[ti:Things are bigger than they appear] [ar:Sweek] [al:The shooting star's sigh...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Things are bigger than they appear - Sweek [00:12.69]Written by:Pierre Constant/François Sauveur/Florence Sauveur/David Hougardy/Olivier Sorée/Damien Sorée [00:25.38]Reading the poets has been the dullest of things [00:27.50] [00:29.09]Even reading the great novelists of the past [00:31.61] [00:33.09]I said tolstoy is supposed to be special [00:35.74] [00:36.63]I go to bed I read war and peace [00:39.07] [00:40.16]I read it I read it I say where is the specialist [00:43.17] [00:43.88]In war and peace [00:45.23]I really tried to understand [00:46.69] [00:49.55]I mean and then many of the great poets of the past [00:52.33]I've read their stuff [00:53.25] [00:53.97]I've read it all I get is a goddamn headache and boredom [00:57.13] [00:58.76]I really feel sickness in the pit of my stomach [01:01.83] [01:02.87]I say there's some trick going on here this is not true [01:05.55]This is not real it's not good [01:07.34] [01:10.41]You see poetry itself contains as much energy as a hollywood industry [01:17.82] [01:18.91]As much energy as a stage play on broadway [01:21.84] [01:23.27]All it needs is practitioners who are alive to bring it alive [01:28.19] [01:29.08]Poetry has always been said to be a private hidden art [01:32.87]Not appreciated [01:33.47] [01:34.72]The reason it's not appreciated is because it hasn't shown any guts [01:37.59] [01:38.39]Hasn't shown any dance hasn't shown any moxie [01:41.22] [01:45.50]Poetry is generally very dull very pretensive [01:49.90] [01:53.03]Uh those who say the poet is very private and precious person [01:59.27] [01:59.80]I don't agree with [02:00.90] [02:01.89]Generally he is just a dumb fiddling asshole writing insecure lines that don't come through [02:09.48] [02:10.58]Believing he's immortal waiting for his immortality which never arrives [02:15.05] [02:16.18]Because the poor f**ker just can't write [02:18.37] [02:20.14]Most poets coets whoets carrots can't even write a simple line [02:26.90] [02:28.12]Like the dog walked down the street [02:30.67] [02:32.08]Nothing should ever be done that should be done [02:34.62] [02:35.21]It has to come out like a good hot beer sh*t [02:38.05] [02:39.88]A good hot beer sh*t is glorious man [02:42.51] [02:43.68]You get up turn around look at it and your proud [02:47.35]The fumes the stink of the turd you look you say God [02:51.51]I did it I'm good