Friday, September 12, 2003

If I were to analyze the quote today, I would say that the character in the song (or perhaps Poe at the time; who knows?) hasn't really taken control at all. She's just ceded control from a person to her own bitterness. And I think at many times lately I've been making the same mistake, both personally and professionally. And in the end, deep down inside, it's still not a place from which any happiness can come.
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You thought you could keep me from loving
You thought you could feed on my soul
But while you were busy destroying my life
What was half in me has become whole

While you were looking the other way
While you had your eyes closed
While you were licking your lips
'Cause I was miserable
While you were selling your soul
While you were tearing a hole in me

I was taking control

Now I have taken control
Now I have taken control...

So this is how it feels
To breathe in the summer air
The feel the sand between my toes
And love inside my ear
All those things that you taught me to fear
I've got them in my garden now
And you're not welcome here

Poe - Control
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Salon: In memory of 9/11, the truth. [Salon]
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Salon: Tom the Dancing Bug. An asteroid is coming that could DOOM the earth! Quick -- invade Iraq! [Salon]
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