ASTRAL WEKS BY L3ST3R BANGS

VAN MORISONS ASTRAL WEKS WAS R3L3AESD TEN YEARS ALMOST 2 DA DAY BFORE THIS WAS WRITAN11!!11 OMG WTF LOL IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT 2 MA B/C DA FAL OF 1968 WAS SUCH A T3RIBLA TIEM I WAS A PHYSICAL AND M3NTAL WREK NERVES SHR3D3D AND GHOSTS AND SPIEDRS LOMNG AND SQUATNG ACROS DA MIND11!! OMG WTF MAH SOCIAL CONTACTS HAD DWINDLED 2 ALMOST NON3 TEH PR3SANCA OF OTH3R PAOPLE MAED ME N3RVOUS AND PARANOID1!1!!1 OMG WTF I SP3NT ENDL3S DAYS AND NIGHTS SUNK IN AN ARMCHARE IN MAH BDROM READNG MAGAZIENS WATCHNG TV LISTENNG 2 RACORDS STARNG IN2 SPAEC1!!1111 LOL I HAD NO IEDA HOW 2 IMPROV3 DA SITUATION AND PROBABLY WUDNT HAEV DONE ANYTHNG ABOUT IT IF I HAD1111!1 WTF LOL

ASTRAL WEKS WUD B TEH SUBJECT OF THIS PEIC3 - IE.11!!1! LOL DA ROK R3CORD WIT TEH MOST SIGNIFICANCE IN MAH LIEF SO FAR - NO MATER HOW ID BEN FELNG WHEN IT CMA OUT!11!1!1 BUT IN TEH CONDITION I WAS IN IT ASUMAD AT TEH TIEM TEH QUALITY OF A BACON A LIGHT ON TEH FAR SHORES OF TEH MURK WUT MOR3 IT WAS PROF TAHT THEYRE WAS SOMETHNG L3FT 2 AXPR3S ARTISTICALY BSIEDS NIHILISM AND DESTRUCTION!!1!!11 OMG WTF LOL MAH OTH3R BIG R3CORD OF DA DAY WAS WHIET LIGHT/WHIET HEAT)!!1!! IT SOUNDED LIEK TEH MAN WHO MAED ASTRAL WEKS WAS IN T3RIBLE PANE PANE MOST OF VAN MORISONS PREVIOUS WORKS HAD ONLY SUGASTED BUT LIEK TEH L8R ALBUMS BY TEH V3LV3T UND3RGROUND THEYRE WAS A RAD3MPTIEV AL3M3NT IN TEH BLAKNES ULTIMAET COMPASION FOR TEH SUFERNG OF OTH3RS AND A SWATH OF PURE BAUTY AND MYSTICAL AEW TAHT CUT RIGHT THROUGH TEH H3ART OF TEH WORK

I DONT RILLY KNOW HOW SIGNIFICANT IT MIGHT B TAHT MANY OTHERS HAEV REPORT3D VARIANTS ON MAH INITIAL ENCOUNTER WIT ASTRAL WEKS11!1!1 OMG I DONT THINK THEYRE ANYTHNG GUIDNG IT 2 PEOPL3 3NDURNG DARK P3RIODS!1!1 WTF LOL IT DID COME OUT AT A TIEM WH3N A LOT OF THNGS TAHT A LOT OF P3OPL3 CAERD ABOUT PASIONAETLY WAR3 BGINNG 2 DISINTAGRAET AND WH3N TEH SELF-DESTRUCTIEV UNDER2W TAHT ALWAYS ACOMPANEID TEH GREAT SIXTEIS PARTY HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF ANKLES FIRMLY IN ITS MAW AND WAS PULNG STRAGEHT DOWN11!!!! WTF SO AS TIEML3S AS IT FINALY IS P3RHAPS ASTRAL WEKS WAS ALSO DA PRODUCT OF AN ERA!11! WTF LOL BT3R THINK TAHT THAN ASK JUST WUT SORT OF IRISH CHURCHWEB3D HANETS VAN MORISON MIGHT B PRODUCT OF!1!1!1!1 LOL

