Set Fire to the Rain

I'm always a little slow behind what's most popular on radio, mostly because most things get played to death and it's only much later that I think back to a few select tracks and wonder what happened.

Today's song, "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele is one of these songs. While there are many deeper meanings that one can take from this song, it seems that the inspiration for this came from nothing more meaningful than trying to light a cigarette in the rain. Seems that in the pouring rain it becomes a rather difficult process.

As it's winter at the moment and I'm really not a cold person, I feel the need to set fire to many things to simply feel a little more warmth.

I let it fall, my heart,
And as it fell you rose to claim it.
It was dark and I was over,
Until you kissed my lips and you saved me.
My hands they're strong, but my knees were far too weak, to
stand in your arms without falling to your feet,

But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win.

But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
well, it burned while I cried,
Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!

When i lay with you I could stay there,
Close my eyes, feel you here forever,
You and me together, nothing is better!

Cause there's a side to you that I never, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win.

But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
well, it burned while I cried,
Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name!
I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
when we fell something died,
Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time!

Sometimes I wake up by the door,
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we're already over
I can't help myself from looking for you.

I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face,
well, it burned while I cried,
Cause I heard it screaming out your name, your name
I set fire to the rain,
And I threw us into the flames
when we fell something died
Cause I knew that that was the last time
The last time, oh, oh no
let it burn oh
let it burn
let it burn

Then again, I guess setting fire to somethings can bring us a little warmth one way or another.

Soft Kitty

Today's tune kept running through my head last night and this morning. Anyone who's a fan of the tv show, "Big Bang Theory" will recognise this as Sheldon's song. For similar reasons it just makes me happy.

Soft Kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur
Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr purr purr

Not many things better than being able to curl up with a soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur.

Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self

A random thought crossed my mind over the weekend that kinda resurfaced this morning, would I would be able to look from my 8 year old self and consider current self pretty awesome. While we're generally getting older (note, not always growing up) we tend to abandon a lot of the things that we held most dear to us, not always for the better.

Today's song, "Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self" by Pink is told the other way round where it's more consoling a younger self. Imagine if you could go back and actually talk to a younger you. Would you offer advice, would you give instruction or would you say nothing knowing that each and every event has helped make you you?

Conversations with my thirteen year old self
Conversations with my thirteen year old self

You're angry
I know this
The world couldn't care less
You're lonely
I feel this
And you wish you were the best
No teachers
Or guidance
And you always walk alone
You're crying
At night when
Nobody else is home

Come over here and let me hold your hand and hug you darling
I promise you that it won't always feel this bad
There are so many things I want to say to you
You're the girl I used to be
You little heartbroken thirteen year old me

You're laughing
But you're hiding
God I know that trick too well
You forget
That I've been you
And now I'm just the shell
I promise
I love you and
Everything will work out fine
Don't try to
Grow up yet
Oh just give it some time

The pain you feel is real you're not asleep but it's a nightmare
But you can wake up anytime
Oh don't lose your passion or the fighter that's inside of you
You're the girl I used to be
The pissed off complicated thirteen year old me

Conversations with my thirteen year old self
Conversations with my thirteen year old self

Until we meet again
Oh I wish you well oh
I wish you well
Little girl
Until we meet again
Oh
I wish you well
Little girl
I wish you well
Until we meet again
My little thirteen year old me

I'm still not growing up, but, reckon that I'd be pretty pleased with the way I've reached this point in life. Think I'd offer myself a drink and tell the tale of how awesome my little cat is.

The Unforgiven Ones

Now here's a band that seemed to hit some pretty big highs in the early 90's then just disappear from sight. The Crash Test Dummies were one my first CD's (God Shuffled His Feet) and still all round my feel good band.

It seems that Brad Roberts decided that he simply wasn't making money from music so kinda faded away for a while... then once he'd accepted this he suddenly started making music again - for the love of it.

And that leaves us with today's song, "The Unforgiven Ones". I'm not quite sure I get it. While it covers both the good and bad, the unforgiven ones don't seem to really fall into either category. Perhaps, just maybe it's because things can't be put down in pure black or white, but rather just a multitude of shades of gray?

