{"id":825,"date":"2006-06-02T07:52:03","date_gmt":"2006-06-02T06:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2006-06-02T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2006-06-02T06:53:12","slug":"music-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"music for the soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been another long week where I feel like every moment is spent working towards another deadline. One of those weeks where the sheer magnitude of the task ahead can occassionally freeze you in fear, rather than just letting you get on with the task at hand.<\/p>\n<p>Like so often before it&#8217;s music that is keeping me sane, and  today it is the quirky tunes of Jens Lekman that bring a smile to my face:<\/p>\n<p>i was slicing up an avocado<br \/>\nwhen you came up behind me<br \/>\nwith your quiet brand new sneakers<br \/>\nyour reflection i did not see<br \/>\nit was the hottest day in august<br \/>\nand we were heading for the sea<br \/>\nfor a second my mind started drifting<\/p>\n<p>you put your arms around me<br \/>\nyou put your arms around me<br \/>\nyou put your arms around<\/p>\n<p>blood sprayed on the kitchen sink<br \/>\nwhats this? i had time to think<br \/>\ni see the tip of my index finger<br \/>\nmy mind is slowly creating a link<br \/>\nfrom your mouth speaks your lovely voice<br \/>\nthe best comments ive ever heard<br \/>\noh honey you&#8217;ve cut off your finger<\/p>\n<p>i bet thats gotta hurt<br \/>\nyou put your arms me<br \/>\nyou put your arms me<br \/>\nyou put your arms around<\/p>\n<p>i must&#8217;ve passed out on the porch<br \/>\nid never seen so many bright stars<br \/>\nwhen i wake up im in the waiting room<br \/>\nof the local e.r.<br \/>\nmy hand is wrapped in toilet paper<br \/>\nand my shirts all blood red<br \/>\ni see you standing there like an angel<\/p>\n<p>and i say baby i must be dead<br \/>\nyou put your arms around me<br \/>\nyou put your arms around me<br \/>\nyou put your arms around me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been another long week where I feel like every moment is spent working towards another deadline. One of those weeks where the sheer magnitude of the task ahead can occassionally freeze you in fear, rather than just letting you get on with the task at hand. Like so often before it&#8217;s music that is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miracle-drug"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindwork.net\/myblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}