Sunday, March 29, 2009

Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

i recently found them. i remember it was another early morning in tripoli and i had to go to work. i was not feeling well at all. it was during my february 09 spell here, which was by far the toughest time i had to pass in tripoli and i had my TV on for a long night, with little sleep with a busy and rustrated mind. i somehow connect with the music. it's not hard to like a good music. i didn't look for the CD while i was in dubai, which is a shame.
anyways, i could find their video clip on facebook and had a look at the lyrics of this song and it was shockingly speaking of a familiar experience.
it reminds me of the day that security forces and militia took my dad away at early years of revolution (it was fall of 1979). this line resembles that very very grey day:
"i remember how they took you down
as the winter turned the meadow brown"

here it is, to my father:

the door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us
footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up


and you will go to mykonos
with a vision of a gentle coast
and a sun to maybe dissipate
shadows of the mess you made


how did animals in the snow tipped pines, i find
hatching from the seed of your thin mind, all night?


and you will go to mykonos
with a vision of a gentle coast
and a sun to maybe dissipate
shadows of the mess you made


brother you don't need to turn me away
i was waiting down at the ancient gate


you go
wherever you go today
you go today


i remember how they took you down
as the winter turned the meadow brown


you go
wherever you go today
you go today


when i’m walking brother don't you forget
it ain't often that you'll ever find a friend


you go
wherever you go today
you go today

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