What's the point of it all? Are you terrified to fail?

Definitely not!

Baby be Brave
The Corrs
Borrowed Heaven/2004 (Warner/Atlantic)

Maybe deep down inside, you don’t believe it
Your wailing wall, it isn’t weeping at all
And you’re not worthy of adoration
You’re scared that somebody somewhere’s gonna find the burst pipe
And as fast as they bow down they’ll leave you behind

But baby be brave cause what’s the point of it all
What’s the point of it all yeah
Baby don’t blow it, tell me what’s it all for
If you’re not terrified to fail
Are you terrified to fail?

Way far down below you don’t feel it
Yeah everyone knows but we don’t believe it
The pain of a pop star you’re breaking my heart

But baby be brave ‘cause what’s the point of it all
What’s the point of it all yeah?
Baby don’t blow it, tell me what’s it all for
If you’re not terrified to fail

(Confide in me, tell your story)
Are you terrified to fail?
(It’s your fear that makes you worthy)

I know what you’re doing ‘cause
God I’ve been tempted, you are
Drowning the special to
Immortalize the rise
And what’s the point of it all

Baby be brave ‘cause what’s the point of it all
What’s the point of it all yeah?
Baby don’t blow it, tell me what’s it all for
If you’re not terrified to fail

(Confide in me, tell your story)
Are you terrified to fail?
(It’s your fear that makes you worthy)
I am terrified to fail
(Confide in me, tell your story)
Are you terrified to fail?
(It’s your fear that makes you worthy)

"Light up, light up...as if you have a choice..."

"Slowly but steadily, we'll make it through..." Great song.

Run
Snow Patrol
Final Straw/2003 (Blacklion/Polydor/Fiction/A&M)

I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear.

"She looked deep into you as you lay together quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer..."

Whenever I think of summer I always think of lovers basking in the sun, enjoying each other's company. Therefore, a summer heartbreak for me is double-depressing.

Dusk and Summer
Dashboard Confessional
Dusk and Summer/2006 (Vagrant)

She smiled in a big way, the way a girl like that smiles
When the world is hers and she held your eyes
Out in the breezeway down by the shore in the lazy summer
And she pulled you in, and she bit your lip, and she made you hers
She looked deep into you as you lay together quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer

But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough to hang on.

And she combed your hair, and she kissed your teeth
And she made you better than you'd been before
She told you bad things you wished you could change in the lazy summer
And she told you, laughing down to her core, so she would not cry as she lay in your lap
She said "nobody here can live forever, quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer"

But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough to hang on.

She said, "no one is alone the way you are alone"
And you held her looser than you would have if you ever could have known
Some things tie your life together, slender threads and things to treasure
Days like that should last and last and last

But you've already lost
But you've already lost
But you've already lost
When you only had barely enough of her to hang on...
Hang on...
Hang on...
Hang on...

"And my love for you is like a sinking ship, my heart is on that ship out on mid-ocean."

Only love can break your heart...

Heart Like a Wheel (Traditional)
The Corrs
Home/2005 (Atlantic/Warner/Rhino)

Some say the heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it you can't mend it
And my love for you is like a sinking ship
My heart is on that ship out in mid-ocean

They say that death is a tragedy
It comes once and then it's over
But my one only wish is for that deep dark abyss
For what's the use of living with no true lover

And it's only love and it's only love
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out

When harm is done no love can be won
I know it happens frequently
What I can't understand please
God hold my hand
Is why it should have happened to me

And it's only love and it's only love
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out

Some say the heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it you can't mend it
And my love for you is like a sinking ship
My heart is on that ship out on mid-ocean
And it's only love and it's only love
And it's only love it is only love
And it's only love it is only love
And it's only love it is only love.

"Just believe me girl, someday, I'll pay the bills with this guitar..."

I love the song...I hope someday I can sing this to my future wife...

Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
All That We Needed/2005 (Fearless Records)

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Time Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.

"I cannot be called or reached..."

It's that time of the year when you just wanna stop what you are doing and just take a hiatus in the wilderness...yes, the academic year's coming to a close, and activities are piling up again...

