Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Sleepless

In honor of one of the best live bands ever…

Song of the day:

Violent Dreams by Jump Little Children (www.jumphq.com)

Violent Dreams every night
Lately I’ve been waking out of urgency
Something I said, something I did
Is bringing on this violent emergency
One black day in ghostly white
It’s just another sleepless night

And one more day, I’m always taking the dive
All it takes is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live
Through this sleepless night

Violent Dreams every night
Patiently waiting in the waiting room
Hospital white hospital lights
Burning an unbearable fluorescent gloom
Still with both my eyes shut tight
It’s just another sleepless night

One more day, I’m always taking the dive
All it takes is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live

You behind closed eyes, behind closed doors
“First thing tomorrow” someone said
She’s hanging by a needle and a thread

Violent Dreams every night
Turning empty pages of old magazines
Turning instead of turning in bed
Turning off the static on the T.V. screen
In the vending machine light
It’s just another sleepless night

One more day I’m always taking the dive
And all it takes is all I can give
All my waking hours just to see you live

They didn’t play this song (tear) but it’s been stuck in my head since we got back from the show…

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Monday, March 28, 2005

I don’t know why…

Song of the day:

Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon (www.verticalhorizon.com)

Somewhere there’s speaking
It’s already coming in
Oh and it’s rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you’re here and you don’t know why

But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won’t return

He’s everything you want, he’s everything you need
He’s everything inside of you that you wish you could be
He says all the right things at exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you and you don’t know why

You’re waiting for someone
To put you together
You’re waiting for someone to push you away
There’s always another wound to discover
There’s always something more you wish he’d say

He’s everything you want, he’s everything you need
He’s everything inside of you that you wish you could be
He says all the right things at exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you and you don’t know why

But you’ll just sit tight and watch it unwind
It’s only what you’re asking for
And you’ll be just fine with all of your time
It’s only what you’re waiting for

Out of the island
Into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won’t return

I am everything you want, I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be
I say all the right things at exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don’t know why

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Saturday, March 26, 2005

2 for 1

Since I was slack and missed a couple of days…you get two songs today!

Song of the day:

The Gladdest Thing by Deb Talon (www.debtalon.com)

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.

Doesn’t each of us have a place
Where we belong?
Could be a sidewalk crack
Or a sad song.

Inside our searchings is desire.
To etch a silent thought in stone
To make a tender heart known.

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.

And when the lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!

Everybody wants to be a hero
Or a savior of small things
I want to be champion of evening
To forget not the beauty of the in-betweens.

Every one of us an orphan
Our bodies born from dust of the stars
We can comfort each other in this place
I can look into your eyes
And see my own face.

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Cathedrals by Jump Little Children (www.jumphq.com)

In the shadows of tall buildings
Of fallen angels on the ceilings
Oily feathers in bronze and concrete
Faded colors, peices left incomplete
The line moves slowly past the electric
Fence across the borders between
Continents

In the cathedrals of new york and
Rome there is a feeling that you should
Just go home and spend a lifetime
Finding out just where that is

In the shadows of tall buildings the
Architecture is slowly peeling marble
Statues and glass dividers someone
is watching all of the outsiders the line
Moves slowly through the numbered
Gate past the mosaic of the head of
State

In the cathedrals of new york and
Rome there is a feeling that you should
Just go home and spend a lifetime
Finding out just where that is

In the shadows of tall buildings of
Open arches endlessly kneeling sonic
Landscapes echoing vistas someone
is listening from a safe distance the
Line moves slowly into a fading light a
Final moment in the dead of night

In the cathedrals of new york and
Rome there is a feeling that you should
Just go home and spend a lifetime
Finding out just where that is

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Thursday, March 24, 2005

The one that I want…

Albums of the moment:

Felicity: Senior Year Soundtrack  www.felicitytunes.com

Felicity: The Soundtrack

Song of the day:

King of Yesterday by Jude

Can you still remember
How it seemed that we could live forever in a lovers dream?
And falling was the best part but now you know
The things you cling to your heart can start to grow.

You, you’re walking away.
I’ve been there now I know what to say… I’m the king of yesterday.

A silly little love song for myself.
It?s all I ever do you know I shine the shell.
A pretty little picture, the face of you.
You were my setting sun and now you’re every view.

You, you’re walking away
I’ve been there now I know what to say…
I’m the king of yesterday.

Why don’t you stay?

Take a little time, throw it on the line.
Let me believe that you believe in me.
Baby turn around, look at what I found.
You are the one that I want.

And someday I’ll be over on my own.
Believing all the legends of the loves I’ve known

And seeing you in summer the way we were
When you were seventeen You know I much preferred you walking away.

I’ve been here, now I know what to say
I’m the king of yesterday.

Why don’t you stay?

Take a little time, throw it on the line.
Let me believe that you believe in me.
Baby turn around, look at what I found.
You are the one that I want.

You were the one that I wanted.