The guilty and the innocents
The prisoners and the free
The ugly and the beautiful
The ones who are yet to be

Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones

The rock that ships run up against
No matter how they tack
The murderers and the murdered ones
And the ones who don't come back

Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones

The one whose heart is of a saint
The other's black as night
The one who never wondered
What made something wrong, or right

Some are sinners, some repent
Some are never done
And then there's those like you and I
The unforgiven ones
The unforgiven ones

Unforgiven perhaps, then again I never asked for it.

I'd Do Anything for Love

Today's tune I've had stuck in my head so just had to share it. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf was mostly played to death in the 90's - so brings up some pretty good memories.

If memory serves me correctly this was Meat Loaf's comeback supported by "Bat out of Hell II". Some classic rock that should pretty much stand the test of time. Not to mention that this song is referred to in "Spice World" the movie.

And I would do anything for love,
I'd run right into hell and back.
I would do anything for love,
I'll never lie to you and that's a fact.

But I'll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way.
And I would do anything for love,
Oh I would do anything for love,
I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that,
No I won't do that.

And some days it don't come easy,
And some days it don't come hard,
Some days it don't come at all, and these are the days that never end.

And some nights you're breathing fire.
And some nights you're carved in ice.
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again.

And maybe I'm crazy.
Oh it's crazy and it's true.
I know you can save me, no one else can save me now but you.

As long as the planets are turning.
As long as the stars are burning.
As long as your dreams are coming true, you'd better believe it!

That I would do anything for love,
And I'll be there till the final act.
And I would do anything for love,
And I'll take the vow and seal a pact.

But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way, tonight.

And I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that.
No, I won't do that!

I would do anything for love,
Anything you've been dreaming of,
But I just won't do that.
[x2]

[Solo]
And some days I pray for silence,
And some days I pray for soul,
Some days I just pray to the god of sex and drums and rock 'n' roll!

And maybe I'm lonely,
That's all I'm qualified to be.
There's just one and only, one and only promise I can keep.

As long as the wheels are turning.
As long as the fires are burning.
As long as your prayers are coming true, you'd better believe it!

That I would do anything for love,
And you know it's true and that's a fact.
I would do anything for love,
And there'll never be no turning back.

But I'll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long.
And I would do anything for love,
Oh, I would do anything for love,
I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that.
No, no, no, I won't do.....

I would do anything for love.
Anything you've been dreaming of.
But I just won't do that!
[x3]

But I'll never stop dreaming of you,
Every night of my life.
No way.

And I would do anything for love.
But I won't do that.
No I won't do that.


[Girl]
Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this God forsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

[Boy]
I can do that. Oh I can do that.

[Girl]
Will you cater to every fantasy I've got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot? Hot!
Will you take me places I've never known?

[Boy]
Now I can do that! Oh oh now, I can do that!

[Girl]
After awhile you'll forget everything.
It was a brief interlude
And a midsummer night's fling,
And you'll see that it's time to move on.

[Boy]
I won't do that. I won't do that.

[Girl]
I know the territory, I've been around,
It'll all turn to dust and will all fall down,
Sooner or later, you'll be screwing around.

[Boy]
I won't do that. No, I won't do that.

Anything for love,
Oh, I would do anything for love,
I would do anything for love,
But I won't do that.
No, I won't do that.

There are always those things that we won't do, or those that we hope to never do. Although I guess the real answer to all of those things, the one that that one can never do for love is, I guess, to stop loving someone.

YMCA

I've been pretty much hiding from the cold and subsequently from most of the world the past few days. Yup, as mentioned before I really don't like the cold.

Today's tune in keeping with a much more lighthearted tune for Friday's is "YMCA" by the Village People. This was the backing track to possibly the greatest shootout scene in any movie. Yup, you read that right! If you've seen One Night at McCool's then you'll understand, if not then watch it! Trust me, you'll understand.

I've heard that you can't have a party album without this song because that would be like making a cheesecake without the cheese. Ultimately my mother would define a good party as any party where someone throws up and at some point the Village People get played. Can't really argue with either of those.

Young man, there's no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.

Young man, there's a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you've got to know this one thing!

No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
I'm sure they can help you today.

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so jive ...

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
It's a place there called the Y.M.C.A.
They can start you back on your way.

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.

