Rules for Poets

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Whereas Neil Finn's audacity in I Got You was one of the first things that singled him out for me:

Look at you, you're a pagaent
You're everything, that I've imagined

Trust me - it's beautiful within the confines of the song.

Just found a Pearl Jam cover of said song!
He mangles the words. Like with a combine harvester!
Sigh, ad-lib Shakespeare why don't you?
A good effort at the intensity though.

ETA

Subsequently found the real thing. Yes, of course it's dated now. But forgive the theatrics - it's still spooky-good paranoid songwriting. And he's my hero so shush anyway xxx