Al son de... mi cámara

The way it is

2011-06-24T20:51:00.003+02:00

Standing in line marking time, waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by as he catches the poor ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "get a job"

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them

They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way
Did you really think about it before you made the rules
He said, Son

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them

Well they passed a law in '64 to give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law don't change another's mind when all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar

That's just the way it is

Some things will never change

That's just the way it is

Ah, but don't you believe them

Música © Bruce Hornsby

Mr. Curiosity

2011-06-08T13:20:00.004+02:00

Hey Mr. Curiosity
Is it true what they've been saying about you
Are you killing me?
You took care of the cat already
And for those who think it's heavy
Is it the truth
Or is it only gossip
Call it mystery or anything
Just as long as you'd call me
I sent the message on did you get it when I left it
See this catastrophic event
It wasn't meant to mean no harm
But to think there's nothing wrong is a problem

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Love is a mystery
Mr. Curious...

Come back to me
Mr. waiting ever patient can't you see
That I'm the same the way you left me
In a hurry to spell check me
And I'm underlined already in envy green
And pencil red
And I've forgotten what you've said
Will you stop working for the dead and return
Mr. curious well I need some inspiration
It's my birthday and I cannot find no cause for celebration
The scenario is grave but I'll be braver when you save me
From this situation laden with hearsay

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
And love is a mystery
Mr. Curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me, oh
Find me, find me, me

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Trying not to ask why
Cause love is a mystery
Mr. curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me

Love is blinding when the timing's never right
Oh who am I to beg for difference
Finding love in just an instant
Well I dont mind, at least I've tried
Well I tried, I tried...

Música © Jason Mraz

If everyone was listening

2011-04-03T02:37:00.001+02:00

The actors and jesters are here
The stage is in darkness and clear
For raising the curtain and no-one's quite certain
Whose play it is
How long ago, how long?
If only we had listened then
If we'd know just how right
We were going to be
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
And we tried to sing of love before
The stage fell apart

(chorus)
If everyone was listening, you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown to bring the house down?
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall

Well, what is your costume today?
Who are the props in your play?
You're acting apart which you thought
From the start was an honest one
Well, how do you plead?
An actor indeed! Go re-learn your lines
You don't know what you've done
The final is begun:

(chorus)
If everyone was listening, you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown to bring the house down?
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall

Música © Supertramp

Angel

2011-03-09T12:23:00.004+01:00

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There’s always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it’s hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I’ll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There’s vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack
It don’t make no difference
Escaping one last time
It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

Música @ Sarah MacLachlan

I feel alive

2011-02-21T18:08:00.003+01:00

Understanding takes a while
So go back to sleep
Oh, this blue sky shining wild
Makes it hard to speak

I looked down at the street
But I just couldn't keep my eyes
From looking at the sky
With the birds flying high
It makes me smile so wide it hurts

I feel the same love as the day I met you
Today makes a year from then

I'm in love with everything that I can see around
I remember picking flowers out of this town
It was so beautiful now and then I recall
I can just see it all as if it was yesterday

And the past juxtaposed to the last time I saw you today
Makes me want to say, "I feel alive"

Música © Alondra Bentley

Feliz 2011

2011-01-01T23:35:00.009+01:00

Un año nuevo empieza y con él vuelven mis propósitos de recuperar este agonizante blog. Y es que me niego a dejarlo morir. Con él descubrí el gris en un mundo de comunicación en el que sólo existía el blanco y negro. Es un símbolo del altavoz de que ahora disponemos los humanos de a pie y sólo por eso merece hacer el esfuerzo de aplicar el desfibrilador y devolverle la vida.

Hoy haremos un homenaje a una escena que a partir de mañana será habitual en nuestro país: la contaminación de nuestras calles no será ya sólo culpa de los coches, ahora hay nuevos emisores de humo en ellas.

Música: "La guerre du tabac" © Maximilien Mathevon

The blower's daughter

2010-11-02T23:12:00.005+01:00

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her skies

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you...
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Music © Anneke Van Giersbergen

Thoughts of a dying atheist

2010-10-10T22:01:00.003+02:00

Eerie whispers
trapped beneath my pillow
won't let me sleep
your memories

and I know you're in this room
I'm sure I heard you sigh
Floating in between
where our worlds collide

Scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see
and it scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see

and I know the moment's near
and there's nothing you can do
look through a faithless eye
are you afraid to die?

it scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see
and it scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see

It scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see
and it scares the hell out of me
and the end is all I can see

Música © Muse

A drop of silence

2010-09-28T23:37:00.002+02:00

Música © Kitaro

Gravity

2010-07-29T18:31:00.002+02:00

Hey love
Is that the name you're meant to have
For me to call

Look love
They've given up believing
They've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall

But don't you believe them
Don't you drink their poison too
These are the scars that words have carved
On me

Hey love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth

So don't turn away now
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved
On me

This is the same place
No, not the same place
This is the same place, love
No, not the same place we've been before

Hey, love
I am a constant satellite
Of your blazing sun
My love
I obey your law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
The law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
On me.

Música © Vienna Teng

Black Orchid

2010-07-22T21:12:00.004+02:00

Algún tendré que rastrear los motivos que me llevan a la fotografía casi compulsiva de flores de todo tipo. Lo más habitual es que durante cualquier paseo campestre me lance como alma poseída sobre alguna de las preciosas florecillas que crecen salvajes en los bordes de los caminos o en los arcenes (es ya costumbre apearme del coche cámara en mano cuando en algún viaje paro en alguna gasolinera a repostar o tomar un café) porque siempre, siempre hay alguna belleza escondida esperando a ser descubierta.

Este no es el caso. Las orquídeas no se dan en semejantes ambientes. Por eso no hay que pensárselo mucho cuando surge la ocasión de fotografiar alguna en su esplendor.

La de mi foto es una orquídea blanca con una pared verde pistacho como fondo. Pese a lo llamativo de ese encuadre no me cupo duda a la hora de editarla: el blanco y negro es lo que le hace justicia. Pero al ir a buscar la canción adecuada no he encontrado ningún tema sobre orquídeas blancas y sí sobre las negras. Así que he probado con el negro y blanco para variar. Y, sinceramente, no sé con cuál de las dos me quedaría. Sí, se adivina enseguida que es una foto en negativo pero, a falta de pan... no me disgusta el resultado ;)

Sería fantástico encontrar una orquídea negra de verdad que fotografiar... :)

Música © Anathema

Wither

2010-07-17T00:48:00.003+02:00

He necesitado una revisión del blog para darme cuenta de lo que lo echaba en falta.

