lampsong

if you ever find occasion to visit me and are privileged to a tour of the main attractions of my home, you will assuredly be directed to stand under the shallow bowl-shaped overhead lamp in my kitchen; here you will discover that your voice resonates noticeably. it's really great. ...this is the latest song i've been doing under the lamp. it's scope spans childhood to death (the Reaper of the last stanza symbolizes death...note the album's title funeral) and offers inspiration for those somewhere in the middle where mistakes and cynicism and feelings of meaninglessness threaten to incapacitate our ability to throw 'lightning bolts a-glowin,' to live passionately.'

'wake up' from the album 'funeral' (2004)
~the arcade fire~

something filled up
my heart with nothin'
someone told me not to cry

but now that i'm older
my heart's colder
and i can see that it's a lie

children, wake up
hold your mistakes up
before they turn the summer into dust

if the children don't grow up
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up
we're just a million little gods causing rain storms -- turning every good thing to rust

...i guess we'll just have to adjust!

with my lighning bolts a-glowin'
i can see where i am going to be when
the reaper he reaches and touches my hand...
better look out below!