November 22, 2003
I sink like a stone ...
With my obsession with Leonard Cohen you must've guessed that I really enjoy musicians who are primarily poets. Cohen is probably the best example of that, although one who has never achieved the public acceptance bestowed upon other artists. Another one of my favorites and one who has also fond a way to get on the best selling charts is Gordon Matthew Sumner, better known as Sting.
As a child of the 80's, the images of him tied to that giant wheel of Synchronicity or running through the room of candles are remembered forever but I also remember him personally as the family man playing with his kids in Crane Beach in Barbados or later in a mini concert dedicating his "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" song to his wife. Very romantic for a rock star.
This is one of my much loved Sting songs as I also find my own logic drowned in a sea of emotion often.
Be still my beating heart
It would be better to be cool
It's not time to be open just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
Or I'll be taken for a fool
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me soI sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heartRestore my broken dreams
Shattered like a falling glass
I'm not ready to be broken just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forgetBe still my beating heart
You must learn to stand your ground
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me soStop before you start
Be still my beating heartNever to be wrong
Never to make promises that break
It's like singing in the wind
Or writing on the surface of a lake
And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land
And I struggle to avoid any help at handI sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
UPDATE - I'm compleletely open!
It is amazing how similar our musical taste is. OK, yours is more diverse and deep. But your last two singers and song writes, Paul Newman and Sting are the ones that I am so much obsessed with.
Do you happen listen to 'Dead can dance' by any chance?