, 2004 - 10:06 AMTHANK YOU!!
That is one of my favorite songs, not only of Ani's but PERIOD (no pun intended)
lol
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Re: daily's
Mon, May 3, 2004 - 10:54 AMsong of the day...
More and more there is this animal
Looking out through my eyes
Seeing that animals only take from this world
What they need to survive
But she is prowling through all the religions of men
Seeing that time and time and time again
Their gods have made them
Special and above
Nature's law
And the respect thereof
And I think when you grow up surrounded
By willful ignorance
You have to believe that mercy has its own country
And that it's round and borderless
And then you just grow wings
And rise above it all
Like there where that hawk is circling
Above that strip mall -
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Re: daily's
Tue, May 11, 2004 - 1:33 PM"and i realized that night that the hall light
which seemed so bright when you turned it on is nothing
compared to the dawn
which is nothing, compared to the light
which seeps from me while you're sleeping
cocooned in my room
beautiful and grotesque resting
that night we got kicked out of two bars
and laughed our way home
and i held you there thinking
i would offer you my pulse
i would give you my breath
i would offer you my pulse" -
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Re: daily's
Wed, May 12, 2004 - 2:28 PMin the end the world comes down to just a few people
but for you it comes down to one
but no one ever asked me if i thought i could be
everything to someone
there's a crowd of people harboured in every person
there are so many roles that we play
and you've decided to love me for eternity
i'm still deciding who i want to be today -
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Re: daily's
Wed, May 12, 2004 - 5:08 PMyou are a china shop
and i am a bull
you are really good food
and i am full
i guess everything is timing
i guess everything's been said
so i am coming home with an empty head
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Re: daily's
Fri, May 21, 2004 - 9:16 AM'willing' would often be mine too, but
sometimes though:
they say that alcoholics are always alcoholics
even when they're as dry as my lips for years
even when they're stranded on a small desert island
wuth no place in two thousand miles to buy beer
and i wonder is he different
has he changed
what he's about
or is he just a liar
with nothing to lie about
am i headed for the same brick wall
is there anything i can do
about anything at all
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Tue, May 18, 2004 - 11:27 AMmy fav today
"I am an all powerfull amazon warrior
not just some snivilling girl." -
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Fri, May 21, 2004 - 6:20 AM"when i need to wipe my face
i use the back of my hand
and i like to take up space
just because i can
and i use my dress
to wipe up my drink
i care less and less
what people think"
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Re: daily's
Mon, May 24, 2004 - 11:45 AM"with a fetus holding court in my gut
my body highjacked
my tits swollen and sore
the river has more colors at sunset
than my sock drawer ever dreamed of
i could wake up screaming sometimes
but i don't
i could step off the end of this pier but
i've got shit to do
and i've an appointment on tuesday
to shed uninvited blood and tissue
i'll miss you i say
to the river to the water
to the son or daughter
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Re: daily's
Mon, May 24, 2004 - 9:29 PMthis has nothing to do with Ani. I just thought it was kind of wierd to see this post here today; my friend just told me today she's pregnant and getting an abortion. I don't know why i felt the need to share that but oh well -
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Re: daily's
Tue, June 1, 2004 - 12:10 AMcoming of age during the plauge of reagan and bush
wathching capitalism gun down democracy......
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Re: daily's
Tue, June 1, 2004 - 2:26 PMI know men are delicate
origami creatures
who need women to unfold them
hold them when they cry
but I am tired of being your savior
and I am tired of telling you why
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Re: daily's
Thu, June 3, 2004 - 3:09 PMat night when you're asleep
self hatred's gonna creep in
you can blame it on the devil
(the one who's bed you sleep in)
don't tell me what they did to you
as though you had no choice
isn't that your picture?
isn't that your voice?
if you don't live what you sing about
your mirror is going to find out. -
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Re: daily's
Thu, June 3, 2004 - 3:29 PM"hour follows hour
like water follows water
everything is governed by the rule
of one thing leads to another
you can't really place blame
cuz blame is much too messy
some was bound to get on you
while you were trying to put it on me
and don't fool yourself
into thinking things are simple
nobody's lying still the stories don't line up
why do you try to hold on
to what you'll never get a hold on
you wouldn't try to put the ocean
in a paper cup
cuz i have had something to prove
as long as i know there's something
that needs improvement
and you know that every time i move
i make a woman's movement
and first you decide
what you've gotta do
then you go out and do it
and maybe the most we can do
is just to see each other through it
hour follows hour like water in a river
and from one to the next
we don't know what each hour will deliver
we just call it like we see it
call it out loud as we can
and then afterwards we call it all water over the dam" -
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Tue, June 29, 2004 - 5:06 PMTO THE TEETH is such an amazing album. I sometimes forget just how much I love it. Its pretty clear that a lot of it must have been written during touring or lots of driving. I just did a 22 hour drive from NY back to MN and played it several times along the ride. Some of the more poignant stuff relating to my ride and trip...
SOFT SHOULDER
...two people pulled over on the same night
to look up at the same stars
they both found their wheels were spinning
in a soft shoulder
when they both got back into their cars
and they missed fates appointed rendezvous
and then a whole lotta time went by
and then one day they were done
worshipping the landscape
and they just put down their hands
and moved into the sky
they had barely said hello and it was time
to say goodbye
CLOUD BLOOD
...cloud blood smudge smeared on the sky
its dawns roadkill
i've been driving since midnight
and i'm driving still
stop on the top of the ridge just to feel the wind
on my rand mcnally
then i feel the air go cold as i drift in
to the first blue of the valley
you're wondering how far down you are
on my call back list
but you don't realize evertime i find im by a phone
the landscape shifts
ever other song someone's trying to write angels
into the world
every grace, every ace, every near miss
every decent kiss by a pretty girl
she was an angel
she looked like an angel
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Wed, June 30, 2004 - 11:55 AMSOFT SHOULDER is soooo good! I love the "To the Teeth" Album. Currently I'm listening to Providence non-stop. And I listen to this song incessantly, for a few weeks at a time because it makes me feel good and i don't know why. i was wondering what providence meant to some people? what it makes them feel or think about. it's so confusing to me to understand why i'm so drawn to it. maybe i feel like it's about what could have been, or something... argh. anyway:
who knew
at this party that
i would walk in and i'd see you
i guess now
we could just get drunk
yeah, and that would be our excuse
you could slip
and outta nowhere
i could be there to catch your fall
and we could laugh at ourselves
and the writing that's on the wall
it's a narrow margin
just room enough for regret
in the inch and a half between
hey, how ya been?
and
can i kiss you yet?
so we talk like
nervous neighbors over a tall fence
true love
but for lack of providence
but i just got one more
thing to tell you
cuz words are vitamins
and life is short
and i know when we get up
to the front office
we're gonna have to fill out
a full report
the first question will be
what were you thinking?
and the nexy question will be
what did you say?
and then they're gonna check to see
if the answerss to one and two
matched up much
along the way
in the interest of poetry
and the cowboy movie
that's you and me
i'm back on the horse now
and i am riding
i am striding so effortlessly
what i mean is
it's late
much too late for us
and i'm fixing to go home
with just my conscience
and a bitter sense of irony
as my chaperone
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living in clip 2
Fri, July 9, 2004 - 12:36 AMmy cunt is built like a wound that won't heal, and you don't need to ask, cause you know how I feel.
i don't know you that well, but it don't take much to tell that you don't have the balls, or you don't feel the same.
there were magazine quality men talking on the corner. french no less much less of them than us, so why do i feel like something's been rearranged? taken out of context i must seem so strange.