Estábamos el otro día hablando de no se qué canción y, al no recordar el título pero sí la fecha aproximada en la que la subí al blog, tuve que ver varias entradas seguidas. Y entonces me di cuenta de lo importante que es este espacio para mí.

Ha cumplido ya 4 años largos, 4 años en los que mi vida ha girado como una noria y siempre ha estado ahí para parar ese giro durante un rato y darme tiempo a fijarme en la carretera por la que circulaba.

Cambiemos su look un poquito, más acorde con el actual estado de ánimo, y sigamos disfrutando de estos ratitos de procesar fotos, buscar temas musicales y hacerlos convivir en el mismo espacio.

Como la deuda con él es elevada pagaré varias mensualidades de una vez. Aquí tenéis el resultado de una agradable tarde por el campo asturiano.

Música: Wither © Dream Theater

Release the stars

2010-02-04T18:22:00.003+01:00

Vaga, vaga, muy vaga con este pobre blog, así estoy. Hasta tal punto llega mi vaguería que ni la foto la hice motu proprio ni la elección de la música ha sido mía. Pero bueno, al menos aquí estoy aunque sólo sea por aquéllo de que el mes de febrero aparezca en el histórico del año 2010, pobrecito mío.

Vaya en mi defensa el hecho de que estoy volcada en el desarrollo y puesta en marcha de mi página web profesional lo que me está comiendo todas las energías. Pero todo llega a su fin, y no, no hablo del fin de mis energías ;)

Música © Rufus Wainwright

In a graveyard

2010-01-06T21:34:00.003+01:00

Música © Rufus Wainwright

The lights go down

2009-12-03T12:40:00.003+01:00

¿Hay algo más triste que las luces de Navidad sin encender porque los ayuntamientos se empeñan en dejarlas ya colocaditas mes y medio antes de Navidad para que todos nos animemos a comprar cuanto antes? Pues sí. Por ejemplo el cariz que va tomando la enfermedad de la sociedad poco a poco y cuyos síntomas están ahí (sistema educativo viniéndose abajo lenta pero inexorablemente, haciendo que cada vez los ciudadanos sean más burros y por tanto piensen menos y sean más manejables; mayor control de los derechos y libertades que hasta ahora se suponían inalienables como el acceso a la cultura; insolidaridad frente a todo lo que no sea "que me quiten mis comodidades diarias básicas como internet desde el sofá de mi casa" aunque haya cada vez más gente perdiendo su trabajo)

Pero lo de las luces me deprime, qué quieren que les diga...

Música © Electric Light Orchestra

Sad eyes

2009-11-03T14:42:00.003+01:00

Por el movimiento, que dicen que se demuestra andando.

PD: Mira que odio los blogs con entradas críptico-ñoñas, pero qué le voy a hacer, hoy me ha salido "asín" ;)

Música © Bruce Springsteen

The window cleaner

2009-10-27T11:43:00.002+01:00

Ojalá todas las ventanas fueran tan fáciles de limpiar.

Música © George Formby

Beyond the sea

2009-10-23T19:43:00.004+02:00

Ayer le dimos la bienvenida al otoño pero se nos olvidó decir adiós al verano que tan buenos ratos nos ha hecho pasar. ¡Va por uzté!

Música © Bobby Darin

Autumn leaves

2009-10-22T10:20:00.005+02:00

Me ha costado mucho decidir qué versión del "Autumn leaves" proponer (Frank Sinatra, Matt Monro, Nat King Cole, etc...) hasta que por casualidad he tropezado con ésta cantada en francés. No me digáis que el idioma no contribuye a la melancolía de la canción inspirada por la estación.

Hala, a hundirnos todos en la miseria porque sí, el otoño está aquí.

Música © Duke Ellington & His great vocalists

Closed for now

2009-10-09T14:15:00.003+02:00

Como mi mente.

Música © Floodgate

Only time will tell

2009-10-08T11:17:00.004+02:00

Música © Mike Oldfield

Por solidaridad y...

2009-10-07T12:39:00.003+02:00

...porque el temita se las trae. Ya está bien de hacer políticas de parches y para minorías. Es hora de que la ciudadanía se conciencie de lo que es importante y no se deje manipular ni engañar por los medios cuyos hilos son movidos desde lo alto por quienes todos sabemos.

No hace mucho ví una lamentable y pésima película titulada Idiocracia en la que se narraba cómo un hombre mediocre (en todos los aspectos) de hoy en día terminaba convirtiéndose en el hombre más inteligente del mundo en el futuro. Pues bien, como siga así la cosa esa película será cierta si nadie lo remedia.

Os recomiendo leer esta entrada en el Blog de Angel Felicísimo, que, como siempre, es acertado hasta doler.

Irish love

2009-08-25T12:09:00.005+02:00

Más naturaleza, aunque esta vez hago un poco de trampa ya que no se trata de la asturiana. Vuelvo a la irlandesa porque en estas fechas se cumple un año desde que estuve allí y no hago más que pensar en cuándo podré volver. Sobre todo para demostrar a mis lectores que en Irlanda no hay sólo caballos ;)

Música © Mark Knopfler

Between the lines

2009-08-21T13:59:00.005+02:00

There's never much to say between the moments of
our games and repartee
There's never much to read between the lines of
what we need and what we'll take
There's never much to talk about or say aloud,
but say it anyway
Of holidays and yesterdays, and broken dreams
that somehow slipped away

In books and magazines on how to be and what to see
while you are being
Before and after photographs teach how to pass
from reaching to believing
We live beyond our means on other people's dreams
and that's succeeding
Between the lines of photographs I've seen the past --
it isn't pleasing

So strike another match
We'll have another cup of wine
And dance until the evening's dead
Of too much song and time
There's never much to talk about
Or read between the lines
Of what we dream about
When we're apart
And no one's looking on
To say you're mine

It was a good year then, it was a good year then,
we all remember
The time you threw the looking glass and seemed a fool
or very clever
Don't spoil it all, I can't recall a time when you were
struck without an answer
We'll live a quiet peaceful time between the lines
and go together

And I'm striking up the band to play our last hurrah
We'll dance until we've killed another evening off
Don't think of anyone but me
I'll have no lovers on the side
Tonight is all we've ever dreamed about
For once let's get it right
We'll go down flying in the end
Through another bottle in between the lines
I'll go down like a ship of state
Let's be gracious now
Between the lines

Música © Janis Ian

Soy una taza, una tetera...

2009-08-18T12:14:00.004+02:00

Todos tenemos nuestro momento "ataque de caspa". ¿O no? ;)

Música © Grupo Encanto

Solitude standing

2009-08-12T21:43:00.003+02:00

Aviso para navegantes: a mayor contacto con la naturaleza por mi parte más fotos de ramitas, florecitas, etc... os va a tocar sufrir. Y el que avisa no es traidor.

