Dim Over Bright - SotW [Week of 11-14-10]

This song is so fitting in so many ways. For what I miss. From what I should and from what I should not. Even LOST.

SotW 11/14:

Wash Away (reprise)  Joe Purdy

I got troubles oh, but not today
Cause they're gonna wash away
They're gonna wash away

And I have sins Lord, but not today
Cause they're gonna wash away
They're gonna wash away

And I had friends oh, but not today
Cause they're done washed away
They're done washed away

And oh, I've been cryin'
And oh, I've been cryin'
And oh, no more cryin'
No, no more cryin' here

We get along Lord, but not today
Cause we gonna wash away
We gonna wash away

And I got troubles oh, but not today
Cause they gonna wash away
This old heart gonna take them away


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq4Dsv7EdyQ

Ports. Oh, and Land. - SotW [Week of 11-7-10]

Group of assumed to be 'friends' legit fighting in the street, bicycle mishap-crash into a lamppost, stretcher rolls out of hotel lobby. All in a block radius. Some places are just like that.

SotW 11/7:

The Way Fastball

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going
Without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down
They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Anyone could see
The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows
Wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today, today

The children woke up
And they couldn't find 'em
They Left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off
And left it all behind 'em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?


Anyone could see
The road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it's always summer, they'll never get cold
They'll never get hungry
They'll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows
Wandering off somewhere
They won't make it home
But they really don't care
They wanted the highway
They're happy there today, today


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ

Recovering - SotW [Week of 10-31-10]

Halloween used to be one of my favorite holidays. Suppose that was before I came to certain realizations about how people spend their time. Gotta learn to love it all; what cannot be changed.

SotW 10/31:

Today Joshua James

Another day it's all the same
Another way to make it sane.
And here we are another breed.
Another train to make it seem all ok.

In and out of all these towns.
Spins me round, it takes me down, takes me down.
Lyin here oh what to do.
Same ole stuff it's the same old tune, the same old tune

Give it up, give it out,
Give it in, or give it down.
But it's all the same,
Same old song, it's the same old thing
Cuz it waits, it waits on you.

Go to sleep, go to bed.
Lay it up, put down your head.
The day is o'er and the night has fallen
We'll do it all again, yeah we'll do it all again.

Give it up, give it out,
Give it in, or give it down.
Cause it's all the same,
Same old song, it's the same old thing
Cause it waits, it waits on you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXphW_rsVyU

Metaphor - SotW [Week of 10-24-10]

Just as I know true friends after time apart, music follows suit.


SotW 10/24:

Messages Xavier Rudd

So now come sit down
Will you talk with me now
And let me see through your eyes
Where there is so much light
We are biding our time
For these myths to unwind
For these changes we will confront

So please be aware with every
Place that you herald
And look to your soul
For these things that you know
For the trees that we see
Cannot forever breathe
With the changes they will confront

You know some people they just won't understand
No, they just won't understand
These things
Thank you for your message but I don't understand
No they just won't understand
These things

And this sacred land
It has seen many hands
It has wealth and gold
Yet it is fragile and old
And now the greedy souls just don't care to know
Of the changes it will confront

So speak out loud
Of the things you are proud
And if you love this coast
Then keep it clean as it evolves
Because the way that it shines
May just dwindle with time
With the changes it will confront

You know some people they just won't understand
No, they just won't understand
These things
Thank you for your message but I don't understand
No they just won't understand
These things


You know some people they just won't understand
No, they just won't understand
These things
Thank you for your message but I don't understand
No they just won't understand
These things


I'll hold you up again,
hold you up again,
I'll hold you up again,
I'll hold you up again,
I'll hold you up again.

So hold nice and close
Once you get to your soul
So that when it is cold
You won't feel so alone
'Cause the roads that you take
May just crack and break
With the changes you will confront

With each gift that you share
You may heal and repair
With each choice you make
You may help someone's day
Well I know you are strong
May your journey be long
And now I wish you the best of luck
Well I know you are strong
May your journey be long
And now I wish you the best of luck.

