Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Jamie Cullum - Mind Trick

I missed the opportunity
to get you babe to stay with me.
Never thought, I'd regret the excuses that I've made
like a song, it will fade

If there's music in the night,
And it's really, really right,

It's the only thing I need.
it intoxicates your mind
All your troubles left behind
So come on and take my lead.
it's not just me who feels it
music plays a mind trick
watch me forget about missing you

so i put my feelings out to dry
love, one day again,
i'll have to try.
falling out, making up
it seems such a silly game
why do i never gain?

If there's music in the night,
And it's really, really right,
It's the only thing I need.
it intoxicates your mind
All your troubles left behind
So come on and take my lead.
it's not just me who feels it
music plays a mind trick
watch me forget about missing you

na na na's

If there's music in the night,
And it's really, really right,
It's the only thing I need.
it intoxicates your mind
All your troubles left behind
So come on and take my lead.
it's not just me who feels it
music plays a mind trick
watch me forget about missing you

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Jack Johnson- Never Know

I heard this old story before
Where the people keep on killing for their metaphors
But don’t leave much up to the imagination
So I want to give this imagery back
But I know it just ain’t so easy like that
So I turn the page and read the story again and again and again
It sure seems the same with a different name

We’re breaking and rebuilding and we’re growing, always guessing

Never knowing
We’re shocking but we’re nothing
We’re just moments, we’re clever but we’re clueless
We’re just human, amusing and confusing
We’re trying, but where is this all leading?
We’ll never know

It all happened so much faster than you can say disaster
Want to take a time-lapse and look at it backwards
Find the last word and maybe that’s just the answer that we’re after
But after all we’re just a bubble in a boiling pot
Just one breath in a chain of thought
We’re moments just combusting
We feel certain but we’ll never, never know
It sure seems the same, give it a different name

We’re begging and we’re needing, and we’re trying, and we’re breathing

Never knowing
We’re shocking but we’re nothing
We’re just moments, we’re clever but we’re clueless
We’re just human, amusing and confusing
We’re helping, rebuilding and we’re growing
Never know

Knock, knock, coming door to door
To tell you that their metaphor is better than yours
And you can either sink or swim and things are looking pretty grim
If you don’t believe in what they’re spoon-feeding
It’s got no feeling so I read it again and again and again

It sure seems the same, so many different names

Our hearts are strong, our heads are weak, we’ll always be competing

Never knowing
We’re shocking but we’re nothing
We’re just moments, we’re clever but we’re clueless
We’re just human, amusing, confusing
But the truth is, all we got are questions
We’ll never know

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

gym class heroes - eighty five

It seems like lately time be beatin' my ass,
Every step is like a right hook from Iron Mike Tyson in his prime,
It's like my mind is on a tredmill,
I'm sweatin' bullets,
see the plug but I can't pull it,
This belt just keeps bringin' me back,
And every minute is like a 'tiger uppercut' from Sagat,
I'm up against these ropes,
and ain't no tellin' if I win or not,
These gloves are getting heavy,
it's fight or flight you know how that goes,
Facin' clocks is chasin',
got me dodgin' obstacles,
And every hour is like a tightrope I walk with greasy shoes,
Still yet I got my conscience tellin' me that I can't lose,
So every time I start slippin' ego's start trippin',
I focus real hard and levitate just like I'm GOD,
And I'm livin' lovely,
I'm in the clouds no one above me,
With the gift to differentiate snakes from those that love me,
There's a thin line between happiness and hopeless,
An even thinner line between on point and out of focus,
BUT Back to my story about my fall from glory,
And how I levitate from the fate time put before me,
They say 'Be patient',
but what the fuck is patience when my heart is racin'?
Put yourself in my situation,
Try to be humble,
you won't refrain from getting' pissed,
When you look down to see you're fallin' right through time's abyss,
And start to see visions,
memories you really miss, simple things,
Like your first birthday wish,

