in any event , the band on stage was beating the song to death . you know i got this partial plate , on account of that football thing back in school , right ? '' `` perhaps we could go at her that way . '' a cold glass was pressed against my lips . she said , i tell you , its a disease . i got the feeling he was hitting on me . how could they stand to be alive ? whatever we call them , 'those two ' are not acting on their own . 