My first visit to London was to see my boyfriend at the time Giles ( a post on him will no doubt happen soon, he deserves one) and as a special treat for me, he had gotten tickets to a 2 day outdoor music fest which was heavenly the first day and turned into a soaking wet Woodstock like mess the second. We tolerated the rain as much as we could until we decided, no matter how good the band, we were too wet and miserable to stay. As we were walking out, a band took the stage, complete with an 8 piece string section and an etheral like quality took over the previous muddy messy field. The music stopped us dead in our tracks, it was so fucking beautiful. I mean this band live and outside, just no words to describe. The band was Zero 7- popular now, but 6 years ago pretty much unknown. One of my favorite songs is Somersault. Melodically, it's beautiful and I always liked the idea of what I thought she was saying, but I never knew EXACTLY what she was saying until today and it reaffirms just why I love it:
You're the prince to my ballerina
You feed other people's parking meters
You encourage the eating of ice cream
You would somersault in sand with me
I fear the unknown You feel like home, you feel like home
You put my feet back on the ground
Did you know you brought me around
You were sweet, and you were sound
You saved me
You're the warmth in my summer breeze
You're the ivory to my ebony keys
You would share your last jelly bean
You would somersault in sand with me
Take a listen! http://tinyurl.com/5ar936
You're the prince to my ballerina
You feed other people's parking meters
You encourage the eating of ice cream
You would somersault in sand with me
I fear the unknown You feel like home, you feel like home
You put my feet back on the ground
Did you know you brought me around
You were sweet, and you were sound
You saved me
You're the warmth in my summer breeze
You're the ivory to my ebony keys
You would share your last jelly bean
You would somersault in sand with me
Take a listen! http://tinyurl.com/5ar936
