2008년을 보내며

12월의 서울은 작년과 달랐다. 거리가 예전 만큼 붐비지 않았다. 여기저기 공사판은 여전했지만. 버스타기에 익숙해지는데는 시간이 걸린다.


2008년, 나의 (비주류)문학적 영웅 두 사람을 만나 보았다.

원하는 바, 그 어떤 방향으로 더 나아갔다고 하지는 못하더라도 갈림길에 미적이지만 은 않았다. 가지 못할 길을 단념했다. 이건 나이를 더 먹었다는 이야기를 늘어놓은 셈인가.

에이미 맨을 알았으나 발견한 것은 올 해. 최근 앨범 @#%&*! SMILERS에서 ‘오늘 서른 하나 Thirty One Today’를 KCRW에서 들었다. 유튜브에 올라온 비디오는 노래말과는 분위기가 다르다.


Thirty-one today
What a thing to say
Drinking Guinness in the afternoon
Taking shelter in the black cocoon

I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn

Called some guy I knew
Had a drink or two
And we fumbled as the day grew dark
I pretended that I felt a spark

I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn
No, it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn
No, it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn

Easter comes and goes
Maybe Jesus knows
So you roll on with the best you can
Getting loaded, watching CNN

I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn
No, it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn
No, it’s not, and I don’t know where to turn
No, it’s not, and I don’t know

福 받으시라, 굴하지 마시라.

2 thoughts on “2008년을 보내며

  1. 2008년에 ethar님과 3번 만난 것 같은데 맞나요? ^^
    지금은 미국에 다시 돌아가신거죠?
    건강하게 잘 지내시구요~ 새해 복 많이 받으세요!!

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