Friday, August 08, 2003

The Reality Bites Soundtrack or the Say Anything Soundtrack?

I’ve been listening to the Reality Bites soundtrack for the past couple of days. Besides My Sharona, the song that causes me to hit the “replay” button on the CD player is Tempted by Squeeze.

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face
Pajamas, a hairbrush, new shoes and a case.
I said to my reflection, Let’s get out of this place.
Passed the church and the steeple, the laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still keep calling
And calling
But forget it all I know I will

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What’s been going on
Now that you have gone
There’s no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I’m at the carpark, the airport, the baggage carousel
The people keep on grabbing, ain’t wishing I was well
I said, “It’s no occasion. It’s no story I can tell.”
At my bedside, empty pocket, a foot without a sock
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock, alarmed by
The seduction
I wish that it would stop

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What’s been going on
Now that you have gone
There’s no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

I bought a novell, some perfume, a fortune all for you
But it’s not my conscience that hates to be untrue.
I asked of my reflection,
Tell me what is there to do?

Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered
What’s been going on
Now that you have gone
There’s no other
Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered

But I love In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel from Say Anything just as much. I never get tired of that song, surprisingly. It’s a classic that stands the test of time.

Your favorites?