You know some people they just won't understand
No, they just won't understand
These things
Thank you for your message but I don't understand
No they just won't understand
These things


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEH8nKcBRtM

Relief - SotW [Week of 10-17-10]

When a song is sung and it sounds like sunshine, it passes. When a song is said and it sounds almost better, it rises. Oh Charles, King Charles.

SotW 10/17:

Love Lust King Charles

Never let a woman go even when you know,
She can always be replaced.
She can always be replaced.
Oh, lust only grows like anger and revenge,
Or beauty comes and goes but love stays until the end.

Never let a woman go even when you know,

She can always be replaced.
She can always be replaced.
Oh, lust only grows like anger and revenge,

Or beauty comes and goes but love stays until the end.

I wrote you a song Mississippi Isabel,
I even sent you flowers when you felt ill,
You’ve the strength of the Greeks,
You are god’s masterpiece,
You are every triumph, every victory,
I believe in every breath you breathe.

And I always imagined you’d be by my side,
Whether I’m hiding in the city or tearing through the wild,
You’re only a yoke, a noose on my throat,
If your beauty is a fortress then my love will be the boat.
Oh, fall in love with her. Fall in love with you, I must.

I’ll consume every part of you to indulge my love lust.

Never let a woman go even when you know, 
She can always be replaced.
She can always be replaced.
Oh, lust only grows like anger and revenge 
Or beauty comes and goes but love stays until the end.

Never let a woman go even when you know...

Whether a flower in my hand or a gun in my hand,
I’d give it all up for your hand in my hand.
For the sun on my skin as the morning begins, 
I'd die in the dark just to feel your skin on my skin.

Never let a woman go even when you know...

Your soul.
Your love.
Your blood.
Treasure every beating heart that sets your soul on fire.
Love will set your soul on fire. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Tb0nKvIes

After that, Before this - SotW [Week of 10-10-10]

I think limbo is when you do not know what to sing next.

SotW 10/10:

Sing To The Mountain Elephant Revival

If the fires burn tonight
If the jugs of wine get drunk,
Let the truth be known tonight,
Don't go let yourself hide.


Go and sing to the mountain,
Go and sing to the moon,
Go and sing just about everything,
Cause everything has you.


Listen to the river,
Of your heart play like a drum,
Listen to the nightcalls,
Singing songs from all around.

Go and sing to the mountain,

Go and sing to the moon,

Go and sing to just about everything,

Cause everything has you.

Let your voice go.

Let it pierce through your soul

Let your voice go.

Let it pierce through your soul.

Let the fires burn tonight,

Let the jugs of wine get drunk,

Let the truth be known tonight,

Don't go let yourself hide.

Go and sing to the mountain,

Go and sing to the moon,

Go and sing to just about everything,

Cause everything has you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMovWqfigcI

Bit ridic. - SotW [Week of 10-3-10]

Yepp. Everything is as insignificant as it is important. Slightly mind-blowing to try and comprehend. 

SotW 10/3:

Insignificance Pearl Jam

All in all it's no one's fault. Excuses turn to carbon walls.
Blame it all on chemical intercourse.
The swallowed seas of arrogance breathing in the thoughts of ten
Thousand fools defy irreverence

The full moon is dead skin. The one down here's wearing thin.
So set up the ten pins as the human tide rolls in.
Like a ball that's spinning.

Bombs dropping down overhead. On the ground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.

"Turn the jukebox up," he said. Dancing in irreverence.
Plays C3. Let the song protest.

The plates begin to shift. Perfect lefts come rolling in.
I was alone and far away.. ..ay. When I heard the band start playing.
On a lip, late take off.

Bombs dropping down overhead. Underground.
It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forgive our hometown in our insignificance.

Feel like resonance of distance. In the blood the iron lies.

It's instilled to want to live.
Bombs dropping down. Please forget our hometown in our insignificance.
Oh, in our insignificance, oh.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mippRUt9zLg

Is it ever? - SotW [Week of 9-26-10]

What is right? and indirectly wrong? Are there wrong places and wrong times? It could be an occurrence, and only an occurrence. Something mundane has limited opportunities at its roots. Is that alright? With you, no.

