After asking me to turn up the volume, she got up from the table and walked a few steps away and began to sway and rock, a hand to her head. Then came the prophecy: we had to say we were sorry to someone. That was the cause of what was troubling us physically. She settled back down at the table, and we resumed eating.
The song playing was “The Curse of the Blackened Eye” by Orville Peck. [video] I don’t think I’ll ever think the same about that song.
The song “The Curse of the Blackened Eye” is about a bad relationship or maybe addiction but the word “curse” is what sticks out for me. This friend swaying and rocking in our living room had a family gift – or you might say curse – of prophecy. She had been running from it all her life and now it caught up to her. The song was apropos for the moment.
I remember as a kid thinking about being a superhero or have some special power and realizing that the power would not be what I thought it would be. It would be a curse; it would haunt me and ostracize me from society. That thought came back to me thinking of this friend.
You could get space from your problems (curses) but eventually you have to face them. You carry them with you and sooner or later, you end up at a friend's house and then this song comes on.
The song “The Curse of the Blackened Eye” is about a bad relationship or maybe addiction but the word “curse” is what sticks out for me. This friend swaying and rocking in our living room had a family gift – or you might say curse – of prophecy. She had been running from it all her life and now it caught up to her. The song was apropos for the moment.
I remember as a kid thinking about being a superhero or have some special power and realizing that the power would not be what I thought it would be. It would be a curse; it would haunt me and ostracize me from society. That thought came back to me thinking of this friend.
You could get space from your problems (curses) but eventually you have to face them. You carry them with you and sooner or later, you end up at a friend's house and then this song comes on.
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