1 post tagged “prince of darkness”

I was undecided as to which IG song to post.  Two have been kicking around in my head for the last couple days, so I decided to post the one lesser known.  Because even non-IG fans know Closer to Fine.

My place is of the sun
And this place is of the dark
I do not feel the romance
I do not catch the spark.

I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense,
The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence.
The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve
I said I have no way of feeding you,
So leave.

But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar
And he gave me a ten dollar raise.
And when I needed my mother and I called her
She stayed with me for days.

And now someone's on the telephone,
Desperate in his pain.
Someone's on the bathroom floor,
Doin' her cocaine.
Someone's got his finger on the button in some room
No one can convince me
We aren't gluttons for our doom.

But I've tried to make this place my place,
I've asked for providence to smile upon me
With his sweet face.
- Indigo Girls, "Prince of Darkness"