Extraordinary?

[eumelia]

Well, friends it looks like it's another long night finishing a paper, though oddly I'm not too stressed about despite having nothing but the title and curser[sp?] blinking at me from the effing Word document.

Did I mention that I hate this course as well?

It's intro to poetry and I think I've attended about four classes all in all.

Again, I'm oddly calm knowing I'll be spending most of the night awake working on this bloody paper.

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Onto something different:
After years of being indifferent to Fiona Apple, I've finally gone and fallen in love with her music.

Especially this song:

It's not just the melody, it's the lyrics:

Extraordinary Machine
I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes
-And-
I certainly haven't been spreading myself around
I still only travel by foot and by foot, it's a slow climb,
But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so
I can't stop changing all the time

I notice that my opponent is always on the go
-And-
Won't go slow, so's not to focus, and I notice
He'll hitch a ride with any guide, as long as
They go fast from whence he came
- But he's no good at being uncomfortable, so
He can't stop staying exactly the same

If there was a better way to go then it would find me
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day
You deem me due to clean my view and be at peace and lay
I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way, and say,
I've been getting along for long before you came into the play

I am the baby of the family, it happens, so
- Everybody cares and wears the sheeps' clothes
While they chaperone
Curious, you looking down your nose at me, while you appease
- Courteous, to try and help - but let me set your
Mind at ease

(Chorus)

-Do I so worry you, you need to hurry to my side?
-It's very kind
But it's to no avail; I don't want the bail
I promise you, everything will be just fine

If there was a better way to go then it would find me
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine


This song makes me feel as though it was written especially for me.
How often do you find a song like that?
Plus she sings so sweetly and girly like... I could just melt (and when I am able I will somehow acquire her other albums).

Comments

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i've liked what i've heard of Fiona Apple - i really need to listen to more of her stuff. :-)

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

There's something about this particular song that touches me, I dunno. I just feel like it's me who is saying the words.
And her voice is just so sweet :) Kind of like a flute.