Your first girlfriend,
Your first love,
Your first French kiss,
Your first time feeling hate,
The first time you got dissed,
Your first day of school,
Your very first college class,
Your first time touchin' titties,
First time you got ass,
Your first time learnin' wrong from right,
First lonely night,
The first time you got your ass whooped in
Your first real fight,
Your first triple-double dare,
Your first pubic hair,
Your first time watchin' Jason,
Your first nightmare,

That's when you realize that time was your worst nightmare,
And now you're stuck asking yourself 'Why ain't life fair?',
You get closer to the bottom,
see the end of your line,
Your first time ever losin' this battle with time,
But right before you meet your death,
one more memory left,
The only one that's obsolete was your first breath,

One moon to the next,
Clocks switch when you least expect it and make the simplest shit complex,
The baby face got the planet fooled,
Books get judged by the covers worldwide, coincide with the illest,
The real is just fictional dreams,
No time to deal with two dimensional fiends, shit hit's the fan with every click of a hand,
I'll be a man eventually,
When the kid in me is satisfied, but 'til the day arrives all I got is eighty-five.

A clock can kill motivation,
that's why I'm never rockin' a watch,
What's a deadline when you're living on your own time?
I'm livin' slow, Peter Pan style son,
You didn't know I never grow up,
my mind is set at six years old,
As far as I'm concerned this grown-up shit is for the birds,
So pass the skittles,
JuJu Fruits, the Now N Laters, and Nerds,
I'm eatin' sweets until my teeth fall out and I can't see
And I'm deaf in my left ear but my right can hear cause
I'm livin' happily. So why you mad at me?
Cause your frustrations gave you grey hairs,
99% of your life's spent chasin'
American nightmares, (GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE)
I'm crazy childish, just check the habits,
I play with my food, pick my nose, and eat it damn it,
Plus I pick my scabs, I be the first to pop a blister,
Cause I'm more immature than that cat from Sister-Sister,
If my parents tell me no I'm gonna do it anyway,
Experience will make more sense than anything that they could ever say,

Forever playin' video games until I'm sleepy,
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, please,
you'll never beat me,
So basically you're better off paying a bill or somethin',
Your mind is elderly, forty over the hill or somethin',
I'm young at heart,
I'ma forever be a kid I'm on some Tom Hanks shit,
you ever seen the movie big?
My heart is trapped in '85 the coolest place I've ever been in my life,
We watchin' Smurfs, eatin' cinnamon LIFE,
Never knew a crack rock, cause it was Fraggle,
The only pink pussy we knew was Snaggle,
Your mind's in the dirt,
We playin' Hungry-Hippo's 'til our hands hurt,
What do you know about pourin' out a whole box of Trix to get the toy out,
(Scared to) go to sleep cause somethin's under your bed,
(And all it) took was one look to get them thoughts out your head,
(And then ya') fall right to sleep without a worry in mind,
(That's why I) Can't understand why cat's be hurryin' time,
And I don't wanna grow up I'm a Crab Apple Kid,
And I enjoy the company of people I relate wit',
But if it comes down to it,
to deal with cat's that I despise,
I just close my eyes and drift away to Eighty-Five

One moon to the next,
Clocks switch when you least expect it and make the simplest shit complex,
The baby face got the planet fooled,
Books get judged by the covers worldwide, coincide with the illest,
The real is just fictional dreams,
No time to deal with two dimensional fiends, shit hit's the fan with every click of a hand,
I'll be a man eventually,
When the kid in me is satisfied, but 'til the day arrives all I got is eighty-five

Saturday, June 18, 2005

Starting Line & Acceptance

couple 'o songs i enjoy for the end of the school year vibe...


Starting Line - Stay Where I Can See You

For months you've been away,
You're here a couple days,
I've got all of the time in the world.
To do with what we please,
If it were up to me,
We'd have all of the time in the world.
Just stay right where I can see you.

When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest.
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I'm stranded by the side of the bed.

I can name all 50 states,
48 get in the way,
From me being next to you (From me being next to you)
If it were up to me,
We'd have everything we need,
You'd have me and I'd have you.
Just stay right where-
I could be anyone you want,
I'm glad I got the job.
We've got something in mind,
And I've got all this time.

