There is a song by the band Ludo. It's called Good-Will Hunting By Myself.
And it has a line that says "...We were holding hands and drinking milkshakes. But milkshakes melt. People change. And you dumped me on my birthday." I've always found that kind of humorous in it's straight-forward delivery. I can still see the humor of it. Especially as the song is done in a very satirical style. However, satire often masks a dark truth. Yes, he is comparing milkshakes to relationships, but there is still a very real idea of pain in the statement.
Life...is filled with this. The other day I punched a wall. It didn't punch back but I didn't walk away unscathed all the same. I told Christian the what and why of the situation (Because I love Christian, he's truly my brother, and he's who I can go to when I am in a state of such mental unrest that I could punch a wall...I guess). But by the end he was cracking some jokes, poking fun at me about the wall. Not the situation, but my reaction to it. It's all gravity and levity and finding the balance is crucial. It helps to distinguish the lights and the shadows. It contrasts the pools of blood with the healing waters. I feel right now that the blood and water is mixed and I'm below the surface of this hybrid fuckstorm of hopefulness and desolation.
But strangely, inexplicably, I'm glad. Sometimes the blood and water has to mix. Sometimes milkshakes melt, and you've gotta just be happy you had a milkshake in the first place.
1 comment:
that was beautiful. That was... the most genuine stuff you've put out in forever.
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