They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

YMCA
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A
Young man, young man there's no need to feel down
Young man, young man pick yourself off the ground

Y-M-C-A
then just go to the Y-M-C-A
young man, young man I was once in your shoes
young man, young man I said, I was down and out with the blues.
Y-M-C-A

Don't think anyone's ever really been in my (or anyone else's) shoes because well even under the same circumstance we're still all quite different. That said, there are always places we can go when we're feeling down... maybe even, the YMCA?

Just Like You

Got into work today and found this gem in my facebook stream. So, how could I not add it in.

"Just Like You" by Three Days Grace kinda sums up the way I feel at times. I could be like "you" those that live with their masks on so long that they eventually become reliant on it, yet despise it at the same time.

While I'll not be like that because it'll simply rob me of being me, I wonder how many people become that exact thing that they despise. I wonder how many are angry at having been so fake and so sorry for having lost out on being themselves. Of course this song is more of a dig at an individual, but for me it's more of a take on people that we know - possibly even just a single person too mind you.

I could be mean
I could be angry
You know I could be just like you

I could be fake
I could be stupid
You know I could be just like you

You thought you were standing beside me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you
You thought you were there to guide me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be
Just like you (Just like you)
You thought you were there to guide me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be
Just like you

I could be cold
I could be ruthless
You know I could be just like you

I could be weak
I could be senseless
You know I could be just like you

You thought you were standing beside me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you
You thought you were there to guide me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be
Just like you (just like you)
You thought you were there to guide me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be
Just like you

On my own, cause I can't take livin' with you
I'm alone, so I won't turn out like
You want me to

You thought you were standing beside me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you
You thought you were there to guide me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be
Just like you (just like you)
You thought you were there to guide me
You were only in my way
You're wrong if you think that I'll be
Just like you

I could be mean
I could be angry
You know I could be just like you

Or, I could simply choose to be me.

One Last Hope

It's cold and I'm not afraid to admit that I'm simply a wuss. I can't handle the cold at all! So basically this time of the year I head into work, then go home, get dinner on the go and curl up on the couch under my batman blankie (which has super powers I tell you) and watch those heart warming movies.

Last night I continued on my journey though Disney movies with Hercules. While I've posted "Go the Distance" before, today's tune is "One Last Hope" played out by Philoctetes (or just Phil for short) which is performed by the voice artist, Danny DeVito. After having given up on trying to coach that one hero that would define him, Phil is convinced to finally give this Hercules a chance.

I think people really don't give teachers much credit for creating an exceptional student. Sure it takes skill and talent to be great, but it also takes a lot of direction.

So, ya wanna be a hero, kid?
Well, whoop-de-do!
I have been around the block before
With blockheads just like you

Each and ev'ryone a disappointment
Pain for which there ain't no ointment
So much for excuses
Though a kid of Zeus is
Asking me to jump into the fray
My answer is two words -
O.K.
You win
Oh gods
Oy vay!

I'd given up hope that someone would come along
A fellow who'd ring the bell for once
Not the gong
The kind who wins trophies
Won't settle for low fees
At least semi-pro fees
But no - I get the greenhorn

I've been out to pasture pal, my ambition gone
Content to spend lazy days and to graze my lawn
But you need an advisor
A satyr, but wiser
A good merchandiser
And oohh!
There goes my ulcer!

I'm down to one last hope
And I hope it's you
Though, kid, you're not exactly
A dream come true
I've trained enough turkeys
Who never came through
You're my one last hope
So you'll have to do

Demigods have faced the odds
And ended up a mockery
Don't believe the stories
That you read on all the crockery

To be a true hero, kid, is a dying art
Like painting a masterpiece, it's a work of heart
It takes more than sinew
Comes down to what's in you
You have to continue to grow
Now that's more like it!

I'm down to one last shot,
and I'm glad I know,
before that blasted underworld gets my goat,
my dreams are on you kid,
go make em come true,
climb that uphill slope,
keep pushin that envelope,
you're my one last hope,
and kid it's up to you.

Sometimes we simply need to pin our dreams and hopes on another or how else will someone look up at the starts and say, "There goes Phil's boy!"?

Christmas Has Its Promises To Keep

It is June the 21st or the winter solstice. So... it's rather chilly. Today marks the official beginning of winter - does that mean it's getting colder still? But it is also Yule (also referred to Christmas by northern hemisphere Christians).

