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Music Monday: I Google You, by Amanda Palmer.

Posted by John on January 12th, 2009 at 12:01 am · 5 Comments

I hope none of you find this inundation of Amanda redundant. But not only are the lyrics perfection, but they are. Written. By. Neil. Gaiman.

I Google you
late at night when I don’t know what to do
I find photos
you’ve forgotten
you were in
put up by your friends

I Google you
when the day is done and everything is through
I read your journal
that you kept
that month in France
I’ve watched you dance

And I’m pleased your name is practically unique
it’s only you and
a would-be PhD in Chesapeake
who writes papers on
the structure of the sun
I’ve read each one

I know that I
should let you fade
but there’s that box
and there’s your name
somehow it never makes the pain
grow less or fade or disappear
I think that I should save my soul and
I should crawl back in my hole
But it’s too easy just to fold
and type your name again
I fear
I google you
Whenever I’m alone and feeling blue
And each scrap of information
That I gather
says you’ve got somebody new
And it really shouldn’t matter
ought to blow up my computer
but instead….
I google you

Tags: Music Monday

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Lessie // Jan 12, 2009 at 8:16 am

    Awesomeness :)

  • 2 Meryl // Jan 12, 2009 at 8:28 am

    Haha, that is awesome!

  • 3 angryyoungwoman // Jan 12, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    oh, my dirty late-night secret. Hangs head in shame.

  • 4 Mark // Jan 13, 2009 at 6:42 am

    Love this!!

  • 5 John // Jan 13, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    ayw, know that you are not alone. :)

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