Forget all your politics for a while Let the color schemes arriv

Artist- Mates of State
Song of the day- Get Better

So I'm seeing this band tomorrow, and even I can't grasp how excited I should really be for it. Besides having the ability to be a total adorbs couple and total rock stars at the same time, this duo is able to create pretty excellent jolly music. And we all know how I like to lean towards angsty more than jolly when I have the choice. But every song of theirs manages to make me flat out thrilled about life, even when there are creepy animals heads with bombs in them. I often think of today's song when I need some cheering up. It's about forgetting all your issues, taking a break and realizing even if things might not get better they won't always stay the same, time changes and moves the earth around where you can never guess what might can happen. That heavy load you've been carrying, maybe it won't go away, but it'll get lighter. maybe a bear will crash your party and blow up the place, but just dance it out with your friends...hmm maybe I'm taking this lesson too literally, but either way it still leaves me smiling. I hope it does the same for you.



Forget all your politics for a while.
Let the color schemes arrive.
Come onboard, it's a curious sight.
Absorbing sound that's never been right.
Never ahead of, never behind it.
Occasionally guarded, just keeps us surrounded.
It's luck.

Everything's gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.
Ahhh.

I propose a less serious boat.
But don't mistake it for a party of jokes, who are never ahead of, never behind us.
Floating in circles there's more to remind them of less.

Everything's gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.
Done. I'm done. I'm done.

I'm capsized, staring on the edge of safe

Artist- Tegan and Sara
Song of the day- The Con

At any given moment I believe there is a 64% chance I feel like a Tegan and Sara song. In fact I consistently felt like the entire The Con album after the first two years of it's release. It is forever on my top ten album list and usually on my emotional feelings via song list in heavy rotation. And I'm pretty sure this last quarter of school the percentile will only increase. I'm not saying they only have stressed out songs, but I just can't think of any other non angst type song of theirs at the moment. I feel like I, and pretty much everyone I'm in current contact with is being hit at every angle with death, mourning, sadness, doubt, anger, pressure, fear, exhaustion, worry, am I leaving anything out? oh probably, maybe like all the good and loving awesome stuff that is also happening but tends to get lost in the mess. That's why I like today's song. Similar to my ever annoying logic, their songs seem to always be fully aware of every emotion even the ridiculous ones and the one's you can't quite see but you know you need to be encircled and taken down by the people that care about you and the things that you love and that truly matter, you sometimes need to get your butt kicked into perspective so you can get out of your "con" funk and put on a different tune..more Marvin Gaye or "walkin on sunshine" esque type tune. But I do always appreciate the Tegan and Sara songs in my life till I can get back to walking on sunshine. If you're in a similar soundtrack, this one's for you.


Tegan and Sara - The con by shane707

I listened in
Yes I'm guilty of this
You should know this
I broke down and wrote you back
Before you had a chance to
Forget forgotten
I am moving past this giving notice
I have to go
Yes I know the feeling,
Know you're leaving
Calm down, I'm calling you to say
I'm capsized, staring on the edge of safe
Calm down, I'm calling back to say
I'm home now
I'm coming around, I'm coming around
Nobody likes to but I really like to cry
Nobody likes me
Maybe if I cry
Spelled out your name and lists the reasons
Faint of heart
Don't call me back
I imagine you when I was distant
Not insistent
I followed suit and laid out on my back imagine that
A million hours left to think of you
And think of that
Calm down, I'm calling you to say
I'm capsized, staring on the edge of safe
Calm down, I'm calling back to say
I'm home now
I'm coming around, I'm coming around
Nobody likes to but I really like to cry
Nobody likes me
Maybe if I cry
Encircle me, I need to be, taken down
Encircle me, I need to be, taken down
Encircle me, I need to be, taken down
Nobody likes to
But I really like to cry
Nobody likes me
Maybe if I cry
Nobody [x9]
Encircle me, I need to be, taken down

Let's write a song for us And sing until we're old and grey

Artist- The Civil Wars
Song of the day- Forget me Not

I can't believe how fast the Civil Wars have jumped to musical stardom. I remember when my friend from Lubbock recommended I check out the duo and I was immediately smitten with them. In a few months I noticed them on VH1 then opening for Adele and on and on. They can sing heart breaking tunes and on a flip of a dime sweet melodies that make every part of me twinkle. I think it has something to do with their insane harmonies that make me think every song in the world could benefit from having them. And even if this technically might not be the case, these two with their bare bones instruments and voices are able to make sweet sweet music together. Today's song especially somehow makes me forget all the worries of life and focus on the forget me nots of lovin life instead. If you're in need of some forget me nots, this one's for you.