When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I'm stranded by the side of the bed.

Just Stay right where I can see you.
Just stay right where I can, I can see you.

When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I'm stranded by the (1, 2!)

When you go away I get so low,
Like temperatures when they're at their coldest,
Once you go away I get so lonely,
When you go away I get so lonely,
And I'm stranded by the side of the bed.



Acceptance - Glory/Us

Cold and wired
I've been fired
Everything you said to me goes well
Everything you said that you said
Said you're seeing right through me
Could be pulling you to me
Nothing seems to be working
Throwing on my intentions on the, on the....

All tied in one
Honesty waits here forever
I've been undone
Glory and us come together

Beautiful is my picture
Throw it up in the spotlight
The setting seems to be working
Throwing all my intentions on the, on the...

All tied in one
Honesty waits here forever
I've been undone
Glory and us come together

And I'll see this through
Everything you said before
And I'll see this through

All tied in one
All tied in one

Everything changes the colours we see (All tied in one)
Constant reminder of all that we should
Taking it back (All tied in one)
Turning around, turning around (Glory and us come to...)
Everything changes the colours we see (All tied in one)
Constant reminder of all that we should (Honesty waits here forever)
Turning around, turning around (I've been undone)
Glory is waiting

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Bobby Valentino - Give Me A Chance

INTRO – Ludacris
Let this be the day that you change ya life
Let me show you what a day without pain is like
Let’s toast, come close baby I don’t bite
Plus I know you want a man that’ll treat you right
Let this be the day that you change ya life
Let me show you what a day without pain is like
Let’s toast, come close baby, I don’t bite
Plus I know you want a man that’ll treat you right
Come on

VERSE 1 – Bobby Valentino
Tell me baby why
Why you’d wanna hide
What you feel inside, ‘cause I feel it
Sexy girl you oughta
Put away ya pride
‘Cause you say I with your eyes
We can hang out for the weekend
But for now I wanna know

CHORUS
Why you lookin at me like that
Do you like what you’re lookin at
If you do, what you waitin on
Let’s have a conversation
I’ll find a corner over there
Lights down, perfect atmosphere
I'm gonna make you want me
Right now, give me a chance

VERSE 2 – Bobby Valentino
I hear you whisperin
Don’t you worry about ya friends
Gotta a little spot, we can go kick it
Sit back, relax, get you a drink and
Get to know each other
Girl let me know what's up
We can leave up outta this club
Girl I’m feelin you so bad

HOOK
I see it in your eyes
I’m what you fantasize
You told your girls you wanted to meet
Someone like me, act like me
Walk with a swagger
Little thug in me, but friendly
Dipped down just the way you like
Here I am, come and get me (come and get me yeah, yeah)

CHORUS
Why you lookin at me like that
Do you like what you’re lookin at (lookin at)
If you do, what you waitin on (waitin on)
Let’s have a conversation (we can talk baby)
I’ll find a corner over there (come here)
Lights down, perfect atmosphere (lemme holla at ya)
I'm gonna make you want me (whatever I can do)
Right now, give me a chance (I’d do)
Why you lookin at me like that
Do you like what you’re lookin at (lookin at)
If you do, what you waitin on
Let’s have a conversation (baby we can talk)
I’ll find a corner over there
Lights down, perfect atmosphere
I'm gonna make you want me
Right now, gimme a chance (gimme a chance)

BRIDGE
Don’t procrastinate
Girl don’t make me wait
‘Cause this eye to eye thing ain’t enough
I need you over here
If you make the first move
I’ll even meet you half way
It’s almost too late
The lights are coming on

HOOK
I see it in your eyes (yeah)
I’m what you fantasize (alright)
You told your girls you wanted to meet
Someone like me, act like me (just like me)
Walk with a swagger (yeah yeah)
Little thug in me, but friendly (alright)
Dipped down just the way you like
Here I am, come and get me