So... any reason to re-visit Christmas is a good one. Anyone that knows me knows that I'm just a sucker for the whole Christmas thing so while there's the "official" party on Saturday, there is also the real celebration today.

"Christmas Has Its Promises To Keep" is one I've added before from Trans-Siberian Orchestra but one that reminds me all year long that that Christmas never really leaves us for the promises we've made aren't limited by time, but can echo forever.

And so it's good that we remember
Just as soon as we've discovered
That the things we do in life
Will always end up touching others

Christmas time
On a cold December morning
All is calm
And the world is still asleep
Christmas lights
That have been caught without warning
Gently glitter on
Stars to wish upon
All the world is at peace

Christmas time and the year will soon be leaving
Cloaked in time till it's just a memory
Christmas stays if we don't forget its meaning
Days go quickly by
Years they multiply
And we go searching for thee

And the dream is still alive
From that first December morning
And it always will survive
As long as we can see
That the dreams we find in life
Are the dreams we tend to seek
And Christmas has its promises to keep

Christmas time
And the moments just beginning
From last night
When we'd wished upon a star

If our kindness
This day is just pretending
If we pretend long enough
Never giving up
It just might be who we are

So it matters not what the day is, for Christmas will keep it's promises, of this I'm sure.

Kiss the Girl

Well the weekend has come and gone and I spent a lot of it going through old movies (mostly my Disney movies) and playing my PlayStation. For the record I'm pretty close to finishing Final Fantasy XII mind you.

What would a Disney fest be without The Little Mermaid, which brings me to today's tune, "Kiss the Girl". I know that I've posted this one before, but hey, who said we couldn't revisit the ones we love?

Apart from the fact that this is one of my favourite movies of all time this song has always been in my playlist, after all, who doesn't enjoy Sebastian? For reasons unknown to even me I always find myself crying during this movie. Is it Ariel saving Eric despite all the dangers, her friends sticking with her through the tougher times, having someone steal her voice or when Eric returns to the sea to fight off Ursula? How can anyone not love the movie!? The whole movie hangs on for this particular moment to materialise, a simple kiss, but takes quite a bit longer than expected. Then again, isn't that how you make a movie?

here you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there's something about her
And you don't know why
But you're dying to try
You wanna kiss the girl.

Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
It's possible she wants you too
There's one way to ask her
It don't take a word, not a single word
Go on and kiss the girl (kiss the girl)

Shalalalala
My oh my
Looks like the boy's too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girl
Shalalalala
Ain't that sad
it's such a shame
Too bad, you're gonna miss the girl
go on and kiss the girl (kiss the girl)

Nows your moment
Floating in a blue lagoon
Boy, you better do it soon
No time will be better
She don't say a word
And she wont say a word
Until you kiss the girl (kiss the girl)

Shalalalala
My oh my
Looks like the boy's too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girl
Shalalalala
Ain't that sad
it's such a shame
Too bad, you're gonna miss the girl

Shalalalala
Don't be scared
You better be prepared
Go on and kiss the girl
Shalalalala
Don't stop now
Don't try to hide it how
You wanna kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl
(kiss the girl)
(oh, ohnoo..)
(kiss the girl, kiss the girl)
Lalalala, Lalalala
Go on and kiss the girl
Lalalala, Lalalala
Go on and kiss the girl

Shalalalala
My oh myyyyy
Looks like the boy's too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girl
Shalalalala
Ain't that sad
it's such a shame
Too bad, you're gonna miss the girl

Lalalala, Lalalala
(Go on and kiss the girl)
Go on and kiss that girl!
Lalalala, Lalalala
(Go on and kiss the girl)
Go on and kiss the girl
Kiss the girl
(Kiss the girl)
Go on and kiss the girl

Sometimes you have to just take the chance when you get it, never know if you'll get another.

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Well, who DIDN'T watch the eclipse on Wednesday evening. Yeah, I know this happens every so often, but I'm always enthralled.

Bonnie Tyler seems to have been around forever (well, in my world she has). Her best work (as with much of Meal Loaf's work) has been produced by Jim Steinman who really is a genius.

As stood gazing up into the night sky I couldn't help but marvel at just how bright the moon really is. So no wonder today's song just popped into my head this morning as I was gazing at the full (or at least very near it) moon.

