Thursday, May 31, 2007

Hypocritical subdivisions

I thought, why doesn't 7fc post any of my submissions? Then realized wait, I have a blog! duh!

The following is a slightly modified version of Subdivisions, by Rush:

Sprawling on the fringes of his tallis
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the shucklers
And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

[Chorus:]

(Subdivisions)
In the yeshiva halls
Within the shtiebel walls
Conform or be cast out
(Subdivisions)
In the day school
In the back of schul
Conform or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth

Drawn like moths we drift into the minyan
The timeless old attraction
Davening with the faction
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night

Some will sell their dreams for some rav's approval
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...

[Chorus]

Signed, The Pinster