Words That Make A Song

Heard John Legend's "All Of Me" on the radio recently and found the song quite nice with sweet lyrics that are a rarity these days. It is this kind of songs, where the lyrics catch you instead of the beat, and the song stays with you longer than any club anthem would. The official video from VEVO can't be played here, so I'm putting up the chorus instead:

 Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you

LIstening Pleasure

Just heard this version of "Stay", originally sung by Rihanna, whom I find has a irritatingly nasal voice. This cover , done by 30 Seconds To Mars is waaaaaaaay better, at least to my ears.

Enjoy

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Stay (Rihanna) in the Live Lounge

"Beautiful" By Christina Aguilera

Day 47: Your favorite song and why it’s your favorite song


The lyrics are empowering and should be told to anyone who has any self esteem issues.

Don't look at me

Everyday is so wonderful

Then suddenly

It's hard to breathe

Now and then I get insecure

From all the pain

I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful

No matter what they say

Words can't bring me down

I am beautiful

In every single way

Yes words can't bring me down

Oh no

So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends you're delirious

So consumed

In all your doom, ooh

Trying hard to fill the emptiness

The pieces gone

Left the puzzle undone

Ain't that the way it is

You're beautiful

No matter what they say

Words can't bring you down

Oh no

You're beautiful

In every single way

Yes words can't bring you down

Oh no

So don't you bring me down today

No matter what we do

(No matter what we do)

No matter what we say

(No matter what we say)

We're the song inside the tune

(Yeah, oh yeah)

Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go

(And everywhere we go)

The sun will always shine

(The sun will always, always, shine)

And tomorrow we might awake

On the other side

We're beautiful

No matter what they say

Yes words won't bring us down

Oh no

We are beautiful

In every single way

Yes words can't bring us down

Oh no

So don't you bring me down today

Oh, oh

Don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down, ooh

Today

Using Songs To Say What You Can't

Sometimes songs just have the right lyrics that just emulate how you feel, and I guess that's how the whole mixed tape thing came about. There are times when I do wish it's that easy as to send someone a song and get them to listen to it, to understand how I feel, to know what I want to say but just can't. Just like how sometimes the following song lyrics just play over and over again when I think of the ones in my life:

"I can be tough, I can be strong

But with you, it's not like that at all

There's a girl that gives a shit

Behind this wall you just walk through it

And I remember

All those crazy things you said

You left them running through my head

You're always there, you're everywhere

Right now I wish you were here"

"I like the way you misbehave

When we get wasted

But that's not why I love you

And how you keep your cool

When I am complicated

But that's not why I love you"

"You're so beautiful

But that's not why I love you

And I'm not sure you know

That the reason I love you is you

Being you

Just you

Yeah the reason I love you 

is all that we've been through

And that's why I love you"

"When a girl asks a guy to listen to a song, it’s because the lyrics are all the words she’s afraid to say."

Well, other than being afraid, the other time would be when I'm too pissed off to say a thing without having tears running down my cheeks.

"Been seein' to much of you lately

And you're starting to get on my nerves

This is exactly what happened last time

And it's not what we deserve

It's a a waste of my time lately

And I'm running out of words

If it's really meant to be

Then you can find a way to see

Maybe you should just shut up"

"When you're gone

The pieces of my heart are missing you
And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And when you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you"

Now I wonder if someone might just try to get me to listen to a song for something they can't express through their own mouth.

Wish You Were Here

I can be tough, I can be strong
But with you, it's not like that at all
There's a girl that gives a shit
Behind this wall you just walk through it

And I remember

All those crazy things you said
You left them running through my head
You're always there, you're everywhere
Right now I wish you were here

All those crazy things we did
Didn't think about it, just went with it
You're always there, you're everywhere
But right now I wish you were here

Damn! Damn! Damn!
What I'd do to have you here, here, here
(I wish you were here)
Damn! Damn! Damn!
What I'd do to have you near, near, near
(I wish you were here)
I love, the way you are
It's who I am, don't have to try hard
We always say, say it like it is
And the truth, is that I really miss

All those crazy things you said
You left them running through my head
You're always there, you're everywhere
Right now I wish you were here

All those crazy things we did
Didn't think about it, just went with it
You're always there, you're everywhere
But right now I wish you were here

Damn! Damn! Damn!
What I'd do to have you here, here, here
(I wish you were here)
Damn! Damn! Damn!
What I'd do to have you near, near, near
(I wish you were here)

No, I don't wanna let go
I just wanna let you know
That I, never wanna let go
Let go oh oh

