songs

Alison sent me a Neko Case album, and there are two lyrics from it that are utterly obsessing me:

I can say that I've lived here in honor and danger
But i'm just an animal and cannot explain a life
Down this chain of days I wished to stay among my people
Relation now means nothing, having chosen so defined

And if death should smell my breathing
As it pass beneath my window
Let it lead me trembling, trembling
I own every bell that tolls me

This, I should note, I kept hearing as "And if death should smell my freedom" which I like better and just leaves me stunned.

and

It's the devil I love
And that's as funny as real love
And that's as real as true love

This for me is in its glory out of context, because of me and my devils and maybe Mary MacLane and hers.

Both these songs are accidentally songs of the stories that matter so much to me. Honor and danger indeed.