Life Like Weeds

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Interlude: Doppleganger

Mazoo

on Aug. 27, 2007

I realize that the end of the first chapter was a little rocky, and that I probably should have added another page or so to it, but I already had this drawn out and colored when I realized that. Oh well. This "chapter" is more fun anyway.

So! I was going to have a little mini-contest to see who could guess what song artist the title was from (all of the titles are based off of songs that either reflect the chapter or the feel of the chapter) but 1. It's too easy to cheat with the internet and 2. The title really doesn't have much to do with the chapter, but rather, it's more of the lyrics that give a good feel of what the chapter is like. I was going to put the actual lyrics on the page as well, but it covered too much up and made the page a little cluttered to the eyes. So I will replicate the lyrics for you here:

Late one night with my head in a blaze
I woke to find a man in a sorry state
Staring through the glass it was crystal clear
And a stranger cried out, "What am I doing here?"
I'll be damned, you brought the muscle in!
Now I'm held down for how wrong I've been
Stagger to the corner for a shot of the room
I'm shaking at the thought, "What am I doing here?"

My dreams haunt me in my sleep
They stay hidden inside of me
They're buried deep so I'll be sure to stay
I've got direction in my craze
To keep trying for another day
Who needs perception anyway?

Three long weeks I stayed in the room
Waiting for the man to show me something new
Staring through the glass it was crystal clear
But the stranger just cried, "What am I doing here?"
So late one night with my head in a blaze
I said to the man in a sorry state,
"Love is for the lucky who know what they want,
Or maybe love is just left to who care less."

My dreams haunt me in my sleep
They stay hidden inside of me
They're buried deep so I'll be sure to stay
I've got direction in my craze
To keep trying for another day
Who needs perception anyway?

My dreams haunt me in my sleep
They stay hidden inside of me
They're buried deep so I'll be sure to stay
I've got perfection in my craze
To stay sleeping while they're awake
Who needs connection anyway?

So there you go. That's the song! It's a good one if you ever get around to hearing it.

Remember that I still have another contest!!! You can find information about it here: Contest!! It'll still be open for a little while longer, but hurry up, because there are already a lot of good entries!

In real life news, it has been raining for the past week and a half. Lots of places have become very flooded and a few areas are even labelled as "disaster areas." Kinda scary.

Also, there won't be an update next week because I will be in Maryland visiting my family and showing them around the college I want to go to. And after I come back… I start school right away. Blegh! School! (Although this year is looking to be pretty awesome, actually)

In the past week and a half I have also lost a lot of weight, and it's a little disconcerning (I'm down to only 101 pounds from maybe… 112?) so hopefully that'll resolve itself soon.

See you in a couple of weeks!