Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Honeycomb Triumvirate has nothing to do with this post...neither do mormons in Japan.

     Have you ever thought what band you would be?  What I mean is, what band or bands have the same sound and essence your soul does.  For example, I think I would be either Beirut or the Shins.  Well, a mix of the two really.  If I were a song, I'd be a mix of Home, by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Elephant Gun, by Beirut.  Whenever I listen to these songs, I feel a connection.  The spirit of the song has the same jive as my spirit does.  We're groovy, if I dare say.  What song would you be?  What song would your friends be?  We all know unmistakably Enya people--those quirky, weird, bumbling ones.  Or people who are Andrew Bird to the very core of their being--those beautiful people we all long to be.  And their's everyone in between--Ringo Starrs, Ke$has, Bruce Springsteens, Belle & Sebastians, Quiet Riots, or Ingrid Michaelsons.... 

      I forgot a cardigan.  Just thought you should know.  I'm currently chilly in Chesters.  I need my cardigan.   And here you see a perfect example of "digression."  Anyway...

     What is the one thing you really want?  The one thing that above anything else you crave with all of your being?  I don't mean like, a new iphone or a cruise vacation.  Unless that actually is what you want...which is shallow.  I doubt anyone would ever say above all they longed for a new Honda Civic.  So moving on.  What do we as humans long for?  I think we all desire different things.  Some people want freedom from the past or from themselves; some people want to trust someone else; some want a friendship that lasts forever; some people want purpose.  I, I want love.  I want to be deeply loved by someone.  Or by people.  This seems pathetic maybe, but seriously.  I've always longed for that.  I would die if I didn't have it.  Well, that's a bit drastic: I'd be very depressed.  What do you want most of all?

1 comment:

  1. Similar situation. Love. Longing to be truly loved. Deeply and passionately. But I'm learning to be content without it until I get the real deal.

    I would be Horchata (Vampire Weekend)+Transatlantique (Beirut)+The Owls Go (Architecture in Helinski)+Map of The World (Monsters of Folk).
    I would be intense.

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