Stephin Merritt - del 1

  Världens bästa låttextförfattare är enligt mig en sur och enstörig amerikan som heter Stephin Merritt. Han driver banden The Magnetic Fields, The Future Bible Heroes och projektet The 6ths. Utöver det gör han soloprojekt, musikaler, filmmusik och säkert tusen andra saker också. Han är hemskt produktiv helt enkelt. Hans texter är roliga, bittra och ibland vackra så det gör ont i hjärtat. Härmed påbörjar jag en liten hyllningsserie med några av mina favorittexter av honom.

I don't want to get over you

I don't want to get over you

I guess I could take a sleeping pill and sleep at will 

and not have to go through what I go through

I guess I should take Prozac, right, 

and just smile all night at somebody new

Somebody not too bright, but sweet and kind

Who would try to get you off my mind

I could leave this agony behind

Which is just what I'd do if I wanted to, 

but I don't want to get over you.

'Cause I don't want to get over love

I could listen to my therapist, pretend you don't exist

and not have to dream of what I dream of

I could listen to all my friends and go out again 

and pretend it's enough

Or I could make a career of being blue

I could dress in black and read Camus

Smoke Clove cigarettes and drink vermouth,

like I was seventeen, that would be a scream

but I don't want to get over you.

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