Today I'm putting on "Total Eclipse of the Heart", a Bonnie special, but have to admit I'm a sucker for her duet with Meat Loaf on this one.

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming round

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by

(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit restless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit helpless
And I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit angry
And I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
Turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then
I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)

Once upon a time
I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

(Turn Around, bright eyes)
(Turn Around, bright eyes)

(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know you'll never be the boy
You always wanted to be
(Turn around)
But every now and then
I know you'll always be the only boy
Who wanted me the way that I am
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's no one in the universe
As magical and wondrous as you
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's nothing any better
There's nothing that I just wouldn't do
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do
I'm always in the dark
Living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)

Once upon a time I was
I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
(Turn Around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)

But funny enough, no matter the eclipse, it only lasts a moment or two only for light to return - it always does.

Til The World Ends

Well we started THE debate between 5 of us in the office yesterday. Yup, the argument that pretty much defined the pop scene in the 90's early 2000's, "Britney or Christine". Now most would argue one point or the other, but it really wasn't a contest, you were simply in one camp or the other.

Eventually, Britney won the contest 3 to 2 (I mean, really, Christina got 2?!) But moving on... Anne made a very valid point, that while she had to pick Britney in this contest that she's somewhat eclipsed these days by Ke$ha. After a moments thought I had to agree, after all Ke$ha has, like a bad mold, started to grow on me - no doubt in a similar way that Britney did all those years ago.

Which brings me to today's tune, "Til The World Ends" by Britney. Because believe it or not, it was written for Britney by Ke$ha. Funny how that worked out... I should get into finding these cheesy pop stars and simply call myself a producer. Anyhow as it would seem, Madonna to Britney... Ke$ha the next big thing (although fairly big in her own right)

This kicked in got your tongs in knots I see
Spit it out cuz I'm dying for company

I notice that you got it
You notice that I want it
You know that I can take it to the next level baby
If you want this good shit
Sicker than the remix
Baby let me blow your mind tonight

I can't take it take it take no more
Never felt like felt like this before
Come on get me get me on the floor
DJ what you what you waiting for?

Woah oh oh oh oh oh ohhh. [8x]

Watch me move, when I lose when I lose it hard
Get you off, with the touch dancing in the dark

You notice what I'm wearing, I noticing you staring
You know that I can take it, to the next level, baby
Harder than the A list, next one on my hit list
Baby, let me blow your mind tonight

I can't take it take it take no more
Never felt like felt like this before
Come on get me get me on the floor
DJ what you what you waiting for?

Woah oh oh oh oh oh ohhh. [8x]

See the sunlight, we ain't stopping
Keep on dancing till the world ends
If you feel it let it happen
Keep on dancing till the world ends

Keep on dancing till the world ends
Keep on dancing till the world ends

Woah oh oh oh oh oh ohhh. [8x]

See the sunlight, we ain't stopping
Keep on dancing till the world ends
If you feel it let it happen
Keep on dancing till the world ends

I guess if you're onto a good thing, keep on at it... 'til the world ends.

Morningstar

It's been a while since I knew what was to be posted when I woke up in the morning. Again as I turned down my road to begin my trip into the office, there shone Venus down upon me. This made me smile thinking, "Ah... the Morningstar."

Today's tune "Morningstar" by A.F.I. seems to be a discussion between two people, but the more I think on it, it seems to be more between one and their self.

I think to some degree we are all that star, lots of light that somehow we keep hidden. But do we become the ghost that plays only to our own audience? At what point do so many of the living dead that we see around us every day finally give up and die?

I saw a star beneath the stairs
Glowing through the melting walls
Who will be the first to begin their fall?
Or will we become one?

Am I the star beneath the stairs?
Am I the ghost upon the stage?
Am I your anything?

I saw a star beneath the stairs
Glowing bright before descent
And in the morning there is nothing left but what's inside of me.

Am I the star beneath the stairs?
Am I the ghost upon the stage?
Am I your anything?
Am I the star beneath the stairs?
Am I the ghost upon the stage?
Am I your anything?

And I don't want to die tonight, will you believe me?
And I don't want to fall into the light
Will you wish upon?
Will you walk upon me?
I don't wanna die tonight

Will you believe in me tonight?
Am I the star beneath the stairs?
Am I the ghost upon the stage?
Am I your anything?
Am I the star beneath the stairs?
Am I the ghost upon the stage?
Am I your anything?

