SotD: Exquisite Corpse by Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch Soundtrack)

Oh my sweet lord. The week is done. I am a puddle of exhaustion after working on the CW's upfront for the last two weeks. The 16 hour days are over. There is much sleep to be had. There are no more Pussycat Dolls to look after. Oh yes.


Television is soul-draining, but John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch makes it all ok. Today's (and by today I mean the one giant day that was Tues-Thurs) Song of the Day is Exquisite Corpse from the movie's quite perfect soundtrack (I actually prefer it to the original version from the play). Written by Stephen Trask, it is a rock collage of screeching sounds and lamenting interludes that embody all that is exquisite about raw exposure.

Inside I'm hollowed out
Outside's a paper shroud
And all the rest's illusion
That there's a will and soul
That we can wrest control
From chaos and confusion

This song is about the beauty of bareness and about allowing our feelings of chaos to show. It is about the underbelly of illusion. It's the perfect end to a day filled with illusions and the things we do to keep them in place.