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Look on me and Despair

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 1:28 pm
by Мастер
So, I was passing by a place of business the other day, and heard some song lyrics.

I've heard them before, I think at the beach bar.

One can not be unaffected by such perfectly crafted, beautiful lyrics with such depth and multi-levelled meaning.

How can poets and songwriters continue, knowing that the high water mark of their craft has been reached, and nothing they do will ever measure up?

Shakespeare, Goethe, Pushkin - they were just wasting their time.

You look so perfect standing there
In my American Apparel underwear

Re: Look on me and Despair

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 1:54 pm
by Lianachan
Real lump in the throat, tear to the eye stuff.

Re: Look on me and Despair

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 4:51 pm
by Arneb
Indeed. Reading those verses was a watershed mpment pf my life.

Re: Look on me and Despair

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 5:48 pm
by Enzo
The Satanic Verses.

Re: Look on me and Despair

PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2021 6:18 pm
by g-one
I always wondered what exactly they meant by 'high art', I guess being high might be part of it?