Seriously, that is one bad news day. So just when I have seemingly lost all faith in my fellow man, my iPod blessed me with this track late in the evening. Not only does it have a wonderful message, but the way it builds musically as Michael Hutchence (an underrated singer in my mind) plays out his story is breathtaking. It just made my day a little brighter and gave me hope that there still is beauty in this somewhat messed up world of ours.
(mp3) INXS -- The Stairs
I don't normally put lyrics in my posts but I have always loved these. They might be a bit hokey and naive but they still produce a lump in my throat.
In a room above a busy street
The echoes of a life
The fragments and the accidents
Separated by incidents
Listened to by walls
We share the same spaces
Repeated in the corridors
Performing the same movements
Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other
Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other
Listened to by walls
We share the same spaces
Repeated in the corridors
Performing the same movements
The nature of your tragedy
Is chained around your neck
Do you lead or are you led
Are U sure that you don't care
There are reasons here to give your life
And follow in your way
The passion lives to keep your faith
Though all are different all are great
Climbing as we fall
We dare to hold on to our fate
And steal away our destiny
To catch ourselves with quiet grace
Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other on the stairs
Listened to by walls
We share the same spaces
Repeated in the corridors
Performing the same movements
Storey to storey
Building to building
Street to street
We pass each other on the stairs
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