SotW 9/26:

9 Crimes Damien Rice

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you

It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I got no excuse

And is that alright? Yeah
Give my gun away when it's loaded
That alright? Yeah
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?

That alright? Yeah
Give my gun away when it's loaded
That alright? Yeah, with you?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you

It's the wrong time
She's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I got no excuse

And is that alright? Yeah
To give my gun away when it's loaded
(Is that alright with you?)
Is that alright? Yeah
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?
(Is that alright with you?)

Is that alright? Yeah
If I give my gun away when it's loaded
(Is that alright with you?)
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

That alright? Yeah
If I give my gun away when it's loaded
(Is that alright with you?)
Is that alright? Yeah
You don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?
(Is that alright with you?)

Is that alright? Yeah
If I give my gun away when it's loaded
(Is that alright with you?)
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

And is that alright? Yeah
(To give my gun away when it's loaded)
Is that alright? Yeah
(You don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?)

Is that alright? Yeah
(To give my gun away when it's loaded)
Is that alright? Is that alright?
Is that alright with you? No

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHt72jJ_1t0

Newy mcNew new - SotW [Week of 9-19-10]

This week is really just about new stuff, and realizing that it only looks new when you finally look at it. Fists flying up in the air.

SotW 9/19:

Waiting for the End Linkin Park

This is not the end
This is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot
Rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone
And the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady
Something empty's within em

We say yeah

With fists flying up in the air
Like we’re holding onto something that’s invisible there
Cuz we’re living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we dead it forget it
Let it all disappear

Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strength to stand
This is not what I had planned
It’s out of my control

Flying at the speed of light
Thoughts were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It’s hard to let you go

I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven’t got

Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn’t so

I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven’t got

What was left when that fire was gone
I thought it felt right but that right was wrong
All caught up in the eye of the storm
And trying to figure out what it’s like moving on

And I don’t even know what kind of things I said
My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead
Picking up those pieces now where to begin
The hardest part of ending is starting again

All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven’t got

This is not the end
This is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot
Rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone
And the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady
Something empty's within em

We say yeah

With fists flying up in the air
Like we’re holding onto something that’s invisible there
Cuz we’re living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we dead it forget it
Let it all disappear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPO3SaXHHBA

Tell 'em everyday - SotW [Week of 9-12-10]

Why change for someone? It probably means they are the wrong 'someone.' Don't forget to keep amazing people close to you, and always remember they will each have less-than-amazing moments. Stress on the heart is worse than any other kind. For a reason. 

SotW 9/12:

Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars

Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they’re not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying

She’s so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think that she don’t see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say:

When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

Her lips, her lips
I could kiss them all day if she’d let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy

She’s so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Oh you know, you know, you know
Id never ask you to change
If perfect is what you’re searching for
Then just stay the same

So don’t even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say:

When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There’s not a thing that I would change
Cause you’re amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you’re amazing
Just the way you are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5lO4hEAJHU

Zero Questions - SotW [Week of 9-5-10]

Do. What. You. Want. To. Do. If you wait for it, you'll be too tired out to follow through once you feel ready. Feelings are deceptive anyway. 'Very deceptive'

SotW 9/5:

Vegas Sara Bareilles

Gonna sell my car and go to Vegas
'Cause somebody told me
That's where dreams would be
Gonna sell my car and go to Vegas
Finally see my name upon the Palace marquis

Gonna quit my job and move to New York
'Cause somebody told me that's where
Dreamers should go
Gonna quit my job and move to New York
And tattoo my body with every Broadway show.

Listen up now honey, you're gonna be sorry
Can't get out from under a sky that is falling
And you say
No fame no money I'm nobody
The way I'm running has sure got me down
On my knees.
But next stop, Vegas please.
Gotta get to Vegas
Can you take me to Vegas?

