Normal Abnormal Drinker

Here is an oddity. Before I was (as much of) a drunkard I listened to some very heavy dark lyrics. Take this for example…

‘Oh I remember toronto when mylo went down
And we sat and we cried on the phone
I never felt so alone
He was the first of our own
Some of us go down in a blaze of obscurity
Some of us go down in a haze of publicity
The price of infamy, the edge of insanity

Another holiday inn, another temporary home
And an interviewer threatened me with a microphone
talk to me, wont you tell me your stories.

So I talked about conscience and I talked about pain
And he looked out the window and it started to rain
I thought maybe Ive already gone crazy
So I reached for a bottle and he reached for the door
And I picked up the sleeping pills crushed on the floor
Inviting me to a casual obscenity’

It is from an album called Misplaced Childhood by a band called Marillion whose front man ‘Fish’ was an alcoholic back in the 80’s. While it is very very heavy if you know anything about the man you’ll know he is one eloquent & erudite fellow. I liked his use of language.

I listened to heavy stuff all the time when I was a happy go lucky, fit & full of youthful optimism. Then why got older & life got to be a grind I stopped listening to it & started listening to ‘Thriller’ as a pick me up. Now I’ve got my smile back I find myself listening to Fish’s lyrics again. Singing along with a smile on my face.

Am I built backwards or by some strange prescient instinct did I see it all coming????