The Quantum pontiff posted an article about working to music. This is something that I do a lot, I especially use music as motivation. Today the song "Breathless" from Nick Cave's "Lyre of Orpheus" album is getting me through the day. Those of you familiar with Cave's work are probably scratching your heads thinking "Nick Cave as motivation?". Well, it seems that in Nick's old age he is mellowing a lot. While normally I'm a fan of Nick's older, and totally "unmellow" music, this song is probably by favourite song of 2004. This song is also a great example of Nick Cave's masterful lyricism.
If you are feeling reflective today, I suggest taking the time to read the lyrics and to ponder what the subject of the song is:
It's up in the morning and on the downs
Little white clouds like gambolling lambs
And I am breathless over you
And the red-breasted robin beats his wings
His throat it trembles when he sings
For he is helpless before you
The happy hooded bluebells bow
And bend their heads all a-down
Heavied by the early morning dew
At the whispering stream, at the bubbling brook
The fishes leap up to take a look
For they are breathless over you
Still your hands
And still your heart
For still your face comes shining through
And all the morning glows anew
Still your mind
Still your soul
For still, the fare of love is true
And I am breathless without you
The wind circles among the trees
And it bangs about the new-made leaves
For it is breathless without you
The fox chases the rabbit round
The rabbit hides beneath the ground
For he is defenseless without you
The sky of daytime dies away
And all the earthly things they stop to play
For we are all breathless without you
I listen to my juddering bones
The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs
And I am breathless without you
Still your hands
And still your heart
For still your face comes shining through
And all the morning glows anew
Still your soul
Still your mind
Still, the fire of love is true
And I am breathless without you
