: every little thing you do is tragic :

... wow, another week blew by. I find myself making those novice or rookie 'blogger excuses ... I was busy. I was sick. I was at a 3 day intensive course. Bottomline? I wasn't inspired yet. Anyhow, as I said in a recent post, inspiration comes to me in various, weird forms. So bear with me on this one. It is in the sad, reflective camp, not dry, funny or remotely uplifting.

I was driving down Cook Street yesterday on my way to a funeral for a guy I had met maybe 4-5 years ago. His dad is a friend of mine, in a 70-something to 40-something kind of way. When I met him he was maybe late 30's, and had a life of drugs, jail, and heartbreak, but he was trying. Trying to dig out, climb up, climb out, whatever. I remember him telling me he was on methadone ( check wikipedia ), up to 3x a day, to combat &/or counteract his addictive dependencies. Finally, it all caught up with him and last week he overdosed, accidentally.

But back to Cook Street. On the radio, which is almost always just background noise when I am driving, was Matchbox Twenty's song Disease. What do I know? I thought they sounded like Carlos Santana. One line jumped out at me ... seemed like a take off on Sting's line in the Police's 1981 song "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic".

In MB20's Disease it is ... "every little thing you do is tragic". What a line to hear headed to the funeral of a 42 year old addict. When I got home I checked the lyrics, and they look to be written about a girl, although somewhere in the 'blogosphere someone said it was about kicking cigarettes? I'll include the lyrics and a link to the video below ... pretty sad.

In this case the application to a mistress, heroin, is real. Truly, every little thing addictions do is tragic.

I imagine if you haven't been there, you cannot understand? I can't.

dlc

ps. you can listen/watch the 'Disease' YouTube video here.

Not sure if it make sense, lyrics + video = ??? but hey ...

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Matchbox Twenty - Disease

Feels like you made a mistake
You made somebody's heart break
But now I have to let you go
I have to let you go

You left a stain
On every one of my good days
But I am stronger than you know
I have to let you go

No one's ever turned you over
No one's tried
To ever let you down,
Beautiful girl
Bless your heart

I got a disease
Deep inside me
Makes me feel uneasy baby
I can't live without you
Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
Keep your distance from it
Don't pay no attention to me
I got a disease

Feels like you're making a mess
You're hell on wheels in a black dress
You drove me to the fire
And left me there to burn

Every little thing you do is tragic
All my life, oh was magic
Beautiful girl
I can't breathe

I got a disease
Deep inside me
Makes me feel uneasy baby
I can't live without you
Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
Keep your distance from it
Don't pay no attention to me
I got a disease
I think that I'm sick
But leave me be while my world is coming down on me
You taste like honey, honey
Tell me can I be your honey
Be, be strong
Keep telling myself it that won't take long till
I'm free of my disease

Yeah well free of my disease
Free of my disease

I got a disease
Deep inside me
Makes me feel uneasy baby
I can't live without you
Tell me what I am supposed to do about it
Keep your distance from it
Don't pay no attention to me
I got a disease

I think that I'm sick
But leave me be while my world is coming down on me
You taste like honey, honey
Tell me can I be your honey
Be, be strong
Keep telling myself it that won't take long till
I'm free of my disease
Yeah well free of my disease
Free of my disease

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