stop whispering. start shouting.

18 january 1999

is that what today is? mm. never would have known/noticed. splendent.

i'm sitting in my room thinking about nothing in particular & wishing i could go back to sleep where it's warm & safe. bleed for me & i will bleed for you. today is the day we take into control, today is this, where master meets maker & we all crumble slowly.

someone is screaming. somebody's singing. hello. somebody's saying. somebody's crying. why why why.

when you sit outside of yourself, what do you see first? in the secondary view are you thinking of me? when i dream i dream forever. when i fall, i fall hard. up up up. could you imagine rolling over? it's dark & nearly drab. i'm not so morbid. i'm not so wonderful. do you suppose i'm alive inside your skin?

when we call out to the wild, what answer do we receive? i'm holding a plastic cup to my ear & hanging on for the dial tone. strewn everywhere, papers, recyclables, dancers, moon men.. everywhere & here. when we stop & the world falls down, where do we go from here? scrape your knees on the sidewalk of thought, burn your elbows on the rug of free thinking, free waves, free enterprise, free FOOD.

i'm closing & i'm holding but i can't forget about my breath. i suppose that's what you're here for. i need to clear my head, clear my mind, clear my thoughts & begin anew. again. baby's black balloon needs to fly. are we flying yet? if so, we're there. i'm arriving, full front. & i'm on my ground, standing, waiting for responsibility, waiting to fix what isn't broken. & she screams & her voice is strained & she says, "baby. it's three am i must be lonely."

Look before you leap, okay? you slept

Do you read me? did I drift?

May all your dreams come true do I dream?

He's standing by the door do you read me?

He's got something in his hands I'm not speaking

All the money's gone do you read me?

All the money's gone I dream

The days we spend, go on and on huh

Shift

Fucking youth I dream

Working youth

May all your dreams come true sound today are you sound today

A lot of people suffer sound today are you sound today

From impotence

All the money's gone today

The days we spend go on and on these things don't happen automatically

Fucking youth I dream

Working youth Edith moves each step

Fucking youth the days we spent go on and on

Working youth I dream

Fucking youth do you read me?

Fucking youth

Working youth

-sonic youth.