Gonna sell my house and cross the border
'Cause somebody told me dreams live in Mexico
Gonna sell my house I got to lose ten pounds
And cross the border
And make sweet love upon the white sandy shore.

Listen up now honey, you're gonna be sorry
Can't get out from under a sky that is falling
And you say
No fame no money I'm nobody
The way I'm running has sure got me down
On my knees.
But next stop, Vegas please.

It's always just around the corner or you're
On your way to somewhere
That is bigger or better...
If you could only get there
It's never your fault you can't start your
Own winning streak
But I'd hate to lose you to the fortune you seek

I'm gonna lose my mind and sail the ocean.
'Cause somebody told me there were
Cherry blue skies
I'm gonna fix my mind with a final destination
And have a deep sleep upon a sweet dream
I'll never realize...no

Listen up now honey, you're gonna be sorry
Can't get out from under a sky that is falling
And you say
No fame no money I'm nobody
The way I'm running has sure got me down
On my knees.
Next stop, Vegas please.
Can you take me to Vegas?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYS1XFMvJhY

Que..so? - SotW [Week of 8-29-10]

Um, reason? Unnecessary. Things do not make sense. Things should not make sense. Ballin'!

SotW 8/29:

Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Das Racist

In fact... I'm not even posting lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8ViYIeH04

Few steps forward, few steps back - SotW [Week of 8-22-10]

As soon as you know you need little, you find something fulfilled. Careful of that dependence on fulfilment. That's all I have to say this week.

SotW 8/22:

White Blank Page Mumford & Sons

Can you lie next to her
And give her your heart, your heart
As well as your body
And can you lie next to her
And confess your love, your love
As well as your folly
And can you kneel before the king
And say I’m clean, I’m clean

But tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

A white blank page
and a swelling rage, rage
You did not think
when you sent me
to the brink, to the brink
You desired my attention
but denied my affections, my affections

So tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart
Oh tell me now, where was my fault
In loving you with my whole heart

Aah, aah...
Lead me to the truth and I
will follow you with my whole lie
Lead me to the truth and I
will follow you with my whole lie
Aah, aah...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Od0PJp6GI

Good choice - SotW [Week of 8-15-10]

Try things you never thought you would try... because once you have, a few fears are checked off the list. Go a little bit crazy. Not like psycho. It's healthy and a little fun to be afraid, but don't run from it. Don't eliminate it, face it. The world could always use a little more amore.


SotW 8/15:

We No Speak Americano Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

Comme te po'

Comme te po'

Comme te po' capi chi te vo bene

Si tu le parle 'mmiezzo americano?

Quando se fa l'ammore sotto 'a luna

Come te vene 'capa de di: "I love you!?"

Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa l' americano

Pa pa l' americano

Fa l' americano

Pa pa l' americano

Fa fa l' americano

Whiskey soda e rockenroll

Whiskey soda e rockenroll

Whiskey soda e rockenroll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR8logunPzQ

This day - SotW [Week of 8-8-10]

It's hard to know when to listen to people who love you. Sometimes you just need to do what you feel is the craziest, most right, insane thing ever. Look at what you want, and then take it. Clarity will follow.


SotW 8/8:

The Man Pete Yorn

Walk me out by the water's edge

Oh, my brother

I'm coming down

We are young

We are almost there

And the man keeps coming 'round

I don't know who was right

Or what they saw in you that night

But here we are under moonlight

Words...cannot describe

Walk me out in the morning sun

Oh, sweet momma

I'm coming down

We are young

We are almost there

And the man keeps coming 'round

And I don't know who was right

Or what they saw in you that night

Here we are under moonlight

Words cannot describe

It's clear to me

You're like

The oceans and the light

Try and you'll remember what you used to be

It's clear to me this day will take you for a ride

A place that you once longed to be

And there it is...

I don't know who was right

Or what they saw in you that night

Here we are under the moonlight

Words...cannot.... words...

Walk me out

By the water's edge

Oh, my brother

I'm coming down

We were young

We are almost there

And the man keeps coming 'round

The man keeps coming 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2V4RpYrfWM