Still hooked on cellophane, Hanging 'round the mall, and all. Each penny numbs the pain. Sends you gently for the fall. I followed you last night, I saw you turn your lights out. I know it wasn't right, I watched in fear and doubt.
It's gotten to be that way, (Going, going, gone.) What did you do today? (Going, going, gone.)
Look good in that red dress, I bet the boyfriend's happy, Your face is scarred with age, You're twenty-three but, how can that be? Still hooked on cellophane, Killing time with Gin and lime. Each second numbs the pain, Love's just another rhyme.
It's gotten to be that way, (Going,going, gone.) I'm scared but I'm okay, (Going, going, gone.)
There's nowhere, To move on. There's nowhere, To move on.
"We help people when big things happen to them, when you see them getting hit by a car, when a brother or a sister or a father or a mother dies, we’re there for them because we can see that death kills more than the person it takes. And yet, the people around us who die a little all the time, moment by moment, who require the least help, the smallest sacrifice, are the ones we ignore completely."
And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened.
and you thought this was dead. because i rekindled my 'affection for mr damien rice (& lisa hannigan oh god). hahah. he grows on you me. and his is weird because i like him at some point for some while; lost the feeling; & found him again. (ok maybe that's normal-,-) when i was obessed i listened to the album 9 almost every night while mugging, till my poor bro got cock-eyed coz he rolled his eyes too much (kidding). so now i shall listen to my newly acquired O (is it O or 0?), but i am no longer mugging & the only time i can listen to him, i suspect, is bedtime. nevertheless, it'll be a beautifully sad night