Behind These Hazel Eyes

Well, my rather bizarre taste or rather range comes into play once again. From Ozzy to Britney to Kelly Clarkson today. Okay, so I must confess I think when she tried the more Rock Chick bit that I learned to appreciate her stuff more. But hey, that's just me.

"Behind These Hazel Eyes" is a tale of suffering in silence. Sometimes being strong is nothing more than a little defiance. Then again, think we all need that at times.

seems like just yesterday
You were a part of me
I used to stand so tall
I used to be so strong
Your arms around me tight
Everything, it felt so right
Unbreakable, like nothin' could go wrong
Now I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hanging on

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

I told you everything
Opened up and let you in
You made me feel alright
For once in my life
Now all that's left of me
Is what I pretend to be
So together, but so broken up inside
'Cause I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hangin' on

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

Swallow me then spit me out
For hating you, I blame myself
Seeing you it kills me now
No, I don't cry on the outside
Anymore...
Anymore

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes

Guess we all have to hang on for as long as we can, eventually we'll put the pieces back together.

Send Me An Angel

Another day and some more awesomeness. I saw a most impressive sun this morning, a bright pink ball in the sky and it got me thinking about today's tune.

"Send Me An Angel" by the Scorpions just made me think of the morning star. The name "Morning Star" however has many meanings, origins or simply works well in the song. In this one I think it's more a case of send me some help while I walk through the valley of evil. But ultimately, I think we'll all find our own way.

The wise man said just walk this way
To the dawn of the light
The wind will blow into your face
As the years pass you by
Hear this voice from deep inside
It's the call of your heart
Close your eyes and your will find
The passage out of the dark

Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just find your place
In the eye of the storm
Seek the roses along the way
Just beware of the thorns

Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just raise your hand
And reach out for the spell
Find the door to the promised land
Just believe in yourself
Hear this voice from deep inside
It's the call of your heart
Close your eyes and your will find
The way out of the dark

Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star
Here I am
Will you send me an angel
Here I am
In the land of the morning star

Think we could all use an angel, but for now just believe in yourself.

Whole New World

Well, had my audition over the weekend for "Survivor SA: Maldives". I'm really hoping that somehow I made some sort of an impression and that they'll be calling me back. Beyond the adventure, fortune and fame I'm really wanting to just get away from everything for a while. Just to go fishing.

Today's tune is "Whole New World" from Aladdin. It's all about how you choose to see things. Open your eyes and really see and you'll discover a whole new world.

(Aladdin:) I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide

(Aladdin:)I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways, and under
On a magic carpet ride

(Aladdin:)A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming

(Jasmine:)A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here, it's crystal clear
That now I’m in a whole new world with you

(Jasmine:)Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

(Jasmine:) A whole new world
(Aladdin:) Don't you dare close your eyes
(Jasmine:) A hundred thousand things to see
(Aladdin:) Hold your breath - it gets better
(Jasmine:)I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be

(Aladdin:) A whole new world
(Jasmine:) Every turn a surprise
(Aladdin:) With new horizons to pursue
(Jasmine:) Every moment red-letter
(Both:) I'll chase them anywhere, there's time to spare,
Let me share this whole new world with you

(Aladdin:) A whole new world
(Jasmine:) A whole new world
(Aladdin:) That’s where we'll be
(Jasmine:) That's where we will be
(Aladdin:) A thrilling chase
(Jasmine:) A wondrous place
(Both:) For you and me

I guess it's really how you look at things. Open your eyes to a whole new world.

I Will Survive

It's been no secret that I'm going to try and get an audition tomorrow for Survivor SA in the Maldives. So with the survivor theme, today's tune is pretty much speaks for itself.

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor is one of those classics that just everyone knows.

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (hey hey)

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive (oh)

Go on now go, walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive...!

I might just be the sole survivor... but just need to get through the audition first.

Viva Forever

Okay, so who doesn't like the Spice Girls? Not to mention they starred in one of the greatest movies of all time, Spice World the Movie. Again, who didn't enjoy that? It really appealed to my sense of humor, most notably the bus jump scene.