Vision of Heaven
Bloc Party
(PureVolume Exclusive Download)/2007 (Unreleased commercially)

Vision of heaven
Walking up here
On my own
Telegenic
Windswept day
Desolate

Left my white Converse on the cold sand
Threw my mobile phone into the sea
I cannot be called or reached

Vision of heaven
No-one around for...miles

Cut the wires and the cables
That run under the sea
The walls are white, the rooms are cruel
In the house where I worry
These days I just want to be alone
These days I just want to be alone

I cannot remember
The Lord's Prayer
I cannot remember
Oh but I don't care
I cannot recall
My best friend's face
Blurs and outlines
Eternal fall

Cut the wires and the cables
That run under the sea
The walls are white, the rooms are cruel
In the house where I worry
These days I just want to be alone
These days I just want to be alone

Cut the wires and the cables
That run under the sea
The walls are white, the rooms are cruel
In the house where I worry
These days I just want to be alone
These days I just want to be alone

She said, "Alright, alright, slow down!"

Oh no, oh no, we won't!

Slow Down
The Academy is...
Almost Here/2005 (Fueled by Ramen)

Close the door and take the stairs.
Up or down? Ups and downs.
Don't pretend you've never been there.
You kiss me like an overdramatic actor
Who's starving for work,
With one last shot to make it happen.
You've won the role, you've played your part,
You've been cordially invited.
But I'm not impressed, and I'm definitely not excited.
'Cause the film runs a shallow budget,
And the writer's subject script isn't any deeper.
So dive right in

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
Don't quit 'til forty-seven.
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.

Take back everything you ever said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.
Take back everything you said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.

She said 'Alright, Alright, slow down!"
Oh no, oh no, we won't.
'Cause I regret every thing that I said
To ever make her feel like she was something special,
Or that she ever really mattered.
Or did she ever really matter?

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
just don't count on this summer.
Don't quit 'til forty-seven.
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.

Take back everything you ever said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.
Take back everything you said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.

I'm not saying that I'm not breaking some hearts tonight, girl.
Oh...
I'm not saying that I'm not breaking some hearts tonight, girl.

Alright, alright, slow down...

Take back everything you ever said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.
Take back everything you said.
You never meant a word of it. You never did.

Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in.
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
hey you, who are you kidding?
I'm not like them. I won't buy in...

And isn't it ironic, don't you think?

Yep, I think it's that way...

Ironic
Alanis Morisette
Jagged Little Pill/1995 (Maverick)

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

HAPPY FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

And as a tribute, let me bring back the very first song posted in this blog. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

Summer Sunshine
The Corrs
Borrowed Heaven/2004 (Atlantic Records)

Everyone's changing, I stay the same
I'm... a solo cello outside a chorus
I've got a secret, it's time for me to tell that you've been keeping me warm.

Just sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back I've never felt so wanted
Are you taking me home?

You tell me you have to go

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know.

Now that you've left me there's no returning
I keep comparing you're always winning
I try to be strong but you'll never be more wanted
Will you make me at home?

Don't tell me you have to go

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know.

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back winter is coming
And I need to stay warm

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know.

Not a tightrope walk but dance; uncertain game of chance...

I know I'll be there. Just one more day...c'mon...

I'll Be Here Awhile
311
From Chaos/2001 (Volcano)

I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile

Far is solace in the maddening pace
Sad state written on my face

Not a tight rope walk but dance
Uncertain game of chance
But I'll see it through in time

I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile

And if a person place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight
Tempted by the hand that could
Blind my vision and sight

But at twenty years of age
In frolic and in rage
I will see it through in time

I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile; ain't going nowhere
I'll be here awhile

But the dawn has come into the endless night
And everything's going to be all right

But at thirty years of age
Through frolic and in rage
All regressed and healed in time

I'll be here awhile ain't going nowhere
Said I, said I, said I
I will survive

Is there something I've missed?

Is there? Why am I empty?

(There's Gotta Be) More to Life
Stacie Orrico
Stacie Orrico/2004 (Virgin Records America)

Yeah, yeah...oooh...yeah...

I've got it all but I feel so deprived
I go up, I come down and I'm emptier inside
Tell me what is this thing that I feel like I'm missing
And why can't I let it go?

There's gotta be more to life
Than chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me
'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well it's life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more
(Than wanting more)

I've got the time and I'm wasting it slowly
Here in this moment, I'm half way out the door
Onto the next thing, I'm searching for something that's missing

There's gotta be more to life
Than chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me
'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well it's life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more
I'm wanting...more oh, oh

I'm always
Waiting on something
Other than this
Why am i feeling like there's something I missed?
Yeah...