I've been awaiting for you
And you've been awaiting for me
Tell me that you'll always be true
And you'll be the only one for me
Forget me not my dear, my darling
Forget me not my love
I just wanna hold your hand
Hang on every word you say
Let's write a song for us
And sing until we're old and grey
Forget me not my dear, my darling
Forget me not my love
I'm coming home real soon
Please leave a light on for me
Tell me that you'll always be true
And you'll be the only one for me
Yes, you'll be the only one for me

The only time for love is right now Forgive all of the mistakes we’ve made

Artist- Lady Antebellum
Song of the day- love remains

I know the questions must be circling in your head..where have I been all your life? or more accurately where have I been for like two weeks?? I wish I could answer this simply but can best describe it as mentally and physically running around frantically. My life basically looks exactly like this video minus a disappearing family and more closer to freak out mania than happy mania...


But let's get back to why you are really here. lately I've been spending about 45% of my life in a car, this has really altered and depending on who you ask, messed up my usual authentic music ears to mostly consuming the radio on either dance music or country. There is a fine line between my love and hate for both and currently I'm leaning towards the love. And though I can delve into why I've discovered I have "moves like Jagger" or am busy grabbing somebody sexy to tell them "hey" I'll let you turn on your own radio for it will take about 3 minutes for either song to start playing.

Focusing more on my country roots, I can't seem to avoid my ever growing affection for Lady Antebellum. I mean who wasn't on the "need you now" train? But their new single, already being overplayed to my liking on the radio, made me seek out the rest of the new album which I currently overplay it the other 55% of my life. This song I especially like to dramatically sing in my room as I do homework. Though it's about a breakup, I can't escape the emotional ties I feel for school and being on the cusp of finishing, the feeling of losing all this love I've acquired from it, wanting to give up the fight cuz it's feeling too overwhelming, convincing myself to keep breathing and go through it, and finding what remains when it's all over. This is why I love country and my emotional instabilities to ridiculous things...they find a way to go hand in hand. If you are feeling the same and want to sing it out, this one's for you...or if you wait long enough it will probably be playing in your car nonstop soon!




Here we go again
Sitting on the edge of leaving
You don’t have to speak
I can see it in your eyes
I know you too well
You know I can tell your hiding
Something inside

Baby just breathe in
Breathe out
Before you turn around
Just slow down
Think of all the love we’ve made
If we give it just one more try
Maybe we could stop this goodbye
I know through all this pain
Somehow somewhere love remains

You say don’t walk away
But baby give me one good reason
More than just a line
You better make it count this time
You told me but you never really showed me
That I’m worth the fight
Oh I’m worth the fight

Baby just breathe in
Breathe out
Before you turn around
Just slow down
Think of all the love we’ve made
If we give it just one more try
Maybe we could stop this goodbye
I know through all this pain
Somehow somewhere love remains

Love takes time to build its defenses
And trust takes time to tear down those fences
And love remains that’s stronger than ever before
So don’t walk out that door
I don’t wanna hurt anymore

Baby just breathe in
Breathe out
The only time for love is right now
Forgive all of the mistakes we’ve made
If we give it just one more try
Maybe we could stop this goodbye
Through the fire and rain
Somehow somewhere
I know through this pain
Somehow somewhere love remains

So baby just breathe in
Breathe out

I never wanted to give up this fight
What if we give it baby one more try?
Let’s try
This time
Baby this time
Baby this time
Baby this time

I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy

Artist- Fred Astaire
Song of the day- No Strings

My roommate was shocked to find me jamming to some Fred Astaire on vinyl in my room. And though not my usual genre of constant musical rotation, I like to play the soundtrack to "top hat" when I want to feel fancy. It was an impulse buy one day at Amoeba Records bargain bin and perhaps still the best $3 I spent on vinyl. I didn't grow up on Astaire and Ginger Rogers but really should have since I tend to be obsessed with dancer boys. But I especially enjoy today's number not just because I attempt to dance around my room in a much clumsier fashion and prefer to end any word with an -ancy that i can, but also I'd like to live my life fancy free and free for anything fancy. If you feel the same, or dancy, or romancy, this one's for you.



