Bobby Long

Lets ignore the fact that Bobby Long is friends with Twilight's Robert Pattinson, and co-wrote "Let Me Sign" with him...(take a moment to envision them writing..don't forget to breathe...deep breath and sigh...lovely)

Okay

Bobby Long for some reason tugs on my heart strings. I saw him live at the Wiskey A Go-Go in LA last spring(amongst a billion twilight tweens...I felt super cool btw), and developed a mini obsession with his music, as well as his cockney accent. He may not be the best vocalist in the world, or the best musician for that matter, but I still think he is amazing. There is a twisted yet beautiful suffering in his voice that when wrapped around his deep lyrics makes you long to be his best friend. You want to know immediately what situations could have caused him such pain. You want to heal him, but at the same time keep him wounded so that you have a chance to hear his music again one day.

I suppose he is your typical British tortured poet, but I don't care, he moves me. Here are the lyrics to "Left to Lie" and


I’m afraid to die
I’m nearly old
I’m almost young
Or so I’m told.

They say time is a healer,
faith is death or left to die
I won’t put my strain on another
broken shame or so I lie
I’m left to lie
I floated down like a long lost dream
My savor flew from his stitched up seam
I’m afraid to die
I’m nearly old
I’m almost young
Or so I’m told

They say I would be better
Far from here
Left alone
But now my lucks even cheaper
I’m played out by the traffic drones
I’m still alone
Nowhere to go

I floated down
like a long lost dream
My savor flew from his stitched seams
Cuz my friends think I
will be the first to die
Cuz I’m far
far too scared to asked them why
I’m afraid to die
I’m nearly old
I’m almost young
Or so I’m told
Or so I’m told