favourite lisa´s line

verenita · 05-02-2011, 12:13 AM

i was listening "teeth" (one of my fav songs) on my way back home and i thought of sharing my favourite line ever:
"i had a swing when my salt was my own". it´s a beautiful metaphor and it means a lot to me, for several reason.

this is not a "game" (but it could be, if you want it to), but if you feel in the mood of sharing yours, i´d be glad to read them

ko210 · 05-02-2011, 01:58 AM

I love every part of "Pistachio".

I do - like sugar - tend toward the brittle and sticky when spun...

saskia · 05-02-2011, 12:24 PM

I love "the bristles of my brushes spin you into my curls today" from Ocean and a Rock because I have curly hair, too!

borneoman · 05-02-2011, 03:21 PM

my fav is 'I went to war every morning' in Lille, the idea that your relationship with someone is so messed up that it's like a war...

but Vere, I never understood that line in Teeth of the swing and the salt, do u mind explaining it???

Joyful · 05-02-2011, 05:01 PM

Teeth is my favorite Lisa song, for sure. Lots of great lyrics, a little biting, but still soft. Love it. My favorite lines are:
"The bends in your brain and your elaborate pain
Makes me tired"

Makes me think of almost every relationship that I have had previous to my husband. Lots of deep but depressive ****ers, and it's exhausting.

So glad to not have to deal with that anymore. It also makes me think that it's about Damien and their relationship.

verenita · 05-02-2011, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by borneoman

my fav is 'I went to war every morning' in Lille, the idea that your relationship with someone is so messed up that it's like a war...

but Vere, I never understood that line in Teeth of the swing and the salt, do u mind explaining it???

oh, marti... i´m surprised, i must to say

well... for me it´s pretty clear (well, that´s what i feel about the line)... when you feel that you sort of *need* dependent on someone else to unfold yourself or if you want or look for someone´s approval (this makes me think of alanis´ song, "your congratulations", what a song! btw), but then you realize that if would be nice, of course, but it´s not a need for sure to make you know that you are capable of doing whatever you want to do and to get to wherever you want to get to... so, the *swing* depends on yourself.
the *salt* part comes from this property of the sea... a salty sea. so, if the salt is your own, then the swing is your own too... if it makes any sense.

sorry, but "lo terrible de la belleza es que es intransmisible, salvo cuando aquel que intentamos que la absorba la lleva en sí sin conocerla."

05-02-2011, 12:13 AM	#1
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	favourite lisa´s line i was listening "teeth" (one of my fav songs) on my way back home and i thought of sharing my favourite line ever: "i had a swing when my salt was my own". it´s a beautiful metaphor and it means a lot to me, for several reason. this is not a "game" (but it could be, if you want it to), but if you feel in the mood of sharing yours, i´d be glad to read them __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."] Last edited by verenita; 05-02-2011 at 12:15 AM.

05-02-2011, 01:58 AM	#2
ko210 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 187	I love every part of "Pistachio". I do - like sugar - tend toward the brittle and sticky when spun... __________________ you see the view? we pulled the land over the sea for you youtube

05-02-2011, 12:24 PM	#3
saskia Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 253	I love "the bristles of my brushes spin you into my curls today" from Ocean and a Rock because I have curly hair, too! __________________ What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation. Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. T.S. Eliot

05-02-2011, 03:21 PM	#4
borneoman Insane Eskimo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,151	my fav is 'I went to war every morning' in Lille, the idea that your relationship with someone is so messed up that it's like a war... but Vere, I never understood that line in Teeth of the swing and the salt, do u mind explaining it??? __________________ I made you laugh, I made you cry, I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?

05-02-2011, 05:01 PM	#5
Joyful Eskimama Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States Posts: 1,276	Teeth is my favorite Lisa song, for sure. Lots of great lyrics, a little biting, but still soft. Love it. My favorite lines are: "The bends in your brain and your elaborate pain Makes me tired" Makes me think of almost every relationship that I have had previous to my husband. Lots of deep but depressive ****ers, and it's exhausting. So glad to not have to deal with that anymore. It also makes me think that it's about Damien and their relationship. __________________ "It's not perfect, but it's mine."