I love the cracks that we are made of

Patiently trawling through the second-hand section at gramaphone is so rewarding when you find an album like this one by You Say Party! We Say Die! going for less than $4! *glee*

I'd actually only heard one of their songs before but at $4 it was just too tempting! *laugh* And now that I've listened through the album (many times I must admit), I believe it must be a good thing to succumb to temptation *grin* this album was so worth it!!

I love the keyboards, and the guitars and especially the hand claps *laugh* the songs are just great! And with titles like "He! She! You! Me! They! We! Us! Okay!" and "Cold Hands! Hot Bodies", what more could I ask for...besides lyrics like this..

I love the cracks that we are made of
The bits of light that peek out between
I love the space where your arms fail reaching
For my heart that blithers is flying

I love the way your mind forgets
All the bad things I will sin
And taking me back seem so easy

Oh my dear, you are so damn pleasing
Promise that you'll take me back forever
I'll promise you the same twice over

Your love is my millenium



You Say Party! We Say Die! | Love In The New Millenium (Your Pants My Couch)

I can't stream this song so here's another 2 instead. Let me now if you want the mp3s of these 2 songs too!

Like the deserts miss the rain

This week was so much fun! *grin* I miss the brief period of time when I was as carefree as this week. It was so satisfying, like a passing afternoon shower in the middle of a hot day. Transient and fleeting.

Lots of dancing music in my head, both from the night at MOS and from ps2 games with such awesome music! *laugh* And they had candy floss at MOS!! *happy* I think sugar makes me higher than alcohol. Thanks for bringing me out Pris! *smile*

I step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
I past your door
But you don't live there anymore

It's years since you been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You found some better place

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain

And could you be dead
You always were two steps ahead
And everyone would walk behind while you run

I look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout down to me
Where I always used to be

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain

I'm back on the train
I ask why did I come again
And can I confess
I've been hanging round your old address

And the years have proved
Too often nothing since you moved
And you're long gone
But I can't move on

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain



Everything But The Girl | Missing



This is another version that I like a lot. It's not as dance-y but the guitars and rhythm are so good!!

Nothing to live for when I'm sleeping alone

"Are you lesbian?" He asked.

And I wonder again, has it been that long? Long enough for people to start wondering, to start asking questions.

But really, nothing much excites me quite as much anymore; nothing much shocks me even. I'm numb. It's strange, but in a nice detached way. And anyway everything's make-belief, play-pretend. You can't unbreak the broken. There's nothing left to like anymore.

Well, words remind me of music and who better to listen to now than the lesbian twins Tegan & Sara *grin* Here are 2 of their songs.

There's a war inside of me
Do I cause new heartbreak to write a new broken song
Do I push it down or let it run me right into the ground
I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me

Well I can't stop talking for fear of listening to unwelcome sound
And you haven't called me in weeks and honestly it's bringing me down
Oh I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me
I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me

And don't you worry there's still time
Don’t you worry there’s still time

There’s nothing to live for when I'm sleeping alone
And I wash the windows outside
In hopes that the glare will bring you around
I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me
I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me

So don’t you worry there’s still time
Don’t you worry there’s still time

Sunshine is days away I won't be saved I know all the words
I can't say that I'll love you forever
Sunshine is days away I won't be saved I know all the words
I won't say that I'll love you forever



Tegan and Sara | You Wouldn't Like Me



I think this song is one of their more popular songs that's in the Grey's Anatomy soundtrack.

Where do you go with your broken heart in tow?
What do you do with the left over you?
And how do you know, when to let go?
Where does the good go?
Where does the good go?

Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive
Look me in the heart and tell me you won't go
Look me in the eye and promise no love's like our love
Look me in the heart and unbreak broken
It won't happen

It's love that leaves
That breaks the seal of always thinking you would be real happy
And healthy, strong and calm
Where does the good go?
Where does the good go?

Where do you go when you're in love and the world knows?
How do you live so happily while I am sad and broken down?
What do you say it's up for grabs now that you're on your way down?
Where does the good go?
Where does the good go?

Tegan and Sara | Where Does The Good Go?

