TV On The Radio - "Tonight"
My mind is like an orchard
Clustered in frozen portraits
Of blossoms that bloomed so fine
Just to drop from the vine
I've seen 'em all tonight
Could keep it silent and tortured,
Or shove it unto the floorboards
A rusty heart starts to whine
In its tell tale time
So free it up tonight
Life deals a measly portion
Light on good friends and fortune
It's chipped you away inside
And drawn all your blinds
Concealed it all from sight
Could cut that final corner
Charge the void no quarter
Or skip to the final line of some
Suicide note well publicized
Or give it up tonight
Kindly reverse the order
Of the options youi've laid before you
The needle, the dirty spoon
The flames and the fumes
Just throw them out
Tonight
The time that you've been afforded
May go unsung unrewarded
Some nameless you cannot know
May be coming to show you
Unbridled love and light
Should you grow in an orchard
Covered in dusty portraits
Of blossoms that bloomed so fine
Just to drop from the vine
Oh, listen up tonight
Don't keep it silent and tortured
Or shove it unto the floorboards
Your busted heart will be fine
In its tell tale time
So give it up tonight
Don't even get me started on the lyrical quality of this song. You can simply read it off the liner notes, without hearing a note, and it is like poetry.
Tonight.
TV On The Radio, tonight.
Can't wait. The First Lady and I have had the boys from Brooklyn spinning on a neverending loop since we got out of work on Friday. Doors open at 10 PM. It's going to be a late one, but Top and I have never been let down by extremely late shows at 9:30 Club, come to think of it, Sundays have been pretty good days, as well.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
TV On The Radio: "Tonight" & Tonight
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