Accident Prone
originally by Jawbreaker,
covered by Jesse Lacey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le4F-J1rO5s

What's the furthest place from here,
it hasn't been my day for a couple of years...what's a couple more?
when i go, don't forget, the one good thing i almost did,
learned your name without words,
used my eyes and not my hands.

What's the closest you can come,
to an almost total wreck?
And still walk away, all limbs intact,
when i go, you'll be there, crying out, begging me,
i won't hear, just go fast, to this night,
on broken legs,

A near miss or a close call,
keep a room at the hospital,
scratch my accidents into the wall,
couldn't wait to breathe your breath,
cut in line i bled to death,
got to you and there was nothing left.

What's the meanest you can be,
to the one you claim to love?
and still smile to your newfound friends
in the same confusing breath, push away, draw me in,
i won't hear, just go fast, into this night on broken legs.

a near miss or a close call
keep a room at the hospital,
couldn't wait to breathe your breath,
cut in line i bled to death,
got to you and there was nothing left.
got to you and there was nothing left.





This is the kind of sadness that i find so irresistably beautiful. The way he sings it, the way the guitar plays in it, the lyrical depth, just the first lines described how i once felt, "What's the furthest place from here? It hasn't been my day for a couple of years. What's a couple more?"

And then it goes into, "don't forget the one good thing i almost did, learned your name without words, used my eyes and not my hands." To me this is truly wrapping yourself in a person, not getting lost in the static that sometimes comes with sex. It's not about having a sexual relationship but a spiritual one. Ahh it gives me goosebumps just repeating that line in my head.

Start at the line "What's the meanest you can be..." and work your way to the end. I don't even know what i want to say about this. It's honest. Bitterly honest.

That's all i want to say about it.