I wake up every morning with a smile on my face
Everything in it's place as it should be
I start out every morning just as free as the breeze
My cares upon the shelf
Because I find myself with

No strings and no connections
No ties to my affections
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy
No dates that can't be broken
No words that can't be spoken
Especially when I am feeling romancy

Like a robin upon a tree
Like a sailor that goes to sea
Like an unwritten melody
I'm free, that's me

So

Bring on the big attraction
My decks are cleared for action
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy

Something Old and New, Memories for You and Me

Artist-Paul McCartney
Song of the day- Junk

So one of my favorite current shows, Parenthood start back and only fueled my current state of being homesick for my family as it tends to do. And somehow the missing feeling of loved ones, the past, childhood, old memories is trickling through today's song almost more in the music than the words sung. It subtly played at the end of the episode. And I feel like it's been subtly playing in the back of my head ever since. If you have a trickle of similar emotions, this one's for you.



Motor Cars, Handle Bars
Bicycles for Two
Broken Hearted Jubilee
Parachutes, Army Boots
Sleeping Bags for Two
Sentimental Jamboree

Buy Buy
Says the Sign in the Shop Window
Why Why
Says the Junk the Yard

Candlesticks, Building Bricks
Something Old and New
Memories for You and Me

Buy Buy
Says the Sign in the Shop Window
Why Why
Says the Junk in the Yard

This is you pay back, money grabber

Artist- Fitz and the tantrums
Song of the day- MoneyGrabber

I think this song has been following me for a while, or more probably it's just Fitz and the Tantrums is on the rise. And with one of the best band names ever, plus avid tambourine playing, I am already on board! They are quite the good time, however when i was watching an old lady with dementia fold and fidget with a newspaper for 2.5 hours mumbling about money and how she couldn't afford things in the Kohls sales add, I kept trying to figure out how to make time move faster and wondered what her reaction would be if I just broke out in today's song. I think if I gave her a tambourine I might just have the most interesting band to date...or more likely tantrums would be a closer outcome. I still might try it next week. But for all your tantrums or moneygrabbers, this one's for you.





Don't come back anytime I've already had your kind.
This is your pay back, money grabber.

Don't come back anytime, you've already run me dry.
This is your pay back, money grabber.

Teardrops fade.
Then I saw, blue hands in the pocket.
'Cause you were always made to want it all.
But now you got to make it on your own.
This ain't your home.
So I'm showing you the door.
Wave goodbye now, it's time for you to go.

Don't comeback anytime, I've already had your kind.
This is you pay back, money grabber.

Don't come back anytime, you've already robbed me blind.
This is your pay back, money grabber.

Blue rhinestone glass.
All I see.
You talking double.
Like the time you set fire to me.
'Cause I'm in trouble.
Here's my advice .
I don't think twice for the price of a cheap time whore .

Don't comeback anytime, I've already had your kind.
This is you pay back, money grabber.

Don't come back anytime, you've already robbed me blind.
this is your pay back, money grabber.

One. Two. Three.
One is for the money.
Two is for the greed .
And three times that I told you you're the one,
I just don't need .

Don't comeback anytime, I've already had your kind.
This is you pay back, money grabber.

Don't come back anytime, you've already robbed me blind.
This is your pay back, money grabber.


Money grabber.
Money grabber
Don't come back anytime, I've already had your kind.
Don't come back anytime I've already had your kind.
This is your pay back, money grabber.

won't you come on over for a slice of pie?