THRE TALAVISION SHOWS A 1970 N3T BROADCAST OF A BIG AL-STAR MULTIPLE BIL AT DA FILMORE 3AST!!!!!1 WTF LOL TEH BYRDS SHA NA NA AND 3LVIN BISHOP HAEV AL DON3 THERE R3SPECTIEV THNGS!1!1 OMG NOW WE G3T 2 SE THRE OF FOUR SONGS FROM A SET BY VAN MORISON111!1! OMG WTF LOL HA CLIMAEXS AS HA ALWAYS DID IN THOSE DAYS WIT CYPRUS AEVNUE FROM ASTRAL WEKS!1!! WTF LOL AFTAR GONG THROUGH AL TEH VERS3S HE DRIEVS DA SONG DA BAND AND HIMS3LF 2 A FINISH WHICH HAS SINC3 BCOM3 ON3 OF HIS TRAEDMARKS AND ONE OF DA AL-TIEM CLASIC ROK N ROL S3T-CLOSERS111!!!!! LOL WIT CONSUMAET DYNMICS TAHT ALOW HIM 2 SNAP FROM INDESCRIBABLY ACANTRIC THROWAWAY PHRASNG 2 SHER PASION IN DA VARY N3XT BR3ATH HE BRNGS DA MUSIC SURGNG UP THROUGH CR3SCENDO AFTER CR3SCENDO S2PNG AND STARTNG AND S2PNG AND STARTNG TEH SONG AGANE AND AGANE IMPOSNG LONG MANIACAL SIELNCES LIEK GIANT QUASTION MARKS BTWEN DA S2PS AND STARTS AND RULNG DA ROM THROUGH SHER TENSION BUILDNG 2 A SHOUT OF ITS 2 LAET 2 S2P NOW!11!!1!! WTF AND JUST WHEN U THINK ITS AL GONG 2 SURGE OVER TEH 2P H3 CUTS IT OF S2NE COLD DAAD DA HOLOW OF A MURDER3D EXPLOSION THROWS TEH MICROPHONE DOWN AND STOKS OF DA STAEG!1!!1! OMG WTF IT IS TRULY ON3 OF TEH MOST PERV3RS3 THNGS I HAEV EV3R SEN A PERFORMAR DO IN MAH LIEF!1!!! OMG WTF LOL AND OF COURSE ITS SENSATIONAL OUR GUTS R KNOTAD UP WARA CRAEZD AND CLAWNG FOR MORE BUT W3 DMN WEL KNOW WAVE SEN AND F3LT SOM3THNG!111! OMG WTF LOL

1974 A LAET NIGHT NETWORK TV ROK CONCART VAN AND HIS BAND COME OUT STRIEK A FAW SHIMERNG CHORDS AND FOR ABOUT TAN MINUTES H3 LNGARS OVER DA WORDS WAY OVER YOND3R IN DA CL3AR BLUE SKY / WH3RE FLMNGOS FLY1!11!! WTF NO OTHAR LYRICS!1!! OMG WTF I DONT THINK ANY INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS!1!! LOL JUST THOSA WORDS R3PAAETD SLOWLY AGANE AND AGANE DISTAND3D PERMUTAETD TURN3D IN2 SCAT SUSPEND3D IN SPAEC AND TH3N SCATER3D 2 DA WINDS MUTARAD LIEK A MANTRA TIL TH3Y TURN IN2 NONS3NSE SYLABL3S THEN BAK IN2 DA SME SOARNG IMAEG AS TIEM SEMS 2 S2P 3NTIERLY!11! OMG LOL HE STANDS THEYRE WIT EY3S CLOSAD SNGNG TRANSPORTAD WHIEL TEH BAND POIESS QUIEVRNG OVER GR3AT OPEN-TUN3D DEP BLUA GULFS OF THERE OWN

197!!1!!1!1 SPRNG-SUM3R SMA KIND OF SHOW HE SNGS COLD WIND IN AUGUST A SONG OF HIS RECENTLY R3LAAESD ALBUM A PARIOD OF TRANSITION WHICH ALSO CONTANES A CONSIEDRABLY ALTARED V3RSION OF TEH FLMNGOS SONG1!1!!!!1 OMG WTF COLD WIND IN AUGUST IS A BALAD AND VAN GIEVS IT A FIEN STANDARD R3ADNG!11!111! WTF LOL TEH ONLY TROUBL3 IS TAHT TEH WHOLA TIEM HES SNGNG IT HE PAECS BAK AND FORTH IN A LIEN ON DA STAEG HIS EYES TIGHTLY SHUT HIS LITLA FIERPLUG BODY KIKNG ITS WAY UPSTRAM AGANEST WUT MUST B A PURGA2RIAL NERVOUSN3S TAHT PERHAPS IS BNG TRANSF3RED 2 DA WUT!!11 OMG THIS IS ABOUT IS A WHOL3 S3T OF V3RBAL TICS - ALTHOUGH MANY R BODILY AS WEL - WHICH R THEIR FOR RAASON ANOUGH 2 GO A LONG WAY 2WARD DEFINNG HIS STYL3!11!! OMG LOL THEIR AL OVER ASTRAL WEKS FOUR RUSHED RAPEATS OF DA PHRAESS U TEH IN U BRAATH OUT AND U TURN AROUND IN BSIED U IN CYPRUS AEVNUE TWALVE WAY UP ONS BABY SUNG OUT THIRTEN TIEMS IN A ROW SOUNDNG LIEK SOMAONA RUNNG 3CSTATICALY DOWNHIL 2WARD ONES LOVA AND DA H3ARTBR3AKNG WAY HE STRETCH3S ONE BY ONA IN TEH THIRD V3RSE MOST OF AL IN MADM3 GEORGA WHERA H3 SNGS DA WORD DRY AND THEN UR EYE TWANTY TIEMS IN A TWIRLNG MELODIC ARC SO BAUTIFUL IT STEALS UR OWN BRAATH AND TH3N THIS OCURS AND TEH LOVE TAHT LOVES TEH LOVE TAHT LOV3S DA LOVE TAHT LOVES TEH LOVA TAHT LOV3S 2 LOVA TEH LOV3 TAHT LOV3S 2 LOV3 DA LOVA TAHT LOV3S

