5.11.2005
i've been looking up lyrics
aimee mann is a great song writer. i know i know, her stuff is old but i loooove the music. sometimes theyre a little raw, choppy but they're good. i found this one song in particular that really sturck me. it's really meaningful if you ask me, not to my life in particular, but it's just in general a huge metaphor. heres some bits and pieces of it and how i percieved it:
The moth don't care when he sees the flame
he might get burned but he's in the game
and once he's in he can't go back, and
beat his wings 'til he burns them black
- this my friends is what we call unconditional love. talk about someone who's desperate, this is their anthem. who knows why hes going back. it could be he really does love her, it could be lust...
the moth don't care if the flame is real
cuz flame and moth got a sweetheart deal
and nothing fuels a good flirtation
like need and anger and desperation
-i really really like the last two lines there, NOTHING FUELS A GOOD FLIRTATION LIKE NEED AND ANGER AND DESPERATION. hey, its true and we all know it. why do we flirt? because we love the attention, and who doesnt need attentmore than when we're feeling those emotions. the first two lines, well, the second one really sort of sounds like friends with benefits, doesnt it? maybe a little? "a sweetheart deal" i guess the word deal is what caught my attention there. not relationship, but deal.
the moth don't care if the flame burns low
cuz moth believes in an afterglow
and flames are never douzed completely
all you really need is a love of heat
-during this entire song i've sort of pictured the moth as the woman and the flame as the man. i'm not sure why but thats just how i interperated it. you see, woman are said to be more sensative and emotional, and sometimes less shallow. they "don't care if the flame burns low" because they "believe in the afterglow" sort of like, they'll stick around and wait out tough times. and i like that last line "all you really need is a love of heat" i'm not sure exactly why, but i just thought it sounded kinda neat. i know, mushy, corny, whatever, but it's cool.
by the way that songs called the moth. by miss aimee mann. hmm, what an interesting way to spell that first name, not amy or even ami, but aimee. shes unique. i respect that.
we had this wicked interesting talk during english class cuz we're haveing these class discussions on the book A Seperate Peace (from here on out referred to as asp). we were talking about how sarcasm is used as a cover up for those who are weak. its strange, i had never heard someone refer to it as such. i always thought it meant they were sharp, fast, skilled. if anything, the opposite of weak. but now that i've thought about it, it's true. saracsm is a form of wit that is intended to hurt someones feelings. it also can be irony. just think, someone can't think of anything better to say, than something that insults the other person. i know i personally love to use sarcasm. and of course those who are weak are ofton making fun of other people, or putting others down so they can feel better about themselves. if you call someone stupid, you automatically make youreslf feel better by having the state of mind that you're not. if there is a stupid person, theres a smart one. if theyre the stupid one, then youre the smart one. obviuosly. so, sarcasm is a way for peopel to cover up the fact that theyre putting another person down. its true. really. think about it.
so i was being my usual self and searching for randomness amoung this wonderful distraction called the internet. i came across the most moving thing i have ever seen about 30 minutes ago. do you have a secret? more than one? many secrects? have you ever told anyone? [do you want to?] do you even tell yourself? we all have secrets. why? because we're ashamed. embarassed. self-concious. i know many secrets. not because i like to butt into other eoples buisness, but to find strength really. please do me a favor and click on this link, trust me. it is so emotional, and strangley addicting. visit www.postsecret.blogspot.com tell me if the link doesnt work, because its something that everyone has to see, at least once, during their life. i know i'll definetally keep visiting that site to see updates. its such an incredible idea: share you secrets but never reveal who you are. and its on a postcard that doesnt have your name on it, it doesnt have anything that reveals who its from, and you get to create it, make it your own. i dont think i'll be sending anything in anytime soon. everyone on that site must be so strong and have so much courage in order to do that. i couldnt do that.
go visit that site right now. i'll leave you to your reading.
love, racheyy
The moth don't care when he sees the flame
he might get burned but he's in the game
and once he's in he can't go back, and
beat his wings 'til he burns them black
- this my friends is what we call unconditional love. talk about someone who's desperate, this is their anthem. who knows why hes going back. it could be he really does love her, it could be lust...
the moth don't care if the flame is real
cuz flame and moth got a sweetheart deal
and nothing fuels a good flirtation
like need and anger and desperation
-i really really like the last two lines there, NOTHING FUELS A GOOD FLIRTATION LIKE NEED AND ANGER AND DESPERATION. hey, its true and we all know it. why do we flirt? because we love the attention, and who doesnt need attentmore than when we're feeling those emotions. the first two lines, well, the second one really sort of sounds like friends with benefits, doesnt it? maybe a little? "a sweetheart deal" i guess the word deal is what caught my attention there. not relationship, but deal.
the moth don't care if the flame burns low
cuz moth believes in an afterglow
and flames are never douzed completely
all you really need is a love of heat
-during this entire song i've sort of pictured the moth as the woman and the flame as the man. i'm not sure why but thats just how i interperated it. you see, woman are said to be more sensative and emotional, and sometimes less shallow. they "don't care if the flame burns low" because they "believe in the afterglow" sort of like, they'll stick around and wait out tough times. and i like that last line "all you really need is a love of heat" i'm not sure exactly why, but i just thought it sounded kinda neat. i know, mushy, corny, whatever, but it's cool.
by the way that songs called the moth. by miss aimee mann. hmm, what an interesting way to spell that first name, not amy or even ami, but aimee. shes unique. i respect that.
we had this wicked interesting talk during english class cuz we're haveing these class discussions on the book A Seperate Peace (from here on out referred to as asp). we were talking about how sarcasm is used as a cover up for those who are weak. its strange, i had never heard someone refer to it as such. i always thought it meant they were sharp, fast, skilled. if anything, the opposite of weak. but now that i've thought about it, it's true. saracsm is a form of wit that is intended to hurt someones feelings. it also can be irony. just think, someone can't think of anything better to say, than something that insults the other person. i know i personally love to use sarcasm. and of course those who are weak are ofton making fun of other people, or putting others down so they can feel better about themselves. if you call someone stupid, you automatically make youreslf feel better by having the state of mind that you're not. if there is a stupid person, theres a smart one. if theyre the stupid one, then youre the smart one. obviuosly. so, sarcasm is a way for peopel to cover up the fact that theyre putting another person down. its true. really. think about it.
so i was being my usual self and searching for randomness amoung this wonderful distraction called the internet. i came across the most moving thing i have ever seen about 30 minutes ago. do you have a secret? more than one? many secrects? have you ever told anyone? [do you want to?] do you even tell yourself? we all have secrets. why? because we're ashamed. embarassed. self-concious. i know many secrets. not because i like to butt into other eoples buisness, but to find strength really. please do me a favor and click on this link, trust me. it is so emotional, and strangley addicting. visit www.postsecret.blogspot.com tell me if the link doesnt work, because its something that everyone has to see, at least once, during their life. i know i'll definetally keep visiting that site to see updates. its such an incredible idea: share you secrets but never reveal who you are. and its on a postcard that doesnt have your name on it, it doesnt have anything that reveals who its from, and you get to create it, make it your own. i dont think i'll be sending anything in anytime soon. everyone on that site must be so strong and have so much courage in order to do that. i couldnt do that.
go visit that site right now. i'll leave you to your reading.
love, racheyy
// posted by RACH @ 3:24 PM 