Artist- The Watson Twins
Song of the day- Southern Manners

I've tried to post this song several times but could never find a proper video of it till now. The twins were apart of the mafia of musicians in Los Angeles that made up the beginnings of my musical outings. I learned this song by standing front row at enough concerts to figure out how they played it. And it became a sort of anthem of my friends who I dragged to these concerts and in turn was introduced to another obsession of pies most delicious at House of Pies when eaten past midnight. So when I hear this song now I not only miss my southern upbringing noting my fantastic manners, but also LA music and friends and pie, god do i miss pie! So if your missing something, someone or some food product, this one's for you. And if you know of a good pie place in Chicago, fill me in!



well I can't tell you why I left you
and I don't quite know why I'm here
but nothing has moved my spirit
since I saw you late last year

every lover knows a reason
and every woman has felt the same
although our minds record each heartache
a little lovin' can take away the pain

(chorus)
hold me, hold me, hold me close
caress my shoulders and my toes
make forget what I can't
be my lover and my man

a man he gives you all you need
(ooo)
some money to spend and a kiss when you please
(ooo)
when you're broke down on the road
(ooo)
he'll come on by and lighten your load

well I guess I owe you something too
well it seems you've finally come on through
and my southern manners do oblige
won't you come on over for a slice of pie?

So if you have something to say

Artist- Glen Hansard
Song of the day- Say it to me now

I had every intention of posting a different song, then my internet when out and I was forced to figure out how else to pass my time. Seeing as I easily ruled out homework and already ate half a dozen cookies, the next logical step was to scan my DVD collection which lead me to put in Once. To say I had loved this movie was perhaps the biggest understatement I've ever made. Never had their been more people come up to me after seeing the trailer to tell me that they had found the movie that was made just for me. 5 minutes into the movie I knew I would absolutely love it, not only because the simplicity of him playing this one song took me on an emotional rollercoaster I wasn't prepared for and may have produced a few tears in my eyes, but also it was one of the best "meet cutes" I'd ever seen. For those of you not versed in movie writing or haven't seen "the holiday" a meet cute is to quote wikipedia a "convention of romantic comedies in which two potential romantic partners meet in a contrived way in unusual or comic circumstances. Meet cutes are my most fav parts of movies besides a good music montage and or fashion show...for definitions of the latter terms, please view some of my fav examples below cuz I just went on a movie tangent!

But in this meet cute you immediatly care for and find these two characters irrisistably adorable. It's the innocent sweetness of their relationship mixed with heart gushing songs that made the movie a sensation, but it was the fact that they understood and revealed how just a basic song can express boiling emotions that two shy characters cannot fathom that made the movie just for me. If I could sing or more probably just show his performance of today's song everytime I was upset I'd never have to explain myself. So if you ever happen to be in a fight with me just know this is what I'm picturing. Hmmm almost worth starting a fight. So if you have something you can't say, let him say it for you now.

Glen Hansard - Say It To Me Now (Once Movie) from Liam Cooke on Vimeo.

I'm scratching at the surface now
And I'm trying hard to work it out
So much has gone misunderstood
This mystery only leads to doubt
And I didn't understand
When you reached out to take my hand
And if you have something to say
You'd better say it now

Cause this is what you've waited for
Your chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow

Cause I'm picking up a message Lord
And I'm closer than I've ever been before

So if you have something to say
Say it to me now
Say it to me now
Say it to me now

Fashion show, you know you've seen it, you know you've loved it:



Fantastically sad and very 80s music montage (skip to 2:34 where the real drama begins:

But you are what you love And not what loves you back

Artist- Jenny Lewis
Song of the day- you are what you love

As I am inching quite closer to having a full 365 day music blog, i've started thinking of all the songs I'd wanna make sure were included. And as I've been playing open mics at one of the only country bars in Chicago lately, I started re listening to this album. If there was only one album in the world that defined me musically it would be Jenny Lewis' Rabbit Fur Coat. It is the rare instance in my life where I know exactly where I was (silverlake resevoir) and what I was doing (attempting to run around it and failing miserably). But by the time I made it around and back in front of the club Spaceland on my way back home I knew two things for sure: a) I still hate running b) I'd found my music. Thus is my musical origin story that tail spinned into music reviewing, music playing, music writing, and all around music obsession that makes up who I am now. Though I was obsessed with each song on the album from various times, the song writing in today's song is why I fell in love with her music. And it's difficult for a music addict to pick a favorite, but today's song usually leads the pack in this instance. It holds my favorite musical quote of all time. And though the album version is quite fantastic I just found this super early stripped down version that let's the writing shine. I could talk about everything I think the song means but it really does speak for itself: you are what you love and not what loves you back...it's at times a painful but true lesson to remember at least about myself and also sums up my love affair with music. It's quite usually a one sided love affair but in the end I am what I love. To all the things we love and we are, this one's for you.



This is no great illusion
When I'm with you I'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons
To fall out of love and run screaming from our home

Because we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything
Our songs, faces, and second hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering
Not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why I'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back

The phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which I'm afraid, my friend, are wildly untrue

It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band
The heart attacks I'm convinced I have
Every morning upon waking
To you I'm a symbol or a monument
Your rite of passage to fufillment
But I'm not yours for the taking

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So I guess that's why you keep calling me back

I'm fraudulent, a thief at best
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
But at arms length, it's Tim who said
I'm good at it, I've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything

But you are what you love, Tim
And not what loves you back
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out of your hat

fear can make you compromise with the lights turned up it's hard to hide Sometimes I want to disappear

Artist- Foster the People
Song of the day- Houdini

I have been quite a fan of Foster the People and regretted not thuroughly enjoying their concert more do to the fact it was past midnight and I was struggling to hold myself on a House of Blues railing while attempting to stay awake for Lykke Li going on after at 1am. However they were quite the talk of lollapalooza and even my half conscious self could tell they put on quite the upbeat dancy show. Yet it wasn't until my friend sent me an acoustic concert they did including today's song that I was like, hold the phone, what is this voice? And who is it attached to so I may fall in love with them? Songs I had already heard and enjoyed they were able to mellow down and make me appreciate on a whole other level. This song is all about ability how fear gets in the way of it how fear can make you rely on it and how rising up to use it is what we all struggle to do as we fight the fear in using it. I've had several talks this week that reminds me of this song. How some of us feel like we don't have what it takes, how some of us are trying to figure out how to use what we know when others stand in our way. Both cases we just wanna disapear but the struggle is constantly rising above it. If you are struggling to rise, this one's for you.

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Rise above gonna start the war
Whatcha want whatcha need whatcha come here for
Well an eye for an eye and an F for fight
Takin me down is a prisoners riot

Got shackles on my words are tied
fear can make you compromise
with the lights turned up it's hard to hide
Sometimes I want to disappear

When I feel kinda bad and dont want stress
I just Pass it off on ability
Well you got whatcha want whatcha never knew
it's a Perfect gift from me to you

Yeah yeah yeah

Got shackles on my words are tied
fear can make you compromise
with the lights turned up it's hard to hide
Sometimes I want to disappear

(Raise up to your ability)
Never knew what I could find
Why couldn't you realize
I don't want to compromise

(Raise up to your ability)
Can't stand when I disappear
Running around cuz I'm filled with fear
and I can't go cuz my lifes a wreck

(Raise up to your ability)
I know that you want me
Throw me into the sea
For my ability

(Raise up to your ability)
Yeah you're undecided
Yeah I just want to leave here
but I don't wanna run away

Focus on your ability
Focus on your ability
Now focus on your ability
Focus on your ability

Then they can't get what they want to steal
Can't get what they want to steal
Then they can't get what they want to steal
Can't get what they want to steal

You can bet your luck won’t follow me

Artist- Alison Krauss & Union Station
Song of the day- Lucky One

I've been feeling pretty unlucky lately with having the strange ability to have everything in my path break without moving a muscle. You think this would be a pretty sweet super power, but it doesn't stop there, I also have become a wiz at finding the most inconvenient way to fix all these broken things. And though I have been frustrated enough to be forced into therapeutic "angry running" as my friend calls it, at the end of the day I know it's not life shattering and I'm actually very lucky. Mostly I can be this optimistic cuz I get to see my most favorite vocalist tonight aka today's artist so pretty much I can't be annoyed today. But if you are dealing with annoyances or a bout of unluck, this one's for you.