But here's one of their more mellow tracks, not so much a case of "girl-power" but I guess more a request. "Viva Forever" because I really hoping that there is a forever.

Do you still remember, how we used to be
Feeling together, believe in whatever
My love has said to me,
both of us were dreamers, young love in the sun
Felt like my Saviour, my spirit I gave you
We'd only just begun

Hasta mañana, always be mine

Viva forever, I'll be waiting
Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever for the moment
Ever searching for the one

Yes I still remember, every whispered word
The touch of your skin
Giving life from within like a love song that I'd heard

Slipping through our fingers, like the sands of time
Promises made
Every memory saved has reflections in my mind

Hasta mañana, always be mine (be mine)

Viva forever, I'll be waiting
Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever for the moment
Ever searching for the one

Ah, ah

Back where I belong now, was it just a dream
Feelings unfold
They will never be sold and your secret's safe with me

Hasta mañana, always be mine (be mine)

Viva forever (viva forever), I'll be waiting (I'll be waiting)
Everlasting (everlasting) like the sun (like the sun)
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment (for the moment)
Ever searching (ever searching) for the one (for the one)

Viva forever (viva forever), I'll be waiting
Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment
Ever searching for the one

Viva forever (viva forever), I'll be waiting
Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment
Ever searching for the one (for the one)

Viva forever, I'll be waiting (I'll be waiting)
Everlasting like the sun
Live Forever (live forever) for the moment
Ever searching for the one (for the one)

Forever is a long time, but at times just not long enough.

Hurt

Originally a Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails fame) song, Johnny Cash does a fantastic cover. The more country version with a rather moving music video never fails to bring a tear to the eye.

"Hurt" is so simple, yet so powerful. The feeling of pain, hence the hurt is actually embraced in this as it replaces the emptiness, the longing and the regret. I guess it's all comes down to which is more bearable.

I hurt myself today,
to see if I still feel.
I focus on the pain,
the only thing that's real.
The needle tears a hole,
the old familiar sting.
Try to kill it all away,
but I remember everything.
What have I become?
My sweetest friend.
Everyone I know,
goes away in the end.
And you could have it all,
my empire of dirt.

I will let you down,
I will make you hurt.

I wear this crown of thorns,
upon my liar's chair.
Full of broken thoughts,
I cannot repair.
Beneath the stains of time,
the feelings disappear.
You are someone else.
I am still right here.

What have I become?
My sweetest friend.
Everyone I know,
goes away in the end.
And you could have it all,
my empire of dirt.

I will let you down.
I will make you hurt.

If I could start again,
a million miles away.
I would keep myself.
I would find a way.

I think the last verse is only really a downer if you've already conceded defeat. Or, it's time to simply start again...

Airplanes

This one's been getting a lot of radio play of late (then again, doesn't the radio seem to be on a constant 2:45min loop?). "Airplanes" by B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams (of Paramore)calls me back to "When You Wish Upon a Star", an all time Gene Simmons classic. Yes, that's right Gene Simmons of Kiss...

Right about now I'm doing a lot of hoping and lets see how things work out. Guess I could really need a wish right now.

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now

Ya, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
And when you starin' at that phone in your lap
And you hopin' but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So we're playin' airplane, sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)

Ya, ya, somebody take me back to the days
Befo' this was a job, befo' I got paid
Befo' it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Ya, back when I was tryin' to get a tip at Subway
And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it
But nowadays we rappin' to stay relevant
I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes outta' airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I'll back to the days
Befo' the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain't nobody listen to my mixtape
And back befo' I tried to cover up my slang
But this is fo' the hater, what's up Bobby Ray?
So can I get a wish
To end the politics
And get back to the music
That started this shit?
So here I stand and then again I say
I'm hopin' we can make some wishes outta' airplanes

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting Stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)

I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
Like, like, like shootin' stars
(Like shootin' stars)
I-I-I-I could really use a wish right now
(I could really use a wish right now)
A wish, a wish right now
(A wish right now)

Here's wishing on those stars...