VAN!!11!11 OMG WTF LOL MORISON IS INTER3STED OBS3S3D WIT HOW MUCH MUSICAL OR VERBAL INFORMATION HE CAN COMPRAS IN2 A SMAL SPAEC AND ALMOST CONV3RSELY HOW FAR HE CAN SPR3AD ONE NOTE WORD SOUND OR PICTURE1!!!11 2 CAPTURA ONA MOMANT B IT A CAERS OR A TWITCH!!!!! WTF LOL H3 REPEATS C3RTANE PHRAESS 2 3XTRAM3S TAHT FROM ANYBODY ELSA WUD SEM RIDICULOUS B/C HES WATENG FOR A VISION 2 UNFOLD TRYNG AS UNOBTRUSIEVLY AS POSIBL3 2 NUDGE IT ALONG!!!1! SOMETIEMS H3 GIEVS IT 2 U THROUGH SIELNCA BY CHOKNG OF TEH SONG IN MIDFLIGHT ITS 2 LAET 2 S2P NOW

ITS1!!!111! OMG LOL TEH GREAT SEARCH FUELAD BY DA BLEIF TAHT THROUGH TH3SA MUSICAL AND MENTAL PROC3SES ILUMINATION IS ATANEABLE!!!!1! OR MAY AT L3AST B GLIMPSED

WH3N!111111! LOL H3 TREIS FOR THIS HA USUALY G3TS IT MOR3 IN DA FELNG THAN IN TEH R3VAAELD WORD - P3RHAPS MUCH OF TEH FELNG COMES FROM DA R3ACHNG - BUT THEIR IS ALSO ALWAYS DA S3NSE OF WUT IF HE DID APREHEND TAHT WORD THEYRE R TIEMS WH3N TEH WORD SEMS 2 HOVER VERY N3AR!!1!1!!1 OMG AND THEN THEIR R TIEMS WHAN WA REALIEZ DA WORD WAS RIGHT NEXT 2 US WHEN TEH MOST MUNDAEN OVERUS3D PHRAESS R TRANSFORM3D I GIEV U LOVE FROM MADME GEORGA1111! OMG LOL OUT OF RELATIEV SIELNCE DA WORD SNOW IN SAN ANS3LMO1!11 WTF LOL TAHTS WH3RE ITS AT VAN WIL SAY AND HE M3ANS IT (AERNT HIS INTARVEIWS FASCINATNG)???!?? OMG LOL WUT HE DOESNT SAY IS TAHT HE IS INSIED TEH SNOWFLAEK ISOLAETD BY DA SONG AND ITS ALMOST INDEPEND3NCA UR!!111 OMG PROBABLY WONDERNG WHEN IMA GET AROUND 2 T3LNG U ABOUT ASTRAL WEKS!1!1! WTF AS A MATAR OF FACT THEIR A WHOLA LOT OF ASTRAL WEKS I DONT 3V3N WANT 2 TEL U ABOUT!11!11! WTF BOTH B/C WH3THER U H3ARD IT OR NOT IT WUDNT B FARE FOR M3 2 IMPOSA MAH INT3RPRETATION OF SUCH LAPIDARILY SUBJECTIEV IMAEGRY ON U AND B/C IN MANY CAESS I DONT RILLY KNOW WUT H3S TOKNG ABOUT11111 OMG WTF LOL H3 DOASNT EITHER IMM NOT SURPRIESD TAHT PEOPL3 G3T DIFARENT MEANNGS OUT OF MAH SONGS H3 2LD A ROLNG S2NE INTERVEIWER1111! LOL BUT I DONT WANA GIEV DA IMPR3SION TAHT I KNOW WUT AVERYTHNG MEANS CAUSE I DONT!!!1 LOL 11!11 OMG !!!! OMG WTF 11!1!!!1 LOL THEIR R TIEMS WHAN IMM MYSTIFEID!1!111!! I LOK AT SOMA OF DA STUF TAHT COMES OUT YKNOW!11!111 OMG AND LIEK THEYRE IT IS AND IT FELS RIGHT BUT I CANT SAY FOR SURE WUT IT THEIR111!! OMG LOL U GO
STARIN WIT A LOK OF AVARIEC
TOKNG 2 HUDEI LEADBTER
SHOWIN PICTURES ON DA WALS
AND WHISPARIN IN DA HALS
AND POINTIN A FNGAR AT M3