Verse 1
You’re the lucky one so I’ve been told
Free as the wind blowindown the road
Loved by many, hated by none
I’d say you were lucky cause I know what you’ve done
Not a care in the world not a worry in sight
Everything’s going to be all right
Cause you’re the lucky one

Verse 2
You’re the lucky one always havinfun
A jack of all trades a master of none
You look at the world with a smiling eye
And laugh at the devil as his train rolls by
Just give you a song and a one-night stand
And you’ll be looking at a happy man
Cause you’re the lucky one

Chorus
Were you blessed? I guess
By never knowinwhich road you’re choosing
To you the next best thing to playinand winning
Is playinand losin
Verse 3
You’re the lucky one I know that now
Don’t ask you why when where or how
You look at the world through your smilineye
And laugh at the devil as his train rolls by
Just give you a song and a one-night stand
And you’ll be looking at a happy man
Cause you’re the lucky one

Chorus

Verse 4
You’re the lucky one I know that now
Don’t ask you why when where or how
No matter where you’re at is where you’ll be
You can bet your luck won’t follow me
Just give you a song and a one-night stand
And you’ll be looking at a happy man
Cause you’re the lucky one.

This much delight Fills columns to new heights

Artist- Joy Formidable
Song of the day- Whirring

Before looking up the word I assumed whirring was like welsh for worrying or like the kind of worrying fairies do. However the actual definition, "like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings" : sound of something in rapid motion, fits too perfectly for the sound of today's band. Though I may have been more concerned with feeling hot at the time, the whirring vibrations of music is exactly what I was looking for to cure me during lollapalooza. And on a gloomy day trying to avoid homework, whirring is exactly the cure I'm looking for again. And if I use Joy Formidable as an example I need to find a huge gong I can bang my guitar on and blow up cats. Or we can just let them do the whirring for us. If you're in need of escaping fairy worrying or wanna make a little whirring of your own, this one's for you.



This much delight
Fills columns to new heights
All these things about me you never can tell

Colours run prime
Paint a picture so bright
All these things about me you never can tell
You make me sleep so badly invisible friend

Turn the dial on my words
I can feel them fall short
Turn the dial, chime alarm
Watch these hands move apart
Turn the dial on my words

I can see you staying here

Fierce steps shadow, Life's will gone shallow
All these things about me you never can tell
You make me sleep so badly invisible friend

Turn the dial on my words
I can feel them fall short
Turn the dial, chime alarm
Watch these hands move apart
Turn the dial on my words

I can see you staying here

gonna take it all and set me free

Artist- Amos Lee
Song of the day- Black River

I was at my friend Bill's house the other night and we was telling me about this tribe that once a year would go down to the river and spend as much time as it took, sometimes all day, and everyone in the tribe could scream and shout and curse and let out any and every anger and frustration they had been holding inside. And when they felt they had gotten it all out, they'd pick up mud from the river, give it to a Shaman who would take it to the desert to bury it, to bury it. As I'm starting to feel that oh too similar feeling of anger, frustration, stress, freakout of school and the future building up inside me as I start my last quarter of school, I stumbled upon this song which reminded me of Bill's story. To not carry around all that gunk, but to try and find a way to release it. So if anyone wants to find a river and throw some mud with me, let me know! Till then I hope this song brings you a similar feeling.



Woah, black river,
gonna take my cares away.
Woah, black river,
gonna take my cares away.
Gonna take my cares,
gonna carry my cares,
gonna take my care away.
Gonna take my cares,
gonna carry my cares,
gonna take my care away.

Woah, dear saviour,
gonna take my cares away.
Woah, dear saviour,
gonna take my cares away.
Gonna take my cares,
gonna carry my cares,
gonna take my care away.
Gonna take my cares,
gonna carry my cares,
gonna take my care away.

