Saturday, August 30, 2008

Then Came You

Somehow I'm leading someone else's life
I cut a star down with my knife
And right now I still see the way the moon
Plays this tune
Though our lights died.

My hands shake
My knees quake
It's every day
The same way.
Cos then came you.
Then there's you.
I keep your picture
In my worn through shoes.
Then there's you.
Then came you.
When I'm lost, I look at my picture of you.

And somehow I'll make tonight our own
I'll show you every way I've grown
Since I met you
And right now
I'll be the boy in your next song
I'll learn the parts and play along
If you let me.

If you let me, I'll show the world to you.
Yes, if you let me, I'll know just what to do.
Cos then came you.
Then there's you.
I keep your picture
In my worn through shoes.
When I'm lost
In your eyes I see a way for me

~Joshua Radin, "Someone Else's Life"

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wonderwall

And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you I don't know how
Because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me?
And after all
You're my wonderwall

~Oasis, Wonderwall

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Little Victories

This time, I'll be sailing
No more bailing boats for me
I'll be out there on the sea
Just my confidence and me

And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
But I'll learn to get by
On little victories

This time, I'll have no fear
I'll be standing strong and tall
Turn my back towards them all

And I'll be awful sometimes
Weakened to my knees
I'll learn to get by
And I'll learn to get by
On the little victories
And if the world decides to catch up with me
It's a little victory.

~Matt Nathanson, Little Victories

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Live

Live the life you love
Love the life you live.

~Bob Marley

Thursday, August 21, 2008

One Step at a Time

You wanna show the world,
but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

You believe and you doubt
You're confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

~Jordin Sparks, One Step at a Time

What You Get

Pain, make your way to me.
And I'll always be just so inviting.
If I ever start to think straight,
This heart will start a riot in me,
Let's start... Start, hey!
Why do we like to hurt so much?
Oh why do we like to hurt so much?
That's what you get when you let your heart win!

~Paramore, That's What You Get

Hope

Shadow walks faster than you
You don't really know what to do
Do you think that you're not alone?
You really think that you are immune to
Its gonna get that the best of you
Its gonna lift you up and let you down
It will defeat you then teach you to get back up
After it takes all that
You learn to love

Your reflection is a blur
Out of focus
But in confusion
The frames are suddenly burnt
And in the end of a roll of illusion
A ghost waiting its turn
Now I can see right through
It's a warning that nobody heard
It will teach you to love what you're afraid of
After it takes away all that
You learn to love
But you don't
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart

You better hope you're not alone

~Jack Johnson, Hope

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Mustn'ts

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child,
listen to the dont's.
Listen to the shouldn'ts
The impossibles, the wont's
Listen to the never haves
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be."

~ Shel Silverstein, Listen to the Mustn'ts

Thursday, August 14, 2008

What's Up Now?












"The Americans? We're going to smash them," Bernard said. "That's what we came here for."

~Alain Bernard before the 4x100 Freestyle Relay in which the USA won after coming from behind and beating the French who were talking trash.

Perdant.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Rotten Mood

I'm in a rotten mood today,
a really rotten mood today,
I'm feeling cross,
I'm feeling mean,
I'm jumpy as a jumping bean,
I have an awful attitude-
I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!

I'm in a rotten mood today,
a really rotten mood today,
I'm in a snit,
I'm in a stew,
there's nothing that I care to do
but sit all by myself and brood-
I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!

I'm in a rotten mood today,
a really rotten mood today,
you' better stay away from me,
I'm just a lump of misery,
I'm feeling absolutely rude-
I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!

~Jack Prelutsky, poet, "I'm in a Rotten Mood"

* I highly recommend any of his books, but especially The New Kid on the Block, it's still one of my favorites

Friday, August 8, 2008

Olympics Time!



"There are 6 billion of us, we all come from unique places with unique ways of looking at the world, we don't always agree, but for a few shining weeks we set it all aside, we come together to stand and cheer and celebrate as one. We forget all the things that make us different and remember all the things that make us the same."

~ Visa Commercial, Morgan Freeman's voice

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Life is a Highway

Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate break down the garden gate
There's not much left today
Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

~Tom Cochrane, "Life is a Highway"