I generally gravitate to the music first before the lyrics. But as a writer, I still marvel at well-spun verses and choruses. This month, I’m joining the music Twitter community in #SeptSongLyricChallenge

Day 28

Few artists take me away like Beirut. I put on a Beirut album and immediately I’m swept away into another land and another time. Listening to a series of Beirut songs back to back is like flipping through a dusty pile of old postcards from distant places. Each track on The Flying Club Cup album evokes a different city or region in France. Nantes is a small port city off the Atlantic coast. When I listen to this track, I feel like I’m there. I’m transported to an outdoor cafe at night by the sea listening to a man drowning in his sorrows over a lost love.

“Well it's been a long time, long time now since I've seen you smile. And I'll gamble away my fright. And I'll gamble away my time. And in a year, a year or so this will slip into the sea.”