Saturday, June 21, 2008

Looking Glass

Ok, most people that I've told this to think I'm seriously weird.  There's a song that's been out for quite some time that is from Stone Sour and it's called Through Glass.  Most of you know how I feel about gorillas.  I have an extremely difficult time seeing them in captivity and yet when I do see them, I feel compelled to stay as long as possible.  I feel like there is definitely more to them than just some animal, even without all the scientific evidence to prove it.  It's in their eyes.  I want to apologize to every single one of them for taking away their homes and for locking them in cages.  In the defense of most of the zoos I've been to, they only have gorillas that are unable to be returned to the wild or were born in captivity.  Back to the (one of) the reason I'm weird.  When I hear this song, from the very first time I ever heard the lyrics, it reminds me of the gorillas at the zoo.  So I leave you with the lyrics and you can see for yourself if I'm completely insane or if you too see it.   

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget.. you don't expect an easy answer
When something like a soul becomes
Initialized and folded up like paper dolls and little notes
You can't expect a bit of hope
So while you're outside looking in
Describing what you see
Remember what you're staring at is me

Cause I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
When no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything
When thought came from the heart
It never did right from the start
Just listen to the noises
(Null and void instead of voices)
Before you tell yourself
It's just a different scene
Remember it's just different from what you've seen

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
And all I know is that it feels like forever
Whenno one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

And it's the stars
The stars
That shine for you
And it's the stars
The stars
That lie to you.. yeah-ah

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your heaaaaddd

And it's the stars
The stars
That shine for you.. yeah-ah
And it's the stars
The stars
That lie to you.. yeah-ah

Ohhhoh when the starrs
Ohhh oh when the starrrrs that liieee

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I feel the same way when I look at the gorillas.  They are very human like.  They make me sad and so do elephants.  Linda

Anonymous said...

I know that song well but have never thought of it relating to gorillas but yeah, I do see it.
xx
Lisa