Now is the turn of The Shins

I love The Shin's music, here are some of my favorites, the first one is Red Rabbits, when I selected that song mainly was for the title but when I heard it and read the lyrics I could not stop listening, drove my boyfriend crazy (not in the good way, he doesn't like most of the music I am really into) I feel really sad today, been sentimental at work and now I am silently depressed at home, this song is a picker upper, hope it works. If not this one the next...

Red Rabbits

Hurled to the center of the Earth again
The place where it's ho love
You know it hurts to breathe in
And the watershed you balance on is begging it
Well did he ever know
Will he ever know?

The trees in the moonshine are a dark lattice
So you catalog any angle you notice
In a vacuum you are charged to record this
So you won't make it easy on me

I can't go into this no more
It puts too many thorns on my mind
And the necessary balloon lies a corpse on the floor
We've pissed on far too many sprites
And they're all standing up for their rights

Born on a desert floor you've the deepest thirst
And you came to my sweet shore to indulge it
With the wan and dreaming eyes of an orphan
But there was not enough
There is not enough

Out of a gunnysack fall red rabbits
Into the crucible to be rendered an emulsion
And we can't allow a chance they'd restore themselves
So we can't make it easy on you

Undaunted, you bathed in hollow cries
The boys with swollen sunburnt eyes
A reward for letting nothing under their skin
So help me, I don't know I might
Just give the old dark side a try

Don't cast your whirling eyes on the shore
Till we even the score
I still owe you for the hole in the floor
And the ghost in the hall
Who decides who paddles over the falls
Yeah who makes the call
Who makes the call?

I know there's an eventual
Release from every scale of crime
But the necessary balloon lies a corpse on the floor
We've pissed on far too many good intentions
Held by clever sprites
And they're all standing up for their rights.



Sleeping Lessons

Go without
'Til the need seeps in
You're low, anymore
Collect your novel petals for the stem

And glow
Glow
Melt and flow
Eviscerate your fragile frame
And spill it out on the ragged floor
A thousand different versions of yourself

And if the old guard still offend
They got nothing left on which you depend
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood
And off with their heads
Jump from The hook
You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise
See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life

And they got no right
As sure as you have eyes
They got no right

Just put yourself in my new hooves
And see that I do what I do
Because the old guard still offend (their pudgy hearts and slimy hands)
They've got nothing left on which we depend
So enlist every ounce
Of your bright blood
And off with their heads
Jump from The hook
You're not obliged
To swallow anything you despise
That you despise

This is for my personal enjoyment

Not too many words... Blonde Redhead:

Futurism vs. Passeism part 2

Le temps le plus important c'est la première fois
Le temps le plus important c'est la deuxième fois
Et après ça le troisième fois
Et on recommence

J'ai perdu les habitudes de ma jeunesse
Et je me senq désunis et à part de ma propre histoire
Et on recommence

Futurism Vs. Passeism Part 2 - Blonde Redhead

Fun for ME

Hello, this is from Moloko, and I know is one of her most known songs, I love it, it's funny, energetic, sensual, sexy, and I like her, wink.

I dreamt that I was dreaming, I was wired to a clock,
Tickled by the minute hand tick tock tick tock,
I dream Im on a train and it is making music,
I dont remember getting on clickity click clickity click,
I dreamt that I was very tall, I was bigger than king kong,
I heard the bells the bells aringing ading dong ding dong,
I dreamt that I was sitting in the devils company,
He gave a solemn promise fe fi fi fun for me,
I dreamt that I was chasing the monster out of me,
I caught him in the corner ha ha hee hee hee,
I dream Im in a tunnel between here and now,
Scooby do-be where would you be bow wow wow wow,
I dream Im at a crossroads no place left to go,
I look in each direction eenie meanie miny mo,
I dream I am an ostrich head deep in the sand,
There is a rhythm thats a playing fantastic elastic band,
I dreamt that the bogeyman went down on mr spock
Sugar was a flowing sock it to em sock
I dreamt I saw a moo cow jump across the moon
Just a flight of fantasy zoom zoom zoom
I dreamt I met a spaceman he took me to his ship,
You know he cut my hair off snip snip snip
I dreamt that I was sleeping asleep for heavens sake
The dream that I was dreaming caused me to awake
I dreamt that I was way up I was standing on the top
With the feeling I was falling bop beep bop
I dreamt that I was jumping in a circus through a hoop,
Someone saw the lights off shoo-be-doop
I dreamt that I was fast I was never shutting up,
I was going in a hurry I was giddy-up giddy-up
I dream Im in the park Im standing in the nudey,
I was getting what I wanted tootie fruity tootie fruity,
I dreamt that I was dreaming, I was wired to a clock,
Tickled by the minute hand tick tock tick tock,
I dream Im on a train and it is making music,
I dont remember getting on clickity click clickity click,
I dreamt that I was very tall, I was bigger than king kong,
I heard the bells the bells aringing ading dong ding dong,
I dream I am an astrich head deep in the sand,
There is a rhythm thats a playing fantastic elastic band,
Fe fi fi fun for me.

