I Really Don't Have Anything Better Than This (870 hits)
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Submitted by Leonore: Slave to Rhythm (View user info) at 2007-12-06 16:18:20 EST
It's SPT. I just got this album in the mail.
Everyone needs to know about this guy. He was prolific in the 90s, so his style isn't very complex, but he's got serious flow.
Stealing down an ally on a cold dark night
I see a halo in the rain around the street light
I stop and look, and listen to the sound
As the raindrops penetrate the silence all around
Alone, I gaze into the glistening street
The distant thunder echoing my heartbeat
Urging me on to a secret goal
Away from the light from this lamp on a pole
So I turn, slip away into the rain
Drifting like a spirit through the shadows in the lane
Clutching the tools of my trade in my hand
An old box of matches and a gasoline can
Darkness envelopes the scene like a shroud
A veil of emptiness hangs from the clouds
Filling up the cracks in this desolate place
Cradled by the night in an icy embrace
Moving to the town like a ghost in the rain
A dim reflection in a dark window pane
Blackness beckons from every side
Creeping all around like an incoming tide
A broken window in an empty house
I slip inside and begin to douse
The whole place with the fuel that will feed the fire
And push back the night, taking me higher
On out of the darkness in a defeaning roar
The match in my hand is the key to the door
A simple turn of the wrist will suffice
To open a passage to paradise
I pause, I think about the past and the gloom
The smell of gasoline permeates the room
Everyone has a little secret he keeps
I light the fires while the city sleeps
(Like the 4th of July)
The match makes a graceful arc to the floor
And time stands still as I turn for the door
Which explodes in a fireball and throws me to the street
I hit the ground running with the flames at my feet
Reaching for the night which recoils from the fire
The raindrops hiss like a devilish choir
Dying in the flames with a terrible sound
Calling all the names of the sleepers all around
But then in the arms of the night, they lay
Their dreams, sprout wings and fly away
Out of the houses in a gathering flock
Swarming overhead as I hurry down the block
I make my escape with the greatest of ease
And savor the darkness, drop to my knees
And the lightless window, my hand on the latch
I reach in my pocket, and pull out a match
(Like the 4th of July)
User Reviews
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-12-09 11:47:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-12-07 09:42:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
STARTED TALKIN' SHIT, WOULDN'T YA KNOW
SO I REACHED BACK LIKE A PIMP AND I SLAPPED DA HO
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-12-07 07:55:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-07 04:57:35 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You can do better than this. You're an archaeology student, right? A Seppo archaeologist? You can tell us about Injuns and Aztecs and things.
OR you can tell us about the time you, that lady you met in the club which you'd taken with you when the deal went bad and small stuff were in a plane flying over India and you escaped the crash by using an inflatable dingy.
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This is probably the funniest response I've gotten during my short time on Uber. My new hero!
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-07 04:57:35 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You can do better than this. You're an archaeology student, right? A Seppo archaeologist? You can tell us about Injuns and Aztecs and things.
OR you can tell us about the time you, that lady you met in the club which you'd taken with you when the deal went bad and small stuff were in a plane flying over India and you escaped the crash by using an inflatable dingy.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-07 04:35:58 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
IOU 1 witty comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-12-06 23:25:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 Grace Jones
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-12-06 20:04:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-12-06 18:57:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-12-06 18:51:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
check it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzysbFcCYS8
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Certified 100% BOSH.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-12-06 18:51:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
check it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzysbFcCYS8
Submitted by MidnightToSix (user info) at 2007-12-06 17:48:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Yay for arson?
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-12-06 17:12:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-12-06 21:21:25 GMT (#)
Ranking: 2
Those are really cool lyrics.
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Agreed.
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:53:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Bluh. Guess I hit a nerve.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:51:36 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:42:47 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Also (again), the new Buck 65 is fucking amazing. That's the last endorsement I'll give.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:37:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
sounds like "trash can man"
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:33:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Is that the Fine Young Cannibals guy?
Submitted by Flak (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:32:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Mc 900 Ft Jesus is one of those guys I keep coming back to after long breaks. It's like I forget about him and then he seems really fresh. I by no means enjoy hip-hop other than some Beasties or some Digable Planets now and again. But MC9FJ tips my trigger.
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:28:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Aes Rock is awesome.
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:25:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Oh yeah, and the new Architecture in Helsinki album sucks.
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:25:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:23:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Rakim is the greatest solo rapper of all-time.
For duets, I'd go with EPMD, then Outkast.
Word 'em up.
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I'll agree that Rak can light the shit up. Best solo, though, I'd have to go with Aes Rock.
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:23:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Rakim is the greatest solo rapper of all-time.
For duets, I'd go with EPMD, then Outkast.
Word 'em up.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-12-06 16:21:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Those are really cool lyrics.