King of yesterday.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Flashes of Neon gods

Song of the day:

The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel (www.simonandgarfunkel.com)

Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

“Fools”, said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls”
And whispered in the sounds of silence

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Sunday, March 20, 2005

Don’t Ask

Song of the day:

Smile by Olive

Smile, you’ll steal away my soul
Smile, I’ll hide away and cry
My mind’s made up
I will shudder to see your eyes
Smile no doubt I’ll keep my pride
But It may be hard to find

There’s nothing left
Handed down your legacy
But more regret
Painted on with empathy

Smile, don’t complicate my time
Smile don’t ask me if I’m fine
My world blown down
There is nothing that words can say
Smile, no doubt I’ll keep my pride
But it may be hard to find

There’s nothing left
Handed down your legacy
But more regret
Painted on with empathy

There’s nothing left, there’s nothing left

Smile, you’ll steal away my soul
Smile, I’ll hide away and cry
There’s nothing left
Handed down your legacy

Smile, you’ll steal away my soul
Smile, I’ll hide away and cry
There’s nothing left
Handed down your legacy
Smile, no doubt I’ll keep my pride
But it may be hard to find

If only you had tried
Going to leave it far behind
It may be hard to find
If only you had tried
Going to leave it far behind

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Saturday, March 19, 2005

Inside Crying

Song of the day:

Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson (www.kellyclarkson.com)

Seems like just yesterday
You were a part of me
I used to stand so tall
I used to be so strong
Your arms around me tight
Everything, it felt so right
Unbreakable, like nothin’ could go wrong
Now I can’t breathe
No, I can’t sleep
I’m barely hanging on

Here I am, once again
I’m torn into pieces
Can’t deny it, can’t pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won’t get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

I told you everything
Opened up and let you in
You made me feel alright
For once in my life
Now all that’s left of me
Is what I pretend to be
So together, but so broken up inside
‘Cause I can’t breathe
No, I can’t sleep
I’m barely hangin’ on

Here I am, once again
I’m torn into pieces
Can’t deny it, can’t pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won’t get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

Swallow me then spit me out
For hating you, I blame myself
Seeing you it kills me now
No, I don’t cry on the outside
Anymore…

Here I am, once again
I’m torn into pieces
Can’t deny it, can’t pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won’t get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

Here I am, once again
I’m torn into pieces
Can’t deny it, can’t pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won’t get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

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Friday, March 18, 2005

Past Blast

How funny is this…

Song of the day:

Heartbreaker by Mariah Carey (www.mariahcarey.com)

 

Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love

Boy your love’s so good
I don’t wanna let go
And although I should
I can’t leave you alone
Cause you’re so disarming
I’m caught up in the midst of you
And I cannot resist at all
Boy if I do
The things you wanna to
The way I used to do
Could you love me baby
You leave me feelin used
Cause you go and break my heart

Heartbreaker you’ve got the best of me
But I just keep on comin’ back incessantly
Oh why did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You’d go and break my heart
Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love

It’s a shame to be
So euphoric and weak
When you smile at me
And you tell me things
That you know persuade me
To relinquish my love to you
But I cannot resist
At all
Boy if I do
The things you wanna to
The way I used to do
Would you love me baby
You leave me feelin used
Cause you go and break my heart

Heartbreaker you’ve got the best of me
But I just keep on comin’ back incessantly
Oh why did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You’d go and break my heart

(Jay Z break)
She wanna shop with Jay
Play box with Jay
She wanna pillowfight in the middle
of the night
She wanna drive my benz
With 5 of her friends
She wanna creep past the block
Spyin’ again
She wanna roll with Jay
Chase skeeos away
She wanna fight with lame chicks
Blow my day
She wanna expect the rest
Kick me to the curb
If she find one strand of hair
Longer than hers
She want love in the Jacuzzi
Rub up in the movies
Access to the old crib
Keys to the newbie
She wanna answer the phone
Tattoo her arm
That’s when I gotta send her back to
Her mom
She called me heartbreaker
When we apart it makes her
Wanna piece of paper
Scribble down I hate ya
When she know she love Jay because
She love everything Jay say, Jay does

Heartbreaker you’ve got the best of me
But I just keep on comin’ back incessantly
Oh why did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You’d go and break my heart

Gimme your love, gimme your love
Gimme your love, gimme your love

Heartbreaker you’ve got the best of me
But I just keep on comin’ back incessantly
Oh why did you have to run your game on me
I should have known right from the start
You’d go and break my heart

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Thursday, March 17, 2005

Where’s my army

Song of the day:

My Invitation by Sarah Slean (www.sarahslean.com)

You are what they call the human season
You are all the alphabet in one
You are every colour of confusion
You are all the silence I’ve become

Love me for
Stupid reasons
I like those most

Wide-eyed but
Worth believing
God knows

Damn the angry voice that keeps us queit
The editor whose work is never done
Keeping pretty words between my teeth and
Sweet confessions underneath my tongue

Drowsy contemplation
Do I let you in
This is my invitation
But how do I begin?

She has such an awful lot of soldiers
Quite a lovely army all her own
Night and day they stand before the fortress
Very safe but very all alone

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