Woah, sweet whiskey boy,
c'mon,
gonna take my cares away.
Woah, sweet whiskey boy,
you're gon,
you're gonna take my cares away.
Gonna take my cares,
gonna carry my cares,
gonna take my care away.
Gonna take my cares,
gonna carry my cares,
gonna take my care away.

You're gonna take my bottle, my bible, my mess.
You're gonna take all of my empty and my lonelyness.
Gonna take all of the sadness inside of me,
gonna take it all and set me free.

Woah, black river,
gonna take my cares away.

And then you came...

Artist- Lissie
Song of the day- Cuckoo

So my last 10 weeks of grad school starts tomorrow. And alas I've been in fun loving summer mode for so long, the harsh reality has not hit me yet that it is over. I more feel like I'm real young again starting back to school in the fall and more excited about seeing my classmates and people I've come to know and love like family who've gotten me through this often painful, often bumpy and sometimes pretty fantastic and sometimes horrifying ride that I was picturing having to be on by myself. But luckily I found some hands to hold that I'm gonna hold on pretty tightly to the next ten weeks. For all the hands you're holding, this one's for you, cuckoo!



I walked alone
I never tried to stay in line
I didn’t know what I was doing half the time
I didn’t know that my life could ever change
I didn’t think that anybody’d feel the same way
And then you came

I said I wanna try it all without regret
I wanna meet the kind of folks I never met
Skipping school and smoking cigarettes
We hadn’t even really gotten started yet

Cuckoo
Let’s go driving
Cuckoo
Cause there’s nowhere to go
Cuckoo
We’re in hiding
There telling our story on the radio

I fell in love with being defiant
In a pick up truck that roared like a lion
When you’re with us
You don’t have to be quiet no more

People said we’d have to make it on our own
We never thought there’d be another hand to hold
We didn’t care, we never did what we were told
They couldn’t break us
They could never turn us col
You and me well we were never growing old

I see you now
We talk about
The way it used to be
When we were brave
We misbehaved
Yeah you know what I mean
And you know why
Our battle cry always comes back to me

Cuckoo…
Yeah…

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only Promise I'm worth it

Artist- Adele
Song of the day- One and Only

So if you know me at all you know my strong fear of conflict and debating. That said, I decided to start picking a fight via text with my friend Mo after discovering he thinks Katy Perry is somehow better than Adele. Now the logical person in me knows it's all subjective and it doesn't matter what he thinks...however when I am passionate enough about something, such as Adele, I put up a pretty fierce perhaps unneeded fight. To me it only takes hearing Adele sing one song to have every emotional cell in your body twitch with feeling. And I get this by just watching youtube videos or like listening to my ipod, which is why she is currently #1 on my list to see live (*cough best gift if anyone is looking to give me something *cough). Once I heard today's song I desired her super power voice, even for just one evening because I know singing this song would be like love potion #9 to anyone in my path. It is a love song but almost like a love song you use in a debate to convince them to love you, and honestly, if this can't convince you to love Adele then I will just assume you are deaf. And even if you are not convinced to love her music as much as me, I will be okay with that cuz I'm also pretty selfish when it comes to my musical loves and want them to be my one and only...music apparently brings out my best qualities. But if you can relate to this kind of love, or this kind of desire to be loved (or have others understand it) this one's for you.



You've been on my mind
I grow fonder every day,
lose myself in time just thinking of your face
God only knows why it's taking me so long
to let my doubts go
You're the only one that I want

I don't know why I'm scared, I've been here before
Every feeling, every word, I've imagined it all,
You never know if you never try to forget your past
And simply be mine

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
Promise I'm worth it to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance

To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile
Until the end starts

Have I been on your mind?
You hang on every word I say, lose yourself in time
At the mention of my name, will I ever know
How it feels to hold you close
And have you tell me which ever road I chose you'll go

I don't know why I'm scared, I've been here before
Every feeling every word, I've imagined it all,
You never know if you never tried to forgive your past
And simply be mine

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
I promise I'm worthy to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance

To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile
Until the end starts

I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart
I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart

(Nobody's perfect, trust me I've earned it)
I know it ain't easy, giving up your heart
(Nobody's perfect, trust me I've earned it)
I know it ain't easy, giving up your heart

I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart

I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
I promise I'm worth it to hold in your arms
So come on and give me the chance

To prove I'm the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts
Come and give me the chance
To prove that I'm the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts.

