Joseph Kosuth - Art as Idea as Idea (1966-68)
She was physically forgotten
And then she slipped into my pocket
With my car keys
She said you’ve taken me for granted
Because I please you
Wearing these diamonds
And I could say oo oo oo
As if everybody knows
What I’m talking about
As if everybody here would know
Exactly what I was talking about
Song of the Day: I Know What I Know | Paul Simon
She looked me over
And I guess she thought
I was all right
All right in a sort of a limited way
For an off-night
She said don’t I know you
From the cinematographer’s party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind
I know what I know
I’ll sing what I said
We come and we go
That’s a thing that I keep
In the back of my head
I refuse to beat my chest over a grief that belongs to others, or shout about how terrorists messed with the wrong city. I find no virtue in braying over the capture of a teenager whose toxic grievances, and misguided loyalties, led to such senseless ruin. It is sad, all of it. The greater sadness for me is that America feels increasingly like a nation united by spectacles of atrocity. We pay attention, and open our hearts, only when violence of a random and gaudy enough variety strikes.
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| — | Steve Almond in The New Republic |
You and me we’re meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we’ ll fly away
Don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day
In this day and age it’s so easy to stress
‘Cause people are strange and you can never second guess
In order to love child we got to be strong
I’m caught in the crossfire why can’t we get along
‘Cause you and me we’re meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we’ll fly away
Don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day
I’m having a daydream, we’re getting somewhere
I’m kissing your lips and running fingers through your hair
I’m as nervous as you ‘bout making it right
Though we know we were wrong, we can’t give up the fight
Oh no
‘Cause you and me we’re meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we’ ll run away
Don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day
You and me we’re meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we’ll fly away
Don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day
You and me (you and me) we’re meant to be (meant to be)
Walking free (walking free) in harmony (in harmony)
One fine day (one fine day) we’ll ran away
(We gonna ran away, we gonna ran away)
Don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day
You and me (you and me) we’re meant to be (meant to be)
Walking free (walking free) in harmony (in harmony)
One fine day (one fine day) we’ll fly away
(We gonna ran away, we gonna ran away)
Don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day
