my current favorite song: Cold Cave's "Love Comes Close"

just discovered this. love it. poetic. sad. beautiful. and although one is instantly reminded of many other great artists from the past (and perhaps some bad ones), upon hearing this song and band, it doesn't bother me in this case, like it does other times; I still find this song highly original, and downright lovely.

"Love Comes Close" by Cold Cave

Everything changes - will all change again
Sun sheds the light as the life sheds its skin.
You kiss your wish to the heart of the world
Secrets are safe with, will not break the spell.

Come on, lets go home.
Buried in your womb.
Sing a song of death,
Til' there's none left.

Love comes close
But chooses to spare me
Death comes close
But ceases to take me
I want to twist, the knife a bit deeper
To siphon the love from the hearts I believed in
Look outside, world is exploding,
Stay inside, still never knowing.
Taking cover, with each other,
Sleeping off the century of hope.

Everydays changing will remain the same.
Silhouettes shy as rain rots the drain.
Everydays decay debases the dream,
The ghosts that will haunt you are not what they seem.
Still you say you're dead
To depravity,
But that can't be true, 'cause I know you can hear me.

Love comes close
But chooses to spare me
Death comes close
But ceases to take me
I want to twist, the knife a bit deeper
To siphon the love from the hearts I believed in
Look outside, world is exploding,
Stay inside, still never knowing.
Taking cover, with each other,
Sleeping off the century of hope.

(repeat once more)