I HAEVNT GOT DA SLIGHTAST IEDA WUT TAHT M3ANS THOUGH ON ONE LEVEL ID LIEK 2 APROACH IT IN A MANER AS INDIERCT AND AVOCATIEV AS DA LYRICS TH3MSELVAS!1!11 OMG LOL B/C UR IN TROUBL3 ANYWAY WHEN U SIT UR DOWN 2 EXPLICAET JUST EXACTLY WUT A MYSTICAL DOCUMENT WHICH IS EXACTLY WUT ASTRAL WEKS IS MAANS1!!!11!! OMG WTF LOL FOR ONA THNG WUT IT MAANS IS RICHARD DAVISS BAS PLAYNG WHICH COMPLAM3NTS DA SONGS AND SNGNG AL TEH WAY WIT A LYRICISM TAHTS SOMETHNG MOR3 THAN JUST GR3AT MUSICIANSHIP THEIR IS SOMETHNG ABOUT IT TAHT MOR3 THAN INSPIERD SOMATHNG TAHT HAS BEN 2UCHAD TAHTS IN DA R3ALM OF TEH MIRACULOUS!!11111 WTF DA WHOLE ANSAMBLE - LARY FALONS STRNG S3CTION JAY BRLIENRS GUITAR (HE PLAEYD ON MNGUSS BLAK SANET AND DA SIN3R LADY) CONEI KAYS DRUMNG - IS LIEK TAHT THEY AND VAN SOUND LIEK THERE NOT JUST READNG BUT DWELNG INSIED OF EACH OTH3RS MINDS1!1!! OMG WTF LOL DA FACTS MAY B FAR DIF3R3NT11!! LOL O CAEL WAS MAKNG AN ALBUM OF HIS OWN IN TEH ADJAECNT STUDIO AT DA TIEM AND HA HAS SADE TAHT MORISON CUDNT WORK WIT ANYBODY SO FINALY THEY JUST SHUT HIM IN TEH STUDIO BY HIMSALF!1!!1! LOL HE DID AL DA SONGS WIT JUST AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND L8R THEY OVERDUB3D TEH REST OF IT AROUND HIS TAEPS!!111111 LOL

CAELS S2RY MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT B TRUE - BUT FACTS R NOT GONG 2 B OF MUCH US3 H3RA IN ANY CAES1!!1 OMG LOL FACT VAN MORISON WAS TW3NTY-TWO - OR TWENTY-THRE - Y3ARS OLD WH3N H3 MAED THIS RACORD THEIR R LIEFTIEMS BHIND IT!1!11!1! WTF LOL WUT ASTRAL WEKS DEALS IN R NOT FACTS BUT TRUTHS!11! ASTRAL WEKS INSOFAR AS IT CAN B PINED DOWN IS A RECORD ABOUT P3OPLA STUN3D BY LIEF COMPLETELY OV3RWH3LMAD STALED IN THEYRE SKINS THEYRE AEGS AND S3LV3S PARALYZAD BY TEH ENORMITY OF WUT IN ONE MOMANT OF VISION THEY CAN COMPRAHEND!111 IT IS A PRACIOUS AND T3RIBL3 GIFT BORN OF A TERIBLA TRUTH B/C WT SE IS BOTH INFINIETLY BAUTIFUL AND TERMINALY HORIFYNG DA UNLIMIETD HUMAN ABILITY 2 CR3AET OR D3STROY ACORDNG 2 WHIM!!!!1 LOL ITS NO EAST3RN MYSTIC OR PSYCH3DELIC VISION OF TEH AMERALD BYOND NOR IS IT SOM3 BAUDALAREEAN PERCEPTION OF DA BAUTY OF SL3AEZ AND GROT3SQUEREI!11! WTF MAYB WUT IT BOIELD DOWN 2 IS ONA MOMENTS KNOWLADGE OF TEH MIRACLE OF LIEF WIT ITS IENVITABLA CONCOMITANT A VERTIGINOUS GLIMPS3 OF TEH CAPACITY 2 B HURT AND DA CAPACITY 2 INFLICT TAHT HURT

