I used to live like Robinson Crusoe. I mean shipwrecked among 8 million people. And then one day I saw a footprint in the sand and there you were. I search out the beauty that lies within until it overwhelms everything else. Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world I feel like I can’t take it, like my heart’s going to cave in.
When you work closely with them, like I do, you see this. They have this power. It’s like a virus. Some of my men are infected with this virus. They should be pitied, not punished. They should receive treatment because this is as real as typhus. I see it all the time.
If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? Why are you wearing that stupid man suit? You like to think the weight of the world rests on your shoulder. Like this place would fall apart if Dante wasn’t here.
I remember those cheers / They still ring in my ears / After years, they remain in my thoughts. I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it’s both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. My mouth’s bleeding, Bert! My mouth’s bleeding!
I see the worst in people. I don’t need to look past seeing them to get all I need.
Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dreams? Don’t fight it son. Confess quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating. Say yes to whim! Say yes to chance! Say yes to chaos! And the fool replied, “I don’t know. I only knew that you were thirsty.” But no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world.
