Music Monday - Annie Lennox

This song helped me through some tough times in high school so it resonates with me still. If you've never heard it, I hope you enjoy it.

Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox

Into the West

Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
Night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across a distant shore
Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see
All of your fears will pass away
Safe in my arms
You're only sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home
And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
All souls pass

Hope fades
Into the world of night
Through shadows falling
Out of memory and time
Don't say
We have come now to the end
White shores are calling
You and I will meet again
And you'll be here in my arms
Just sleeping

What can you see
On the horizon?
Why do the white gulls call?
Across the sea
A pale moon rises
The ships have come to carry you home
And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the West

Linkin Park - Iridescent

Now I know there aren't many lyrics to this song, but I love the ones it has and hope you enjoy it.

Linkin Park

Iridescent

You were standing in the wake of devastation

And you were waiting on the edge of the unknown

And with the cataclysm raining down

Insides crying "Save me now"

You were there, impossibly alone

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go. Let it go

And in a burst of light that blinded every angel

As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars

You felt the gravity of tempered grace

Falling into empty space

No one there to catch you in their arms

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go. Let it go

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go. Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go. Let it go

Music Monday - P!nk

P!nk

Fuckin' Perfect

Made a wrong turn, once or twice

Dug my way out, blood and fire

Bad decisions, that's alright

Welcome to my silly life

Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood

Miss 'No way, it's all good', it didn't slow me down

Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated

Look, I'm still around

Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel

Like you're less than fuckin' perfect

Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing

You're fuckin' perfect to me

You're so mean, when you talk about yourself, you were wrong

Change the voices in your head, make them like you instead

So complicated, look happy, you'll make it

Filled with so much hatred, such a tired game

It's enough, I've done all I can think of

Chased down all my demons, I've seen you do the same

Oh, pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel

Like you're less than fuckin' perfect

Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing

You're fuckin' perfect to me

The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear

The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer

So cool in line, and we try try try, but we try too hard and it's a waste of my time

Done looking for the critics, cause they're everywhere

They dont like my jeans, they don't get my hair

Exchange ourselves, and we do it all the time

Why do we do that? Why do I do that? Why do I do that?

Yeah, oh, oh baby, pretty baby

Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel

Like you're less than fuckin' perfect

Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel

Like you're nothing, you're fucking perfect to me

You're perfect, you're perfect!

Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing

You're fuckin' perfect to me

Killer Concert

As you know Saturday was the night of The Killers Concert and it was an amazing show! General admission tickets and an early arrival brought us in very close proximity with the wonder that is Brandon Flowers. Holy shit he's beautiful!

Anyway after their opening number they were told to get off stage because of some technical problem. People were pissed! But better for them to be able to put on a good show and be safe, right? And put on a damn good show they did! Brandon's singing was flawless and so was his choice of clothing. I don't think I've ever seen pants so tight. It looked like his legs were painted black and let's just say that he seems to be very well endowed. You know what I mean. Sexy and I were drooling all night! Huge bulge on a very sexy, talented guy. Who could ask for more?

Despite the distraction of Brandon's pelvic region we managed to actually watch the concert and enjoy it. My favorite song was their last one, "All These Things That I've Done". They shot off confetti from canons during the song and it was awesome!

So even though the place was full of fucking idiots, namely one Hispanic male I wanted to beat the living daylights out of and that we were deaf for twenty minutes after, it was an enjoyable evening. Totally worth the money.

Music to My Ears

I recently received an iTunes giftcard for my birthday and a few days ago decided to finally use it. I even spent a little more than the giftcard was worth because there has been so much good music released! These new purchases have made me very happy so I've decided to share some of them with you and hope you'll check them out.

When September Ends

I can't wait for September to end! Usually I love September because I love Fall and it's the month of my birth, but this September has sucked pussy. I'm not trying to be a downer, but God it needs to end. By the end of the month I will have seen Sexy for less than half the month! It sucks for both of us. Sexy just makes things better and I miss their stinkin' guts! I need to get used to it though because that's what Sexy's job entails.

Trying to be optimistic there are a couple of good things about this September, first of all being I've started singing in a choir again and secondly, I get to see The Killers in concert with Sexy and I can't wait!

Deseret Chamber Singers

Last night was my first rehearsal with the Deseret Chamber Singers and it was fucking amazing! It's been almost 3 years since I've been in a choir and it felt so good to be singing again! Plus many of my friends are in the choir as well, which makes it even more fun.

The nice thing about DCS is they only rehearse once a week and only have a few concerts each season. It happens to work very well with my schedule, which makes me a very happy man. I love singing! I will let you know when the finalized concert dates are and hope you will come hear us.