VERSE 3 – Ludacris
You know I see you in the spot just walkin’ around solo
You know you see the ice, the Louis Vuitton logo
Seems you need a man that’ll spin you ‘round
Turn you inside out and upside down
Bet you never had it like that before
We can take it real slow or your back can blow
It’s whatever, whenever, you make the choice
And I’ma call you ‘Duncan Hines’ just keep it moist
(come and get me)

CHORUS
Why you lookin at me like that
Do you like what you’re lookin at (lookin at)
If you do, what you waitin on (waitin on)
Let’s have a conversation (‘sation)
I’ll find a corner over there
Lights down, perfect atmosphere (come on here baby)
I'm gonna make you want me
Right now, gimme a chance (gimme a chance baby)
Why you lookin at me like that
Do you like what you’re lookin at (do you like what your lookin at baby)
If you do, what you waitin on
Let’s have a conversation
I’ll find a corner over there (oh yeah)
Lights down, perfect atmosphere (come on here)
I'm gonna make you want me (want me)
Right now, gimme a chance (right now, gimme a chance, baby alright)
Gimme a chance (give it to me baby)
(All you gotta do is meet me half way then we can holler)
Gimme a chance
(It don’t matter)
Gimme a chance (I got somewhere really quiet we can go chill at
Off in the cut baby)

OUTRO – Ludacris
Let this be the day that’ll change ya life
Let me show you what a day without pain is like
Let’s toast, come close baby I don’t bite
Plus I know want a man that’ll treat you right
Let this be the day that’ll change ya life
Let me show you what a day without pain is like
Let’s toast, come close baby I don’t bite
Plus I know want a man that’ll treat you right
Come on

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Anberlin - Stationary Stationery

Do they not have pen or paper where you are?
'Cause I haven't heard from you in ages
I relive each memory
From time to time
With notes exchanged
With all the scented pages
It's comin back
It's all comin back to me now

Tell me everything turned out alright
'Cause I'm well and we said
That we'd meet tonight
Does he treat you like you want
Does he ask to take your hand
Does he believe in dreams we talked about
Though with no music we dance

I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you say that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you somehow...

Dance by yourself and
Think of me when you do
I'm not sure you understand
What this means to me
What you do to me
I'm willing to prove
That you're the one
I regret to slip away
Now I know it was only you
That I've been searchin for
And missin all this time

I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you say that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you somehow...

I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you say that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you somehow...

Let the past be past
Let's start today
And let us both do
I need to see your face
Tell me where to be
I'll tell you why we shouldn't be
(I'll tell you why we shouldn't be)

I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you say that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you somehow...

I thought you said that you'd come find me
I thought you said you'd be home by now
I heard you say that you'd come back here
So I wrote to remind you somehow...

Saturday, January 08, 2005

Passion - Lemonade

She's my sunshine in the rain
My Tylenol when I'm in pain
Let me tell you what she means to me
Like a tall glass of lemonade when it's burning hot on summer days
She's exactly what I need

She's soothing like the ocean rushing on the sand
She takes care of me and she helps me be a better man
She's so beautiful sometimes I stop to close my eyes
She's exactly what I need

She's my smile when I'm feeling blue
She's my good night sleep when the day is through
Let me tell you what she means to me (Yeah, she's kinda like this)
Kinda like the feeling after your first kiss
Except that everyday she makes me feel like this
She's exactly what I need (oh yeah oh yeah)

She's soothing like the ocean rushing on the sand
She takes care of me and she helps me be a better man
She's so beautiful sometimes I stop to close my eyes
She's exactly what I need
You're more of what I need and less of what I don't baby

She's soothing like the ocean rushing on the sand
She takes care of me and she helps me be a better man
She's so beautiful sometimes I stop to close my eyes
She's exactly what I need

She's soothing like the ocean rushing on the sand
She takes care of me and she helps me be a better man
She's so beautiful sometimes I stop to close my eyes
She's exactly what I need
She's exactly what I need

The Blower's Daughter

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new
~Damien Rice.


YAY Closer.