Music Monday: Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem

Music Monday is a meme that was created by Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek. Bjørn and I will pick a song alternatively on each Monday and share our thoughts about them. Bjørn’s pick this week is Someone Great by LCD Soundsystem.

For my Mum, who died on December 20, 2024.

I wish that we could talk about it
But there, that’s the problem
With someone new, I couldn’t start it
Too late for beginnings
The little things that made me nervous
Are gone in a moment
I miss the way we used to argue
Locked in your basement

I wake up and the phone is ringing
Surprised, as it’s early
And that should be a perfect warning
That something’s a problem
To tell the truth, I saw it coming
The way you were breathing
But nothing can prepare you for it
The voice on the other end

The worst is all the lovely weather
I’m stunned it’s not raining
The coffee isn’t even bitter
Because, what’s the difference?
There’s all the work that needs to be done
It’s late for revision
There’s all the time and all the planning
And songs to be finished

And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming
And it keeps coming ’til the day it stops
And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming
And it keeps coming ’til the day it stops
And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming
And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming
And it keeps coming, and it keeps coming
And it keeps coming ’til the day it stops

I wish that we could talk about it
But there, that’s the problem
With someone new, I couldn’t start it
Too late for beginnings
You’re smaller than my wife imagined
Surprised you were human
There shouldn’t be this radio silence
But what are the options?

When someone great is gone, when someone great is gone
When someone great is gone, when someone great is gone
When someone great is gone, when someone great is gone
When someone great is gone, when someone great is gone

We’re safe for the moment
Saved for the moment