What Say Thee?
Beginning is the hardest bit. A way in. “Hello”, “hey”, “how’s ya?” “Hi” all seem equally trite and meaningless but the line has to begin somewhere. How long did Rome actually take to build anyway? I guess “Hello” is what I mean most of the time. “Hello there you out there from me in here”. Anyway, That’s the hard bit. Most of the time I have something I want to say and I stand like a frigid man across the bar from a beautiful girl (you), too afraid to say anything first, incase the first thing I say makes you turn your back on me. I would stare at my feet for a minute and then fumble for a phone, or gum or anything to keep me occupied while I planned my swift exit from the building. Beam me the fuck out of here Scottie. Trapdoor anyone?
On the other hand though, I would advise my friends to say something, anything, just don’t say nothing. It’s so much worse to miss out on something by saying nothing. A conduit to an utterance is always easier but rarely there when you want it most. “Excuse me, your handbag is in my soup.”
I know that I’ll go back to all the “hellos” and “heys” once this is out and I will find my way back to saying it without being to conscious of it. What else is there? If I were a dog, I could perhaps employ the art of sniffing you from behind and you would oblige my curiosity by arching your back. I would of course find this blog hard to write with paws instead of fingers but there’s always a way. If Monkeys can write Shakespeare god-dammit then I can get you to talk to me - even if I am K9.
Maybe we could try the bi-directional approach? Don’t sit there on your bar stool and let me wither into a small dried up, used Christmas tree, shedding needles at your feet waiting for the tinder to send a spark my way and make me disappear into a gentle grey plume by your face. “What was that?” you’ll say, “Smoke indoors?”. Tell me what you want. Let’s make this thing work. Would you like a drink? With twiddling thumbs and a blush at the ready, I await your response.




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Hello. Thanks, I’ll have a guinness x
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Hope all goes well tomorrow
If we ever met i a bar and I should be the beautiful girl at the bar, don’t be shy and a hello is probably better than some stupid saying…….keep going…..and by the way i love your music since the Bryan Adams concert in Hannover in 2003
Hey you,
so good to have you back! I definitly missed you! Your music, your lyrics your words… always touch me deep inside. I had the first glimpse on you in 2001, as you were the support for Reamonn in a concert in Mannheim and … wow… i fell in love with your voice, your music… everything. But i wasn’t woman enough to say hello to you after the concert. You were sitting there, writing autographs and i missed my chance. So now, after all these years i want to say “hello” to you, looking forward to read and to hear some more of you.
With a small kiss on your hairy cheek
Tanja
ghehe……..and you can express yourself so wonderful in writing? ah well, when you meet your fairytale princes, you will have to say nothing at all.
well, welcome to my world. At least you can articulate yourself on paper…
I have missed your writing so very much. It’s lovely to be able to read your mind once again. It’s a wondrous place in there.