Now, I found out there are 3 videos for this song, so I'll put all of them the original first released in 1995 for England viewers, and the others.



Now for the other one, the nurse video:



Ok, now some disappointment, I was not able to find the first video I saw for this song, so I am bummed out, and I pretty much have to leave soon... so I will only leave this two, but I hope you remember another one with lots of colours, she is dancing, and well pointless until I find it! But I did like the nurse video. Wink.

This one goes for Sarah...

Since we both like so much Bat for Lashes, but you obviously have a tremendous crush on her, and her music, I decided to share one of my favorites with you, Trophy. Here, I love you lots girl.

"Trophy"

The trophy that I made for us
In fur and gold
Got into the wrong pair of hands
In truth was sold
The ?? was so much less
Than it was worth
And every man that touched it
Found a heaven on earth
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

The queens and the court jesters
Clapped, adored
Their hearts swelled too
Overdrive a mercy sword
Mercy this and mercy that
Let justice prevail
But I just want my trophy back
It's not for sale
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Creatures of love feed
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free

Creatures of love feed
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free

When I got my trophy back
It took some time
To polish it, to go from black
And shoot the line
When I put it back inside
And locked the door
A trophy of mercy
Is a trophy no more
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms

Creatures of love feed
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free

Creatures of love feed
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free



And hell with it, I will also put "Horse and I", just love those two songs, so free, so oniric, and as well dramatic, so here is the second one.

Horse and I

Got woken in the night,
by a mystic golden light.
My head soaked in river water.
I had been dressed in a coat of armor. They called a horse out of the woodland.
"Take her there, through the desert shores."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now."

The smell of redwood giants.
The banquet for the shadows.
Horse and I, we're dancers in the dark.
Came upon the headdress.
It was gilded, dark and golden.
The children sang.
I was so afraid I took it to my head and prayed.
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."

There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn...



***Bonus***

I saw a light

I saw a light
I saw a light
Coming through the trees
I saw a light
Coming through the trees
Freshly cut lawns
And little children sleepwalking
I saw a light

I saw a light
Shining on a car
And a couple inside
Had committed suicide

Death in your arms
Death in your arms

I saw a light
I saw a light
Coming through the trees
And I packed my things

After I saw the light
I packed my things
The light gave me life
Helped me see more clearly
And the children went to sleep
And the car was towed away
And the leaves were rustling
As the night turned to day

I saw a light
Getting smaller in the distance
And I said goodbye

Good Music That's Often Missed

This is, in my humble opinion, the best song and video that Esthero has, "Heaven Sent", I loved it since the first time I watch the video in 1998 on summer vacations, I was 17 back then. The music is strong, defying, dramatic, her voice is stunning, and adored the fact that the video takes a homage to the short film "Un chien andalou" from director Luis Buñuel, it's a silent surrealist video (also mentioned on one of the Pixies songs "Debaser") where Salvador Dalí participates, please, and I mean please, if you have not seen this watch it, it's fucking awesome.

So, here are the lyrics and the video (wich was hard to find embedded on youtube, but thankfully I found it on veoh).

