2007 : 31 "Shine In Exile" by Beat The Devil

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Met a Man St. Augustine In Ray Bans dressed in black Against the tide Against the beach the neon tourist traps He said, "My baby I've learned to live inside my head." "My baby I've learned to live inside my head." Imaginary landlords and imaginary rent No recognition of population the demons left you spent My baby I've learned to live inside my head. My baby I've learned to live inside my head. Where there's no, "Pleased to meet you" and no "Glad you noticed" It's a Carnival Cruise Line without Kathy Lee Gifford And I'm in love with myself. You can buy some time for change again but the world is really flat He sailed the oceans When blood turned blue and put shackles on the map My baby I've learned to live inside my head. Where there are dancing bears drinking grape flavored Kool-Aid Touching large breasted women Touching Large breasted men Oh I'm in love with myself. I rarely just paste all the lyrics of a song in my write-ups. I can usually find just a few lines that can express what I love about a song. For some reason I just could not pick it for this song. The lyrics of this song so totally capture me, I just had to add all of them. This is a song I sing to myself for days after hearing it one time. The lyrics and haunting voice of the singer just stay in my head. It just keeps on bumping around in my skull. It is the kind of song when I hear one time, I want to put it on repeat and listen to it a dozen times. The first half of 2007 was a really hard time for me. Things were just not going my way. On some level I felt this song was perfect for me. I had to find a way to live inside my head. That is part of what makes this song ring out to me. If nothing else, what else could you ask for than a Kathy Lee Gifford reference? —Rich Thomas Listen: Beat the Devil >> "Shine In Exile"