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I Wear A Mask So Falsely Numb...

31/10/2012

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Ok, so it's Halloween, a holiday I don't really care for.

Before you get all bent out of shape, let me say that if folks want to dress up and act out, go ahead and do it!! What I so don't care for is the artificiality of taking just one day a year.

If women want to dress as 'slutty' whatevers, they must want to do it more than once a year. If a guy wants to dress in drag, he's had the idea for a while. Wouldn't it be so much more interesting if everyone just kinda did that because it was a cold Tuesday in March, and wouldn't it seem more fun and exciting and celebratory?

Oh, bother - before I just spin out of control, let me share what I wanted to share about Halloween: spookiness, fear, masks and haunting.

Spooky: it's 'other-worldly', as in the world beyond the veil and this is the one of Goth's greatest...
Fear: arachnophobia is strong out there...
Masks: we all wear them falsely in our numbness...
Haunting: well, because that is what this song has done to me since the first time I heard it.

All respect and honors to the 'mega-group' of 4AD artists known as This Mortal Coil. From Filigree and Shadow, in honor of the dead, and All Hallows, I give you Tarantula:

I'm living but I'm feeling numb, you can see it in my stare
I wear a mask so falsely numb, and I don't know who I am
Despite the worlds inside of me, thwarting me away
I've noticed in other eyes, time's closing in

But when the thunder breaks, it breaks for you and me

Tarantula, tarantula, tarantula, tarantula

The future's looking rather grim, strange black tide

Decisions lie with stupid men, alone with my life
They're choking and they're hyping me, expecting me to fall
But only if I'm threatened will the tables turn

But when the thunder breaks, it breaks for you and me

Tarantula, tarantula, tarantula, tarantula

My world's under a sentence of death, I was born underground

But when the pressure gets too much for me, I bite


That's it, be safe, be careful, and why is this the one night of the year where parents hypocritcally reverse on the "don't talk to strangers!" and "don't take candy from strangers!". Talk about a mixed message!

Give thanks and spooky praise!


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