Música © Suzanne Vega

Free falling

2009-08-04T19:30:00.003+02:00

Libres hasta para caer.

Lisboa

2009-08-01T13:06:00.003+02:00

En cada visita me enamoro más de ella...

Música © Charles Aznavour

Shed a little light

2009-07-28T13:51:00.003+02:00

Aquí no lo había hecho nunca, pero quien me conoce sabe que, aunque no quiero sonar ilusa ni infantil, no me harto de decir lo contenta que estoy de vivir en esta época y en este país. Confort, comunicación, información inmediata, libertad... ¿qué más podemos pedir? Y es que el truco está en poner las cosas en perspectiva: Nuestra esperanza de vida es el doble que hace 100 años, si tenemos calor o frío le damos a un botón que lo soluciona, el culito de los bebés ya no se irrita, las mujeres ya no tenemos 5 churumbeles colgados al cuello a los 27 años a menos que queramos, y tenemos toda la información que deseemos y podamos digerir con un solo "click".

En lo que a este blog se refiere, gracias a ese "click" están volviendo a mi vida viejos temas hace tiempo olvidados. Lo que no sé es cómo voy a apañármelas para, haciendo otro tipo de "click", dotar a esos viejos-nuevos temas de imágenes a su altura.

Gracias por devolverme a James, Marta ;)

Música © James Taylor

At my front door

2009-07-27T17:26:00.009+02:00

Crazy little mama come knocking

Knocking at my front door, door, door

Crazy little mama come knocking
Knocking at my front door
Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking
Just like she did it before

I woke up this morning with a feeling of despair
I telephoned my baby but she wasn't there
Heard someone knocking and much to my surprise

There stood my baby looking in my eyes
Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking
Just like she did it before

If you got a little mama

And you want to get along
Teach your little mama right from wrong
Tell her that you love her like you did before
She'll come knock, knock, knocking at your door
Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking
Just like she did it before
Crazy little mama come knocking
Knocking at my front door, door, door
Crazy little mama come knocking
Knocking at my front door
Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking
Just like she did before
If you got a little mama
And you want to get along
Teach your little mama right from wrong
And If you tell her that you love her like you did before

She'll come knock, knock, knocking at my door
Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking
Just like she did it before
Crazy little mama come knock, knock, knocking

Just like she did before

Música © Pat Boone

Watching over me

2009-07-14T14:23:00.003+02:00

¿Nunca os habéis sentido observados al entrar en una callejuela estrecha llena de ventanas? En esas ocasiones es conveniente mirar también hacia arriba, nunca se sabe...

Música © Bliss

Naranjo en flor

2009-07-10T22:42:00.003+02:00

Era más blanda que el agua,

que el agua blanda.

Era más fresca que el río,

naranjo en flor.

Y en esa calle de estío,

calle perdida,

dejó un pedazo de vida

y se marchó.

Primero hay que saber sufrir,

después amar, después partir

y, al fin, andar sin pensamientos.

Perfume de naranjo en flor,

promesas vanas de un amor

que se escaparon con el viento.

Después, ¿qué importa del después?

Toda mi vida es el ayer

que me detiene en el pasado.

¡Eterna y vieja juventud,

que me ha dejado acobardado

como un pájaro sin luz!

¿Qué le habrán hecho mis manos?

¿Qué le habrán hecho

para dejarme en el pecho

tanto dolor?

Dolor de vieja arboleda,

canción de esquina

con un pedazo de vida,

naranjo en flor.

Música © Astor Piazzola

I still remember...

2009-07-09T12:38:00.002+02:00

... el viaje a Irlanda hace un año. Cantabrona de pura raza, sí, pero ¿qué tendrá lo celta que me mueve y me conmueve tanto? Si no fuese la descreída que soy pensaría que tiene que ver con mi anterior reencarnación ;)

Música © Nightnoise

Sowing the seeds of love

2009-07-08T14:32:00.007+02:00

No es que me guste repetir temas en las fotos que subo, pero con ésta quiero ilustrar lo que dije en los comentarios de la entrada anterior. Las semillas del eucalipto tienen un diseño muy llamativo y no hay una igual a otra. Cosas de la naturaleza.

Música © Tears for fears

Compartiendo en Internet

2009-07-06T20:16:00.006+02:00

Esta mañana leía esta entrada en el blog del fotógrafo Chase Jarvis a propósito de la gratuidad o no de determinados campos realcionados con el mundo digital e Internet.

Como amante de la fotografía aspiro a alcanzar la excelencia en mi campo que otros fotógrafos ya poseen y con la que me deleitan de continuo. Y como no tengo ni el cerebro priviligiado de algunos ni la creatividad de otros pues yo me empeño y practico y practico, leo y releo, busco y rebusco en los procelosos mares de internet toda la información que me pueda ayudar a alcanzar esa excelencia que busco en mi trabajo.

En lo que llevo de vida el aprendizaje que me ha llevado a poseer los conocimientos y titulación que poseo no ha sido nunca gratuito: los colegios, universidades, academias, escuelas, etc... ponen la información al alcance de la gente a cambio de unos honorarios, de mayor o menor cuantía dependiendo del medio de que se tratase.

Por eso, en este mundo en el que vivimos en el que nadie regala nada no deja de fascinarme el fenómeno de Internet. En el campo que ahora ocupa todo mi interés, la fotografía, en el 80% de las veces la información se me ofrece a cambio de elevadas sumas que no se suelen corresponder con la calidad de la información impartida. Y cuando en otro 10% de las veces esa información se regala (por esas mismas personas que por la información completa te cobran sobradamente) suele ser sesgada y dudosa. Pero como digo, Internet me fascina. Y es que a pesar de todo, ese 10% restante de las veces que busco alguna información sobre fotografía en Internet me encuentro con gente que comparte sus conocimientos con el resto de la red de manera gratuita y amable, como podríamos encontrar en el mundo científico, y encima es de gran utilidad.

Así, si os fijáis, en la barra de la derecha he puesto un vínculo a la página de una chica que dedica su tiempo libre a investigar y enredar con el Photoshop. En vez de seguir el ritmo de la marea, esta chica, Rita, nos ofrece una web llena de recursos para el fotógrafo que busca ampliar su manejo de los programas de edición.

Y aquí tenéis la foto del día. Hoy le toca a mi nuevo objetivo 50 mm f 1.4, que me llena de alegría y orgullo ;)

Música: Four to the Floor © Starsailor

Volviendo a casa

2009-07-04T22:41:00.004+02:00

No sé si quedará alguien por aquí, y con razón. No se puede dejar una casa abandonada y esperar que los vecinos sigan habitándola sin haber necesidad. Pero como veis he venido con el mocho y la fregona a poner remedio a este desorden.

