You’ll hang the hearts black
And dull as the night
You hanged your past and start being
As you in ecstasy
Still being cried and laughed at before
Should I be sewn and hugged?
I can by not saying
Still being cried and laughed at
From light to blue
And should I be hugged and tugged down
Through this tiger’s masque?
- Cocteau Twins
I unravel. [...]

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Nick Drake always seemed to get the words/sounds right for these feelings. This video was, ironically, a tribute to Nick Drake that Heath Ledger put together.
When does the past stop having a hold over us? When do we get to put the monsters to rest? I have two; one is dead, and the other [...]

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lyrics from Corpus Delicti [twilight]
It’s one of those nights again. The urge comes over me, pulls from inside the muscles and bones and nerves of me, begging me to smash myself into something just so I can feel anything other than this, an ache that resonates and pulses and compels me to do anything to [...]

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tonight’s lyrics from All About Eve [scarlet]
I look at myself, through this close lens, this tight vision of who I am and who I was and who I might be in the days to come… this is the hardest work I’ve ever done, you know – the work of breaking down the girl and rebuilding [...]

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You can thank Ms Kate Bush [song: Wow] for tonight’s blog title.
re·cov·er (r-kvr)
v. re·cov·ered, re·cov·er·ing, re·cov·ers
v.tr.
1. To get back; regain.
2. To restore (oneself) to a normal state: He recovered himself after a slip on the ice.
3. To compensate for: She recovered her losses.
4. To procure (usable substances, such as metal) [...]

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