Toni Collette can sing!
On another note, my little ADD-wracked brain has been having a hard time remembering that the name of Adam McKay’s latest film is Don’t Look Up and not Don’t Look Now. (Don’t Look Now, of course, is the classic Nicolas Roeg film about Julie Christine and Donald Sutherland taking an eventful trip to Venice and getting to know a mysterious person who wanders around while wearing a red jacket. Seriously, if you’re missing traveling and you’re into the romance of Italy, check out Don’t Look Now!) Fortunately, a friend sent me this video as a way to help me remember the difference between the two. Personally, I prefer the music video to Adam McKay’s film. It’s a lovely video and there’s no one yelling at me.
Toni Colette & The Forward released one album in 2006, Beautiful Awkward Pictures. Two singles were released off the album, this one and the title track. The video for the title track was directed by Nash Edgerton and I’m tempted to think that he may have done this one as well. But I’m not sure so until I get some sort of official confirmation, we’ve got question marks.
This song was written by Toni Collette herself.
Enjoy!
The sky is falling
Colors changing
People laughing
In the face of danger
The bruise is swelling
Streets are bleeding
Angels calling
In a time of rescue
The rivers flooding
Boats are sinking
Lights are fading
An attempt to get through
To the ocean of you
All naked & blue
How do you do
The fools are fighting
There’s love that’s dying
An earth that’s crying
For the life it once knew
Trace the day
Across all space
To find a smile
Upon your face
The hue of these days
It’s just a phase
That we can’t sleep
We can only weep
For all we can’t keep
We live in dream
The record’s playing
There’s lovers swaying
A town that’s praying
For a laugh to see them through
The rocket’s lifting
The air is thinning
Shapes are shifting
Oh god but what a view
Two for your words
Three for a picture of a
Four dimensional world
Five to live with each other
Six to sing the same song
Seven not to eat them
Eight to feel that you belong
Nine to let go of fear
Ten to hold your vision dear
The sky is falling
Colors changing
People laughing
In the face of danger
The bruise is swelling
Streets are bleeding
Angels calling
In a time of rescue
The rivers flooding
Boats are sinking
Lights are fading
An attempt to get through
The fools are fighting
There’s love that’s dying
An earth that’s crying
For the life it once knew
For the life it once knew
For the life it once knew
For the life it once knew
Through the Shattered Lens 
She wrote the whole album and it’s really very good. I believe she could have had a nice career at this if she were so inclined and wasn’t already so great at her day job.
In a related note, my probably never-to-be-finished screenplay is unofficially named for a track on the album, as the main character is based in part on the girl in the song (and in larger part on someone I know). The song will play over the final scene and start of credits
Thank you for posting this! ❤
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