I dream I am loved

[lizblackdog]

There are times I really don't like being on my own - and yet, it's a great deal less miserable than any of the available alternatives.

*carefully does not mention unavailable alternatives*

Low, very very low.

Low enough for a song lyric post, even.

I heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do ya?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah...

(Jeff Buckley's version of a Leonard Cohen song)

And, outside the cut - a whole bunch of my friends list are in the USA and have cars. driveforlife needs you. These are animals that need transporting from one part of the USA to another - usually from an overcrowded shelter to a less crowded one, or to a foster home. Many of them will die if they can't be transported, and they currently have a lot of urgent cases.

If you can't help, yourself, pass the information around to anyone you can think of who might, 'kay?

Comments

[lady-alethea.livejournal.com]

Funny how the depths of human emotions can dredge up an appropriate cover of a Leonard Cohen song. *smiles* I'm a fan of Concrete Blonde's cover of "Everybody Knows" when I'm feeling low.

I hope you feel more like yourself soon.

[orac-zen.livejournal.com]

*** hugs *** Hang in there, Liz.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Never heard that - will look out for it.

I'm a fan of Cohen singing his own songs, but there's an extra verse in the Buckley version...

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I'll be all right... just one of those low spells. Thank you :D

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

I like the version of that song from Shrek, but I have like 8 versions, including a Bob Dylan one
:-D

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I have the Shrek one, the original Cohen recording, a live version, Jeff Buckley and one by k.d. lang, but not Bob Dylan.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

you want it? ;-)
I'll see what others I have as well

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

oh, sweetie, you KNOW I want it...

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

The SONG Liz, the SONG

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Yeah... that too... :-D

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

Appropriate icon for a bad girl :-p
sending the song

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

What I love about the icon is that there are about four hands...

Thanks :D

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

That's becuase you're a greedy little piglet ;-)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I know. Three icons is nowhere near enough...