Peeled Apples

You know so little about me, what if I turned into a werewolf or something?

The more I see, the less I scream
The figure 8 inside out is infinity
The naked light bulb is always wrong
They make your break complete,
Then they blow it to kingdom come

Riderless horses on Chomsky's Camelot
Bruises on my hands from digging my nails out
A series of images against you and me
Trespass your torment if you are what you want to be

I once impersonated a shop work dummy
The Levi jean will always be stronger than an Uzi
A dwarf takes his cockerel out on the cockfight
Falcons attack the pigeons in the West Wing at night

Riderless horses on Chomsky's Camelot
Bruises on my hands from digging my nails out
A series of images against you and me
Trespass your torment if you are what you want to be

-Manic Street Preachers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUbjxX3Lh7M

Peeled apples... Apples seem to last forever, but when you peel off the skin they brown almost immediately, and the skin tastes awful. At least that's how it's supposed to go. I gave a lot of thought about what song I would first put up for my Wednesday feature. This one's been stuck in my head for a while for a variety of reasons, so it was pretty appropriate. I like that the analogy of a peeled apple can apply to many a thing in a person's life. I also really like the line "trespass your torment if you are what you want to be." Of course, what you want to be has to be the best you.

The Manics are one of my favorite bands, no one in America knows them, and I kind of like it that way. They're incredibly hit or miss and their lyrics are either fantastic or tripe, sometimes within the same song. But when they're on, they're on. This is the first track of their 2009 "comeback" album Journal For Plague Lovers, with all the lyrics written by their former lyricist who has been missing since 1995. But that's for another post. Also, this song is one of their heaviest since their 1994 landmark album The Holy Bible, and it has the feel of song from that album. So I like it for a bunch of reasons, but most importantly the peeled apple analogy.