Dark Paradise

Well, I've not posted in a while but... I'm back.

Spent Saturday at my local pub and enjoyed a full on music festival put on by the local music school.  While they were all pretty awesome, two caught my imagination most of all.  Little Gemma, at just 8, was fantastic, covering "Call Me, Maybe" which really made me chuckle.  And an unknown who really did an amazing cover of "Video Games" by Lana Del Rey.

Today's song is "Dark Paradise" by Lana Del Rey.  I've had it on my playlist for a while and somehow it just kinda reminds me that time keeps ticking by... that things keep changing, but the more they do, the more stable many other things become.

With that in mind, I've decided that it's about time I took out my poor guitar and actually took a few lessons. Deep down there's a song in everyone, just need to find mine.  A quiet place in the dark that'll remind me of who I really am.

All my friends tell me I should move on
I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song
Ah, that's how you sing it
Loving you forever, can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, won't move on
Ah, that's how we play it

And there's no remedy for memory your face
Like a melody, it won't lift my head
Your soul is hunting me and telling me
That everything is fine
But I wish I was dead

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side

All my friends ask me why I stay strong
Tell 'em when you find true love it lives on
Ah, that's why I stay here

And there's no remedy for memory your face
Like a melody, it won't lift my head
Your soul is hunting me and telling me
That everything is fine
But I wish I was dead

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
But there's no you, except in my dreams tonight

Oh oh oh, ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
Oh oh oh, ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight

There's no relief, I see you in my sleep
And everybody's rushing me, but I can feel you touching me
There's no release, I feel you in my dreams
Telling me I'm fine

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you

But that there's no you, except in my dreams tonight
Oh oh oh, ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
Oh oh oh, ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight

Sometimes in the darkest of moments, we can find paradise, an escape from what is here and now... no matter what's waiting on the other side.