"Heaven Sent"

I came and saw you left the light on
There was no one home at all
Couldnt wait to get your clothes on
Shouldnt come around to call on you

The taste was sweet and you delivered
I didnt know I would feel so high
Well, I guess we didnt have to kill her
But dont feel so bad though

You looked her in the eye
And I watched her cry
And my mouth went dry
Everyone is going to have to die - sometime

My mouth is clean, my hands are dirty
Heaven isnt on my side
Well, if it was, then shed have hurt me
Didnt think this through

But, I didnt have the time
To perfect my crime
I drank my wine
Everything is going to be just fine

I dont know, I dont love, (youre alone, youre alone) I dont know
Anyone like me

Im not heaven sent
Im not heaven sent
But Im broken and bent

My mouth went dry
As I watched her cry
Everyone has to, gets to die
But not on my time - not on this girls time
Fucked if its my time (fucked if its my time)
Not on my time(this is all fucked up)

Esthero |MTV Music

Pizzicato

This song I actually heard the cover that Emiliana Torrini made, a friend of mine sent me the song because since I am into japanese things she thought I'd like it, and she was right so I searched around and found that it was from Pizzicato Five, and I really like them, so I thought I will put the original song on my blog so she knows the original track, hope she likes it, Emiliana Torrini's song is actually pretty similar and really good as well.

I
Watashi no koto
Anata wa mada
Gokai shite iru
Ka mo shirenai wa ne

Watashi no koto
Anata wa ima
Iya na onna datte
Omotteru n deshoo

Soo yo watashi wa
Detarame de
Kimagure de
Namaiki de
Wagamama de
Zeitaku de
Kidoriya de
Usotsuki de
Ayafuya de
Iikagen

Da kedo watashi wa
Yurusarechau
Sore wa watashi ga
Kawaii kara

Da kedo watashi wa
Aisareteru
Sore wa watashi ga
Kawaii kara


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I guess
You still
Don't understand
Me

Even now
Do you think
I am
A terrible girl?

That's right! I am
Irresponsible,
Capricious,
Cheeky,
Selfish,
Extravagant,
Affected,
A liar,
Uncertain,
And irresponsible

But i
Get away with it
Because
I am cute

But I am
Loved
Because
I am cute




Another version of the song, I preffer this version over the one before, it's more jazzy and upbeat:

For all the lost days...

I plan to catch up, so on this my few spare hours I plan to put as many songs with their videos, this particular post is of the incredible song The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegroove by Dead Can Dance. Boy I just love, LOVE this song since the first time I heard it when I was driving home on my forest-green Hyundai Accent '96, fuck, I almost stopped at mid street with cars passing by me.

"The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegroove"

I thought that you knew it all
Well youve seen it ten times before.
I thought that you had it down
With both your feet on the ground.
I love slow...slow but deep.
Feigned affections wash over me.
Dream on my dear
And renounce temporal obligations.
Dream on my dear
Its a sleep from which you may not awaken.

You build me up then you knock me down.
You play the fool while I play the clown.
We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum.
You raise my hopes then you raise the odds
You tell me that I dream too much
Now Im serving time in disillusionment.

I dont believe you anymore...i dont believe you.

I thought that I knew it all
Id seen all the signs before.
I thought that you were the one
In darkness my heart was won.

You build me up then you knock me down.
You play the fool while I play the clown.
We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum.
You raise my hopes then you raise the odds
You tell me that I dream too much
Now Im serving time in a domestic graveyard.

I dont believe you anymore...i dont believe you.

Never let it be said I was untrue
I never found a home inside of you.
Never let it be said I was untrue
I gave you all my time.

The Girl T.

This song is probably on of my favorites from Tori Amos, I find it's one of her funniest work, the music sounds like a funky ice cream flavor that has nuts and crackers. It's from the album Under the Pink. Enjoy. And yes, I am in a retroish mood.

