Swimming down a mountain ...

Watch from 2:39-2:46 then tell me that doesn't just kill you. That feels like the line below from my last entry -- when Tom Junod describes them as looking as if they are trying to swim down a mountain: "Some of them are shirtless; their shoes fly off as they flail and fall; they look confused, as though trying to swim down the side of a mountain."

The falling person in this September 11 tribute video is leaf-like, too, in a way.

(I don't mean to sound cryptic, but I think you'll understand why it is so hard to write about if you watch it.)

I've watched it a few times and it just kills me. I love that quote in this video: "I don't see a building, I see people."

Although the wounded buildings themselves are so horrifying, too. Almost like bodies themselves.

It just kills me that the better option would be this, swimming down the wounded building.

The song is "Hoppípolla" by the Icelandic Sigur Ros

Brosandi .......................................... Smiling
Hendumst í hringi .......................... Spinning round and round
Höldumst í hendur ......................... Holding hands
Allur heimurinn óskýr ................... The whole world a blur
nema þú stendur ............................ But you are standing

Rennblautur .................................... Soaked
Allur rennvotur .............................. Completely drenched
Engin gúmmístígvél ....................... No rubber boots
Hlaupandi inni í okkur ................... Running inside us
Vill springa út úr skel .................... Want to erupt from a shell

Vindurinn ........................................ The Wind
og útilykt af hárinu þínu ................ An outdoor smell of your hair
Ég anda eins fast og ég get ............ I breathe as hard as I can
með nefinu mínu ............................ with my nose

Hoppípolla ...................................... Jump into puddles
Í engum stígvélum ........................ With no boots on
Allur rennvotur (Rennblautur) ... completely drenched (Soaked)
Í engum stígvélum ........................ With no boots on

Og ég fæ blóðnasir ........................ And I get a nosebleed
En ég stend alltaf upp .................. but I always stand up

Og ég fæ blóðnasir ......................... And I get a nosebleed
En ég stend alltaf upp ................... but I always stand up