Believe in yourself, be that light that you might wish upon.

Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

Today's tune is a strange one in that it goes on to list a whole load of rather stupid things to do, then simply points out that you should be careful that someone's moved your chair.

I think the Arctic Monkeys get it on the mark in that danger isn't always where we see it to be. Sometimes, it's the simpler things, or is that trusted things that can be far more dangerous to us.

"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I Moved Your Chair" plays on the fact that we often assume things are the way we left them. That those we know may not change... but, isn't that often far more dangerous?

Break a mirror
Roll the dice
Run with scissors
Through a chip pan fire fight
Go into business with a grizzly bear
But just don't sit down cause' I've moved your chair

Find a well known hardman
And start a fight
Wear your shell suit
On bonfire night
Filling a circular hole with a pen that's square
But just don't sit down cause' I've moved your chair

Ooh... Yeah yeah yeah
Ooh... Yeah yeah yeah

Bite the lightening
And tell me how it tastes
Kung fu fighting
On your rollerskates
Do the marcerena in the devils lair
But just don't sit down cause' I've moved your chair

Ooh... Yeah yeah yeah
Ooh... yeah yeah yeah
Ooh... yeah yeah yeah

Break a mirror
Roll the dice
Run with scissors
Through a chip pan fire fight
Go into business with a grizzly bear
But just don't I've moved your chair

Find a well known hard man
And start a fight
Wear your shell suit
On bonfire night
Fill in a circular hole with a pen that's square
But just don't sit down cause' I've moved your chair

Ooh... Yeah yeah yeah
Ooh... yeah yeah yeah

Bite the lightening
And tell me how it tastes
Kung Fu fighting
On your rollerskates
Do the macerena in the devils lair
But just don't sit down cause I've moved your chair

Ooh...yeah yeah yeah
Ooh...yeah yeah yeah
Ooh...yeah yeah yeah

Somethings may be pretty stupid... but then again, assuming that you can trust those around you could be even more so I guess.

Journeyman

The drive into work was absolutely insane this morning. Crazy downpours and wreckages all over the place.

The line from "Journeyman" by Iron Maiden - "We have cheated death and he has cheated us" instantly came to mind. It's funny how we spend our youth cheating death time and again with it rarely crossing our minds then as we become older we realise just how close we have come in the past.

I cant say that I fear death, but certainly the form it may take.

From the red sky of the east. To the sunset in the west
We have cheated death and he has cheated us

But that was just a dream. And this is what it means
We are sleeping and we'll dream for evermore

And the fragment remains of our memories
And the shadows we made with our hands
Deeper grey, come to form all the colors of the dawn
Will this Journeyman’s day be his last?

I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.
I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.

I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.
I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.

But the memory still remains.
All those past years not so strange
Our winter times are like a silent shroud

And the heartbeat of the day
Drives the mist away
And winter's not the only dream around

In your life you may choose desolation
And the shadows you build with your hands
If you turn to the light, that is burning in the night
Then this Journeyman's day has begun

I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.
I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.

I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.
I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.

(Spare your life and choose the destruction of time over yourself.)

In your life you may choose desolation
And the shadows you build with your hands
If you turn to the light, that is burning in the night
Then your Journeyman's day has begun

I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.
I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.

I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.
I know what I want, I say what I want
And no one can take it away.

This morning I have cheated death, will he cheat me?

Venus

Well the stars were still out this morning as I was on my way in. Guess even the sun doesn't want to be up quite this early when it's this chilly either.

This made me think of a few other songs, Stars (two different songs with the same title) from Lacuna Coil and Switchfoot, but I figured it was about time I brought some cheese in on the act.

The brightest star in the morning is usually the planet Venus (also sometimes referred to as the morning or evening star) so that is where today's inspiration comes from. Useless fact of the day, Venus is also the planet with the hottest average surface temperature, despite not being the closest to the sun.

Although Bananarama made this song popular, "Venus" was originally written by The Shocking Blue.

Goddess on a mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
Summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name

She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

Her weapons were her crystal eyes
Making every man mad
Black as the dark night she was
Got what no-one else had
Wow !

She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

Venus

She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

Goddess on the mountain top
Burning like a silver flame
The summit of beauty and love
And Venus was her name
Wow !