Y es lo único que hay, limpieza de bajos, porque la esencia del blog es la misma, solo que ahora me propongo participar un poco más, no dejar que sean otros los que escriban la letra.

Vengo también con un nuevo inquilino del que os hablo arriba a la derecha, el amigo Spotify, a través del cual espero no violar los derechos de nadie y sí seguir llenando vuestros oídos de música.

Y poco más, queridos míos. Después de quitar tanta telaraña y aspirar tanto zolocotroco por el suelo me apetece sentarme con un cafelito en la mano a contemplar el resultado.

Sois más que bienvenidos a volver a pasar por aquí, porque me encanta recibir la visita de amigos.

Un beso :)

PD: Uys, casi se me olvida volver a poner los muebles en su sitio. ¿No os parece que falta algo?

Aquí esta la foto de hoy ;)

Música: Pretty bird © Jenny Lewis

Silent lucidity

2008-11-10T12:02:00.004+01:00

Hush now don't cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye
You're lying safe in bed
It was all a bad dream
Spinning in your head

Your mind tricked you to feel the pain
Of someone close to you
Leaving the game of life
So here it is, another chance
Wide awake you face the day
Your dream is over...or has it just begun?

There's a place I like to hide
A doorway that I run to in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize it and you were scared

It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears, retrace the tears
And ride the whims of your mind
Commanding in another world
Suddenly, you hear and see
This magic new dimension

I will be watching over you
I am gonna help you see it through
I will protect you in the night
I am smiling next to you...in silent lucidity

If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin

Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly
A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize
Your dream's alive, you can
Be the guide but...

I will be watching over you
I am gonna help you see it through
I will protect you in the night
I am smiling next to you...in silent lucidity

© Queensryche

So far away

2008-11-05T18:37:00.002+01:00

Here I am again in this mean old town
and you're so far away from me
and where are you when the sun goes down
you're so far away from me

So far away from me
so far I just can’t see
so far away from me
you're so far away from me

I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
when you're so far away from me
I’m tired of making out on the telephone
and you're so far away from me

So far away from me
so far I just can't see
so far away from me
you're so far away from me

I get so tired of having to explain
when you're so far away from me
see you've been in the sun and I’ve been in the rain
and you're so far away from me

So far away from me
so far I just can't see
so far away from me
you're so far away from me

© Dire Straits

Please, Mr. Postman

2008-10-21T11:53:00.002+02:00

Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman
Wait, wait mister postman

Mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me
I been waiting a long, long time
Since I heard from that girl of mine

There must be some word today
From my girlfriend so far away
Please mister postman look and see
If there's a letter, a letter for me
I been standing here waiting mister postman
So patiently
For just a card or just a letter
Saying she's returning home to me

Please Mr. Postman, look and see
If there's a letter, oh yeh for me,
I've been waiting, a long long time
Since I've heard from that girlfriend of mine.

So many days you passed me by
See the tear standing in my eye
You didn't stop to make me feel better
By leaving me a card or a letter

Please Mr. Postman, look and see
If there's a letter, oh yeah for me,
I've been waiting such a long time
Since I've heard from that girlfriend of mine.

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta check it and see, one more time for me

Wait
Wait
Wait

Deliver the letter, the sooner the better

Wait

© The Beatles

Outcast

2008-10-14T19:50:00.003+02:00

"He gnawed the rectitude of his life; he felt that he had been outcast from life's feast."

James Joyce "Dubliners"

Música © Jordan Rudess

Vivimos siempre juntos

2008-10-10T18:39:00.003+02:00

Llenamos el caldero de risas y salero,
Con trajes de caricias rellenamos el ropero.
Hicimos el aliño de sueños y de niños,
Pintamos en el cielo la bandera del cariño.

Las cosas se complican,
Si el afecto se limita a los momentos de pasión.

Subimos la montaña de riñas y batallas,
Vencimos al orgullo sopesando las palabras.
Pasamos por los puentes de celos y de historias,
Prohibimos a la mente confundirse con
Memorias.

Nadamos por las olas de la inercia y la rutina,
Con la ayuda del amor.
Vivimos siempre juntos, y moriremos juntos,
Allí donde vayamos seguirán nuestros asuntos.
No te sueltes la mano que el viaje es infinito,
Y yo cuido que el viento no despeine tu flequillo,
Y llegará el momento en
Que las almas se confundan en un mismo corazón

© Nacho Cano

Do you want to know a secret?

2008-10-04T13:51:00.004+02:00

You'll never know how much I really love you.
You'll never know how much I really care.

Listen,
Do you want to know a secret?,
Do you promise not to tell?, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,
Let me whisper in your ear,
Say the words you long to hear,
I'm in love with you.

Listen,
Do you want to know a secret?,
Do you promise not to tell?, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,
Let me whisper in your ear,
Say the words you long to hear,
I'm in love with you.

I've known the secret for a week or two,
Nobody knows, just we two.

Listen,
Do you want to know a secret?,
Do you promise not to tell?, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,
Let me whisper in your ear,
Say the words you long to hear,
I'm in love with you.

© The Beatles

Viernes

2008-10-03T18:22:00.003+02:00

Como cada viernes
Salgo a dar una vuelta.
A quemar la semana.
Y caminar a la deriva. Caminar.
Siéntate.
Siéntate, ven, cuéntame.
Siéntate. Cuéntame.
Ven, siéntate. ¿De dónde sales tú?
Salgo. Vuelve a ser viernes.
Salgo a respirar aire y callejear.
Y caminar a la deriva; andar y andar.
Siéntate.
Siéntate, ven, cuéntame.
Siéntate.
Ven, siéntate, cuéntame, ¿de dónde sales tú?
Usa mis manos, mi nombre, mi ropa, mi ordenador.
Háblame toda la noche si me quieres convencer.
Un rato, una hora, un día. Un tiempo sin determinar.
Tarda una vida en contarme lo que me quieras contar.
¡Ay! si tú quisieras...
Mi corazón es un tam-tam.
Una postal desde Idaho.
Un disco viejo.
Una moto disparada.
Un final de mes.
Un túnel sin tren.
Una granada.
Un corazón que se desgrana.
Es un avión sobre la Pampa.
Hola y adiós, hasta mañana.
Quemar semanas.
Dame alguna pista o dime ya te llamaré.
O llámame.
Tu nombre al menos, si vas a desaparecer.
Hoy es viernes
Y los sueños brillan más.
Hoy es viernes y quiero bailar.
Sólo bailar.