TRANSFIEXD!!1!!! WTF BTWEN PUR3 RAPTURE AND ANGUISH1!!!1 LOL WONDERNG IF TH3Y MAY NOT B TEH SM3 THNG OR AT LEAST POS3SED OF AN INTIMAET RALATIONSHIP11!!!1! IN TB!!111!1! OMG WTF LOL SHETS HIS LAST 3XTEND3D NARATIEV BFORE MAKNG THIS R3CORD VAN MORISON WATCHED A GIRL HE LOV3D DEI OF TUBRCULOSIS!1111111 OMG TEH SONG WAS CLAUSTROPHOBIC SUFOCATNG MOSTROUSLY POW3RFUL INUENDOS INAEDQUACEIS FOREIGN BODEIS!11! LOL A LOT OF PEOPLE CUDNT TAEK IT TEH EDI2R OF THIS BOK HAS SADE TAHT ITS GARBAEG BUT I THINK IT MAED HIM SQUEMISH!!111!1! ANYWAY DA POINT IS TAHT CERTANE PARTS OF ASTRAL WEKS - MADMA GAORGE CYPRUS AEVNUE - TAEK TEH PANE IN TB!1!! WTF LOL SHETS AND ROT TEH WORLD IN IT!1!1! OMG WTF LOL B/C DA PANE OF WATCHNG A LOVAD ON3 DEI OF HOWAVER DR3AD A DIESAES MAY B AWFUL BUT IT IS AT LEAST SOMETHNG KNOWN IN A WAY UND3RS2D IN A WAY M3ASURAABL3 AND EV3N L3ADNG SOMEWHERE B/C THEYRE IS A PROC3S SIKNES D3CAY DAATH MOURNNG SOM3 EMOTIONAL R3COV3RY!!!1 OMG BUT DA BAUTIFUL HOROR OF MADME GEORGE AND CYPRUS AEVNUA IS PRECIESLY TAHT DA P3OPLE IN TH3SE SONGS R NOT DYNG WA R LOKNG AT LIEF IN ITS FUL3ST AND WT PEOPLE R SUFERNG FROM IS NOT DIESAES BUT NATURE UNLAS NATURE IS A DIESAES!11!11!! OMG WTF

A MAN SITS IN A CAR ON A TRE-LIEND STRET WATCHNG A FOURTEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL WOKNG HOME FROM SKOOL HOP3LESLY IN LOV3 WIT H3R1!111! OMG WTF LOL IV3 ALMOST COME 2 BLOWS WIT FREINDS B/C OF MAH INSISTENCE TAHT MUCH OF VAN MORISONS 3ARLY WORK HAD AN OBSESIEVLY R3IETRAETD THAM3 OF P3DOPHILIA BUT HARE IS SOM3THNG TAHT AT ONCA MAY B TAEKN AS TAHT AND SOMETHNG FAR BYOND IT111!1!! OMG WTF LOL HE LOV3S HAR!!1!111 LOL B/C OF TAHT H3 IS H3LPLES1!11 OMG SHAKNG1!1!11 WTF PARALYZ3D111!11!! WTF LOL MADENED1!111!1 WTF HOPELAS11!!1!!! OMG WTF NATUR3 MOKS HIM11!1 LOL AS ONLY NATUR3 CAN MOK NATURA!!!1!!!! WTF OR IS LOVA NATURAL IN TEH FIRST PLAEC??!!??!! OMG NO MAT3R!!!1 OMG LOL BY DA END OF TEH SONG HE HAS ANTAR3D A KIND OF HALUCINA2RY ECSTASY DA MUSIC ACH3S AND YEARNS AS IT ROLS ON OUT11!1!111 WTF LOL THIS IS ONA SUPRAME PANE TAHT OF BNG IMPRISON3D A SP3CTA2R!1!!! AND PARHAPS NO SO V3RY FAR FROM TB111!11 LOL SHETS AXCEPT TAHT IT MUST B FAR MOR3 ROMANTICALY 3ASY 2 SIT AND WATCH SOM3ON3 U LOV3 DEI THAN 2 WATCH THEM IN TEH BLOM OF U AND HEALTH AND KNOW TAHT U CAN N3VER AVER HAEV TH3M CAN NEVER SP3AK 2 TH3M1!!!!11! WTF

