lyrically speaking

as rob taught us, "the making of a good compilation tape post is a very subtle art." Unfortunately, subtlety is not my spiritual gift.

"I got things in this suitcase, I'm carryin'.
I got things, some of them you can see.
Yeah and the others, let's pretend they're of no consequence.
Yeah i've always had this black cloud o'er me."
~Bill Mallonee, Black Cloud O'er Me

"All these lies are only wishes. I know that I would die if I could come back new." ~Wilco, Ashes of American Flags

"In a coffee shop in a city
Which is every coffee shop in every city
On a day which is every day
I picked up a magazine
Which is every magazine
Read a story, and then forgot it right away"
~Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castle

"But darling, I wish you well
On your way to the wishing well
Swinging off of those gates of hell
But I can tell how hard you're trying,
Just have that secret hope
Sometimes all we do is cope
Somewhere on the steepest slope there'll be an endless rope
And nobody crying. "
~Patty Griffin, Nobody Cryin'