Comments on: like the swallow

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:38:56 +0000

Okay, you've got me with this one, Fish. It's true what they say about it being good for the brain.:)

Personally, I'm dead set against this war, but have also struggled with the question of how to reconcile these feelings with a concern for the welfare of both US and (my own) British troops. They didn't ask to be in this situation. They're just doing their jobs.

Just wanted to voice admiration for once again articulately and sensitively voicing your thought process in reaching some kind of conclusion - just one of the things that makes your blog such a good read.

By: Kashei

Kashei — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:57:49 +0000

Somehow failed in my attempt to make the lyrics above italicized but for the sake of clarity note that the lyrics end with ‘Its all a mystery’ and its me speaking from there.

By: Kashei

Kashei — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:56:13 +0000

In keeping with the song lyrics theme, this is by the Flaming Lips and my boyfriend posted it on his site:

I thought I was smart, I thought I was right

I thought it better not to fight

I thought there was a virtue in always being cool

So it came time to fight, I thought I’ll just step aside

And that the time would prove you wrong

And that you would be the fool

I don’t know where the sunbeams end and that the starlights begin

It’s all a mystery

Oh, to fight is to defend

If it’s not now then tell me when would be the time

That you would stand up and be a man

For to lose I could accept

But to surrender I just wept

And regretted this moment, oh that I, I was the fool

I don’t know where the sunbeams end and that the starlights begin

It’s all a mystery

And I don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life

It’s all a mystery

‘Cause I’m a man, not a boy

And there are things you can’t avoid

You have to face them when you’re not prepared to face them

If I could, I would, but you’re with him

I’d do no good

I should have fought him but instead I let him, I let him take you

I don’t know where the sunbeams end and that the starlights begin

It’s all a mystery

And I don’t know how a man decides what’s right for his own life

It’s all a mystery

If not fighting a war against a tyrant who may harm us is 'peace' then I don't know what the point of even trying to survive is. War has solved many of problems: slavery, Nazism etc. Not doing anything is an action all of its own though it might not seem that way. I prefer the action we are currently taking to keeping our heads down and hoping not to get smacked harder than the last time.

By: Frankenstein

Frankenstein — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:43:33 +0000

And, interestingly enough, "Like The Swallow" is also the name of a great Saint Etienne song.

Not that it really matters...

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:31:31 +0000

The war is a dangerous thing to post about, I think. Because it can set off readers and lurkers and tons of people who never came here and god knows how they showed up. Everyone's got an opinion and on something like this and since it's so serious, those opinions tend to be pretty vehement (word choice?). While I would like very much to have a round table discussion with a bunch of people (especially my favorite weblog writers and commenters) I think people find it incongruous when their - well, "their" - fun web page has suddenly been invaded by seriousness and controversy. Like Groucho Marx being serious. People hate that.

You walked lightly; you did nicely.

Incidentally, when I saw "like the swallow" I of course instantly expected a dirty post. I suppose a novena is in order.