Welcome into the world! Remember: Old is the goal!

As you enter this life
I pray you depart
With a wrinkled face
And a brand new heart*

--
* Love & Peace or Else by U2

If you love me...

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down below

When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

--
* Violet Hill by Coldplay

I like loving this way

Reaching out to touch a stranger
Electric eyes are ev’rywhere
See that girl, she knows I’m watching
She likes the way I stare

If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way?
If they say, why, why? Tell ‘em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way?
I like livin’ this way
I like lovin’ this way

--
* Human Nature by Michael Jackson

That sounds sticky! ;)

Now I got love all over me
Baby you touch every part of me
Ooo I got love all over me
And I don’t want to get it off
I’m completely covered up in your love

--
* Love All Over Me by Monica

That's a darn good question!

Ohhh I
I'll never hurt you again
Girl I
I know you deserve a better man
Hey I
I was a fool to ever let you down
So why would you stay? *

--
* Why Would You Stay? by Kem

As long as the wrong feels right

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well that's all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie *

--
* Love The Way You Lie by Eminem

Naïve

Walk Away
by Christina Aguilera

What do you do when you know something's bad for you
And you still can't let go?

I was naïve
Your love was like candy
Artificially sweet
I was deceived by the wrapping

Got caught in your web
And I learned how to plead
I was prey in your bed
And devoured completely

And it hurts my soul
Cos I can't let go
All these walls are caving in
I can't stop my suffering
I hate to show that I've lost control
Cos I, I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need to walk away from

I need to get away from it
I need to walk away from it
Get away, walk away, walk away

I should have known
I was used for amusement
Couldn't see through the smog
It was all an illusion

Now I've been licking my wounds
Woke up in love and seems so great
We both can't subdue
Darling you hold me prisoner

I'm about to break
I can't stop this ache
I'm addicted to your lure
and I'm feeling for a cure
Every step I take
Leads to one mistake
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need...

I can make it
It's some state I'm in
Getting nothing every time
What did I do to deserve
The pain of this moment
And everywhere I turn
I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need to walk away from

I need to get away from it
I need to walk away from it
Get away, walk away, walk away

Every time I try to grasp for air
I get smothered and this sky, it's never over, over
Seems I never wake from this nightmare
I let out a solid breath, let it be over, over

Inside I'm screaming
Breaking, pleading the world
Ahh...

My heart has been bruised
So sad but it's true
Each peep reminds me of you

It hurts my soul
Cos I can't let go
All these walls are caving in
I can't stop my suffering
I hate to show that I've lost control
Cos I, I keep going right back
To the one thing that I need...

To walk away from.

Find your reason...and hold on!

And I can't never find the words to say
You're the perfect girl
You're made for me
It's so easy to love you baby
We're compatible, incredible and natural we are
And girl I've never felt this way before
From the bottom of my heart
Baby girl I just wanna tell you that you are

The reason I love the reason I trust
God sent me an angel
You are the best in the world
A wonderful girl
Knowing you by my side brings tears to my eyes *

--
* You Are by Charlie Wilson

Buyer beware...of me ;)

You'll get no answer from me
About what I want or what I get
Brave enough to speak, afraid to see
Confuse the issue til you forget
And I've tried
To finally decide
Why
I'm in your face

And if you can't already tell
I am unable to let things go
I'm told I do it very well
But more important you should know
That all the same
You've got no one to blame
But yourself
If you call that a waste

Cause it ain't me
That's been hurting you inside
And if you've learned
You'll know much more than I
That you're gonna have to go and find it
You'll have to dig beneath the ground
You'll have to unearth every ugly stone
That kept you on your own
And simply put them down
You're gonna have to look around*

--
* Look Around by Blues Traveler

I remember it was a perfect night!

Nightswimming
by R.E.M.

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse
Still, it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge
The moon is low tonight

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water
They cannot see me naked
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday

Nightswimming, remembering that night
September's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming

You, I thought I knew you
You, I cannot judge
You, I thought you knew me,
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath
Nightswimming

The photograph reflects,
Every streetlight a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.

MORE, MORE, MORE!!!

Last night a little dancer came dancin' to my door
Last night a little angel came pumpin' cross my floor
She said "Come on baby I got a license for love
And if it expires pray help from above"

In the midnight hour she cried - "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell she cried - "more, more, more"
In the midnight hour babe - "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell - "more, more, more"
More, more, more.

