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file this under the "i don't know if anyone other than me cares" file:

 

so, i just happened to be rereading tweedy's poetry book adult head and the poem entitled 'unlikely japan' caught my eye. in the poem, i noticed lyrics that appear in the final track ('wanted') on loose fur's current release. i have yet to hear 'impossible germany' to know if any lyrics from the aforementioned poem appear in the song, but i do know from previous posts that the main chorus line is "impossible germany, unlikely japan"...

 

here's the poem, for those of you interested. hope i'm not breaking any rules by typing it here, but i'm assuming it's ok since song lyrics are often posted.

 

Unlikely Japan

 

when I say that she's the rapist

that really isn't what I mean

it was all in my imagination

to be claimed too easily

 

with almost loving force of will

what would have been given sadly

without deceiving me with skill

she was still only taking

what I should give more carefully

 

(but now) religion enters in

god cracks through her moist skin

and twirls from her baton

her hair suggests a roller skate

 

he whispers through her perfume

just above shallow watery surfaces

ripples with action lovelike

there is no voice so thin

 

she knows what she wants

that she wants what she knows

she wants this to mean nothing and that sounds fair to me

a made-by-hand halo and new-fashioned wings

 

she is blind to be an angel that's rare to be

she's not so well rounded

she has points you don't see

she does whatever she wants

(and I swear)

she wanted me

 

personally, i think this poem is brilliant, as is the song "wanted" that shares its lyrics with it. :worship

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file this under the "i don't know if anyone other than me cares" file:

 

so, i just happened to be rereading tweedy's poetry book adult head and the poem entitled 'unlikely japan' caught my eye. in the poem, i noticed lyrics that appear in the final track ('wanted') on loose fur's current release. i have yet to hear 'impossible germany' to know if any lyrics from the aforementioned poem appear in the song, but i do know from previous posts that the main chorus line is "impossible germany, unlikely japan"...

 

here's the poem, for those of you interested. hope i'm not breaking any rules by typing it here, but i'm assuming it's ok since song lyrics are often posted.

 

Unlikely Japan

 

when I say that she's the rapist

that really isn't what I mean

it was all in my imagination

to be claimed too easily

 

with almost loving force of will

what would have been given sadly

without deceiving me with skill

she was still only taking

what I should give more carefully

 

(but now) religion enters in

god cracks through her moist skin

and twirls from her baton

her hair suggests a roller skate

 

he whispers through her perfume

just above shallow watery surfaces

ripples with action lovelike

there is no voice so thin

 

she knows what she wants

that she wants what she knows

she wants this to mean nothing and that sounds fair to me

a made-by-hand halo and new-fashioned wings

 

she is blind to be an angel that's rare to be

she's not so well rounded

she has points you don't see

she does whatever she wants

(and I swear)

she wanted me

 

personally, i think this poem is brilliant, as is the song "wanted" that shares its lyrics with it. :worship

OH!!!! that's where it's from It was driving me crazy I knew I heard Unlikely Japan before and could not think of where I heard it thank you!!! :lol if only I would have picked up that book!! :D

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