But In The 100th Year, I'll Be Right Back Here...

I'm not sure if I love any song more than this one. I'm not quite sure what made me think of it after not posting for 2 months...perhaps it simply articulates something I'd like to say better than I ever could.


"The Dreaming Moon," by Magnetic Fields on Get Lost (1995)

with an ivory pipe and a cumberbund
in the dead of night on the Autobahn
with the long ago
on the radio
and the dreaming moon...

we were young and in love
in a burning town
but the fire went out
I'm alone again now
and I finally know
how cool to be cold
with the dreaming moon...

I'll begin again
with another new name
and a whole new life
full of fortune and fame
but in the 100th
I'll be right back here
with the dreaming moon...

Song #97 on the player. Maybe Stephin Merritt's most poignant song.