She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg
But when I'm tired and lonely she sees me to bed
What set you free and brought you to be me babe
What set you free I need you here by me*

--

* Rebel Yell by Billy Idol (covered by Hellbomber...I'm gonna miss Boots yelling - "MORE, MORE, MORE"

Utopia

Tienes labios de saber besar
pero es que en ti es dificil no imaginar
y a veces me quedo quieta en mi utopia
te dejo, me dejo y sudo de alegria
te dejo, me dejo y siento tu venida
En la solitaria y bella oscuridad
voy quitandome el deseo por ti
me consuela la serena inmensidad
de las cosas que yo puedo sentir
y si acaso ves mi luz o mi seéal no des vuelta *

~ * ~

You have lips that appear to know how to kiss
And in you it is difficult not to daydream
And sometimes I remain quietly in my utopia
I let you, I let myself and I sweat with happiness
I let you, I let myself and I feel your arrival
In the lonely and beautiful darkness
I let go of my desire for you
I'm consoled by the serene immensity
of the things that I can feel
And if by chance you see my light or my signal, don't turn.

--
* Tu Boca by Ely Guerra

Traveling on to new shorelines seeking...

Love is a hazard in lower Manhattan
You cannot escape, and musn't be saddened
By men who abandon your eyes for another's
There are always Brazilian boys to discover

Set your sights straight now
Don't forget pain
Drink 'til tomorrow becomes yesterday
Think of the shorelines you have yet to see
Men who will hold you with eyes you believe

On the way I will go
Where the days left to breathe
Are not gone, are still long
I am traveling on *

--
* Rio by Hey Marseilles

One more time

I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are
Running around leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are

--
* Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri

Like dragonflies

Brooklyn Bridge
by Sxip Shirey

High up on the roof the dawn is breaking
We're kissing
The trafficopters fly
Above the the Brooklyn Bridge
We are so high, they're not so far
Like dragonflies above the cars
And we've been up all night
Drinking whiskey and laughing
What were the reasons why?

But we should not be kissing here
High up on the roof, my dear
The trafficopters fly
Above the the Brooklyn Bridge
We are so high, they're not so far
Like dragonflies above the cars
And we have kissed to the dreaming
Of a million people sleeping
A million people waking to find
That the sun is in the sky

Praying for rain!!!

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! It's Raining Men! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get absolutely soaking wet!

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! It's Raining Men! Every Specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean; rough and tough and strong and mean

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
She took for the Heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy

--
* It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls

Partnership

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
is the city I live in, the city of angels
Lonely as I am, together we cry *

--
* City of Angels by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Illusion of choice

Now all of these voices
And all of these noises
With all their illusions of choices
They've come to my door
With one dozen roses
The imitation of good faith
Is how you stumble upon hate
It may have been the first of mistakes
When we held on too loosely
Then opened the gates*

--
* Invisible City by The Wallflowers

Tied

So I'm sailing for tomorrow
My dreams are a dyin'
And my love is an anchor tied to you
Tied with a silver chain*

--
* Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Black & Blue & Beautiful

Come out from the burning fire butterfly
Let me lock you in my room and keep you
For a while
Could you be the answer to my every prayer?
Could you be the one for who I care?
...

A million nights have led
To this one that we are spending
And I know it's better here
Than anywhere I've been going
With every morning grew
A void more wide and endless*

--
* Admiral Fell Promises by Sun Kil Moon

Oh...this time it's really gonna suck *sigh*

Let me fall
Let me climb
There’s a moment when fear
And dreams must collide

Someone I am
Is waiting for courage
The one I want
The one I will become
Will catch me

So let me fall
If I must fall
I won’t heed your warnings
I won’t hear them*

--
* Let Me Fall by Josh Groban

Healing hands

And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me like holy water
Holy water

She just needs a little help
To wash away the pain she's felt
She wants to feel the healing hands
Of someone who understands*

--
* Holy Water by Big & Rich

No Parallel Universe

It's better that it hurts
It's better that it feels this way to me
I can't be too comfortable
Cause loving you is not my destiny*

--
* Ms. Stress by Floetry

Get hot!

I really love you baby
I love what you've got
Let's get together, we can
Get hot
No more tomorrow, baby
Time is today
Girl, I can make you feel
Okay
No place for hidin' baby
No place to run
You pull the trigger of my
Love gun, love gun
Love gun, love gun*

--
* Love Gun by KISS

Every Loco has his Loca

Loco, por esos ojos que me dicen que me aman,
cuando amanecen encimita de mi almohada,
tras esas noches de locura que me das
cuando te sueño*

~*~

Crazy, about those eyes that tell me they love me,
as they awaken on my pillow
after the crazy nights that you give me
when I dream you

--
* Loco by Alejandro Fernández

And I don't want to take 'em off

I'm looking at the world through these
Candy colored glasses that I'm wearing
Staring, noticing that everything is
Just the way I'd like for it to be
So please knock before you walk into my dream*

--
* Candy Colored Glasses by Big Kenny

The perfect list

Our quiet time,
your beautiful mind,

They're a part of the list.
Things that I miss.
Things like your funny little laugh,
the way you smile or the way we kiss.