Damn! Damn! Damn!
What I'd do to have you here, here, here
(I wish you were here)
Damn! Damn! Damn!
What I'd do to have you near, near, near
(I wish you were here)

I Love You

La la
La la la la
La la
La la la la
I like your smile
I like your vibe
I like your style
But that's not why I love you

And I, I like the way
you're such a star
But that's not why I love you
Hey
Do you feel, do you feel me?
Do you feel what I feel, too?
Do you need, do you need me?
Do you need me?


you're so beautiful
But that's not why I love you
I'm not sure you know
That the reason I love you is you
Being you
Just you
Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through
And that's why I love you

La la
La la la la
La la
La la la la
I like the way you misbehave
When we get wasted
But that's not why I love you
And how you keep your cool
When I am complicated
But that's not why I love you

Hey
Do you feel, do you feel me?
Do you feel what I feel, too?
Do you need, do you need me?

Do you need me?

You're so beautiful
But that's not why I love you
And I'm not sure you know
That the reason I love you is you
Being you
Just you
Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through
And that's why I love you

Yeah - Oh.
Oh.

Even though we didn't make it through
I am always here for you
You

you're so beautiful
But that's not why I love you
I'm not sure you know
That the reason I love you is you
Being you
Just you
Yeah the reason I love you is all that we've been through
And that's why I love you

La la
La la la la (oh oh)
La la
La la la la (that's why I love you)

La la
La la la la (oh oh)
La la
La la la la (that's why I love you)

I Can Lose Almost Anything....

...but one thing I realise I cannot lose is the bunch friends I hold so dear. The group of people who either join me or instigate the craziness that give joy to our drabby lives.

As usual, the mind started racing because of past issues, getting me down, and a friend had to come online to chat, making me realise I need a drink (and a stiff one at that!). Nothing strange really, until the realisation that all the friends I used to party with are gone. Not that they died or anything... they're just no longer within reach. They all used to be a text message away.. "Hey Lox tmr nite, 11pm @ CQ taxi stand?"... and I'd at least get a bunch of people just meeting up and having a good time.

Now this person I was talking to was one of them... and it's not that he doesn't party... it's just that now he gets the party going, and it's just different. So other than Mr DJ there, the best party buddy is now studying in Australia, another moved to the US.... lost in her own woods. Then there is the one I work with... who seems to be growing older than me by the minute... becoming an old fuddy-duddy.

But I guess the worst of all is losing one of the best partying buddies to stupidity. I need someone who can replace the good memories... make better ones so I can forget about the fun I had with the biggest idiot that was once in my life.

Anyone interested?

Worn Out

Funny how things reveal themselves when u can't figure the problem out in your head. For me, it was listening to a song to make me realise why the hell I've been so down and out the past week. At first I thought it was shouldering the burden of other people's problems as I felt like I didn't want, and couldn't listen, to anyone anymore. Even after I griped about it, I didn't feel better and something was still irritating me from within. Then listen to a song and everything floods your mind, telling you what's wrong. Reminders of the past pull you back in time, sometimes good, sometimes bad, and in my case, bittersweet.

One song I haven't heard in a long time, one of the songs I was listening to all the time when the situation got bad. Then it was another song that made me realise what is it about this person that is irritating me. And of all the things I didn't expect, I realised I actually missed the good times. I actually MISS the good old days I had - yapping about life on the Palm, watching countless movies, drinking the night away watching people dance weird, walking without care in the pouring rain - stupid, silly, wastes of time that gave my life a big jolt of fun. Fun which I miss a whole lot. Fun no one else has been able to replace.... YET!

I thought I'd be sad, that I miss the person. But no. I don't miss the person, I miss the fun. I'm angry with the person, for all the bullshit and disrespect. I'm glad that you're out of my life just because you won't be able to cause more shit. But I hate that you decided to end a good friendship when it wouldn't have mattered whichever way she entered the picture. But it was your own stupidity that flushed it down the drain and ur stupidity that made the final cut when it was still hanging by a thread.

Now after realising what the problem was, I know where to go. I might even take this advice that came out in yesterday's IS magazine.

""What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt," wrote columnist Hal Boyle. "It is sure to get to where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else." Your assignment for the rest of 2008, Libra, is to do whatever's necessary to make yourself fit this description. The nest eight months will provide unprecedented opportunities to turn yourself into a river flowing toward your destiny with surprisingly sublime freedom." - freewill astrology, Rob Brezsny

I shall be the river and take where my life leads me (and I see a lot of travelling involved).

