Refuse To Even Choose

I started thinking about this song this morning when my coworker, Jake, started asking me for suggestions for a short-but-cool URL for a website. He never likes my suggestions so I don't know why I spent time thinking of some, but whatever. My two contributions today were "hateyourfriends.com" and "suckmyshiv.com" (which has made me laugh ever since it popped into my head).

I thought of this song because it's off Sebadoh's CD Harmacy, which sounds like a cool, malevolent word ... until you see the CD cover and realize it's a sign for a PHARMACY with the P missing. Sebadoh was one of those bands in the '90s that you said you liked even if you didn't, because liking them made you just that cool. I've never been able to get into them, though.

I have a vague memory of this video; during the "all the matters is the way you choose to frame it" line the lead singer makes to Ls with his fingers and brings them together to form a square.

Sebadoh, "Ocean"

So you think you're in the middle of the ocean
Stranded on an island of your own
Or stuck at the top of a mountain
Either way you're gonna say you're all alone

And I hesitate to say that you're a liar
I never tell the truth myself
But I tried to chase you down and I got tired
So I'm leaving you to you or someone else

'Cuz you never wanna hook up in the middle
And I'd meet you there to talk if you would show
But you answer every question with a riddle
And refuse to even choose to let me go

It used to be I'd tell you all my secrets
Giving you the credit you deserve
I guess you didn't care to lose or keep it
And we never quite connected from the first

And I wish I had a way to make it better
To rearrange the world and make you smile
But it's dumb to even think I had that power
And we haven't been that close in a while

I don't even wanna try to name it
Explain it for the one who couldn't care
'Cuz all that matters is the way you choose to frame it

And I hesitate to say that you're a liar
I never tell the truth myself
But I tried to chase you down and I got tired
So I'm leaving you to you or someone else

'Cuz you never wanna hook up in the middle
And I'd meet you there to talk if you would show
But you answer every question with a riddle
And refuse to even choose to let me go

Posted by Highwaygirl on September 20, 2004 12:54 PM to the category The Key of Life