What I noticed is this:
I come up with
something new
every single time
that I sit and reminisce.

The way you sweet smell
lingers when you leave a room,
(you leave a room)
Stories you tell as we lay
in bed all afternoon.
(all afternoon)*

--
* Part of the List by Ne-Yo

Tears of love @ a distance

I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier's coming home

--
* Traveling Soldier by Dixie chicks

Good question

Don't say a last prayer
Because you could never find

What's this life for
What's this life for
What's this life for
What's this life for

But they ain't here anymore
Don't have to settle the score
Cause we all live
Under the reign of one king*

--
* What's this life for? By Creed

Numb

See I feel no pleasure
and I feel no pain
so what else can I do?
I can't stop killing you.*

--
* Can't Stop Killing You by Kirsty MacColl

Shhh! I'm trying to dream

Oh lonely girl don't you loose your dreams
in someone else's cries
Lonely girl don't you see your life
in someone else's eyes

Lonely world don't you find your faith
in someone else's lies
Lonely world don't you live your life
through someone else's eyes

Oh dream on
Dream on dreamers
Keep on, dream on*

--
* Lonely World by Robin Thicke

Don't ask...tell her

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along, yeah
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls*

--
* She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5

Escape

You and Me
by The Dave Matthews Band

Wanna pack your bags
something small
take what you need and we disappear
without a trace we'll be gone, gone
moon and the stars will follow the car
and then when we get to the ocean
gonna take a boat to the end of the world
all the way to the end of the world

Oh when the kids are old enough
we gon' teach them to fly

You and me together
we could do anything, baby
you and me together yes, yes
you and me together
we could do anything, baby
you and me together yes, yes

You and i were not tied to the ground
not falling but rising like rolling around
eyes closed above the rooftops
eyes closed were gonna spin through the stars
our arms wide as the sky we gon' ride the blue
all the way to the end of the world
to the end of the world

Oh when the kids are old enough
we gon' teach them to fly

You and me together
we could do anything, baby
you and me together yes, yes
you and me together
we could do anything, baby
you and me together yes, yes

We can always look back on what we did
always memory of you and me baby
right now its you and me forever girl
you know we could do better than
anything that we did
you know that you and me
we could do anything

You and me together
we could do anything, baby
you and me together yes,yes
the two of us together
we could do anything baby
you and me together yes, yes
two of us together, yes, yes
two of us together
we could do anything baby

A yummy bad boy!

Well outlaws are forever running wild and free
Kickin' in all the doors they didn't even need no key
They don't let nobody tell 'em how it's 'posed to be
This one's for them outlaws
This one's for the outlaws before me

--
* Outlaws by Los Lonely Boys

Stay infinitely

Stay By Me
by Annie Lennox

Stay by me
And make the moment last
Please take these lips
Even if I have been kissed
A million times

And I don't care if there is no tomorrow
When I could die here in your arms
Even if the stars have made us blind
We're blind we're blind
So blind in love

Sweet darling
Don't you know that we're no different to anyone
We stumble
We falter
But we're no different than anyone

And all the winter snow has melted down
Into a pool of silver water
And we're standing in a thunder cloud
Dark as your hair
Dark as your hair

So blind in love
So blind in love

Ooh! I wanna play!!!

It's the ropes and the reins
And the joy and the pain
And they call the thing rodeo

It'll drive a cowboy crazy
It'll drive the man insane
And he'll sell off everything he owns
Just to pay to play the game*

--
* Rodeo by Garth Brooks

Oh what fun!!!

You can run from love
And if it's really love it will find you
Catch you by the heel*

--
* A Man and A Woman by U2

I keep a list...

I couldn't taste it
I'm tired and naked
I don't know what I'm hungry for
I don't know what I want anymore*

--
* Bittersweet Me by R.E.M.

Or with the right company...

Just take those old records off the shelf
I sit and listen to 'em by m'self
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock and roll*

--
* Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger

Shall we haggle?