Under the Bridge

"Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is one that gets stuck in my head time after time. This goes back to a time when the Peppers were a lot more thrashy in style... and suddenly you get this.

The chorus is a lot darker than it may seem at the time.

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

I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
I never worried, now that is a lie

I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love, the city she loves me
Lonely as I am, together we cry

I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

I guess the lesson is to be careful of where you find yourself... and what you think you love.

Goodbye to You

Well didn't post a tune yesterday so will add a few today. Having an MP3 day in the office. Well I am... Just decided that I'll put my head down and get on with it. Great to hear t few tunes I haven't heard in quite some time.

Here's one from Michelle Branch that I haven't heard in a while. It really is amazing how much emotion you can out of a few songs. But, "Goodbye to You"...

Of all the things I 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 I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold onto

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 I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
Oh, woah

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 onto


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

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

I guess it was all just pretend, well for some.

The World Is Not Enough

Well, had no internet yesterday morning so was so backlogged that I ended up not posting anything. So here's today's tune, another Bond theme - Hey, what can I say? I liked sticking with a theme this week. Perhaps I'll keep it up.

You have just gotta love Garbage and Shirley Manson on vocals just blows this away (doesn't she always?).

"The World is Not Enough", but I tend to agree that's it's the perfect start.

I know how to hurt
I know how to heal
I know what to show
And what to conceal
I know when to talk
And I know when to touch
No one ever died from wanting too much

The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love

People like us
Know how to survive
There's no point in living
If you can't feel the life
We know when to kiss
And we know when to kill
If we can't have it all
Then nobody will

The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love

I feel safe
I feel scared
I feel ready
And yet unprepared
The world is not enough
But it is such a perfect place to start, my love
And if you're strong enough
Together we can take the world apart, my love

The world is not enough
The world is not enough
No Nowhere near enough,
The world is not enough

To give someone the world is at times just not enough. But you might as well start somewhere.

Live and Let Die

Sticking with the James Bond theme, I'm going with theme from Live and Let Die today. This has to be one of my fave Bond movies and watched numerous times in my childhood. Yup, Rodger Moore was the cheesiest of the Bonds. Gotta love it.

"Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney has been covered many times, most notably by Guns 'n Roses, but you can't beat the original.

When you were young and your heart was an open book,
You used to say live and let live.
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever-changing world in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry,
Say live and let die!
Live and let die,
Live and let die,
Live and let die.

What does it matter to ya,
When you've got a job to do you gotta do it well,
You gotta give the other fellow hell!

You used to say live and let live.
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever-changing world in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry,
Say live and let die!
Live and let die,
Live and let die,
Live and let die.

Well, no need to give in and cry, really.

From Russia with Love

Well now got a whole load of James Bond themes to go through. This one just makes me think of my grandfather. "From Russia with Love" by Matt Munro is a classic. Then again I'd say that perhaps "Die Another Day" was the weakest theme so far, and as Madonna tracks go, it wasn't bad.

From Russia with love I fly to you
Much wiser since my goodbye to you
I've traveled the world to learn
I must return from Russia with love
I've seen places,
faces and smiled for a moment
But oh, you haunted me so
Still my tongue tied young pride
Would not let my love for you show
In case you'd say no
To Russia I flew, but there and then
I suddenly knew you'd care again.
My running around is through
I fly to you from Russia with love.

Ah... "Much wiser since my goodbye to you"... Hopefully that's something we can all learn.

Tomorrow Never Dies

Who hasn't been following the James Bond festival on e-tv? Yeah I know it's cheesy, but that's the point. Last night I watched Tomorrow Never Dies and realised that the reason I don't like the newer, re-invented James Bond (played by Daniel Craig) is that he's far too serious. I loved the horribly cheesy one-liners pulled off by Pierce Brosnan. While I was rarely a fan of him playing James Bond (I think that Rodger Moore looked the part the best - Sean Connery simply was the greatest actor to have played the part, but didn't really look like the dashing British Agent) I couldn't help but think that he's the best of the bad bonds (Timothy Dalton, Daniel Craig... and who can forget George Lazenby? [who?]).

