"Hallucinations" - The Raveonettes

what up everyone,

hope you all had a good weekend. man, do i feel bad for ever writing off the raveonettes before truly giving them a chance. but really, don't blame me for thinking they were like some kind of gothic super hero vigilante group, or like, some type of cheerleading squad for a professional football organization.

Not sure what today's song is about and not sure I want to think too hard about it, either. From the sound of it, it seems like it's about a this miserable dude in a miserable relationship and he's about to skidaddle on her, come sunrise. I don't even think it's necessarily about a guy that's about to leave his lover for someone new.

I can totally relate; let me explain. You know sometimes, you're stuck in this relationship and you want out but you can't really bring yourself to do it; I mean...the security, the constants, the familiarty...but you know, when you get into those stupid arguments (over dumb shit), you know there's actually something a lot more to it. So you go to sleep, restless and burnt, and you imagine to yourself that you've met someone new and that you're leaving them forever...hence the hallucination part. Certainly, you'll wake up to the same ol' shit, but while electrified sheets are keeping you from spooning her, and while you're swearing you're going to wait till she falls asleep and you're just going to take off like a thief in the night, and while your eyes are closed, you're fabricating the antithesis, of her. you're dreaming out the things you'd never have the balls to manifest.

enjoy (cowards),
-- sonnyred

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HALLUCINATIONS
Observe my obsession with someone new
Don't feel like someone new
The connection is real with someone new

In this tomb I call love
I get so lonesome with you
Or without you sweetheart
The hellhound's here

Hallucinate my love
Nothing's real in the morn
When I rise I'll leave you to die
You to die, you to die