Maelstrom

I’ve spent a good portion of the evening methodically searching the internet. I’ve been trying to find two things. I finally was able to watch last week’s episode of Battlestar Galactica. (Which, by the way, had a perfect title: Maelstrom. I’ve borrowed it for the title of this blog because it seems appropriate for this week.) Afer I watched it I became obsessed with figuring out what is written on Kara’s apartment wall, next to the “eye of Jupiter.” Luckily I was able to pause it and get most of it, and after scouring the internet to fill in the gaps, I think this is right.

methodically
smoking my cigarette
with every breath
i breathe out the day
with every delicious
sip
i drink away the night
Stroking my hair to
the beat of his
heart
watching a
boy turn
into a
Man

I think that’s really great. One source made mention that it was actually written by Katee Sackhoff, but I don’t know if there’s any truth to that. I kind of hope there is.
I also think that the scene where she’s painting over this wall with white paint is one of my favorite Battlestar scenes ever.

The second thing I’ve been looking for is really random, even to me. For no particular reason I began thinking about this song that I haven’t heard in years, called Halo, by Michael Knott. And as best I can remember I downloaded this song because of a particular piece of writing. I can’t remember if it was a review, or some sort of short story-esque thing, or what, but it made mention of the song. All I remember about it is that it was written by J. Edward Keyes. And I don’t even have any idea who that is or why his name stuck in my head all these years. I just remember reading it and being so struck by it that I downloaded the song it was talking about. I decided I’d really like to read that particularly piece of writing again, so I’ve been searching all night. So far with no luck. Meh.

The song itself is wonderful too. At least the particular version that I had at one time was just he and the guitar, and the lyrics are…well, I’ll just post them. I like them very much.

she can take me to the place I love
sometimes it’s a hard place to find
even when the heart is hardened
I see something in her eyes
kick and screaming on the outside
something hidden within
I think she knows about it
cause when she holds me close
I hear her soul

hell no
I don’t mind if your halo don’t glow like it used to glow
I don’t care if you change your mind every tempting road

she’s always reaching out for heaven
says it’s a hard place to find
I swear and say its everywhere
freed is the taker’s line
slip into the darkest color
nothing but a stain to show
I think we both know we know about it
cause when she holds me close I hear her soul

hell no
I don’t mind if your halo don’t glow like it used to glow
I don’t care if you change your mind with every tempting road

I’ll be on your side with something here
to let you know
I don’t care if your halo don’t glow

~ by beautifullytragic on March 12, 2007.