iF YOU THiNK THAT A KiSS iS ALL iN THE LiPS, COME ON, YOU GOT iT ALL WRONG, MAN

I’ve always liked this line, probably bc it’s fairly descriptive of me...Many things on the album “Get behind me, Satan” by The White Stripes are. “The denial twist” came on my iPod yesterday as I was walking down the street & I listened closely to the lyrics & thought “Yes”. It never ceases to impress me how sometimes you hear songs that are just so right for the current situation, moment, feeling. Like opening a book to a random page & reading something that seems meant just for you, right now. Coincidence? As Brandon Boyd of Incubus sings on “Smile Lines”: ♫ There isn’t coincidence, there’s no such thing ♫

This is one of the magic things about music, to me. & I’ve probably written about it before, but it’s worth repeating. How, be it through music or lyrics, you find someone has already managed to express your exact sentiment. Personally, when the person in question is someone I admire, I feel a sense of relief. ♫ Have you felt it? Have you? I've felt it too & so have you ♫ “Poughkeepsie”, Devendra Banhart.

Sooo...at the moment I’m full of (some parts of) this.

If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
C'mon, you got it all wrong, man
& if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Oh well, then do the twist
If you think holding hands is all in the fingers
Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers &
Make sure to never do it with a singer
Cause he'll tell everyone in the world
What he was thinking about the girl

A lot of people get confused & they bruise
Real easy when it comes to love
They start putting on their shoes & walking out
& singing "boy, I think I had enough"

Just because she makes you feel wrong
She don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose, boy
Take a tip & do yourself a little service
Take a mountain turn it into a mole
Just by playing a different role

The boat yeah you know she's rockin' it
& the truth well you know there's no stoppin' it

So what, somebody left you in a rut
& wants to be the one who's in control
But the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder
How the hell she can be so cold
So now you're mad, denying the truth
& it's getting in the wisdom in the back of your tooth
You need to spit it out, in a telephone booth
While you call everyone that you know, & ask 'em
Where do you think she goes

You recognize the effect and the wreck
That it's causing when she rocks the boat
But it's the cause hittin on the Cardinal Laws?
'bout the proper place to hang her coat

So to you, the truth is still hidden
& the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten but
You should know that the doctors weren’t kidding
She's been singing it all along
But you were hearin' a different song
Yeah you were hearin’ a different song...

- “The Denial Twist”, The White Stripes

By the way, their live show was one of the best I ever saw & it took place during a very happy time in my life. I went with Cali & Loles.