© Manolo García

Daylight

2008-09-29T14:05:00.005+02:00

To my surprise, and my delight
I saw sunrise, I saw sunlight
I am nothing in the dark
And the clouds burst to show daylight

Ooh and the sun will shine
Yeah on this heart of mine
Ooh and I realize
Who cannot live without
Ooh come apart without
It

On a hill top, on a sky-rise
Like a first born child
At full tilt, and in full flight
Defeat darkness, breaking daylight

Ooh and the sun will shine
Yeah on this heart of mine
Ooh and I realize
Who cannot live without
Ooh come apart without
Daylight

© Coldplay

Trains

2008-09-27T14:47:00.003+02:00

Train set and match spied under the blind
Shiny and contoured the railway winds
And I’ve heard the sound from my cousin's bed
The hiss of the train at the railway head

Always the summers are slipping away

A 60 ton angel falls to the earth
A pile of old metal, a radiant blur
Scars in the country, the summer and her

Always the summers are slipping away
Find me a way for making it stay

When I hear the engine pass
I’m kissing you wide
The hissing subsides
I’m in luck
When the evening reaches here
You’re tying me up
I’m dying of love
It’s ok

© Porcupine tree

300

2008-09-17T11:22:00.005+02:00

Sí señores, 300 entradas, 300 canciones, 300 fotos ya...

La imagen que veis es una composición que resume el contenido textual de este blog (sacado de
aquí)

Es una tontunada, pero se pueden sacar conclusiones simpáticas de ella, como que a lo mejor me estoy pasando un poco de sentimental a la hora de elegir las canciones que subo. En fin...

La música con la que quiero celebrar este tricentenario es una promesa, la promesa de que 300 canciones, fotos, entradas seguirán a estas primeras.

De nuevo gracias por estar ahí, amigos. :)

Música: The promise © Michael Nyman

Learning to live

2008-09-11T13:29:00.002+02:00

There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred slips away
Walking through winter streets alone
He stops and takes a breath
With confidence and self-control

I look at the world and see no understanding
I'm waiting to find some sense of strength
I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart
To show me understanding

I need to live life
Like some people never will
So find me kindness
Find me beauty
Find me truth
When temptation brings me to my knees
And I lay here drained of strength
Show me kindness
Show me beauty
Show me truth

The way your heart surrounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain
That we all feel
The way your heart beats
Makes all the difference
In learning to live
Here before me is my soul
I'm learning to live
I won't give up
Till I've no more to give, no more to give

Listening to the city
Whispering its violence
I set out watching from above
The 90's bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down

Once again we dance in the crowd
At times a step away
From a common fear that's all spread out
It won't listen to what you say
Once you're touched you stand alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love
And now I reach for life

Another chance to lift my life
A freedom sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams
Into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my mind,
As I'm lifted from where I've spilt my life
I hear an innocent voice
I hear kindness, beauty and truth

The way your heart sounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain
That we all feel
The way your heart beats
Makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is your soul
So forever hold the dreams within your hearts
Through nature's inflexible grace
I'm learning to live...

© Dream Theater

Learning to fly

2008-09-09T20:26:00.002+02:00

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

© Pink Floyd

The wild colonial boy

2008-09-05T13:07:00.004+02:00

There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name
He was born and bred in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine
He was his father's only son, his mother's pride and joy
And dearly did his parents love the Wild Colonial Boy

At the early age of sixteen years he left his native home
And to Australia's sunny land he was inclined to roarn
He robbed the lordly squatters, their flocks he would destroy
A terror to Australia was the Wild Colonial Boy...

© B.S.O. "The quiet man"

S.O.S.

2008-09-04T18:13:00.003+02:00

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind
What ever happened to our love? I wish I understood
It used to feel so nice, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, well I try, how can I carry on?

You seem so far away but you are standing nearer
You make me feel alive but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, ooh I try, how can I carry on?

So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me S.O.S.
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, ooh I try, how can I carry on?
When you're gone, how can I even try to go on?
When you're gone, ooh I try, how can I carry on?

© ABBA

Ancient forest

2008-09-03T10:52:00.002+02:00

Came upon an ancient forest
A guiding power had led me there
Walking through the mystic forest
The legend, tale of times gone by.

Once its whisper in the black night
Reflection deep in wooded lands
A floating mist that circles shadows
A legend, tale of times gone by.

Giant trees are falling night and day
For many years and ages past
Will they ever share the answer
Of legend, tales, and times gone by?

Walking through the mystic forest.....
I'm walking through the mystic forest....

© Clannad

Overboard

2008-09-02T13:41:00.003+02:00

I see you crying and it rains
Washing away the bad days
Washing away the pain loss brings, yeah
And then you smile though it aches
Cos you don't believe in mistakes
Just that we made a mess of things

When the deal that you made with love is now a one way street
A one way street
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you're incomplete, incomplete

You're not afraid to rely
On any way you can try
To learn to make some sense of things, yeah
And the way you say we'll get by
With a little laugh we can fly
You know the measure of hope that brings

When the deal that you made with love is just a one way street
A one way street
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you're incomplete, incomplete

I hear you laughing like a child
Instead of choking all riled
Instead of staring at shortcomings yeah
Just like the rain when you cried
Washed all the stains of false pride
You'll learn to make the best of things

Have a little more of not enough
More of what is less but isn't love
Little of the same you're dreaming of
That's enough, that's enough

When the deal that you made with love is now a one way street
A one way street
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you're incomplete, incomplete

When the deal that you made with love is just a one way street
A one way street
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you are in-complete yeah

When the deal that you made with love is now a one way street
A one way street
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you're incomplete, incomplete

When the deal that you made with love is just a one way street
A one way street
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you're incomplete, incomplete

© Poets of the fall

Love me like a man

2008-09-01T13:39:00.002+02:00

These men that I've been seeing, baby
Got their soul up on the shelf
You know they could never love me
When they can't even love themselves
But I need someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Who won't put himself above
Who just loves me like a man

I've never seen such losers, Darlin'
Even though I tried
To find a man who could take me home
Stead of takin' me for a ride
And I need someone to love me
I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

They all want me to rock them
Like my back ain't got no bone
I want a man to rock me
Like my back bone was his own
Darlin', I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

I come home sad and lonely
Feel like I wanna cry
I want a man to hold me
Not some fool to ask me why
I know you can
Don't you put yourself above me
You just love me like a man

© Bonnie Raitt

Lookin'out my backdoor

2008-08-29T10:50:00.003+02:00

Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singin',
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo, doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows.
Doo, doo, doo, Lookin' out my back door.

