Yeah, Music Says it Better

Once again a couple lines from a few songs have stuck out in my head today. Here's another list for you, my avid reader.

"Face down this carpet tastes like coffee grounds ground into my face now"

"I don't know if I'll make it, but watch how good I'll fake it"

"And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense"

Those are the only ones I could think of at the moment.

Feeling Pink

It's kind of like feeling blue, but more like this...

Possibly some of this.

At any rate, today feels like a Pink kind of day.

I think Bob Marley Had it Right

Someone posted Bob Marley's song "One Love" on facebook. It's a good song, but it's not just the song that I began thinking about. I recently finished a book entitled A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier written by Ishmael Beah. This book is fantastic. It's heartrendingly truthful, and eye-opening. If you haven't read it, I suggest you do. This is a true account of a boy who was forced to join the army from ages eleven to fifteen. Literally his childhood was gone. Even through this, Ishmael Beah had the opportunity to overcome the horrific details of his past life.

You're probably wondering what this has to do with Bob Marley. Before the time of Beah's "war years" he and his country of Sierra Leone were greatly influenced by reggae, especially Bob Marley. So, there's the tie. This book illustrates humanity. More than that it helps people ten thousand miles away understand someone else, which is probably why I love this book so much. Anyway, read this and then listen to Bob Marley's "One Love," you won't regret it.

Music Really Does Say it Better

The last couple of days I've caught a couple lines of a few songs that have just stuck with me. So here it is, a conglomeration of random lyrics from different songs. Enjoy.

"I'll be alright, just not tonight. Someday."

"Can you hear me? Are you listenin'? This is the sound of my heart breakin'."

"In my dreams your dreams come true."

"Gonna leave them going 'oh oh oh'."

"Why don't we just dance?"

"Sure ain't Narnia" (Haha I don't even know what this song is, but it always comes on at work, and this line always makes me laugh.)

Couldn't say why these are the random lines that stuck out, but there they are.

Till Kingdom Come

I've had this song stuck in my head all day. I couldn't tell you why, but it's an exceptional song. In fact, I really love it. The lyrics, the melody, all of it. It's beautiful. This is how I feel.

Til Kingdom Come
by Coldplay

Steal my heart and hold my tongue
I feel my time
My time has come
Let me in
Unlock the door
I never felt this way before

And the wheels just keeps on turning
The drummer begins to drum
I don’t know which way I’m going
I don’t know which way I’ve come

Hold my head inside your hands
I need someone who understands
I need someone, someone who hears
For you I’ve waited all these years

For you I’d wait 'til kingdom come
Until my day, my day is done
And say you'll come and set me free
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me

In your tears and in your blood
In your fire and in your flood
I hear you laugh, I heard you sing
I wouldn’t change a single thing
And the wheels just keep on turning
The drummers begin to drum
I don’t know which way I’m going
I don’t know what I’ve become

For you I’d wait 'til kingdom come
Until my days, my days are done
And say you'll come and set me free
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me

Jason Mraz

Details in the Fabric

By Jason Mraz

Calm down
Deep breaths
And get yourself dressed instead
Of running around
And pulling all your threads saying
Breaking yourself up

If it's a broken part, replace it
But, if it's a broken arm then brace it
If it's a broken heart then face it

And hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way

Hold your own
Know your own name
And go your own way

And everything will be fine
Everything will be fine
Mmmhmm

Hang on
Help is on the way
Stay strong
I'm doing everything

Hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way

Hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way

And everything, everything will be fine
Everything

Are the details in the fabric
Are the things that make you panic
Are your thoughts results of static cling?

Are the things that make you blow
Hell, no reason, go on and scream
If you're shocked it's just the fault
Of faulty manufacturing.

Yeah everything will be fine
Everything in no time at all
Everything

Hold your own
And know your name
And go your own way

Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name)
Are the things that make you panic
Are your thoughts results of static cling? (Go your own way)

Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name)
Are the things that make you panic (Go your own way)
Is it Mother Nature's sewing machine?

Are the things that make you blow (Hold your own, know your name)
Hell no reason go on and scream
If you're shocked it's just the fault (Go your own way)
Of faulty manufacturing

Everything will be fine
Everything in no time at all
Hearts will hold

Oh Music...

A list of songs that are most excellent, and that I've heard probably 20 times at the smaller store that I work in (JH Outfitters if you're ever in Jackson Hole).

Gavin DeGraw - Follow Through
Old 97's - Question
Joshua Radin - I'd rather be with you
Andrew Lipke - Stick by you
Chris Rice - When did you fall?
Norah Jones - Come away with me

2 A.M.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to.

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.

Breathe by Anna Nalick

Music is poetry set to a melody.

Jack Johnson

Has just cured my annoyance from English. The question is still posed though.