I reach out to you but you’re not there. In some vague corner of my mind, I remember you telling me you would have to leave early today. I sit up, trying to get the sleep out of my eyes. The blinking lights of the neon clock tells me I am late, again. I drag myself to my feet and make my way to the kitchen. The tea pot stands cold and lonely on the table. I open the drapes and it’s all grey.
My tea’s gone cold, I’m wondering why
I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
and I can’t see at all
And even if I could it’d all be grey,
but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it’s not so bad,
it’s not so bad
I go through the mechanical motions of getting dressed. The clock stares at me accusingly. I hurry out, locking the house behind me. I jog to the bus stop, hoping feverently that I haven’t missed the 333.
I drank too much last night, got bills to pay,
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there’ll be hell today,
I’m late for work again
And even if I’m there, they’ll all imply
that I might not last the day
And then you call me and it’s not so bad,
it’s not so bad
Even after I hang up, your voice hangs around me, elevating me from this dullness. I make a silent prayer, grateful that I have you in my life. You fill my senses as I lose myself to our special inner world.
And I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life
A long day’s work done, I make my way home. The next bus is not for another half an hour and I decide to walk. Five minutes later, I regret it as drops fall from the heavens, covering me in their cold embrace. Resigning myself to my fate, I trudge home, sullen and cold.
Push the door, I’m home at last
and I’m soaking through and through
Then you hand me a towel
and all I see is you
And even if my house falls down,
I wouldn’t have a clue
Because you’re near me
And I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life
Some random movie quotes that caught my fancy:
Callisto: You’re so proud of being a mutant, where’s your mark? (nodding to her and her friend’s tattoes)
Magneto: I have been marked once my dear, (pulls back his sleeve to reveal the Nazi concentration camp serial number tattoed on his arm) and let me assure you that no needle shall ever touch my skin again.
- X-Men: The Last stand
Leonidas: Spartans! Enjoy your breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!
- 300
Persian Officer: The thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun!
Stelios: Then we shall fight in the shade.
- 300
Lester: I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me… but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life… You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry… you will someday.
- American Beauty
Police Camera Technician: Who the $#@^ are you?
Dignam: I am the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy.
- The Departed