I've been thinking a lot about the trackorder. We all know that the order of the songs (especially on this album) is a very important thing. I remember reading somewhere about how Suzanne placed As a Child and Bad Wisdom deliberately next to each other. First, the child who can't move or defend itself, then the child who has the bad wisdom.

The more I think of it, the more similar contrasts I spot. Last night I was listening to In Liverpool, and the words "no sound" kept on lingering in my head. This song comes right after Blood Makes Noise, which, to me, refers to internel noise, thoughts and memories that haunt you, don't make sense and feel messed up. I see a contrast, Blood Makes Noise being internal noise, and In Liverpool being external silence, very melodious and romantic. The boy doesn't make sense, but everything else seems very logical and unnoisy.

99.9FDegrees and Blood Sings seem like a pair sometimes as well. The first is about fever, even though maybe only symbolical slight fever. That is blood being hot, boiling, cooking. Then, blood seems melodious again in blood sings, cause, well, it sings.

Fat Man & Dancing Girl comes right before (If you were) In my movie. Listening to Fat Man & Dancing Girl today made me remember and pondering over the line "It's all part of the show, you know," a line that, to me, is about how reality sometimes is a part of a show. (If you were) In my movie is somehow the opposite of this, fantasizing about putting real people in some sort of false role, a movie, a play.

Phew. Had to get those thoughts out of my system!!!! I thought they were interesting and worth sharing here.

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