Price to Pay
by Blues Traveler

Standing here with a tale to tell
I might as well tell to you
Nothing near Wagnerian
As Terminator Two
It's an old one about a little dirt farm girl
Who wanted to get out for good
She would do anything to keep that dream
She would do anything she could

Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just couldn't believe...
There was a price to pay

Her very first chance to escape that year
Came when the circus had come to town
She wound up in bed and quite madly in love
With some rubber nose juggling clown
He promised he'd return for her come next spring
And he swore that he wouldn't forget
So needless to say come the following May
More than her appetite was getting wet
She proceeded unheeded and quite undefeated
To the trailer behind the tents
And her heart began to scar at his trailer door
She was gonna go wherever he went

Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just couldn't believe...
There was a price to pay

He arrived at last about half past
With a girl under every arm
But all of this in itself could have been innocent as hell
But what began to cause her alarm
Was when he locked the door behind him like she always been
She was standing alone in the dirt
And her eyes were so dry that she began to cry
And something began to hurt
She wanted to tear the hair out of her head
Yeah and she wanted to wish that she was dead
But a voice in her just would not let her drop
And her heart began to break but it didn't stop

Run all your races
And don't you fear
You and I
Are getting out of here
And we'll survive
That I guarantee
Cause you don't need much
When all you have is me

She listened to the little voice in her
And then she hit the road
Free at last and with just a tiny scar
And finally on her own
No one knows what became of her
All we know is she got away
And though there really ain't no guarantees down here
I like to think she did okay

Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just couldn't believe...
There was a price to pay

That there's a price to pay
That there's a price to pay
That there's a price to pay
That there's a price to pay

Without...

Sweet the sin
Bitter taste in my mouth
I see seven towers
But I only see one way out

You got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice*

--
* Running to Stand Still by U2

Hungry anyone? ;)

Sabor a Chocolate
by Elefante

Tienes unos ojos que me invitan a probarte,
Piel de duraznillo; corazón de chocolate,
Alma de manzana que me invita al paraíso
Y un par de melones por que Dios así lo quiso

Por qué te fuiste,
Cuándo es que volverás;
qué cosa me diste,
que no te he podido olvidar;
no, no, no.

Eres un tesoro escondido entre mi cama.
lluvia por la noche; solecito en la mañana.
Agüita de coco; sirena en la playa.
Mi sal, mi pimienta, mi niña mimada.

Llévame, llévame a la luna, pa'rriba.
Llévame, como tu ninguna.

Me gusta vivir, me gusta sonar,
que puedo pedir si he nacido pa' gozar.
Tu boca es mi vicio, tu amor mi aeropuerto
y mi pasaporte pa'subir al cielo.

~ * ~
You have eyes that invite me to taste you
Skin like a peach; heart of chocolate
Soul of an apple that invites me to paradise
And a pair of melons because God so wanted it.

Why did you leave?
When will you return?
What did you give me?
That I haven't been able to forget you
no, no, no.

You are a treasure hidden in my bed.
Rain in the night; sun in the morning.
Coconut milk; mermaid on the beach.
My salt, my pepper, my spoiled girl.

Take me, take me to the moon, take me up,
Take me, no one else like you.

I like to live; I like to dream.
What else can I ask for? I was born to have fun.
Your mouth is my addiction; your love is my airport
And my passport to go up to heaven.

What's your definition of fun?

Some boys take a beautiful girl,
And hide her away from the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.
Oh, girls,
They wanna have fun.
Oh, girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want...
Some fun...

When the working day is done,
Oh, girls,
They wanna have fun.
Oh, girls,
Just wanna have fun...*

--
* Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

Seeking...someone

The Weight of The World
by Editors

Keep a light on those you love
They will be there when you die
Baby there’s no need to fear
Baby there’s no need to cry

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
Well, it means something to someone

You've fused my broken bones
Back together and then
Lift the weight of the world
From my shoulders again

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece in your life
It will mean something to someone

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece of your life
Will mean something to someone

You touch my face
Scarred with spurs in my ear
There are tears in my eyes
Love replaces fear

Spoiled :)

Just Can't Get Enough
by Depeche Mode

When I'm with you baby, I go out of my head
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
All the things you do to me and everything you said
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

We slip and slide as we fall in love
And I just can't seem to get enough

We walk together, we're walking down the street
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
Every time I think of you I know we have to meet
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

It's getting hotter, it's our burning love
And I just can't seem to get enough

And when it rains, you're shining down for me
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough
Just like a rainbow you know you set me free
And I just can't get enough, I just can't get enough

You're like an angel and you give me your love
And I just can't seem to get enough

Lo lo lo Lola...LOL!

