Since we're covering Sylvia Plath, I thought I'd share the song Sylvia by The Antlers. Though it's not actually about her, it is definitely an allusion to her.
I forgot to post lyrics for that link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsiMq0vrbPo&playnext=1&list=PLFF102F5639DE4F81) I gave! Here they are.
Please, curtains in, start us off . . . You swing first, sorry, I don't know what I said. But you're crying now again And that only makes it worse.
Let me do my job Let me do my job
Sylvia, get your head out of the oven Go back to screaming and cursing Remind me again how everyone betrayed you Sylvia, get your head out of the covers Let me take your temperature You can throw the thermometer right back at me If that's what you want to do, okay?
Please, please calm down Steady out, I'm terrified Sorry, I want us to ally But you swing on little knives They're only sharp on one side
Let me do my job Let me do my job
Sylvia, get your head out of the oven Go back to screaming and cursing Remind me again how everyone betrayed you Sylvia, get your head out of the covers Let me take your temperature You can throw the thermometer right back at me If that's what you want to do, okay?
Sylvia, can't you see what you are doing? Can't you see I'm scared to speak And I hate my voice because it only makes you angry. Sylvia, I only talk when you are sleeping That's when I tell you everything And I imagine that somehow you're going to hear me.
Since we're covering Sylvia Plath, I thought I'd share the song Sylvia by The Antlers. Though it's not actually about her, it is definitely an allusion to her.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to post lyrics for that link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsiMq0vrbPo&playnext=1&list=PLFF102F5639DE4F81) I gave! Here they are.
ReplyDeletePlease, curtains in, start us off . . .
You swing first, sorry,
I don't know what I said.
But you're crying now again
And that only makes it worse.
Let me do my job
Let me do my job
Sylvia, get your head out of the oven
Go back to screaming and cursing
Remind me again how everyone betrayed you
Sylvia, get your head out of the covers
Let me take your temperature
You can throw the thermometer right back at me
If that's what you want to do, okay?
Please, please calm down
Steady out, I'm terrified
Sorry, I want us to ally
But you swing on little knives
They're only sharp on one side
Let me do my job
Let me do my job
Sylvia, get your head out of the oven
Go back to screaming and cursing
Remind me again how everyone betrayed you
Sylvia, get your head out of the covers
Let me take your temperature
You can throw the thermometer right back at me
If that's what you want to do, okay?
Sylvia, can't you see what you are doing?
Can't you see I'm scared to speak
And I hate my voice because it only makes you angry.
Sylvia, I only talk when you are sleeping
That's when I tell you everything
And I imagine that somehow you're going to hear me.