Great Expectations is a puzzling, albeit gorgeously shot, film. My mind, so much simpler now than it used to be, fails to fathom Stella and her whimsical fancies. I know the story about the little girl who is hurt and afraid to trust, and the tale of the lovestruck boy who keeps going back… only to be loved and forsaken. I have seen this sequence play out in the lives of people I have met and known… back then, I was part of the sequence. Now I can step back and observe, thankfully.
Back to Great Expectations, I have said this so many times – the soundtrack is fantastic. Tori Amos dazzles with Finn and Siren. Pulp has a great track titled Like a Friend. Cesaria Evora delivers a powerful rendition of one of my favorite Spanish numbers Besame Mucho. Then there is Life in Mono by Mono, Walk This Earth Alone by Lauren Christy, Her Ornament by Verve Pipe and many many more… It is an album completely worth buying.
One of my favorite songs ever, for the lyrics as well as the composition, is Wishful Thinking by Duncan Sheik. Maybe you can find the track on i-Tunes. Here go the lyrics…
Listen to the waves
Everything communicates
Will it ever be
Anything more
than wishful thinking
Oh no there you go
Looked away and
missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Feel the blades of grass
How it brings you back
It will always be
Only as green
as you can see
Oh no there you go
Looked away and
missed the show
How much wasted time
will you survive?
Oh yeah fooled again
I don’t know how
and I don’t know when
Not much else to blame
But wishful thinking
Little breakdowns
In coastal towns
They come suddenly
Crashing over you
They come easily
I’m falling
through the skies
And frozen places
Oh no there you go
Looked away and
missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Oh yeah fooled again
I don’t know how
and I don’t know when
Not much else to blame
But wishful thinking
And I try to realize
That I needn’t look
any further
The whole of the universe
Is plain to see
And I try not to rely
On another world
or the future
The whole of the universe
Is a mystery
and it gets me over
Yeah it gets me over
And it gets me over
Yeah it gets me over
Anonymous says:
Hey, thanks for posting this. The song is playing in a loop in my playlist.
Posting the youtube video of the song
December 13, 2008 — 7:47 am