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Sat, 23 Feb 2008

CT Catholic

Today is the day of the last Rainer Maria show. You should listen to CT Catholic and read the lyrics.

I like the way the "not tonight" chorus takes a full repetition to expose the phrase, "take you for granted," splitting it across two verses. Does CT mean Connecticut? And why is this song called "CT Catholic" when it doesn't seem to mention either "CT" or "Catholic"?

I was thinking of an ending
we were barely even friends

For some of you reading this, you hardly knew Rainer Maria before two weeks ago. As for me, phrase cited above makes me think of the pressure of meeting new friends, especially datable ones.

I hope that the members of Rainer Maria enjoyed their existence as a unitary entity as much as us fans did. I hope they don't feel the way this song opens:

maybe now
maybe now
we can lay our
weariness down

I like the carefree attitude of "plans that didn't mean anything" and the positive outlook of not needing any words.

I could scream the following lines into a dark room, and hopefully I'll get a chance to later tonight.

not tonight
not ever
again
will I take you

not tonight
not ever
again
for granted

This is the end of the tour. Goodbye, Rainer Maria.

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