18 floors of heaven.....

Taking a little departure from my usual blog and letting someone else's words do all of the talking for me....(as my fingers on my right hand were burned quite badly in an industrial accident last night that caused me to turn into a maniacal white-faced evil-doer with a penchant for violence and an obsession with the phrase "Ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight? I always ask that of all my prey. I just like the sound of it...") I digress. I just wanted to share the lyrics to a song by a band that I only recently discovered. The band is Blue October and the song is 18th Floor Balcony. It amazed me that the band known for Hate Me could write such an amazing ballad that speaks to me on sooooo many levels. It's on my playlist on this page. Listen to it! LISTEN TO IT DAMMIT!!!!!! Good stuff, Maynard!! Love to you all!!!



18th Floor Balcony
by Blue October


I Close My Eyes
And I Smile
Knowing That Everything Is Alright
To The Core
So Close That Door
Is This Happening?
My Breath Is On Your Hair
I'm Unaware
That You Opened The Blinds And Let The City In
God, You Held My Hand
And We Stand
Just Taking In Everything.
And I Knew It From The Start
So My Arms Are Open Wide
Your Head Is On My Stomach
And We're Trying So Hard Not To Fall Asleep
Here We Are
On This 18th Floor Balcony.
We're Both Flying Away.

So We Talked About Mom's And Dad's
About Family Pasts
Just Getting To Know Where We Came From
Our Hearts Were On Display
For All To See
I Can't Believe This Is Happening To Me
And I Raised My Hand As If To Show You That I Was Yours
That I Was So Yours For The Taking
I'm So Yours For The Taking
That's When I Felt The Wind Pick Up
I Grabbed The Rail While Choking Up
These Words To Say And Then You Kissed Me...
I Knew It From The Start
So My Arms Are Open Wide
Your Head Is On My Stomach
And We're Trying So Hard Not To Fall Asleep
Here We Are
On This 18th Floor Balcony...

We're Both Flying Away.

And I'll Try To Sleep
To Keep You In My Dreams
'til I Can Bring You Home With Me
I'll Try To Sleep
And When I Do I'll Keep You In My... Dreams

I Knew It From The Start
So My Arms Are Open Wide
Your Head Is On My Stomach
And We're Trying So Hard Not To Fall Asleep
So Here We Are
On This 18th Floor Balcony
I Knew It From The Start
My Arms Are Open Wide
Your Head Is On My Stomach
No, We're Not Going To Sleep
Here We Are
On This 18th Floor Balcony... We're Both..Flying Away