© Creedence Clearwater Revival

I'm looking through you

2008-08-21T00:11:00.002+02:00

I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Your lips are moving, I cannot hear
Your voice is soothing, but the words aren't clear
You don't sound different, I've learned the game.
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
You're thinking of me, the same old way
You were above me, but not today
The only difference is you're down there
I'm looking through you, and you're nowhere

Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?
Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight
I'm looking through you, where did you go
I thought I knew you, what did I know
You don't look different, but you have changed
I'm looking through you, you're not the same

Yeah! Oh baby you changed!
Aah! I'm looking through you!
Yeah! I'm looking through you!
You changed, you changed, you changed!

© The Beatles

Baby, you can drive my car

2008-08-17T18:52:00.002+02:00

Asked a girl what she wanted to be
She said baby, can't you see
I wanna be famous, a star on the screen
But you can do something in between

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

I told that girl that my prospects were good
And she said baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine
But I can show you a better time

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

I told that girl I can start right away
When she said listen babe I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I found a driver and that's a start

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And maybe I'll love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

© The Beatles

Soundscapes

2008-08-14T21:49:00.003+02:00

This sonic landscape,
This comforting tone...
I know I've been here before,
Every time I close my eyes
I'm back.
I need to fell
The pulse of Earth
Beneath me.

We cross their boundaries
And we dare to dream:
To live amongst the sounds
That our arms hold so dear... so dear...

Strike those strings,
Let the waves run loose
Through this endless field.
Wherever the air can reach
Our wish will closely follow,
And I know someday I'll stop
Waking up.

This sonic landscape,
This vibrating sea...
I knew I'd be here once more;
No words can take me back,
I'm sure.
Only the song
Flowing out of your eyes
Can free me.

© Elfonía

Fragile

2008-08-08T19:11:00.003+02:00

You've been biting bullets all these years, I know
There beside yourself, choking on tears
And you aced avoiding possibility
When you placed your beds on bittersweet

Now don't you worry
No need to be sorry
Time to step lightly

‘Cos the love you used to feel is still there, inside
It may be a faded photograph, but I know you care, so don't hide
If you're scared, I'm here beside you,
If you get lost I'm here to guide you
And I give you peace when peace is fragile
Love is all the good
Love is peace when peace is fragile

You've been going out of way to agree
Like you've been rubbing yourself all wrong just to be somebody else's genie
Catering to your disasters every need
Waiting to finally be set free

I said baby don't worry
Life will carry
Just take it slowly

‘Cos the love you used to feel is still there, inside
It may be a faded photograph, but I know you care, so don't hide
If you're scared I'm here beside you,
If you get lost I'm here to guide you
And I give you peace when peace is fragile
Love is all the good in you
Love is peace when peace is fragile

© Poets of the fall

Songbird

2008-08-01T12:22:00.003+02:00

For you, there'll be no crying,
For you, the sun will be shining,
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right

And the songbirds are singing
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.

To you, I will give the world
To you, I'll never be cold
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.

© Eva Cassidy

Há uma musica do Povo

2008-07-28T11:15:00.003+02:00

Há uma musica do Povo,
Nem sei dizer se é um Fado –
Que ouvindo-a há um ritmo novo
No ser que tenho guardado…

Ouvindo-a sou quem seria
Se desejar fosse ser…
É uma simples melodia
Das que se aprendem a viver…

Mas é tão consoladora
A vaga e triste canção…
Que a minha alma já não chora
Nem eu tenho coração…

Sou uma emoção estrangeira,
Um erro de sonho ido…
Canto de qualquer maneira
E acabo com um sentido!

© Mariza

Mirando atrás...

2008-07-23T10:18:00.005+02:00

Los calores no son buenos, ni para la salud, ni para el humor, ni para la creatividad. A 37º a las 10 de la noche una servidora no es capaz de encontrar ganas ni mucho menos inspiración para coger la cámara por más motivo que el estrictamente profesional. Todo se resiente, así que antes de ver cómo la calidad gráfica de este blog cae estrepitosamente y porque también me apetece que mis nuevos ojeadores escuchen algunos de los hermosos temas musicales subidos en los primeros meses de vida del blog, creo que, como los cantantes, voy a recurrir a un "Best of...".

Hoy les invito a escuchar tres hermosos temas: una versión, un "oldie" y uno instrumental. Que lo disfruten :)

Eye in the sky

The fosse

That old black magic

For what it's worth

2008-07-18T20:32:00.002+02:00

Hey baby, come round
Keep holding me down
And I'll be keeping you up tonight.
The four letter word got stuck in my head
The dirtiest word that I've ever said
It's making me feel alright.

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do
For what it's worth, I'm gonna run, run, run
'Til the sweetness gets to you
And what is worse I love you!

Hey please baby, come back
There'll be no more loving attack
And I'll be keeping it cool tonight.
The four letter word is out of my head
Come on around, get back in my bed
Keep making me feel alright.

For what it's worth, I like you
And what is worse, I really do
Things have been worse
And we had fun, fun, fun
'Til I said I love you
And what is worse, I really do!

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do

For what it's worth, I love you
And what is worse, I really do

© The Cardigans

En el tronco de un árbol

2008-07-10T19:54:00.008+02:00

En el tronco de un árbol una niña
grabó su nombre henchida de placer
y el árbol conmovido allá en su seno
a la niña una flor dejó caer

En el tronco de un árbol una niña
grabó su nombre henchida de placer
y el árbol conmovido allá en su seno
a la niña una flor dejó caer

Yo soy el árbol conmovido y triste
Tú eres la niña que mi tronco hirió
Yo guardo siempre tu querido nombre
¿Tu qué has hecho de mi pobre flor?

Yo soy el árbol conmovido y triste
Tú eres la niña que mi tronco hirió
Yo guardo siempre tu querido nombre
¿Tu qué has hecho de mi pobre flor?

© Olga Guillot

Here, there and everywhere

2008-07-03T12:01:00.003+02:00

To lead a better life I need my love to be here...
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere

Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere

Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

To be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere

© The Beatles

La tabla del tres

2008-06-27T11:15:00.004+02:00

Me gusta el tres ¡Dios lo bendiga!
Que come mucho porque tiene dos barrigas.
Me gusta el tres por comilón:
De todo come siempre una doble ración.

Me gusta el tres por elegante
que siempre lleva sus barrigas por delante.
Me gusta el tres, número non,
sus dos barrigas: la sandía y el melón.

