a song to Patch

I've been listening to lots of Death Cab for Cutie lately, mainly because of yoga. When I want to relax I just listen to the CD our yoga teacher was kind enough to give me when I asked her for her playlist. It was refreshing to not have to listen to foreign yoga songs that sound like you're worshipping somebody - those creep me out sometimes. But having DCFC, The Format or Regina Spektor for yoga music can sometimes have its downs too, since I sometimes find myself singing the songs in my head instead of concentrating on my poses. :D Also, if you know their music, they're not exactly the songs that make you release endorphins. Still, I appreciate the lyrics especially this song which would've been apt for Anthony Patch, the protagonist in one of the more poignant books I've read, The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald.



This quote from the book is one of my favorites ever. It used to apply to me (old post here) until I learned to actually be content and appreciate my accomplishments. :D

"Things are sweeter when they’re lost. I know – because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot. And when I got it, it turned to dust in my hands... I’ve often thought that if I hadn’t got what I wanted things might have been different with me. I might have found something in my mind and enjoyed putting it in circulation. I might have been content with the work of it, and had some sweet vanity out of the success. I suppose that at one time I could have had anything I wanted, within reason, but that was the only thing I ever wanted with any fervor. And that taught me you can’t have anything, you can’t have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you. It’s like a sunbeam skipping here and there about a room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it – but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you’ve got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone.”

Then here are some lines from the song:

Home's face: how it ages when you're away
Spring blooms and you find the love that's true
But you don't know what now to do
Cause the chase is all you know
And she stopped running months ago

Now I wonder if the song's actually been based on the book. Hmm...

There on the street, are so many possibilities to not be alone - true that! ;p