Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Passion Pit::Fit for anything

I'm here to blog about my new obsession with a Cambridge-born electro band called Passion Pit. Namely their song "Moth's Wings (Manners)". Here are the lyrics, they're pretty great (I'm a lyrics person to the max):

Dear friend as you know
Your flowers are withering
Your mother's gone insane
Your leaves have drifted away

But the clouds are clearing up
And I've come reveling
Burning incandescently
Like a bastard on the burning sea

You're just like your father
Buried deep beneath the water
Your pressing on your laurel
Is stepping on my toes
Whose side are you on?
What side is this anyway?
Put down your sword and crown
Come lay with me on the ground

You come beating like moth's wings
Spastic and violently
Whipping me into a storm
Shaking me down to the core
But you run away from me
And you left me shimmering
Like diamond wedding rings
Spinning dizzily down on the floor

You're just like your father
Buried deep beneath the water
You're pressing on your laurel
Is stepping on my toes
Whose side are you on?
What side is this anyway?
Put down your sword and crown
Come lay with me on the ground. (x2)


I especially love the "Whose side are you on?/What side is this anyway?/ Put down your sword and crown/Come lay with me on the ground". I think it is very much the stance I take when I think about the world. Complete pacifist? Non. But I do choose my causes cautiously.

Anyways, chillin' in the lab, tryin' to groove out a little bit without disturbing anyone. What better way to pass the time waiting for a plasmid recombination than on:
http://hypem.com/#/SarahKLucas.

just found a ton of new songs, which luckily saved to my "Listening History" after this kid commandeered my hype machine at a party on Monday. I like his taste. Got his numba....I won't use it, but maybe I'll jam along side him some day in the future. The Penn State community gets a bit smaller in the summer, my odds have improved.