"The Gin Soaked Boy"

I've had what I thought was an amazing piece of poetry for a long time, but didn't really know who the author was till tonight ... put it on the net just out of curiosity & google did the trick!! Its a well known song by an Irish band, The Divine Comedy, that was first released in 1999.

The Gin Soaked Boy

I'm the darkness in the light

I'm the leftness in the right

I'm the rightness in the wrong

I'm the shortness in the long

I'm the goodness in the bad

I'm the saneness in the mad

I'm the sadness in the joy

I'm the gin in the gin-soaked boy

I'm the ghost in the machine

I'm the genius in the gene

I'm the beauty in the beast

I'm the sunset in the east

I'm the ruby in the dust

I'm the trust in the mistrust

I'm the Trojan horse in Troy

I'm the gin in the gin-soaked boy

I'm the tiger's empty cage

I'm the mystery's final page

I'm the stranger's lonely glance

I'm the hero's only chance

I'm the undiscovered land

I'm the single grain of sand

I'm the Christmas morning toy

I'm the gin in the gin-soaked boy

I'm the world you'll never see

I'm the slave you'll never free

I'm the truth you'll never know

I'm the place you'll never go

I'm the sound you'll never hear

I'm the course you'll never steer

I'm the will you'll not destroy

I'm the gin in the gin-soaked boy

I'm the half-truth in the lie

I'm the why not in the why

I'm the last roll of the die

I'm the old school in the tie

I'm the spirit in the sky

I'm the catcher in the rye

I'm the twinkle in her eye

I'm the Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly"

...Well who am I???

(Click here for the song)

I know, I know... this is a blog, I should write something personal - or at least original here, but I've liked this piece for a long time now ... thought I'd share it with folks who haven't read / heard it before!!

By the way, the line "the catcher in the rye" actually refers to a 1951 novel of the same name by author J. D. Salinger. The novel was supposed to have had a profound influence on the society in those times, and remains till date both a bestseller and a frequently challenged book. 

Hmmm ... some food for thought!!