Well here's the theme tune to Tomorrow Never Dies by Sheryl Crow. Really have to love the way she is able to go from rock to an almost sultry jazz style. Oh, and I still think she has like the greatest hair ever!

Darling I'm killed
I'm in a puddle on the floor
Waiting for you to return
Oh what a thrill
Fascinations galore
How you tease
How you leave me to burn
It's so deadly my dear
The power of having you near

Until the day
Until the world falls away
Until you say there'll be no more goodbyes
I see it in your eyes
Tomorrow never dies

Darling you've won
It's no fun
Martinis, girls, and guns
It's murder on our love affair
But you bet your life
Every night
While you chase in the morning light
You're not the only spy out there
It's so deadly my dear
The power of wanting you near

Until the day
Until the world falls away
Until you say there'll be no more goodbyes
I see it in your eyes
Tomorrow Never Dies...

Until the day
Until the world falls away
Until you say there'll be no more goodbyes
See it in your eyes...

Until the day... Until the day... Until the day.......

Hmmm... martinis and girls I'll do, but think I'll leave the guns.

What's This

I decided last night that I needed a real pick me up, so I went back to one of my fave movies of all time, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Anyone who knows anything knows that my religion IS Christmas. Nothing that has previously been associated with it however, but as a day and lifestyle on it's own.

After losing his Halloween spirit Jack decides he wants to have a go at being "Santee Claws". Things don't quite go according to plan, as expected...

But "What's This" is an introduction to Christmas (nobody should ever forget it).

What's this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my eyes
I must be dreaming
Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
What's this?

What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong
What's this?
There are people singing songs

What's this?
The streets are lined with
Little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy?
What is this?
What's this?

There are children throwing snowballs here
Instead of throwing heads
They're busy building toys
And absolutely no one's dead

There's frost on every window
Oh, I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel the warmth
That's coming from inside

Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss
Why that looks so unique, inspired
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts on a fire
What's this?
What's this?

In here they've got a little tree, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?

They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?

Oh, my, what now?
The children are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
Or ensnare them, only cozy little things
Secure inside their dreamland
What's this?

The monsters are all missing
And the nightmares can't be found
And in their place there seems to be
Good feelings all around

Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the air
The smell of cakes and pies
Is absolutely everywhere

The sights, the sounds!
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough

I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What... is... this?

Christmas Town? Hmmmmmm...

Ah... time to save Christmas methinks (it's on my list).

Carry On

Well idly searching the net yesterday I cam across a little more on the band, Angra. Silly me thinking they were from Portugal when they were were in fact from Brazil.

Anyhow, this has to be the bands signature song (or consider such by many). I just love the sentiment of this one over what seems to be badly phrased English (it is said that they've included an additional writer for the lyrics on their latest album because it is important that they are fully understood).

So "Carry On..."

Simple minded brain,
for now you succumb
Nothing changes your way
This worlds insists to be the same
based on our mistakes
The flowers fade along the road
Don't blindfold your eyes,
so loneliness becomes the law of a senseless life

Follow your steps and you will find
The unknown ways are on your mind
Need nothing else than just your pride to get there...
Go!

Now we have to face another day
You won't be alone
This life is forcing us to stay
- For how long?
Cold is the wind and thunder struck on a stormy night
But can't you see, I'm by your side
We are marching on!

Follow your steps and you will find
The unknown ways are on your mind
Need nothing else than just your pride to get there...

So, carry on,
There's a meaning to life
Which someday we may find...
Carry on, it's time to forget
The remains from the past, to carry on

Follow your steps and you will find
The unknown ways are on your mind
Need nothing else than just your pride to get there...

