And I have seen The sunrise Over the river The freeway Reminding Of this mess we're in and The city sun sets over me

Artist- PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke
Song of the day- This mess we're in

So I kinda forgot about the most excellent PJ Harvey till I came across her new album in Rolling Stone. I suddenly had flashbacks to my freshmen year of college and my first winter in Chicago. I remember waking up in the bitter cold before the sunrise to catch two trains to downtown and listening to this whole album "stories from the city, stories from the sea" and deciding it was the new soundtrack to my life and the totally artsy writer I was becoming. I would be totally badass like PJ and write stories about the city. Perhaps this is laughable now, but the album still holds the test of time, especially my most favorite song, which I just realized was a duet with Thom Yorke. Oh how non artsy and naive I truly was. But this song will always remind me of how the city stays a little too fast paced, a little too dark, a little too messy and a little too inviting to me. Thankfully I"m a badass who can take it.



Can you hear them?
The helicopters?
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence
You look me
In the eye directly
You met me
I think it's Wednesday
The evening
The mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

Night and day
I dream of
Making-love
To you now baby
Love-making
On-screen
Impossible dream
And I have seen
The sunrise
Over the river
The freeway
Reminding
Of this mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

What were you wanting?
I just want to say
Don't ever change now baby
And thank you
I don't think we will meet again
And you must leave now
Before the sunrise
Above skyscrapers
The sin and
This mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me