Something From My Mailbox

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.

And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.

And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.

"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.

Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

What Hurts The Most - Rascal Flatts

Remember to always say what you mean.
If you love someone, tell them.
Don't be afraid to express yourself.
Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.
Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late.
Seize the day. Never have regrets.

And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that you are today.

Karma's A Bitch

I don't know why you chose the way to do it but I don't think my mom deserved the way she was treated on your very last day with us. She treated you as a guest, almost as she would her own child, and you ungratefully left without saying a word, not even to confirm your departure.

Don't wanna think about it
Don't wanna talk about it
I'm just so sick about it
I can't believe it's ending this way

After all the chances I gave you, you still lied. After all the warnings I gave, you didn't even bother to stop or slow down. You said you wanted to change, to start being the person you want to be, the person that is not your dad, the person you seem to be turning into. Yet given the opportunity time and again, you don't grab it and , instead, run away. After all the help I've been offering, you leave and all that talk about not being able to repay me has just come true. Whatever you do won't change the past... it might help mend the fence but it won't change the fact you broke it with your choices.

Can you tell me is this fair?
Is the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?

It's sad that you've changed so much from the person I knew before. I hope deep down inside you're still the best friend I once had and that you meant everything you said then. I hope one day you start being the man that you think you are, or say you are... that you end up keeping the promises you've made.

Shoulda known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry
It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
Cause I know that you're living a lie

I hope you hold on to your decision to quit that one bad habit and that it would domino to others. I hope you don't burn any more bridges as you might one day have to cross one you've just burnt. I don't hate you for what you've done... revenge cramps my style. I am, however, disappointed and all I can do is wish you all the best in days to come.

But that's ok baby, cause in time you will find
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way, back around



Justin Timberlake- What Goes Around... Comes Around

You know where to find me.

Dedicated To One Person Close To Me

Beautiful Liar



Beyonce & Shakira

Bad Day

Where is the moment when needed the most....

Started out as one of those days where I just didn't want to get out of bed and I stayed on it till the very last minute before I dragged myself into the bathroom.

Kick up the leaves and the magic is lost.....

Went to meet my mom for breakfast and she decided to order for me, but ended up missing something in my order which made it harder to eat as fast as I wanted. Almost ended up late to work again but good thing I had a driver who thinks he's a racer. Plus he charged me less than what was stated on the meter - weird bugger.

You tell me your blue skies fade to grey....

Had to work fast because of a sudden crowd and it decided to rain, which meant we had to work faster to get the chairs and menus into shade before they all get wet. All of which leaves me with a soaking wet sleeve and a damp uniform to work in for the rest of the day.

You tell me your passion's gone away....

Was asked to slice the gherkins and I nearly sliced off my finger. Thank goodness for fast reactions, tough nails and rather blunt knives. Furthermore, as I was clearing a table, the container of sauce decided to roll off the plate, spill over the side of the table, drip onto my apron, drop on my shoe and mess up the floor. Another thing was the stupid salad that has to sit in a fried tortilla bowl that wobbles on the plate, and one decided to fall asleep on me, and topple over just as I was about to put it down on the table. More spillage!

And I don't need no carrying on...

My shoe's sole partially gave way. It was squeaking the whole morning and finally when I went on the run to deliver some coffee, it started flapping, irritating me on every step. Then at the point where I was waiting for the escalator to get me to the next level, I used my other foot to help me get rid of the irritating flap, leaving me with half a sole on my right shoe.

Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing it turns out wrong...

Final blow was when I bent down to get a piece of lime for some idiot's Corona and forgot to pull my pants up which caused the seams at the thigh to rip apart. It felt much cooler under my apron but the question was how I would be going home, or actually going out for dinner, with my pants ripped?

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

Hot Damn!

I was on Yahoo Answers when I spotted someone asking if anyone knew who this bugger was. If it wasn't for the song her decided to cover, I wouldn't even bother finding out. I love the original classical piece, but this one rocks...literally.

* CLICK ME * to watch the Jerry C Video

Missing

Fort Minor - Where'd You Go

So Long & Goodnight

My Chemical Romance - Helena

This caught me by surprise and I'm kinda liking it.

Let Me B A Poser 4 A While

Yeah this is my girl doin her thang... Mwuahahahaha...



ok.. I like Missy E.. so?

I've got a cute face
Chubby waist
Thick legs n shape
Rump shakin both wayz
Make u do a double take ....

Yeeee... Hahahaha