I pushed her away. I walked to the door.
I fell to the floor. I got down on my knees.
I looked at her, and she at me.

Well that's the way that I want it to stay.
I always want it to be that way for my Lola.
Lo lo lo Lola.

Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world,
except for Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.*

--
* Lola by The Kinks

That's some trick! So...where to? ;)

"Show me show me show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck.
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"*

--
* Just Like Heaven by The Cure

A call to dream

Rosie's Lullaby
by Norah Jones

She walked by the ocean,
And waited for a star,
To carry her away.

Feelin' so small,
At the bottom of the world,
Lookin' up to God.

She tries to take deep breaths,
To smell the salty sea,
As it moves over her feet.

The water pulls so strong,
And no-one is around,
And the moon is looking down.

Sayin',
Rosie - come with me,
Close your eyes - and dream.

The big ships are rollin',
And lightin' up the night,
And she calls out, but they just pass her by.

The waves are crashin',
But not making a sound,
Just mouthing along.

Sayin',
Rosie - come with me,
Close your eyes and dream,
Close your eyes and dream,
Close your eyes and dream.

A gift of vivid dreams

I'll see you in my dreams
Hold you in my dreams
Someone took you out of my arms
Still I feel the thrill of your charms

Lips that once were mine
Tender eyes that shine
They will light
My way tonight
I'll see you in my dreams.*

--
* I'll See You In My Dreams by Jimmy Durante

Dream sequence #4

She stares up at the stars when
The stars fell from her hair then
I bent down to collect them
And then she was gone

Oh, I sleep just to dream her
I beg the night just to see her
That my only love should be her
Just to lie in her arms
...
I know I'll miss her later
Wish I could bend my love to hate her
Wish I could be her creator
To be the light in her eyes*

--
* Sleep To Dream Her by Dave Matthews Band

Crazy Dreams

When will I wake up?
Escape from this crazy dream
Maybe tomorrow
I'll find a better dream for me

The shiver in my soul
Whoa I think I'm gonna go
But in the depth of my mind
There's a place that only I have seen
Will it ever be reality*

--
* Crazy Dream by Los Lonely Boys

The lover in my dreams

You're only just a dreamboat
Sailing in my head
You swim my secret oceans
Of coral blue and red
Your smell is incense burning
Your touch is silken yet
It reaches through my skin
And moving from within
It clutches at my breast

But it's only when I sleep
See you in my dreams
You got me spinning round and round
Turning upside-down
But I only hear you breathe

Somewhere in my sleep
Got me spinning round and round
Turning upside-down
But its only when I sleep*

--
* Only When I Sleep by The Corrs

A week of dreams

I've been alone with you inside my mind
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Hello, is it me you're looking for?

I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
You're all I've ever wanted, (and) my arms are open wide
'Cause you know just what to say
And you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much, I love you ... *

--
* Hello by Lionel Richie

Feliz Cumpleaños America!

Our America
by Big & Rich
featuring Gretchen Wilson & Cowboy Troy

We the people of the United States
In order to form a more perfect union
I have a dream, a dream that one day
We hold these truths to be self evident
That all men are created equal and
They are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights
And that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming

I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America

Whose bright stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fights
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming

And to the Republic for which it stands
One nation, under God

And the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there

Indivisible

Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave

With liberty and justice for all

O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave

Sure! But I'm going to need an itinerary first

Come Away With Me
by Norah Jones

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

And I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come?

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

Holy sadness Batman

He was crazy of course
From the first she must have known it
But still she went on with him
And she never once had shown it
And she took him off the street
And she dried his tears of grieving
She listened to his visions
She believed in his believe-ins

Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy

He was dancing to some music
No one else had ever heard
He'd speak in unknown languages
She would translate every word
And then when the world was laughing
At his castles in the sky
She'd hold him in her body
Till he once again could fly

Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy*

--
* Shooting Star by Harry Chapin

Day after day after day ad nauseum (literally)

And know I will impale her like a knife
Leave her twisting day after day after day of a very short life
with me

Hahahahaaa!

