9 Crimes

Up late talking on the phone tonight, I put the ipod on shuffle before going to sleep. I found this number by Damien Rice to be a hauntingly beautiful melody. This is the first time I've heard it, and I'm going to have to give it a few more listens, but here are some of his powerful words:

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I'd do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse

Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it
Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
With you?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I'd do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you
It's the wrong time
She's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse

As I drifted off to sleep, I felt grateful for my freedom to explore something new, and compassion for those who are in the position he's singing about here...