"Space dog"

way to go mr. microphone
show us all what you don't know
centuries secret societies
he's out commander still
space dog

so sure we were on something
your feet are finally on the ground he said
so sure we were on something
your feet are just on the ground girl

rain and snow
our engines have been receiving your eager call
there's colonel dirtyfishydishcloth
he'll distract her good
don't worry so

and to the one you thought was on your side
she can't understand
she truly believes the lies

lemon pie
he's coming through
our commander still space dog
lines secure space dog

deck the halls
i'm young again
i'm you again
racing turtles
the grapefruit is winning
seems i keep getting this story twisted
so where's neil when you need him
deck the halls
it's you again
it's you again
somewhere someone must know the ending
is she still pissing in the river now
heard she'd gone
moved into a trailer park

so sure we were on something
your feet finally on the ground he said
so sure we were on something
you feet just on the ground girl
so sure we were on something
your feet finally on the ground he said
so sure we were on something
your feet are just on the ground
(so sure those girls now are in the navy
those bombs our friends can't even hurt you now
and hold those tears cause they're still on your side
don't hear the dogs barking
don't say you know we've gone andromeda
stood with those girls before
the hair in pairs it just got nasty
and now those girls are gone)

July will be the month of MUSIC

Well, I've decided to make the month of July "The Month of Music" where I will put the lyrics for the songs that have touched me and mark a point in my life, since the first to post where about that, I have to continue, don't know if the following months will have themes. Ok well, enjoy.

This is going to be Modest Mouse, with the song One Chance, and I picked this one because I right now feel like that, I've got a new job, and I really like it, I find it challenging, and almost as if I am being reborn -personality wise- because of this experience, begining to see a new light to the everyday things, kind off reasured the fact that I can't be goofing around forever. I can't and refuse to be a teenager forever.

A nice transition to the start of adulthood is where I find myself, as creepy as it may sound, I want to be a grown up, I feel like I can handle myself better, before I felt like a girl that needed protecting, so to protect her locked her inside of melting fears, insecurities. Prone to a fragileness as if I didn't trust me to do hard tasks, and everything is a hard task, I placed the responsability for my decisions on what my mother thought, or my friends, my lovers but to afraid to decide for myself, now I don't feel like that, it's slowly wearing off, and I'm happy with me.

So after the long drag, the song:



"One Chance"

We have one chance.
One chance to get everything right.
We have one chance, one chance.
And if we're lucky we might.

My friends, my habits, my family,
they mean so much to me.
I just don't think that it's right.
I've seen so many ships sail in,
just to head back out again and go off sinking.

I'm just a box in a cage. I'm just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box in a cage.

Didn't mean to laugh, didn't know I had.
Didn't know the better part of what you said
cuz in your head you are not home.

Didn't get the joke. Didn't mean to poke another,
just to save myself
from some something something or another one.
Well walk home.

I'm just a box in a cage. I'm just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box in a cage.

I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box, just a box in a cage.
I'm just a box in a cage.

We have one chance,
one chance to get everything right.
My friends, my habits, my family,
they mean so much to me.
I just don't think that it's right.
I've seen so many ships sail in,
just to head back out again and go off sinking.

For a friend...

I know maybe you don't like My Brightest Diamond that much, but I have attatched a memory of you in this ending love affair that your going trough... so you understand better I leave the lyrics... and the live version of the song, sorry can't help but see the simmilarities... although he did write to say goodbay, at least.

Gone Away

Far away you've gone, and left me here
So cold without you, so lonely dear
May June July I count the time
Every minute I go takes the smell of your clothes
Further away

'Cause you've gone away
Where there isn't a telephone wire
Still I wait by the phone
You don't even write to say goodbye
Goodbye

I have saved every piece of paper
Like grocery lists and note cards
To do lists and race scores
So just in case you change your mind
And come back, I've kept everything safe

While you're gone away
Where there isn't a telephone wire
Still I wait by the phone
You don't even write to say goodbye

Get me out get me off
Get me out get me off
Oh this is a ride going nowhere
But somewhere that I despise
Going nowhere to end up with a tearful
I don't wanna go on with these pieces of paper
That you left behind

This is a ride going nowhere
But somewhere that I despise
Going nowhere to end up with a tearful
I don't wanna go on with these pieces of paper
To keep me company in my old age

While you're gone away
Where there isn't a telephone wire
Still I wait by the phone
Why don't you write to say goodbye
Goodbye

Nostalgic... for the creepy music.