Asleep

Today's track is another from the movie Sucker Punch.  There's really quite a few good points to the overall point of the movie despite having a rather weak plot overall.  A lot of the narrative to the movie really does a great job of getting through points of inner strength and accountability.

Asleep, sung by Emily Browning (who also plays the title role of Baby Doll) comes at the beginning and end of the movie... simply wanting some rest or simply to get away from the existing existence.  If you see the movie you'll understand a little better.

I like this track because as a chronic insomniac I really would love to simply get some sleep.  I think at times death might be indeed the only final bit of rest.

Sing me to sleep,
Sing me to sleep,
I'm tired and I..
I want to go to bed

Sing me to sleep,
Sing me to sleep,
And then leave me alone.
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone.
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know,
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go.

Sing me to sleep,
Sing me to sleep,
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore.

Sing to me,
Sing to me,
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore.

Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know,
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go

(ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

Sing me to sleep,
Sing me to sleep,

(oooooooahhhhhhh)

There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be.
Ohhhhh, there must be.

There is another world.
There is a better world.

But think I'd rather end with one of the more uplifting quotes from the movie:
"You can deny angels exist, Convince ourselves they can't be real. But they show up anyway, at strange places and at strange times. They can speak through any character we can imagine. They'll shout through demons if they have to. Daring us, challenging us to fight." 

Sweet Dreams

I've no doubt posted this before. But as I spent the weekend catching up on movies... here it is again.

"Sweet Dreams" by Emily Browning (who plays "Baby Doll" in the movie) gets the movie Sucker Punch off to a dreamy if somewhat dazed start. In all I really enjoyed the movie. It was far too surreal at times and just disjointed, but somehow that was really the point.

Set between a brothel and mental asylum, this entire movie works between moments of madness, opulence and extreme violence - not to mention they all look pretty good doing it. Between these moments however there are some very good points made, and ultimately you're left wondering who the real star of the show is.

Full of imagery that at times is over the top, but somehow fits the plot, panned by many, but really enjoyed by me. In the end it's all about breaking free, pulling off a rescue. The point being when all is said and done who can you rely on to save what you love, rescue what needs rescuing and decide what is right and real?

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

I wanna use you and abuse you
I wanna know what's inside you

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

I'm gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside
Gonna use you and abuse you
I'm gonna know what's inside you

"Who honors those we love with the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us, and at the same time sings that we'll never die? Who teaches us what's real, and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live, and what we'll die to defend? Who chains us, and who holds the key to set us free? It's you." - Sweet Pea