It Looked Much Better From Afar

Gin Blossoms "Pieces of the Night" Listen | Buy

NOTES: New Miserable Experience is in permanent residence as one of my ten Desert Island Discs; it's 11 songs of sheer bliss (with one ending song that I just cannot listen to at all; I mean, seriously - what the hell is that? If you listen to the clips on the Amazon/Buy link, stop short of track 12). There are so many great songs on this CD, including the popular singles "Hey Jealousy," "Mrs. Rita," Allison Road" and "Found Out About You." All are good, but I find myself liking some of the lesser-known tracks - "29," "Lost Horizons," and this track - even better. The Gin Blossoms haven't been relevant in the record industry for years, but they reformed last year and played a concert down in St. Petersburg this summer. I went and loved every single second of it. Call me, Robin!

Well is it any wonder
That the stars just don't rush by
When you're only doin' 60
Through this oh-so-vacant night
But it's lacking something big this time
What the hell did you expect to find?
Aphrodite on a barstool by your side

Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight
Then I saw
Gin mill, rainfall
What do you remember, if at all?
Only pieces of the night

And is it any wonder
In the middle of the crowd
If you let your feet get trampled on
When the music is that loud
But you wanted to be where you are
But it looked much better from afar
A hillside in shadow
Between the people and the stars

Twelfth night we go
After something everyone should know
Somewhere in the distance out of sight
Then I saw
Gin mill, rainfall
What do you remember, if at all?
Only pieces of the night

And it seems so distant
But still only half the night away
Where notions between your questions come too
Is it any wonder where
The pieces of the night have been?

Posted by Highwaygirl on December 15, 2005 04:56 PM to the category The Key of Life