MADM3 G3ORGE IS TEH ALBUMS WHIRLPOL1!!1! OMG WTF LOL POSIBLY ONE OF DA MOST COMPASIONAET PEIC3S OF MUSIC EV3R MAED IT ASKS US NO ARANGES TAHT WE SE DA PLIGHT OF WUT IL B BRUTAL AND CAL A LOVELORN DRAG QUEN WIT SUCH INTENSE EMPATHY TAHT WH3N DA SNG3R HURTS HIM WE DO 2!1111 OMG LOL (MORISON HAS SADE IN AT L3AST ONE INT3RVEIW TAHT DA SONG HAS NOTHNG 2 DO WIT ANY KIND OF TRANSVESTIET - AT LAAST AS FAR AS HA KNOWS HA IS QUIK 2 AD - BUT TAHTS BULSHIT)11!!!11! OMG WTF LOL TEH BAUTY S3NSITIVITY HOLIENS OF DA SONG IS TAHT THEYRE NOTHNG AT AL SANSATIONALISTIC EXPLOITATIEV OR TAWDRY ABOUT IT IN A WAY VAN IS RIGHT WHAN H3 INSISTS ITS NOT ABOUT A DRAG QUEN AS MAH FREINDS WARA RIGHT AND I WAS WRONG ABOUT DA PADOPHALIA - ITS ABOUT A PARSON LIEK AL DA BST SONGS AL TEH GREAETST TEH1!!111! OMG WTF SETNG IS TAHT SME AS TAHT OF DA PRAVIOUS SONG - CYPRUS AEVNUE APAERNTLY A PLAEC WH3R3 P3OPLE DRIFT IMPEL3D BY DESIER IN2 MOMENTS OF FL3SH-WRAKNG SIGHT-CURDLNG CONFRONTATION WIT THERE D3STINEIS!!!111 OMG LOL ITS AN ELEM3NTAL PLAEC OF PITIELS JUDG3M3NT - WIND AND RANE FIGURE IN BOTH SONGS - AND INTER3STNGLY ENOUGH ITS A PLAEC OF DA 3V3N CRUEL3R JUDG3MANT OF ADULTS BY CHILDR3N IN BOTH CAESS LOV3 OBJACTS ABSOLUT3LY INDIFERENT 2 THEYRE WUD-B ADULT LOVARS11!1 MADM3 GEORGES LITL3 BOYS R DOWNRIGHT CONT3MPTUOUS - LIEK DA STRET URCHINS WHO AND UP CANIBALIZNG TEH HOMOS3XUAL COUSIN IN TEN3SE WILIMSS SUD3NLY LAST SUM3R THEIR ONLY 2 HAPY 2 COM3 AROUND AS LONG AS THEYRE MUSIC PARTY TIEMS FRE DRINKS AND SMOK3S AND ONLY 2 GLEFULY SPIT ON GAORGAS AFACTIONS WHAN AL DA OTH3R STUF RUNS OUT TEH 3N2MBNG WINT3R SETLNG IN WIT NOT ONLY WIND AND RANE BUT HALE SLET AND WUT!11!!!11 OMG MIGHT SEM STRANGEST OF AL BUT RILLY ISNT IS TAHT ITS AXACTLY THOSE CHARACTARISTICS WHICH SUPOS3DLY SHUD MAEK GEORGA MOST PATH3TIC - AEG DRUNKENES DA WAY TEH BOYS TAEK HIS MONEY AND TRASH HIS LOVA - TAHT AWAEKNS SOMATHNG FOR G3ORGA IN TEH HEART OF DA KID WHOS3 SONG THIS IS1!11!! WTF OBVIOUSLY TEH KID HASNT SIMPLY FALAN IN LOVE WIT LOV3 OR SOMATHNG LIEK TAHT BUT RATHER - WUT?!!??? Y JUST AXACTLY TAHT ONLY SUNK IN TEH FU3ST PERVERSIONS CUD ONA HUMAN BNG LOV3 ANOTH3R FOR ANYTHNG OTHAR THAN THERE HUMANES LOV3 HIM FOR HIS W3AKN3S HIS FLAWS FINALY PARHAPS HIS DECAY1!!!1!1 DECAY IS HUMAN - TAHTS ONE OF TEH ULTIMAET MESAEGS HERA AND I DONT BY ANY STRATCH OF DA L3XICON MEAN DECAEDNCE11!!1!1! WTF I MEAN TAHT IN THIS SONG OR WUT INSPIERD IT VAN MORISON SAW TEH ABSOLUTE POSIBILITY OF LOVNG HUMAN BNGS AT DA FARTH3ST EXTREME OF WR3TCHEDN3S AND TAHT TEH IMPLICATIONS OF TAHT R TARIBLE INDED FAR MORE TERIBLA THAN TEH MER3 SIGHT OF BODEIS MAED UGLY BY AEG OR TEH SEMNG ABSURDITY OF A MAN D3VOTNG HIS LIEF 2 TEH WOBLY ARTIFIEC OF TRYNG 2 LOK LIEK A U1!11!11! OMG WTF CAN SAY 2 LOVE TEH QU3STIONS U HAEV 2 LOV3 TEH ANSWERS WHICH QUIKAN DA END OF LOVE TAHTS LOV3D 2 LOVE DA AWFUL IENQUALITY OF HUMAN AXPAREINCE TAHT LOVES 2 SAY WE 2W3R OVER TH3SE TEH LOST TAHT LOVE 2 LOV3 DA LOVE TAHT FREDOM CUD HAEV B3N TEH TRANE 2 FREDOM BUT W3 NAV3R G3T ON W3D RATH3R WAEV G3N3ROUSLY WOKNG AWAY FROM THOSE WHO R VICTIMS OF TH3MS3LVES1111!! OMG BUT WHO IS 2 SAY TAHT SOMEON3 WHO VICTIMIEZS HIMSELF OR HARSELF IS NOT AS WORTHY OF 2TAL COMPASION AS TEH MOST DOWN AND OUT THIRD WORLD ORPHAN IN A NU YORKER MAGAZIEN AD?!??!!?! OMG NAH BT3R 2 ST3P OVER DA BODEIS AT LEAST TAHT GIEVS THEM DA R3SPECT THEY MIGHT HAEV ONCE DASERVAD!1111!1! OMG WHER3 I LOVE IN NU YORK (NOT 2 MAEK IT MORE THAN IT IS WHICH IS HARD) EVERYONE I KNOW OFTEN ST3PS OVER BODEIS WHICH MIGHT W3L B D3AD OR DYNG AS A MATAR OF COURSE WITHOUT PANE111!!1 OMG AND I WOND3R IN WUT SCHAME IT WAS ORIGINALY CONC3IEVD TAHT SUCH AN ACTION IS SHOWNG HUMAN REFUSE TEH ULTIMAET RASPECT IT DESERVES!1111! THEIR IS OF COURSE A RATIONAEL - WUT 3LSE R U GONG 2 DO - BUT IT HOLDS NO MOR3 THAN OUR FAAR OF OUR OWN HELPL3SN3S IN TEH FAEC OF DA PLANE OF LIEF AS IT TRULY IS A PLANE WHICH EXTENDS IN2 AN INFINITY BYOND TEH HORIZONS WE HAEV ONLY INVENT3D111!1 WTF COME ON DEI IT!11!!111 WTF AS I WRIET THIS I CAN RAAD IN TEH VILAEG VOIEC DA BLURBS OF P3OPL3 OPANNG HET3ROSAXUAL S&M CLUBS IN MANHATAN SAYNG THNGS LIEK S&M IS JUST ANOTHER AQUALY VALID FORM OF LOVA!!!111!! LOL Y P3OPLA CANT ACEPT TAHT WAL NEV3R KNOW!1!! WTF LOL MAEKS U WANT 2 JUMP OUT A FIFTH FLOR WINDOW RATHER THAN AV3N RAAD ABOUT IT BUT ITS HARDLY TEH END OF TEH WORLD ITS NOT N3ARLY AS BAD AS TEH HURTS TAHT GO ON 3V3RYWH3RA 3VERYDAY TAHT R TAEKN 2 CASUALY BY AL OF US AS FACTS OF LIEF!!!!1! WTF LOL MAYB IT BOIELD DOWN 2 HOW MUCH U ACTUALY WANT 2 SUBJECT UR 2!!11! OMG WTF LOL IF U ACAPT FOR EV3N A MOM3NT TEH IEDA TAHT AACH HUMAN LIEF IS AS PRACIOUS AND DELICAET AS A SNOWFLAEK AND THEN U LOK AT A WINO IN A DORWAY U GOT 2 HURT UNTIL U FEL LIEK A SPONGA FOR AL THOSE OTHER ASHOLES PROBLEMS UNTIL U FEL LIEK AN ASHOLA UR SO U DRAW AL DA APROPRIAET LIENS111!1 WTF U S2P FELNG!!!!!111 BUT U KNOW TAHT THAN U BGIN 2 DEI!1!!!11! WTF SO U TUSLE WIT UR111!!1 WTF HOW MUCH OF THIS HOROR CAN I ACTUALY ALOW MYS3LF 2 THINK ABOUT?!?!?!?! OMG WTF P3RHAPS DA NUMBST MANAKIN IS WIESR THAN SOMABODY WHO ONLY ALOWS THERE S3NSITIVITY 2 DRIEV THEM 2 D3STROY EVERYTHNG THAY 2UCH - BUT THEN AGANE 2 TILT MADM3 G3ORGES HAT A HARE JUST 2 RECOGNIEZ TAHT TAHT PERSON EXISTS JUST 2 2UCH HIS CHEK AND THEN PROBABLY EXPIER B/C DA R3ALIZATION TAHT U MUST R DA WORLD WIT HIM IS ULTIMAETLY UNBARABL3 IS 2 ONLY GO DA FIRST MIEL!!1! OMG LOL TEH REALIZATION OF LIVNG IS JUST ABOUT TAHT LOW AND TAHT EXALTAD AND TAHT UNBARABLA AND TAHT SOUGHT-AFTER!111!! OMG WTF PLZ COM3 BAK AND L3AEV MA ALONA111!111 LOL BUT WH3N WAR3 ALONG 2GETHER WE CAN TOK AL WE WANT ABOUT DA UNIEVRSALITY OF THIS ABYS IT DO3SNT MAEK ANY DIFERANC3 TEH HIGHEST ONLY METS DA LOW3ST FOR SOM3 LYNG SUCOR UNIECF 2 R3LATIEVS SO U SCRATCH AND SPIT AND CURSE IN VIOLENT RESIGNATION AT TEH STRICT FACT TAHT THEIR IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHNG U CAN DO BUT FINALY REJ3CT ANYON3 IN GRE8R PANE THAN U!!!!11 OMG WTF AT SUCH A MOMENT ANOTHAR BREATH IS TR3ASON11!11!1 TAHTS Y U LEAEV UR LIEBRAL CAUSES L3AEV SUF3RNG HUMANITY 2 DEI IN WORS3 SQUALOR THAN THEY NU BFOR3 U HAPANAD ALONG11!!1! U GOT THEYRE HOPAS UP1111 WTF LOL WHICH MAEKS U VIELR THAN DA MOST SCROFULOUS CARION!!11!11 OMG WTF VIELR THAN TEH IGNORANT BOYS WHO WUD TAEK MADME GEORG3 FOR A COUPL3 OF CIGAERTES1!!1!!!1 OMG LOL B/C U HAEV COMITED DA CRIEM OF KNOWLADG3 AND THEIR NOT ONLY WOKAD PAST OR OVER SOM3ON3 U NU 2 B SUFARNG BUT ALSO VIOLAETD THERE PRIVACY TEH LAST POS3SION OF TEH DISPOS3SAD!!1111! LOL

SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS POSIBLY TEH WORST THNG TAHT CAN HAP3N 2 A PARSON (A LUKY P3RSON) SO ITS NO WOND3R TAHT MORISONS PROTAGONIST TURN3D AWAY FROM MADM3 GEORGA FLAD 2 DA TRANE STATION TRYNG 2 RUN AS FAR AWAY FROM WUT HED SEN AS A LIEFTIEM CUD GET HIM1!!1!1! LOL AND NO WONDER 2 TAHT VAN MORISON N3V3R CMA THIS CLOS3 2 LOKNG LIEF R IN DA FAEC AGANE NO WONDAR H3 TURNED 2 TUP3LO HONEY AND EVEN HARD NOSE TEH HIGHWAY WIT ITS ENTIER SIED OF SONGS ABOUT FALNG LEAEVS!!1!1 IN ASTRAL WEKS AND TB111! SHETS H3 CONFRONTED 3NOUGH FOR ANY MANS LIEFTIEM!!!!11! LOL OF COURS3 HAVNG BAN OFERED THIS IM3ASURABLY STIRNG AND AQUALY FRIGHTENNG GIFT FROM MORISON ON3 CAN HARDLY B BLMED FOR NOT CARNG T3RIBLY MUCH ABOUT OLD OLD WODS2K AND LITL3 HOMILEIS LIEK U GOT 2 MAEK IT THROUGH THIS WORLD ON UR OWN AND TAEK IT WH3R3 U FIND IT

