Love comes in four colors. (And yes, I'm still bitter over Sue Dibny.)
You must have seen the whole thing on TV
Seventeen more city blocks and I can almost smell you
Waiting at the windowsill for me
It's our forty-first anniversary
But we don't look a day over twenty-three
Not in this life
Not in this universe
We were still in high school when I met you
If you believe the continuity
I rescued you from robots
And untied you from the tracks
And you pretended not to know that it was me
We didn't even kiss
Until issue #26
This world still feels like 1963
I love this life
I love this universe
And you'll keep my identity a secret
And you will know the touch beneath my glove
I may go out every night and risk my life for strangers
But you're the only girl I'll ever love
Gwen Stacy isn't dead, she's only sleeping
And Elektra isn't evil or insane
Those bastards at the Pentagon can't really kill Sue Dibny
No more than they could kill off Lois Lane
And I swear to God there'll be hell to pay
If anybody tries to take you away
Forget this life
Forget this universe
You're everything I need
You are my life
You are my universe
They'll have to go through me
Lyrics from "Four Color Love Story," by The Metasciences.
Happy Valentine's Day, folks.
posted by Amy at 12:49 PM
10 Comments:
Now why'd ya have to make me cry?
Kris
Aww. That was really sweet. Amazing how some things really seem timeless in the end. :-)
I really enjoy that sweet little song, but that manga-esque pic of Ralph and Sue -- I'm getting man-emotions.
Poor Sue.
You made my day.
Thanks.
I've loved this song for a long time, and this was just a perfect post. Thanks for this.
What I want from comics: more love, more funny, more happy.
"What I want from comics: more love, more funny, more happy."
Man, truer words were never spoke.. :)
Came in wayyy late on this thread, but the lyrics and illustrations chosen were very touching.
Beautiful job.
I am 3 years to late, but man, this made me teary eyed...I want a pretty bird too...
I apologize for posting more than 4 years after this went up but I am totally crying right now. Thanks so much for Apollo and Midnighter. I was grooving on the lyrics, loving the visuals absolutely but then I saw them and started to cry. Thanks, from a random gay comic nerd, 4 years too late.
I'm almost FIVE years too late, but yes, that song is officially the first song to ever bring tears to my eyes in my entire life. Maybe it was because I had just reread Identity Crisis. Maybe it's because it just hit me how ridiculously happy Clark and Lois's marriage is, and how less iconic (but no less awesome) characters than them don't get their immunity to getting shafted for the sake of sales. Maybe it's because I've been watching Linkara's reviews and One More Day suddenly popped into my head with a vengeance and I realized that now I cannot imagine anyone but Peter Parker as the singer of this song. But whatever the reason, it's poignant, gorgeous, bittersweet, and leaves me horribly unsatisfied and miserable.
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