All I can commit to is maybe

How do you tell if it's just a crush? How much is enough and how long is long enough? The engineer in me just wishes for an equation. One where variables can be put in and the hypothesis tested *laugh* I can't believe I'm actually thinking about this! *grin*

Haven't heard this song for so long now, but now I'm hooked again. Just like how I was almost 10 years ago. Gosh, has it really been that long? *laugh*

See ya blowing me a kiss
It doesn't take a scientist
To understand what's going on baby
If you see something in my eye
Let's not over analyze
Don't go too deep with it baby

So let it be what it'll be
Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me
Here's what I do, I'll play it loose
Not like we have a date with destiny

It's just a little crush
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing
Not like everything I do depends on you

It's raising my adrenaline
You're banging on a heart of tin
Please don't make too much of it baby
Say the word forevermore
That's not what I'm looking for
All I can commit to is maybe

So let it be what it'll be
Don't make a fuss and get crazy over you and me
Here's what I do, I'll play it loose
Not like we have a date with destiny

It's just a little crush
Not like I faint every time we touch
It's just some little thing
Not like everything I do depends on you

Vanilla skies
White picket fences in your eyes
A vision of you and me





Jennifer Paige | Crush

Love's an excuse to get hurt. And to hurt.

There's a new Bright Eyes album coming out next week! Check it out here. I've heard some of the songs from the new album already and I'm liking them a lot. He never ceases to amaze me with the variety of sounds in his songs, all held together by his distinct voice.

The first two songs I heard from him were so different in so many ways. One was sweet and soothing and so full of hope and new found life. A happy song for happier times.

The other was pained and dark. The unhappy ending of a story. Knowing the meaningnessless of it all and not caring. The cold comfort of not feeling anything.

Everything fades, degenerates, ends. Why bother trying to make anything last.

I picked you out of a crowd and talked to you.

I said, "I like your shoes."
You said, "Thanks. Can I follow you?"

So it's up the stairs and out of view. No prying eyes. I poured some wine. I asked your name. You asked the time. Now it's 2 o'clock. The club is closed, we out of the block. Your hands on me, pressing hard again your jeans. Your tongue in my mouth, trying to keep the words from coming out. You didn't care to know who else may have been you before.

I want a lover I don't have to love. I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck. Hey where's the kid with the chemicals? I thought he said to meet him here but I'm not sure. I got the money if you've got the time.

You said, "It feels good."
I said, "I'll give it a try."

Then my mind went dark. We both forgot where your car was parked. Let's just take the train. I'll meet up with the band in the morning.

Bad actors with bad habits. Some sad singers they just play tragic. And the phone's ringing and the van's leaving . Let's just keep touching. Let's just keep singing.

I want a lover I don't have to love. I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk. Hey where's the kid with the chemicals? I've got a hunger and I can't seem to get full. I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.

But you write such pretty words. But life's no storybook. Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt.

"Do you like to hurt?"
"I do. I do."
"Then hurt me."





Bright Eyes | Lover I Don't Have To Love

Nobody has ever loved you like I do

What do you mean?

Wouldn't it be so much easier if everyone could always say exactly what they mean? But we can't. We have to hide and dance around the words we say, and pick up the pieces that fall along the way.

I'm tired of dancing around, but it's still better than not dancing at all right? Another song to dance to, with words I don't understand. But it's so much better this way.

Even though you're well intentioned
One or two or three things you mentioned
Leave a taste familiar to me so
Even with a slight sarcastic
A ripple in a voice elastic
I could crack the slightest code of woe

You look familiar, I know you
We've met before, is it not true?
I'm zero, don't waste words with me
Here's not the chamber for it

What do you mean?
Evil has never loved you
Evil has never loved you
Evil has never loved you as I do

What do you mean?
Nobody has ever loved you
Nobody has ever loved you
Nobody has ever loved you like I do

Find it at the further reaches
Smelling like a rose or peaches
Crippling the hardest pig nose shell
Find it when I look in your eyes
A little spark that would be kingsize
The mirror does no justice to your spell

You look familiar, I know you
We've met before, is it not true?
I'm zero, don't waste words with me
Here's not the chamber for it

What do you mean?
Evil has never loved you
Evil has never loved you
Evil has never loved you as I do

What do you mean?
Nobody has ever loved you
Nobody has ever loved you
Nobody has ever loved you like I do



Union Of Knives | Evil Has Never

You can find this song, and more of their songs streamed on their site, here. It's slightly different from the one I have though.