3 x 1=3
Tres pedazos de una nuez.
3 x 2 son 6
¡Y a comer el entremés!
3 x 3 son 9
Se comió los dos percebes
3 x 4=12
Come como se te antoje
3 x 5=15
La barriga no te pinche
3 x 6 son 18
Aunque comas un bizcocho
3 x 7=21
Si te cabe una aceituna
3 x 8=24
Doble de bicarbonato
3 x 9=27
Ya no comas cacahuetes
3 x 10 resultan 30
Dos barrigas que revientan
Dos barrigas que revientan
Dos barrigas que revientan...
¡YA!

© Miliki

Walking wounded

2008-06-26T12:10:00.005+02:00

Is it safe to look within
And erase all that's been
And all that's been between
Is it gone, tell me what went wrong
'cause baby I’m not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
All Alone

Are you comfortable and numb
Do they all succumb
To all those lies
Does it satisfy the greed
Is it all you need
Is it all you want
Well baby I’m not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
And baby I’m not that strong
And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
All Alone

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Baby, now
How does it feel?
How does it feel?

If your memories do stray
Then they'll betray
All that's past
And all that's been between
Is it gone, tell me what went wrong
'cause baby I'm not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
And baby I’m not that strong
And I'm walking wounded
All Alone
All Alone

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Baby, now
How does it feel?
How does it feel?

How does it feel?
How does it feel?

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Baby, now

© The tea party

Three blind mice

2008-06-20T19:06:00.003+02:00

Three blind mice,

Three blind mice

See how they run,

See how they run!

They all ran after

The farmer's wife

Who cut off their tails

With a carving knife

Did you ever see

Such a thing in your life

As three blind mice?

Popular

Dear East

2008-06-18T13:39:00.003+02:00

Dear East, I wanted to run away, on a dappled grey, with a nimbus as my guide.
Dear East, I wanted to find a house I would be born in, live in, love in, and die.

I wanted so much.

Dear East, I wanted to have the sea, beyond my front door, the wood through windowpanes.
Dear East, I wanted to have my heart, growing in the garden, one beauteous and arcane.

I wanted so much.

Dear East, I wanted to run.
I wanted to find.
Dear East, I wanted the sea.
I wanted to have my heart.

I want you to have my heart.

© Meghan Coffee

Locking up the sun

2008-06-13T11:14:00.001+02:00

They're locking up the sun, the light of reason’s gone,
And hope has been successfully undone
The question's burning on, where is it coming from?
No-one seems to know the monster born

It's a bad trip on a sinking ship, when no-one seems responsible
Scapegoat to rock the boat, yeah, we need someone expendable
Volunteers to face the fears, can we be sensible
And find a way to break the fall, find out the cure for all

Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn't turn a blind eye to a crime

They're locking up the sun, they have their chosen one,
you know this time they'll make him play along
They're taking to the arms, the fathers and their sons,
there's nowhere left to run and hide

It's a bad trip on a sinking ship, when no-one seems responsible
Scapegoat to rock the boat, yeah, we need someone expendable
Volunteers to face the fears, can we be sensible
And find a way to break the fall, find out the cure for all

Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn't turn a blind eye to a crime

And in the emptiness, there's the solution,
just look within yourself for absolution

And in the emptiness, there's the solution,
just look within yourself for absolution

Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day
Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time
Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away
Who doesn't turn a blind eye to a crime

© Poets of the fall

When the water breaks

2008-06-11T11:24:00.003+02:00

Situación: Una boda

Estado de ánimo después de cuatro horas: Aburrimiento cansancio, desesperación, de todo un poco.

Solución: Disparar a lo primero que tienes delante, a ser posible con una cámara, claro.

Tu nombre me sabe a yerba

2008-06-07T10:48:00.006+02:00

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, cerré mi puerta una mañana y eché a andar.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, dejé los montes y me vine al mar.

Tu nombre me sabe a yerba de la que nace en el valle a golpes de sol y de agua.

Tu nombre me lleva atado en un pliegue de tu talle y en el bies de tu enagua.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, aunque estás lejos yo te siento a flor de piel.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, se hace más corto el camino aquél.

Tu nombre me sabe a yerba de la que nace en el valle a golpes de sol y de agua.

Tu nombre me lleva atado en un pliegue de tu talle y en el bies de tu enagua.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, mi voz se rompe como el cielo al clarear.

Porque te quiero a ti, porque te quiero, dejé los montes y me vine al mar.

Rainy days and Mondays

2008-06-05T12:05:00.005+02:00

Talking to myself and feeling odd
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothing is really wrong
Feeling like I don't belong
Walking around, some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
It's nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me

What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me

What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Hanging around, nothing to do to but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Hoy cumple mi niña un añito más

2008-06-03T00:01:00.000+02:00

Hoy cumple mi niña
un añito más
Sus ojitos brillan
de felicidad
Rojas las mejillas
llenas de ilusión
Y no cabe el gozo,
y no cabe el gozo en su corazón
Feliz cumpleaños
mi niña chiquita
Con cuanta emoción
apaga las velitas
Los padres se encantan
mirando a la hijita partiendo la tarta
con sus amiguitas
feliz cumpleaños
mi niña bonita

Hoy cumple mi niña
un añito más
Mi niña chiquita
qué bonita está
La miro y la miro
con felicidad
Que cumple mi hijita,
que cumple mi hijita un añito más.
Feliz cumpleaños
mi niña chiquita
Con cuanta emoción
apaga las velitas
Los padres se encantan
mirando a la hijita partiendo la tarta
con sus amiguitas
Feliz cumpleaños
mi niña bonita

Wicked game

2008-05-23T18:49:00.002+02:00

The world was on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No, I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you

What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you

What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you

And I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
And I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you

The world was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you

No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you

Nobody loves no one

I wish

2008-05-19T20:50:00.001+02:00

That was the way when I first met you baby
You weren't right for me
I didn't really care
Act quite naturally

She said
Went on a boat going down by the river
Plenty more supplies
Seen a lot of planes going up in the air

Do you ever get the feeling
That you want to fly like a bird in the sky
Hey Lucille, you'll be the talk of the town
Lucille hey, you'll be the talk of the town
She met a young man called Johnnie
He played a little mean guitar
No matter how hard I try
I want to fly like a bird in the sky
I want to fly like a bird in the sky

I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard
I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard

Living the night, doing it wrong
It's a little lonely without you
The feeling was strong
The world was holding on
I want to be on my own

I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard
I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard

Won't you stay with me
Take from me what I take form you
You can take from me what I find in you

Come on, tell me, tell me, tell me

I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard
Hey, I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard

Say I can't get by without your love
Say I can't get by without your love
Say I can't get by without your love
Say I can't get by without your love

I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard
I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard
I wish I could take time
I wish oh I wish so hard

Time in a bottle

2008-05-14T11:30:00.002+02:00

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I’d save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with

© Jim Croce

Broke window

2008-05-13T11:11:00.004+02:00

Loaded tongue and dirty fingers
Queen of her mother's house
Come step outside feeling full moon high
Let’s see what we can live without

Fix an eye to the dimestore villain
Waiting for the wine to pour
It comes strong and thin and it tastes like sin
The love we've all been in before

A million ways to burn . . .
I'm just looking out of this old broke window
And she's taking a turn
I'm looking out of this old broke window
And she's taking a turn

Her body lies like a landscape before you
You’re selling your soul by the pound
Got snakeoil in spades for the wolftickets trade
You look but don't see me around

A million ways to burn . . .
I'm just standing here on this old street corner
And she's taking a turn
I'm standing here on this old street corner
And she's taking a turn

© Gary Jules

Turn, turn, turn

2008-05-07T20:22:00.003+02:00

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late!

