A Deal with God

A friend named Franzi posted it and I hadn’t heard it in years—the Placebo vs. Kate Bush version of Running Up That Hill, the one that turned up in The O.C. and immediately put tears in my eyes the first time. And if I only could, make a deal with God, and get him to swap our places, be running up that road, be running up that hill, be running up that building… Just absurdly good. That’s one of those covers that doesn’t compete with the original so much as open a second door into the same room.

While I’m at it: another Franzi I know seems to be back online and writing again. Good. I’m always glad when someone lets me back into their world.