Let's Dance (923 hits)
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Submitted by ruthless (View user info) at 2006-07-23 17:34:16 EDT
Sometimes they get too close.
Two people become such a part of each other that they don't see each other anymore. They can barely see themselves. All that is seen are the unwashed dishes, the dirty floors, the imagined slights and lack of courtesy.
At that point each person begins to feel invisible. The invisibility causes panic and each of them fights to be noticed by the other. Then come the arguments, shouting and hurt feeling that cannot be repaired.
Neither one understands the other anymore. How can you understand something when you can't even see it clearly enough to realize that it's there, right in front of you? And so they forget what brought them together in the first place.
They lose understanding, they lose patience, they lose sight, and then they lose everything.
Maybe they lose everything purposely, in an effort to see clearly again and recognize themselves. They have become so lost in each other that they have lost themselves.
Her pain and disappointment causes him anger and confusion. His anger and confusion causes her fear and more pain with which she builds high, unbreakable walls. He cannot breach her walls. She cannot make him understand.
And so they go in circles.
They dance.
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Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-08-03 15:11:11 EDT (#)
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And so you give each other a couple of days of space and then work through a bottle of bourbon together. It passes.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-07-24 17:56:12 EDT (#)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Dance
Words and music by David Bowie.
Lyrics
Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance, to the song they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway, while colour lights up your face
Let's sway, sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance, for fear your grace should fall
Let's dance, for fear tonight is all
Let's sway, you could look into my eyes
Let's sway, under the moonlight, this serious moonlight
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance, to the song they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway, you could look into my eyes
Let's sway, under the moonlight, this serious moonlight
NOW, you owe me a hummer.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2006-07-24 17:53:10 EDT (#)
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Apparently so. And you have to explain that one in a bit more detail.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-07-24 17:51:15 EDT (#)
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It's a Bowie reference...so I have to explain everything around here?
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2006-07-24 17:46:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-07-24 16:38:58 (#)
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serious moonlight
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What does that mean?
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-07-24 16:38:58 EDT (#)
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serious moonlight
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-07-24 13:25:35 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-07-24 13:17:02 EDT (#)
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Well, thank you for declining so politely.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2006-07-24 13:09:12 EDT (#)
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No thank you, Shlongy.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2006-07-24 11:59:07 EDT (#)
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It's the women that dance. We just try to keep up with your crazy asses.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-07-24 11:56:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-07-23 23:49:01 (#)
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I really enjoy seeing a ruthless post.
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ditto
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-07-24 11:47:32 EDT (#)
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Let's screw, instead.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-07-24 10:00:46 EDT (#)
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Nice little tidbit here, ruthy.
Submitted by livEvil (user info) at 2006-07-24 08:24:54 EDT (#)
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nice analogy... short. simple. to the point.
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2006-07-24 06:51:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-07-23 23:52:32 (#)
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This rocked almost as hard as...something that rocks really hard...yeah.
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A Boulder!
Submitted by ripple (user info) at 2006-07-24 00:29:37 EDT (#)
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Two people become such a part of each other that they don't see each other anymore. They can barely see themselves. All that is seen are the unwashed dishes, the dirty floors, the imagined slights and lack of courtesy.
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this bit reminded me of this story i read in the new yorker by nabikov, i think. a guy was trying to explain to a mythological, angelic creature all the problems with the world, but he could only come up with trivial things, like how the mirror in his room reflected a dirty floor. good story. "the word." anyway, i liked this, though it was extremely short. nice artwork.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-07-23 23:52:32 EDT (#)
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This rocked almost as hard as...something that rocks really hard...yeah.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-07-23 23:49:01 EDT (#)
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I really enjoy seeing a ruthless post.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-07-23 21:06:03 EDT (#)
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ae......
i'm beginning to really dislike you D_M_D
Submitted by The_Yellow_Dart (user info) at 2006-07-23 20:46:30 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by extacy_red (user info) at 2006-07-23 18:29:49 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-07-23 18:17:12 EDT (#)
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aesop rock
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2006-07-23 18:12:14 EDT (#)
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I will give 5 +2s to the person who can tell me where I got that from
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2006-07-23 18:11:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-07-23 18:07:58 (#)
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Ain't life a bitch?
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Life's not a bitch, she's a beautiful woman- you just call her a bitch because she won't let you get any pussy.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-07-23 18:07:58 EDT (#)
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Ain't life a bitch?