Monday, August 24, 2009

Tunesday...

I've been in a Jenny Lewis mood for the last few days. I think I overlistened to her a little over a year ago and I'm making my way back to not being able to get enough of her. Her sweet, smart ass voice and demeanor. She makes me wish I'd learned to play the guitar and smoked clove cigarettes in coffee shops instead of doing keg stands at house parties. I'll live vicariously through her cuteness.

Jenny Lewis - You Are What You Love

This is no great illusion
When I'm with you I'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons
To fall out of love and run screaming from our home

Because we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything
Our songs, faces, and second hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering
Not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why I'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back

The phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which I'm afraid, my friend, are wildly untrue

It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band
The heart attacks I'm convinced I have
Every morning upon waking
To you I'm a symbol or a monument
Your rite of passage to fulfillment
But I'm not yours for the taking

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So I guess that's why you keep calling me back

I'm fraudulent, a thief at best
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
But at arms length, it's Tim who said
I'm good at it, I've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything

But you are what you love, Tim
And not what loves you back
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out your hat

4 comments:

  1. I haven't listened to much if RK's stuff, but she is super cute!

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  2. love Rilo Kiley! haven't heard Jenny's solo stuff

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  3. HAhaha! I'm still smoking clove cigs and playing guitar, even if not in coffee houses. Jenny Lewis is alright, but i experience overkill fairly quickly, but this is a beautiful song.

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  4. I'll have to check her out. I mean, anyone who has the description of "Her sweet, smart ass voice and demeanor" is definitely worth checking out. :)

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