fascination

mood: tired.
state i'm in: sentimental sauvignon blanc.
tune: everything but the girl 'fascination'.




this has to be, for me, what comes to mind when i wonder which is the most beautiful song written. the original version from 1985 is great, but the live acoustic recording from 1992 just blows it away, and me with it. tracy thorn's vocal raises the hairs on the back of the neck.


everything but the girl 'fascination'

i won't try to stop you when you speak of the past,
doubt is over now and i can join in when you laugh.
fascination makes us ask for more than we'd like to know,
and i needn't explain, i bet you know.

reassure me when i my heart's not bold enough to bear her name.
if you were in my shoes and scared, i would do the same.
and though i may ask, there is no need for past details.
for although i may laugh, alone, my courage fails.

(did you know?)

see how i've changed now, my heads so clear.
still there are some things that i don't want to hear.
and there must be so much, i know, that you can not forget.
and i mustn't wish your life began, the day we met.

places we go remind you, of when you were here before.
so you talk and tell me you don't think about it anymore.
there is something i know, that hasn't quite been left behind.
so i'll ask you once again,
to prove that i don't mind,
to prove that i don't mind.


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