vardathemessage: (Default)
vardathemessage ([personal profile] vardathemessage) wrote2004-07-04 02:43 am
Entry tags:

Quotes


film version: original:
Yesterday upon the stair As I was going up the stair
I saw a man that wasn’t there I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn’t there again today He wasn’t there again today
How I wish he’d go away. I wish I wish he'd stay away.



Is a poem by Hughes Mearns (1875-1965) called The Psychoed.

It supposedly influenced the lyrics of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World

We passed upon the stair
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as a surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago
Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World


Which sounds a lot like what Arthur might be thinking about Tommy Stone by the end of the picture.

[identity profile] queerxcore.livejournal.com 2004-08-04 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
This has no relevance to VG, but Nirvana did a cover version of this song at their MTV Unplugged performance.