She's got it
Yeah, baby, she's got it
I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire
Well, I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire

Venus was her name

Yeah, baby, she's got it...

hehehee... yup, it's cheesy but you just gotta love it. :)

Heart Shaped Box

Today I was in a bit of a Foo Fighters mood but found myself drawn to this classic. While not really much of a Nirvana fan, but once in a while one of their tracks has kinda stuck on me.

"Heart Shaped Box" is one of those, while I think it's the guitar intro that really hooks me, there is not argument on the value of the lyrics on this either.

If I'm not mistaken this one is about a child that somehow worked its way into Kurts heart, one that was deathly ill. Isn't it amazing how the smallest of people can teach us so much and yet hold us trapped for an eternity.

She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart Shaped box for a weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
hey
wait
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice

...your advice

Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on Angel Hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
...Your advice

She has me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your Heart-Shaped box for weeks
I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap
I wish I could Eat your cancer when you turn black

Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
hey!
wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Hey!
Wait!
I've got a new complaint
Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Your advice
Your advice
Your advice

Gotta love little people, they teach us far more about ourselves than we could have hoped to learn.

Don't Go Changing

Heard the story a hundred times (possibly more): Boy marries girl wanting nothing to change, girl marries boy hoping he'll change... Boy never changes, girl does... and they wonder why it didn't work. Oh well...

Today's tune, "Don't Go Changing" by Watershed tells the other to not take anything away, don't change the way I am.

The lines, "Don’t go changing, whatever you need, Whatever you want me to be…" is one of those motto's I pretty much go by for most things. For the most part, you can't compromise yourself out of things or even in parts. If someone won't take you for you, the whole you (yup, warts and all) it's usually not worth pursuing.

I don’t know why I drown in your tears,
I don’t know why I bleed
I don’t know why you took it from me,
What gave you that right to steal…

So don’t go changing, things about me,
Things that you think will do me well,
Don’t go changing, whatever you need,
Whatever you want me to be…

I don’t know why you laid me down, led me on
And I don’t know why I was weak…
I don’t know why it never, never occurred to me,
I don’t know what I think…

So don’t go changing things about me,
Things that you think will do me well,
Don’t go changing, whatever you need,
Whatever you want me to be…

Oh and when, when will she notice me again,
Oh and when I see her sitting next to him,
Oh I know, I know it’s happening again…
I feel sad for him, oh I feel sad for him…

I don’t know what to do when I’m alone,
And I don’t know which way to go…
If she comes to me and she says please, please,
I think that I will, I think that I will,
I think that I will, I think that I will…

So don’t go changing, things about me,
Things that you think will do me well,
Don’t go changing, whatever you need,
Whatever you want me to be…

So don’t go changing, things about me,
Things that you think will do me well,
Don’t go changing, whatever you need,
Whatever you want me to be…

So don’t go changing, things about me,
Things that you think will do me well,
Don’t go changing, whatever you need,
Whatever you want me to be…

Never change into something someone else wants you to be... always want them to want you the way you are.

A&e

Well still no tunes in the car as David still hasn't installed my MP3 player, fair enough he offered on Saturday but after last week I really wanted to just hermit and stay locked in at home.

So unusually today's tune was one I picked up from the radio in the office this morning. "A&e" by Morning Parade made me stop and think. How many times have we planned our own demise, intentionally and not realising it? No, this is no accident it's exactly as planned.

Sixty seconds time, weightless, weightless
You just try to settle it
As he looks into your eyes, he says if, says if
If you could only know, only know

Oh, this is not an accident, this is an emergency
This is not an accident, this is an emergency
Oh, this is not an accident, no, this is just how you planned it

She looks into your eyes, and screams say something
Say that your heart beats for me
Are we breathing? Are we breathing

Cause this is not an accident, this is an emergency
This is not an accident, this is an emergency
This is not an accident, no, this is just how you planned it

You'll remember me in the morning
You'll remember me tonight
Say this is not an accident, no, this is just how you planned it

You've got blood on your dirty hands
You've got that look on your dirty face
You either live up to my demands,
Or take the secrets until your grave, just go
This is not an accident, no, this is just how you planned it.

"If standing on a dream isn't what it seems, could we claim a dream refused?"