Listen now closely and hear how I've planned it
Please let me tell you just how it will be
She'll feel the pain but she won't understand it
She'll think it's her fate but we'll know it's me

And know I will impale her like a knife
Leave her twisting day after day after day of a very short life
with me

So let me know have I been clear
That I will magnify each cut and every bruise
And every single childhood tear*

--
* Misery by Trans-Siberian Orchestra

A destructive cycle

You,
Doin' that thing you do,
Breaking my heart into a million pieces,
Like you always do
And you,
Don't mean to be cruel,
You never even knew about the heartache,
I've been going through
Well I try and try to forget you girl,
But it's just so hard to do,
Every time you do that thing you do.*

--
* That Thing You Do! by The Wonders

A gift of self-discovery

Someone Else?
by Queensrÿche

When I fell from grace
I never realized
How deep the flood was around me
A man whose life was toil
Like a kettle left to boil
And the water left these scars on me

I know now who I am
If only for awhile
I recognize the changes
I feel like I did
Before the magic wore thin
And the baptism of stains began

They used to say I was nowhere man
Heading down was my destiny
But yesterday I swear that was someone else not me

Here I stand at the crossroad's edge
Afraid to reach out for eternity
One step when I look down
I see someone else, not me

I keep looking back,
Looking back and I see someone else

Sacrifice, the always say...
is a sign of nobility
But where does one draw the line
in the face of injury?
I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroad's edge
Looking down at what I used to be
A drowning man, trying to stay afloat
Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope
That there's something more that is seen
But it's somewhere out of reach

So I keep looking back
Looking back and I see someone else

All my life they said I was going down
But I'm still standing stronger proud
And today I know, there's so much more I can be
I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroad's edge
There's a path leading out to sea
And from somewhere deep in my mind
Sirens sing out loud, songs of doubt, as only they know how
But one glance back reminds and I see
Someone Else, not me.

I keep looking back at Someone Else... me?

I wonder... what sound do beautiful monsters make?

In all my life, and the hereafter,
I've never seen someone like you
You're a knife, sharp and deadly,
And it's me, that you cut into
But I don't mind, in fact I like it,
though I'm terrified,
I'm turned on but scared of you

She's a monster, beautiful monster,
Beautiful monster, but I don't mind
And I need her, said I need her,
Beautiful monster, but I don't mind*

--
* Beautiful Monster by Ne-Yo

Living in the here and now

For All We Know
by Nat King Cole

For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say "Good night" until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it

For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

Mmmm...oblivion

You see the signs, but you can’t read
You’re running at a different speed
Your heart beats in double time
Another kiss and you’ll be mine, a one-track mind

You can’t be saved
Oblivion is all you crave
If there’s some left for you
You don’t mind if you do

Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh Yeah
It’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough,
You know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to love*

--
* Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer

Ha! I got in trouble the last time I called someone that...almost 12 years ago

She says you're a masochist for falling for me,
So roll up your sleeves
And I think that I like her,
'cuz she tells me things I don't want to hear,
Medicinal tongue in my ear

When will it stop? When will it stop?

...

You say that my skin feels like no one else's,
That it's different somehow
But I don't understand, isn't a hand just a hand?
No you don't understand

When will it start? My broken part?*

--
* Masochist by Ingrid Michaelson

Undeterred

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
For a heart of gold
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old*

--
* Heart of Gold by Neil Young

TQM Papi

Mi Padre
by Alejandro Fernandez

Se van perdiendo en el tiempo
Mis años,
Se van quedando muy lejos!
Ya no me lleva mi padre la mano,
Solamente sus consejos.

Viven en mi los recuerdos de niño
Cuando una estrella deseaba,
Como recuerdo a mi padre!
Que con eso sonreia
Mientras mi madre miraba.

Años que vienen despacio, primero
Con que lentitud avanzan.
Como queria ser grande, recuerdo,
Para no quedarme en casa.
Y acompañar a mi padre muy lejos
Tal vez hasta el fin del mundo!
Porque mi padre era fuerte,
Era muy inteligente,
Era mejor que ninguno!

Hoy ya no quiero que pasen los años,
Porque mi padre ya esta viejo.
Se le han cubierto de arrugas sus manos,
Y de nieve sus cabellos.
Oh! Señor, deten el tiempo te pido!
Porque tu puedes hacerlo!
Porque yo en verdad no entiendo, Dios mio
Porque se nos va lo bueno?

Cuando se cansen un dia tus pasos
Yo quiero ser quien los cuide
Mientras tanto dame el brazo
Y vamos a ver, a ver que vas a decirme?

That's positively alright!

Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms open wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside

I drove all night to get to you
Is that alright?
I drove all night
Crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep
To make love to you
Is that alright?
I drove all night*

--
* I Drove All Night by Cyndi Lauper

I prefer consistent ;)

Mercury
by Counting Crows

She is trapped inside a month of gray
And they take a little every day
She is a victim of her own responses
Shackled to a heart that wants to settle
And then runs away
It's a sin to be fading endlessly
Yeah, but she's alright with me

She is leaving on a walkaway
She is leaving me in disarray
In the absence of a place to be
She stands there looking back at me
Hesitates, and then turns away
She'll change so suddenly
She's just like mercury
Yeah, but she's alright with me

Keep some sorrow in your hearts and minds
For the things that die before their time
For the restlessly abandoned homes
The tired and weary rambler's bones
And stay beside me where I lie
She's entwined in me
Crazy as can be
Yeah, but she's alright with me

The science of love is not easy

I was just guessin’ at numbers and figures
Pullin’ the puzzles apart
Questions of science. Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me, come back to haunt me
Oh when I rush to the start
Runnin’ in circles. Chasin’ our tails
Comin’ back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Aww It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I’m goin’ back to the start*

--
* The Scientist by Coldplay

Go ahead...I'll follow...

Laughing with your pretty mouth
Laughing with your broken eyes
Laughing with your lover's tongue
In a lullaby

Where do you go when you're lonely
Where do you go when you're blue
Where do you go when you're lonely
I'll follow you
When the stars go blue
Stars go blue, stars go blue, stars go blue*

--
* When The Stars Go Blue by The Corrs (featuring Bono)

As a child, I changed my name whenever I was upset

Clementine
by Sarah Jaffe

50 states, 50 lines, 50 crying all the times.
50 boys, 50 lies, 50 I'm gonna change my minds.
So I changed my mind, I changed my mind.
Now I'm feeling different.
We were young, we were young,
we were young we didn't care.
Is it gone? Is it gone? Is it floating in the air?
Changed my mind, I changed my mind,
now I'm feeling different.
All that time, wasted.
I wish I was a little more delicate.
I wish my, I wish my, I wish my, I wish my,
I wish my name was Clementine.

Longing

I had a dream I was alone
Nowhere was mine, no one was home
Sunshine don't you wake me,
darkness come and take me...*

--
* Don't Go Home by Kirsty MacColl

Thank you E!

But it was long ago and it was far away,
Oh God it seems so very far
And if life is just a highway,
Then the soul is just a car
And objects in the rear view mirror
May appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror
May appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror
May appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror
May appear closer than they are *

--
* Objects in The Rearview Mirror by Meat Loaf

Nowhere to run

Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...tainted love
Tainted love

--
* Tainted Love by Soft Cell

A gift from NPR

I could say it but you won't believe me
You say you do but you don't deceive me
It's hard to know they're out there
It's hard to know that you still care

I could say it but you won't believe me
You say you do but you don't deceive me
Dead hearts are everywhere
Dead hearts are everywhere

Did you touch them?
Did you hold them?
Did they follow you to town?
They make me feel I'm falling down
They make me feel I'm falling down*

--
* Dead Hearts by Stars

Thankful through the pain

Whenever we loved, we loved
Whatever it was, it's over now
We both understand things don't
Always fall the way we plan

Whatever we had, we had
Whatever we had it's over , over now
We parted as friends
And for that I'm so glad
But whatever we had, we had

You know we did a lot of things in those years
We felt a lot of pain through tears
But there's something that we did that I'll always, always be thankful for
Together we created a very special life and that's why I'm
Saying to you...*

--
* Whatever We Had, We Had by Barry White

Wisdom is gained when we learn from experience

We find the people of our dreams
We find that they're not what they seem
I've learned that people come and go
I've learned that families break and grow
Toy soldiers brave away those tears
Toy soldiers hope for better years
Today I strike out on my own
The dog is dead. We kids have grown.*

--
* Toy Soldiers by Carbon Leaf

So long as you're around...

There's a big ol' hole
That goes right through my soul
Oh that ain't nothin' new
So long as you're around
And got no place else you've found
There's only one thing left for you to do

Just creep on in
Creep on in
And once you have begun
Don't stop until you're done
Sneaking in

--
* Creepin' In by Norah Jones

Wild as hell

They got caught up in the moment
Couldn't help themselves
Got caught up in the moment
It was wild as hell
It was everything they wanted right then and there
They got caught up in the moment
Caught up caught up

--
* Caught Up in The Moment by Big & Rich

Some of the bestest people come from NY :)

In New York freedom looks like too many choices
In New York I found a friend to drown out the other voices
...
In the stillness of the evening
When the sun has had its day
I heard your voice a-whispering
Come away now

New, New York
New, New York

--
* New York by U2 from the album so appropriately titled All That You Can't Leave Behind

Ready for a short visit to my dreamworld

Words would fly right from out of my mind
Out of my mind into your heart and into your life
And everything would sound just right
And no one would stop me from drinking my wine

That's my dreamworld, that's my dreamworld
It's more than a dream
My dreamworld, that's my dreamworld
And I wanna live in my dream, dream

For the real world just don't feel right
I wouldn't spend my days searching for
Searching for lost time
Yeah hey, dream*

--
* Dreamworld by Robin Thicke

Bursting with anticipation...