There's gotta be more to life
Than chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me
'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well it's life but I'm sure

There's gotta be more to life
Than chasing down every temporary high
To satisfy me
'Cause the more that I'm
Trippin out, thinking there must be more to life
Well it's life but I'm sure
There's gotta be more

More...to..life...
More to...More to...life

Oh, This is the Start of Something Good, Don't You Agree?

This is a really nice song.

Follow Through
Gavin deGraw
Chariot/2005 (J Records)

Oh, this is the start of something good,
Don't you agree?
I haven't felt like this in so many moons,
You know what I mean?
And we can build through this destruction,
As we are standing on our feet.

So, since you want to be with me,
You'll have to follow through,
With every word you say.
And I, all I really want is you,
You to stick around.
I'll see you everyday,
But you have to follow through.
You have to follow through.

These reeling emotions they just keep me alive,
They keep me in tune.
Oh, look what I'm holding here in my fire,
This is for you.
Am I too obvious to preach it?
You're so hypnotic on my heart.

So, since you want to be with me,
You'll have to follow through,
With every word you say.
And I, all I really want is you,
For you to stick around.
I'll see you everyday,
But you have to follow through.

The words you say to me
Are unlike anything that's ever been said.
Ahh, and what you do to me
Is unlike anything that ever been.

Am I to obvious to preach it?
You're so hypnotic on my heart,

So, since you want to be with me,
You'll have to follow through,
With every word you say.
And I, all I really want is you,
For you to stick around.
I'll see you everyday.

So, since you want to be with me,
You'll have to follow through,
With every word you say.
And I, all I really want is you,
For you to stick around.
I'll see you everyday,
But you have to follow through.
You have to follow through.
You're gonna have to follow...

Oh, this is the start of something good.
Don't you agree?

Just updating...

Dimming of the Day
The Corrs
Home/2005 (Atlantic Records UK)

This old house is falling down around my ears
I am drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
And I need you at the dimming of the day

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side

What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart
Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away
And I need you at the dimming of the day

Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant

I see you on the street in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
I am living for the night we steal away
And I need you at the dimming of the day
Yes I need you at the dimming of the day

"I'm in love, and always will be."

I think I have found a mantra: "I'm in love, and always will be." That's from Dido's song, "White Flag." However, this isn't White Flag Time...

Everytime
Simple Plan
Still Not Getting Any.../2004 (Lava/Atlantic/Warner)

It was three AM when you woke me up
And we jumped in the car and drove as far as we could go
Just to get away
We talked about our lives
Until the sun came up
And now I'm thinking about
How I wish I could go back
Just for one more day
One more day with you

Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
And everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
You left my life in disarray
All I want is one more day
All I need is one more day with you

When the car broke down
We just kept walkin along
Til we hit this town
There was nothing there at all
But that was all okay
We spent all our money on stupid things
But if I looked back now, I'd probably give it all away
Just for one more day
One more day with you

Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
You left my life in disarray
All I want is one more day
All I need is one more day with you

Now I'm sittin here, like we used to do
I think about my life and how now there's nothing I won't do
Just for one more day
One more day with you

Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
Everything feels right (Everything feels right)
Everytime I hear your name
Everytime I feel the same
It's like it all falls into place
Everything, everything feels right

You walked away
Just one more day
It's all I need, just one more day with you

Bed of Lies

Sigh...

Bed of Lies
Matchbox Twenty
Mad Season/2000 (Atlantic Records)

No I would not sleep in this bed of lies
So toss me out and turn in
And there'll be no rest for these tired eyes
I'm marking it down to learning
I am

Don't think that I can take another empty moment
Don't think that I can fake another hollow smile
It's not enough just to be sorry
Don't think that I could take another talk about it

Just like me you got needs
And they're only a whisper away
And we softly surrender
To these lives that we've tendered away

No I would not sleep in this bed of lies
So toss me out and turn in
And there'll be no rest for these tired eyes
I'm marking it down to learning
I'm marking it down to learning

Don't wanna be the one who turns the whole thing over
Don't wanna be somewhere where I just don't belong
Where it's not enough just to be sorry
Don't you know I feel the darkness closing in

Tried to be more than me
And I gave till it all went away
And we've only surrendered
To the worst part of these winters that we've made

No I would not sleep in this bed of lies
So toss me out and turn in
And there'll be no rest for these tired eyes
I'm marking it down to learning
I'm marking it down to learning
I am

I am all that I'll ever be
When you - lay your hands
Over me but don't go weak on me now
I know that it's weak
But God help me I need this

I will not sleep in this bed of lies
So toss me out and turn in
And there'll be no rest for these tired eyes
I'm marking it down to learning
I'm marking it down to learning
'Cause I am...