So, carry on,
There's a meaning to life
Which someday we may find...
Carry on, it's time to forget
The remains from the past

So, carry on,
There's a meaning to life
Which someday we may find...
Carry on, it's time to forget
The remains from the past

Carry on, it's time to forget
The remains from the past, to carry on
The remains from the past, to carry on
The remains from the past...

There's a meaning... that we may someday find.

Wuthering Heights

I saw a Facebook status update last night by a friend who commented that they were reading Wuthering Heights. This got me thinking of the song, originally sung by Kate Bush, but has been covered a few times.

First time I heard the Brazilian power metal band Angra pull this one off, I was astounded to hear that the vocalist was actually a guy! Yup... so much for a power metal band.

Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me?
When I needed to possess you
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights.

Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window

Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine alot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My only one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy

A sad, frustrating story. But hey, that's life.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Well, yesterday was Womens Day in South Africa, a national holiday. The only holiday I've ever really observed has been Christmas, so didn't think too much about it.

Secondly the 9th of August was also dads birthday. He always joked that they made his birthday national Womens Day because he was gods gift to women. Hahahaha... what ever... then again, he was my dad and I'm here, so he might have a point. ;)

Well as he always was a big Queen fan (then again who isn't/wasn't?) I'll pick the most memorable of tracks (We will rock you comes a close second) from all of our car journeys.

To quote the immortal line from Waynes World, "How about a little Bohemian Rhapsody, gentlemen?"

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo - (anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go - will you let me go
Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go
Will not let you go - let me go (never)
Never let you go - let me go
Never let me go - ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
for me
for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby - can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me

Anyway the wind blows...

We just carry on.

Your Betrayal

I could try to explain this one, but don't think I really need to.

Fantastic track from Bullet for my Valentine, "Your Betrayal" I guess sums up many things.

Am I going insane?
My blood is boiling inside of my veins
An evil feeling attacks..(attacks)
My body is shaking, there's no turning back
So take your eyes off the trigger
I'm not to blame if your world turns to black
As your eyes start to blister
There's just no hope for our final embrace

so here we are..I'm in your head...
I'M IN YOUR HEART!
You were told to runaway
Soak the place, enlight the flame
Pay the price for your betrayal, your betrayal,
YOUR BETRAYAL!
I was told to stay away
Those two words I can't obey.
Pay the price for your betrayal, your betrayal,
YOUR BETRAYAL!

Is it my turn to die,
My heart is pounding as i say goodbye
So now I dance in the flames
I love you crying and screaming my name
You said that we'd be forever
How could you kill me and lie to my face
Now that we can't be together
There's just no hope for our final embrace.

so here we are..I'm in your head...
I'M IN YOUR HEART!
You were told to runaway
Soak the place, enlight the flame
Pay the price for your betrayal, your betrayal,
YOUR BETRAYAL!
I was told to stay away
Those two words I can't obey.
Pay the price for your betrayal, your betrayal,
YOUR BETRAYAL!

so here we are..I'm in your head...
I'M IN YOUR HEART!
You were told to runaway
Soak the place, enlight the flame
Pay the price for your betrayal, your betrayal,
YOUR BETRAYAL!
I was told to stay away
Those two words I can't obey.
Pay the price for your betrayal, your betrayal,
YOUR BETRAYAL!

GO!

Nuff said.

Kryptonite

Well after the rockstar day last week I was sent the guitar tab for this one.

"Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down.

I took a walk around the world to Ease my troubled mind
I left my body laying somewhere In the sands of time
I watched the world float to the dark Side of the moon
I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah

I watched the world float to the Dark side of the moon
After all I knew it had to be something To do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end

If I go crazy then will you still Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with My superhuman might...Kryptonite

You called me strong, you called me weak, But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times I Never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head, if Not for me then you would be dead
I picked you up and put you back On solid ground

If I go crazy then will you still Call me Superman
If I?m alive and well, will you be There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with My superhuman might...Kryptonite

If I go crazy then will you still Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with My superhuman might...Kryptonite
YEEEAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!

