December 2009
7 posts
“For freedom is not acquired
by satisfying yourself with what you desire,
but...”
– Epictetus
“We are mad, not only individually, but nationally.
We check manslaughter and...”
– Seneca, Letter to Lucilius 95: 30-31
Okkervil River on "Austin City Limits" →
What gives this mess some grace unless it’s kicks, man Unless it’s fiction Unless it’s sweat or it sogs What hits against this cheat unless it’s a sick man’s hand From some midlevel band He’s been driving too long On a dark windless night With the stereo on With the towns flying by And the ground getting soft And the sound in the sky Coming down from above It...