{"id":244,"date":"2006-07-22T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-22T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=244"},"modified":"2015-10-31T11:30:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T18:30:48","slug":"once-you-behold-her-nothing-will-ever-be-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/07\/22\/once-you-behold-her-nothing-will-ever-be-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"Once you behold her, nothing will ever be the same…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Once
\nAh… memory. Frail sibling of the dream, grandchild of illusion.<\/p>\n

Don’t ask me how I ended up doing this twice in three weeks… I had my mind on other, thoroughly mundane things like trying to make a living, mastering evolving toolsets, and meeting yeterday’s challenges tomorrow… or something like that. It’s not all a blur but I kind of wish it was.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, this seems to be a better version in some ways, though both are painfully sloppy (yeah, like that makes them stand out, here) and both are far from living up to the song’s potential. It’s this damn heat and humidity… it sits on the brain like a hot, steamy fog…<\/p>\n\n

Internet Archive page for this recording<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

July 2 version<\/a>
\nJanuary 1 version<\/a>
\n
\n‘songwriter demo version<\/a>‘ [soundclick page]<\/span>
\nJust Like a China Doll<\/span><\/p>\n

She’s got eyes <\/span>
\njust like a china doll<\/span>
\nThey look painted on<\/span>
\nand yet they’ve seen it all<\/span><\/p>\n

All around Long Beach
\nand all the way to LA
\nthe shattered lives are scattered
\nthe hearts are spiked up on staves
\n— From the Ocean to the mountains
\nfrom the birthplace to the grave
\nOnce you behold her
\nnothing will ever be the same<\/p>\n

She’s got eyes <\/span>
\n just like a china doll<\/span>
\n They look painted on<\/span>
\n and yet they’ve seen it all<\/span><\/p>\n

Everywhere you go
\neverythings about the same
\nthey wander around dazed
\njust barely whispering her name
\n— They walk in front of buses
\nthey throw themselves under trains
\nbut the sick smile on their faces
\nshow those sorry saps are still glad she came<\/p>\n

[bridge<\/span>]
\nwell I looked into her eyes<\/span>
\n and I saw my life flash by<\/span>
\n Now I wake up screaming <\/span>
\n everytime I see a doll’s eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

I looked into the void<\/span>
\n and I saw myself fall in<\/span>
\n i see it every time<\/span>
\n i see it in her eyes<\/span>
\n t’s always been<\/span><\/p>\n

Here I stand the last man to fall
\nunder her spell
\na moment close to heaven
\nan ice age on the cold side of hell
\nand how can I face
\nthe other lost souls I find
\nWhen I laughed at all of them and then now
\nhere am I the last in line<\/p>\n

She’s got eyes <\/span>
\n just like a china doll<\/span>
\n They look painted on<\/span>
\n and yet they’ve seen it all<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)1997, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah… memory. Frail sibling of the dream, grandchild of illusion. Don’t ask me how I ended up doing this twice in three weeks… I had my mind on other, thoroughly mundane things like trying to make a living, mastering evolving toolsets, and meeting yeterday’s challenges tomorrow… or something like that. It’s not all a blur […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,340],"tags":[721,104,812,686,374],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}