If I go crazy then will you still Call me Superman
If I'm alive and well, will you be There holding my hand
I'll keep you by my side with My superhuman might...Kryptonite

I guess we're most super human when crazy... and need someone to hold us when we're at our most well. Funny that.

Fire Water Burn

All that talk about new taxes on CO₂ emissions for double-cab vehicles is rather amusing. I'm wondering just how "green" folk will be feeling in the near future?

Obviously many have been happy to argue the point for mans destruction of this planet, Al Gore ring a bell? Nah... I believe that was Quasimodo.

I'm saying burn it down!!! Bloodhound Gang deliver this moving piece, "Fire Water Burn"

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
Burn motherfucker burn

Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy
I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high
I don't know mofo if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho cause she fly
But I can take the heat cause I'm the other white meat known as 'Kid Funky Fry'
Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye
But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine
Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always stroking my own wookie
I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
Burn motherfucker burn

Yo yo this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice
I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is
So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven
This honkey's gone to heaven
But if I go to hell well then I hope I burn well
I'll spend my days with J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye, and Lawrence Welk
King Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix's poltergeist
And Webster yeah Emmanuel Lewis cause he's the anti-christ
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
Burn motherfucker burn

these jackhaeds are awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody here we go
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Throw your hands in the air
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Wave 'em like you don't care
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Everbody say ho
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Everybody here we go

C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Throw your hands in the air
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Wave 'em like you don't care
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Everbody say ho
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Everybody here we go

C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Throw your hands in the air
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Wave 'em like you don't care
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Everbody say ho
Ohh Ohh
C'mon party people
Ohh Ohh
Everybody here we go

We don't need no water... At the end of the day, all we can really do is render the earth unfit for ourselves... life and the planet will always continue. Mankind on the other hand.

Iris

At some point this was everyones song. The Goo Goo Dolls really outdo themselves on this one. Heard someone mention that they just love it when the Goo Goo Dolls get radio play that isn't Iris (even though there's nothing wrong with that) and in true fashion got me thinking about the song.

Is it love refused, love rejected or just love unknown. I guess it doesn't really matter when the outcome is the same.

And I'd give up forever to touch you,
Cause I know that you feel me somehow.
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be,
And I don't want to go home right now.

And all I can taste is this moment,
And all I can breathe is your life,
And sooner or later it's over,
I just don't want to miss you tonight.

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

And you cant fight the tears that ain't coming,
Or the moment of the truth in your lies.
When everything feels like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive.

And I don't want the world to see me,
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.

And I don't want the world to see me,
Cause I dont think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.
I just want you to know who I am.
I just want you to know who I am.
I just want you to know who I am.

Giving up forever might be to lose a lot of time. On the other hand, a lot of time and nobody to share it might be even longer.

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

I have no idea what happened to the weekend. There's a big blank spot that no doubt has something to do with a bottle of whisky, tequila, Jagermeister, Kuba Meister (yeah, I didn't know what that was either) or half a bucket of toxic sludge. Oh my... jelly and vodka, what a combo.

Anyhow. I'm somehow alive today even if I've never felt quite as beaten up as I did yesterday. No headache... no real hangover symptoms as of yet, but I was absolutely useless yesterday.

Which brings me down to today's song, "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" (originally recorded by Ray Stevens) a track I've become familiar with Kris Kristofferson working the vocals.

Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

I'd smoked my mind the night before
With cigarettes and the songs I'd been pickin'
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Playin' with a can that he was kicking
Then I walked across the street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone's fryin' chicken
And it took me back to somethin'
That I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way

On a Sunday morning sidewalk
I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin' city sidewalk
And Sunday mornin' comin' down

In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughin' little girl that he was swingin'
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs they were singin'
Then I headed down the street
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'
And it echoed through the canyon
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday

On a Sunday morning sidewalk
I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
That's half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin' city sidewalk
And Sunday mornin' comin' down

Can't believe I had actually been smoking on Saturday... and couldn't even find a beer for breakfast.