Billy Joel On My Mind....

It occurred to me I hadn't blogged in FOREVER...last night I had a dream that was interesting enough to inspire me. Won't go into details, but I had a really interesting dream about being at a Billy concert, going home with him afterwards...for some reason my ex love interest was at the concert too but I didn't care because I knew I was hooking up with Bill, etc. One of those REALLY GREAT dreams that make you wake up feeling fantastic. So I decided to listen to all Billy Joel today as a tribute to my dream, and the first album on my WMP is The Bridge. Some of my favorite lyrics EVER belong to Code of Silence...it defines how I feel inside about MANY things. Here they are:

Everybody's got a million questions

Everybody wants to know the score

What you went through

It's something you

Should be over now

Everybody wants to hear the secrets

That you never told a soul before

And it's not that strange

Because it wouldn't change

What happened anyhow

But you swore to yourself a long time ago

There were some things that people never needed to know

This is one that you keep

That you bury so deep

No one can tear it out

And you can't talk about it

Because you're following a code of silence

You're never gonna lose the anger

You just deal with it a different way

And you can't talk about it

And isn't that a kind of madness

To be living by a code of silence

When you've really got a lot to say

You don't want to lose a friendship

There' s nothing that you have to hide

And a little dirt couldn't hurt no one anyway

And you still have a rage inside you

That you carry with certain pride

In the only part of a broken heart

That you could never save

But you've been through it once, you know how it ends

You don't see the point of going through it again,

And this ain't the place, and this ain't the time,

And neither's any other day

So you can't talk about it

Because your following a code of silence

You're never gonna lose the anger

You just deal within it a different way

So you can't talk about it

And isn't that a kind of madness

To be living by a code of silence

When you've really got a lot to say

I know you well enough to tell you've got your reasons

That's not the kind of code you're inclined to break

Some things unknown are best left alone forever

And if a vow is what it takes

Haven't you paid for your mistakes

After the moment passes

And the impulse disappears

You can still hold back

Because you don't crack very easily

It's a time honored resolution

Because the danger is always near

It's with you now

But that ain't how it was supposed to be

And it's hard to believe after all these years

That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears

And you feel like a fool, because in spite of your rules

You've got a memory

But you can't talk about it

Because you're following a code of silence

You're never gonna lose the anger

You just deal with it a different way

But you can't talk about it

And isn't that a kind of madness

To be living by a code of silence

When you've really got a lot to say

 

What's really sad is that Billy claims he can no longer write...he says he hasn't released any new stuff because he can't write anymore...Let's all cross our fingers and hope that the Muse will descend at some point and help him shake his greater than a decade writer's slump!

 

Thanks for being you Billy!