If only I had the guts to feel this way

Artist- Hanson
Song of the day- If only

Now I was be a bit embarrassed to admit my love of Hanson back in the day, but when it comes down to it there are just some songs that you love no matter the appeal. But similar to today's song I often hold in my affection cuz I don't have the guts to admit this musical passion. (though my deep love of the spice girls will be a different controversial blog). And Hanson wrote some tunes that the little gal inside me still gets all googly excited when I hear them. But today's song goes out to my friend Sarah who unabashedly loves Hanson and gave me over an hour long explanation of why they are still her all time fav, which included sing alongs and interpretive dance. For all of your unashamed fav bands, this one's for you.



Yeah
Cause I need you
Yeah
Cause I need you

Every single time I see you I start to feel this way
It makes me wonder if I am ever gonna feel this way again
There's a picture that's hanging in the back of my head
I see it over and over

I wanna hold you and love you
In my arms and then
I wanna need you
Cause I need to be with you till the end
Then I hear myself reply "You've got to hold it in" this time tonight

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I could take you in my arms and say
I won't go cause I need you
Cause I need you

Yeah

I sit here waiting, wondering, hoping that I'll make this right
Cause all I think about is your hands, your face and all these lonely nights
There's a feeling screaming in the back of my head
Saying it over and over

I wanna hold you and love you
In my arms and then
I wanna need you
Cause I need to be with you till the end
Then I hear myself reply "She'll never let you in" this time tonight

If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I could take you in my arms and say
I won't go cause I need you,
please don`t go cause I need you now

I wanna hear you say it'll always be this way
And we'll be hand in hand for everynight and everyday
I wanna scream and shout cause I'm losing any doubt
And all I care about is you and me and us and now

Uh yeah, yeah

yeah, If only I had the guts to feel this way
If only you'd look at me and want to stay
If only I could take you in my arms and say
I won't go cause I need you,
Please don't go cause I need you now

Yeah cause I need you

If only, yeah oh yeah cause I need you now
If only cause I need you, I need you
If only, cause I need you
If only cause I need you
If only, yeah, if only...I need you now....yeah

Even the lost can be appeased

Artist- He's my brother she's my sister
Song of the day- Escape tonight

Today's band has officially made my list of bands I'm dying to see live and not just because they have a tap dancer and often dress like hipster hobos. They are able to create a hip dancy sound and keep that folk authenticity they've come to be known for. Today's song's got spunk and clapping (my favorite) that somehow make me think I"m in a hall & oats music video if i'm not paying attention. And really that's what summer is all about, maybe not so much hall & oats, but to be transported, to escape. But today's song is about an even deeper escape. As the writer and lead vocalist Rachel Kolar put it, "The song is about escaping your ego and self doubt. It's about the fear we place on ourselves and how it waits and strikes upon us at moments of release and bliss. It's about where we, you and I, the human race, are going. Together we are escaping fear and stepping out of that darkness into the light where we can feel happiness freely." If you're looking for some escape tonight, this one's for you.



It's hard to know when it's complex
A straight line curves, two ends connect
But somehow we all feel so pleased
Even the lost can be appeased

Though lingering doubt waits and remains
Think of a loophole, idle for change
Ready to strike the moment just right
But you and I will escape tonight

Escape tonight
Escape tonight
You and I
Step out of the dark to see the light

Truth be told we weren't the ones
Let the void roll down your tongue
Six inches above the ground
Searching for the holy sound

Though lingering doubt came back again
Cloaked them in black, stripped the humans
Ready to strike the moment just right
But you and I will escape tonight

Escape tonight
Escape tonight
You and I
Step out of the dark to see the light

oooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooo

You and I will escape tonight
You and I will escape tonight
You and I will escape tonight
You and I will escape tonight

Escape tonight
Escape tonight
You and I
Step out of the dark to see the light