Maybe it's time to come home...

Have we changed?

If You're Gone
Matchbox Twenty
Mad Season

I think I’ve already lost you
I think you’re already gone
I think I’m finally scared now
You think I’m weak - but I think you’re wrong
I think you’re already leaving
Feels like your hand is on the door
I thought this place was an empire
But now I’m relaxed - I can’t be sure

I think you’re so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I’m just scared - I think too much
I know this is wrong it’s a problem I’m dealing

If you’re gone - maybe it’s time to go home
There’s an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you’re gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there’s a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I bet you’re hard to get over
I bet the room just won’t shine
I bet my hands I can stay here
I bet you need - more than you mind

I think you’re so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I’m just scared - that I know too much
I can’t relate and that’s a problem I’m feeling

If you’re gone - maybe it’s time to go home
There’s an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you’re gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there’s a little bit of something me
In everything in you

I think you’re so mean - I think we should try
I think I could need - this in my life
I think I’m just scared - do I talk too much
I know this is wrong it’s a problem I’m dealing

If you’re gone - maybe it’s time to go home
There’s an awful lot of breathing room
But I can hardly move
If you’re gone - baby you need to come home
Cuz there’s a little bit of something me
In everything in you...

Dedicated to all those people hurting at this very moment...

Spoiled
Joss Stone
Mind, Body and Soul/2004

I kinda thought that I'd be better off by myself
I've never been so wrong before
You made it impossible for me to ever
Love somebody else
And now I don't know what I left you for

See I thought that I could replace you
He can't love me the way you do
'Till now I never knew
Baby

I'm spoiled
By your love boy
No matter how I try to change my mind
What's the point it's just a waste of time
I'm spoiled by your touch boy
The love you give is just too hard to fight
Don't want to live without you in my life
I'm spoiled

I tried to tell myself that I'd be over you in a week or two
But baby that was 'bout a year ago
I've never seen the word love so personified as I do with you
And that is why I just can't let go, oh no

I'm spoiled
By your love boy
No matter how I try to change my mind
What's the point it's just a waste of time
I'm spoiled by your touch boy
The love you give is just too hard to fight
Don't want to live without you in my life
I'm spoiled

Spoil me

And I would only be fooling myself if I tried to
Believe there's room for someone else in my heart
There ain't no way I'm getting over you
I don't know what I've been trying to prove
I'm hopeless, helpless when it comes to you

I'm spoiled
By your love boy
No matter how I try to change my mind
What's the point it's just a waste of time
I'm spoiled by your touch boy
The love you give is just too hard to fight
Don't want to live without you in my life
I'm spoiled


I've been spoiled yeah yeah

A CALL TO ARMS

Ever tuned in to the news lately? It's not very much fun...time for some "call to arms..."

Hallelujah
Bamboo
Light Peace Love/2005 (EMI)

Anong balita sa radyo at TV
Gano'n pa rin, kumakapa sa dilim
Minsan naisip ko nang umalis na lang dito
Kalimutan ang lahat, lumipad, lumayo, oh

Bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit
Alam naman natin kung sino ang tuso
Sa bawat sumpang umiiyak, singil ko ay piso
Sa bawat lumuluhang dukha, alay ko'y dugo

May kasama ka kapatid, kaibigan
Hangga't ako'y humihinga, may pag-asa pa

Hallelu, hallelujah
Sinong sawa, sinong galit
Sumigaw ngayong gabi
Hallelu, hallelujah
Halellujah

Run the blood of mine to convey
To see these faces in front of me
Yes, we have, and we begin
We are the scars from within
I'm ashamed of what I become in the mirror
The face of my one true enemy
Hallelujah, some music
Let's take control
If I have to take this message door to door
See myself in every soul
With the mission, I'll make this my personal mission
Set me from the fire, from the fire
Set me from the fire

Ngayong gabi, ako ang sundalo mo
Habang ika'y tulog, ako'y gising nakabantay sa iyo
Kasi mahal kita, kita mo
Pag-ibig ko sa 'yo lamang

May kasama ka kapatid, kaibigan
Hangga't ako'y humihinga, may pag-asa pa

Hallelu, hallelujah
Sinong sawa, sinong galit
Sumigaw ngayong gabi
Hallelu, hallelujah
Halellujah...

another one...