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me?
So I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
To break or bury, or wear as jewelry.
Whichever you prefer.*

--
* Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional

I know the "sh" word is not a nice word...

I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again

Just like before...

Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break

Shut up when I'm talking to you
Shut up, shut up, shut up
Shut up when I'm talking to you
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up

I'm about to BREAK!*

--
* One Step Closer by Linkin Park

Music frees the soul

Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away

And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feeling blue
The guitar's coming through to soothe me*

--
* Drift Away by Uncle Kracker

I'd say... PLAY BALL!

This was her time. This was her dance.
She lived every moment; left nothing to chance.
She swam in the sea; drank of the deep;
Embraced the mystery of all she could be.

What if tomorrow, and what if today,
Faced with the question,
Oh what would you say?

This is your time. This is your dance.
Live every moment. Leave nothing to chance.
Swim in the sea. Drink of the deep.
Embrace the mystery of all you can be.*

--
* This is Your Time by Michael W. Smith

There is pain...and then there is pain

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase*

--
* My Immortal by Evanescence

A Lovable Smile :D

This is the story of a girl,
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looked so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles.

How many days in a year
She woke up with hope but she only found tears?
And I can be so insincere,
Making her promises never for real!
As long as she stands there waiting,
Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes!
How many days disappear?
When you look in the mirror so how do you choose?
Your clothes never wear as well the next day,
And your hair never falls in quite the same way-
But you never seem to run out of things to say...

This is the story of a girl,
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while she looked so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her,
When she smiles.

How many lovers would stay?
Just to put up with this shit day after day!
How did we wind up this way?
Watching our mouths for the words that we say.
As long as we stand here waiting,
Wearing the clothes of the souls that we choose!
How do we get there today?
When we're walking to far for the price of our shoes!
Your clothes never wear as well the next day,
And your hair never falls in quite the same way-
But you never seem to run out of things to say!*

--
* Absolutely (Story of a Girl) by Nine Days

Change of plans. Need a new direction

I'm looking for an interruption,
Do you believe?
You looking to dig my dreams
Be prepared for anything
...

I'm looking for an interruption,
Can you believe?
Some medicine for my headache
Hooray, hooray, hip hip hooray
I'm pitching for a new direction
Pinch me when I wake
Don't tell me my dreams are fake*

--
* I Don't Sleep, I Dream by R.E.M.

Discomfort

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

There's something inside me
That pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self-control I fear
Is never ending, controlling

I can't seem to find myself again
My walls are closing in*

--
* Crawling by Linkin Park

Promises, promises ;)

Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through
These promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got
a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man*

--
* I'm Your Man performed by Michael Bublé (so dreamy *happy sigh*)

No more rain please

Every Time You Say Goodbye
by Alison Krauss

Look at the sky baby
What do you see?
Looks like the tears that I cry
Fallin' down like rain on the ground
Every time you say goodbye

Take a look around now
Why don't you feel
The way that cold wind stings and bites
And your words just are like arrows through my heart
Every time you say goodbye

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

Look at the sky baby, see how it cries?
Ain't it just like my tears
Fallin' down like rain on the ground
Every time you say goodbye

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

There's a restless feeling knocking at my door today
There's a shadow hanging 'round my garden gate
I read between the lines of words you can't disguise
Love has gone away, and put these tears in my eyes

A blast from the past sent by my sister

Yo solo quiero quererte
Delirante amor,
Castigo de mi destino
Tu que has sido inspiracion
Que has marcado mi camino.
Te sueño todas las noches
Aun estando contigo
Yo soy tu amante, tu sombra
Soy tu pasion, tu martirio.
Quiero que muera conmigo
Este amor que es tan mio.
Quiero que te falte todo
Cuando tu no estes conmigo.*

~*~

I just want to love you
Delirious love
Punishment of my destiny
You who have been inspiration
You've marked my way.
I dream of you every night
Even when I'm with you
I am your lover, your shadow
I am your passion, your martyrdom.
I want it to die with me
This love that is so mine.
I want you to lack everything
Whenever you're not with me.

--
* Watch/listen: Me Hace Dano Quererte by Fernando Villalona