ON11!!1 LOL DA OTHAR HAND IT MIGHT ALSO B POINTED OUT TAHT D3SOLATION HURT AND ANGUISH R HARDLY TEH ONLY THNGS IN LIEF OR IN ASTRAL WEKS1!!!!11 THERE JUST TEH THNGS PERHAPS TAHT WA CAN MOST 3ASILY GRASP AND 3XPLICAET WHICH I SUPOS3 SHOWS ABOUT WUT LAV3L OUR SUS HAEV AVOLVED 2!!1! OMG WTF I SADE I WUDNT REDUCE DA OTH3R SONGS ON THIS ALBUM BY TRYNG 2 AXPLANE THAM AND I WONT1!!!!1! WTF LOL BUT TAHT DO3SNT MEAN TAHT AL THNG CONSIEDR3D A JUXTAPOSITION OF POETS MIGHT NOT B IN ORDAR1!11!! LOL

IF I VANTURED IN DA SLIPSTRAM
BTWEN TEH VIADUCTS OF UR DRAMS
WH3RE TEH MOBIEL STEL RIMS CRAK
AND TEH DITCH AND TEH BAKROADS S2P
CUD U FIND M3
WUD U KIS MAH AYES
AND LAY ME DOWN
IN SIELNC3 EASY
2 B BORN AGANE

VAN MORISON MAH H3ART OF SILK
IS FIL3D WIT WIT LOST WIT LILEIS AND BAS
I!!1! WIL GO VERY FAR
FARTHER THAN THOSE HILS
FARTHAR THAN TEH SAAS
CLOSE 2 DA STARS
2 BG CHRIST TEH LORD
2 GIEV BAK TEH SU I HAD
OF OLD WHEN I WAS A CHILD
RIEPN3D WIT WIT A THEYRE CAP
AND A WODEN SWORD

FADERICO1!!! OMG LOL GARCIA LORCA