Crazy
Simple Plan
Still Not Getting Any.../2004 (Atlantic/Lava)

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look, I see
Young girls dying to be on TV
They won't stop till they've reached their dreams

Diet pills, surgery
Photoshopped pictures in magazines
Telling them how they should be
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

I guess things are not how they used to be
There's no more normal families
Parents act like enemies
Making kids feel like it's World War III

No one cares, no one's there
I guess we're all just too damn busy
And money's our first priority
It doesn't make sense to me

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy?
Is everybody going crazy?

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUVs
While kids are starving in the streets

No one cares
No one likes to share
I guess life's unfair

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something, something is wrong

Is everybody going crazy?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something is wrong

My Birthday Today!!!

Hehehe!!! And once again, I'm singing my song (I did not compose it, but it's me.)

Would You Be Happier?
The Corrs
The Best of The Corrs/2001 (143/Lava/Atlantic)

Have you ever wondered where the story ends,
And how it all began, I do (I do, I do)
Did you ever dream you were the movie star
With popcorn in your hand, I did (I did, I did)
Do you ever feel you're some else inside
And no one understands, You are (you are)
And wanna disappear inside a dream
But never wanna wake, wake up

And then you stumble on tomorrow
And trip over today,

Would you be happier if you weren't so untogether
Would sun shine brighter if you played a bigger part
Would you be wonderful if it wasn't for the weather
You're gonna be just fine (You're gonna be just fine)

Are you not afraid to tell your story now
But everyone has gone, it's too late (it's too late, it's too late)
Why is everything you've ever said or done
Not the way you planned, mistake

And so you promise that tomorrow
Be different than today

Would you be happier if you weren't so untogether
Would sun shine brighter if you played a bigger part
Would you be wonderful if it wasn't for the weather
You're gonna be just fine (You're gonna be just fine)
I think you're gonna be just fine,
you're gonna be just fine, (fine)
so don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
you're racing for tomorrow, not finished with today

Would you be happier if you weren't so untogether
Would sun shine brighter if you played a bigger part
Would you be wonderful if it wasn't for the weather
I think you're gonna be just fine, (You're gonna be just fine)

Would we be happier if we weren't so untogether
Would sun shine brighter if we played a bigger part
Would we be wonderful if it wasn't for the weather
I think we're gonna be just fine (we're gonna be just fine)
I think you're gonna be just fine
(don't worry baby), you're gonna be just fine
(don't worry honey), you're gonna be just fine
(don't worry baby), you're gonna be just fine.

Of all the things I believe in...

Sigh...I'm still trying to grasp the news...many of our classmates are leaving. Anyway, here's a song for you.

Goodbye to You
Michelle Branch
The Spirit Room/2001 (Maverick Records)

Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by

I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said,

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star.

Brainstorm, Take Me Away from the Norm...

still buzzling over the summer's amber like heat...

Amber
311
From Chaos/2001 (Volcano)

Brainstorm
Take me away from the norm
I got to tell you something
This phenomenon
I had to put it in a song
And it goes like

Whoa amber is the color of your energy
Whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

You ought to know what brings me here
You glide through my head blind to fear
And I know why

Whoa amber is the color of your energy
Whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

Whoa amber is the color of your energy
Whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

You live too far away
Your voice rings like a bell anyway

Don't give up your independence
Unless it feels so right
Nothing good comes easily
Sometimes you gotta fight

Whoa amber is the color of your energy
Whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

Launched a thousand ships in my heart
So easy
Still it's fine from afar
And you know that

Whoa brainstorm take me away from the norm
Whoa I got to tell you something

It's Summer Time...

Summer is here again...well, at least here in the Philippines...

Summer Sunshine
The Corrs
Borrowed Heaven/2004 (Atlantic Records)

Everyone's changing, I stay the same
I'm... a solo cello outside a chorus
I've got a secret, it's time for me to tell that you've been keeping me warm.

Just sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back I've never felt so wanted
Are you taking me home?

You tell me you have to go

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know.

Now that you've left me there's no returning
I keep comparing you're always winning
I try to be strong but you'll never be more wanted
Will you make me at home?

Don't tell me you have to go

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know.

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings
In coffee city we borrowed heaven
Don't give it back winter is coming
And I need to stay warm

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know

In the heat of summer sunshine I miss you
Like nobody else
In the heat of summer sunshine I'll kiss you
And nobody needs to know.

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