© The Byrds

Hallelujah

2008-05-03T21:31:00.002+02:00

I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you
Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah...

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah...

Baby I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah...

Well there was a time when you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show that to me do you
But remember when i moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a god above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
It’s not a cry that you hear at night
It’s not somebody who's seen the light
It’s a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah...

Mr. Lonely

2008-04-29T13:29:00.001+02:00

Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I have nobody for my own
I am so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
Wish I had someone to call on the phone

Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home

Letters, never a letter
I get no letters in the mail
I've been forgotten, yes, forgotten
Oh how I wonder, how is it I failed

Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home

© Bobby Vinton

Tricks of the light

2008-04-24T17:33:00.006+02:00

I'm half a crazy man waiting for confirmation.
Signs keep changing and I need some more information.

Some tricks of the light you never know.
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow.
It's a trick of the light.
It's a trick of the light.

Something tells me how her bright blue eyes are smiling.
She turns her head now will she won't she deny him?

Some tricks of the light you never know
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow
And the spark that you saw so bright was just for show
Could it ever have tuned out right you'll never know
It's a trick of the light.
It's a trick of the light.

She turns she takes his hand
Breaking his concentration
She burns at his command makes some transfiguration.

Some tricks of the light you never know
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow
And the spark that you saw so bright was just for show
Could it ever have tuned out right you'll never know
It's a trick of the light.
Could it ever have turned out right now? - It's a trick of the light
There is something you'll never know. - It's a trick of the light.
Could it ever have tunied out right now? - It's a trick of the light.
There is something you'll never know. - It's a trick of the light. . . .

Meu fado meu

2008-04-22T10:35:00.000+02:00

Trago um fado no meu canto
Canto a noite até ser dia
Do meu povo trago pranto
No meu canto a Mouraria

Tenho saudades de mim
Do meu amor, mais amado
Eu canto um país sem fim
O mar, a terra, o meu fado
Meu fado, meu fado, meu fado, meu fado

De mim só me falto eu
Senhora da minha vida
Do sonho, digo que é meu
E dou por mim já nascida

Trago um fado no meu canto
Na minh'alma vem guardado
Vem por dentro do meu espanto
A procura do meu fado
Meu fado, meu fado, meu fado, meu fado

© Mariza

Flying

2008-04-21T13:09:00.002+02:00

Started a search to no avail
A light that shines behind the veil trying to find it
And all around us everywhere
Is all that we could ever share if only we could see it
Feel there's truth that's beyond me
Life ever changing weaving destiny
And it feels like I’m flying above you
Dream that I’m dying to find the truth
Seems like your trying to bring me down
Back down to earth back down to earth

Layers of dust and yesterdays
Shadows fading in the haze of what I couldn't say
And though I said my hands were tied
Times have changed and now I find I’m free for the first time
Feel so close to everything now
Strange how life makes sense in time now
And it feels like I’m flying above you
Dream that I’m dying to find the truth
Seems like your trying to bring me down
Back down to earth back down to earth
Back down to earth back down to earth

© Anathema

The weight

2008-04-19T12:46:00.002+02:00

I pulled in to Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place where I can lay my head
"Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?''
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No'' was all he said

Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And you put the load right on me

I picked up my bag, I went looking for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walking side by side
I said "Hey Carmen, come on, let's go downtown''
She said "I gotta go but my friend can stick around''

Go down Miss Moses, there's nothing you can say
It's just old Luke, and Luke's waiting on the judgement day
"Well, Luke my friend, what about young Anna-Lee?''
He said "Do me a favour son, won't you stay and keep Anna-Lee company?''

Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog
He said "I will fix your rat if you'll take Jack my dog''
I said "Wait a minute Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man''
He said "That's okay boy, won't you feed him when you can?''

Catch a cannonball now to take me down the line
My bag is sinking low and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone

© The Band

The light is always green

2008-04-14T22:03:00.002+02:00

We dig our models with the brains the size of models
And cars that we can trust without wives
And we dig conversations with girls from every nation
But not the ones that whisper or tell lies

Wherever there’s a will there’s a motorway
Wherever there is greed there is speed
And they’ve always got to be there for yesterday
Welcome to the new scalextric’s breed

And the light they always show to them
Is green, green, green
And the heels they always show to me
Are clean, clean, clean
And the light they always show to them
Is green, green, green

We’re only flying past so we dig our service fast
From the waiters to the women to the wine
Never mind the match, I’ve an urgent date to catch
Get me to the concert hall on time

Pretending to be pilots in a war
Pretending to weave between the flak
No one knows what the mission’s for
Blinkered horses on the track

And the light they always show to them
Is green, green, green
And the heels they always show to me
Are clean, clean, clean
And the light they always show to them
Is green, green, green

Waiting for the wheel to turn

2008-04-09T12:24:00.001+02:00

Living in a place with time
Living in a place where reality is
Standing on a big broad line
Watching it all go by
Ah, but you're taking it all away
the music, the tongue and the old refrains
You're coming here to play
and you're pulling the roots from a dying age

Remember the Buachaille Mor
reaching for the skies from the barren shores
Watching over the village of burns
and counting the days since the gael kept home
but the stranger claims it now
sitting like a king with his gold from the south
don't you see the waves of wealth
washing away the soul from the land

Here come the Clearances my friend
silently our history is coming to life again
We feel the breeze from the shore to come
and up and down the coast
we're waiting for the wheel to turn

Free were the fields of fern
Free was the fishing in the coves of care
empty are the homes of old
empty for the sake of summer's cause
Yes, you're taking it all away
the music, the tongue and the old refrains
you're coming here to play
and you're pulling the roots from a dying age

Here come the Clearances my friend
silently our history is coming to life again
We feel the breeze from the shore to come
and up and down the coast
we're waiting for the wheel to turn

© Capercaille

Fragile

2008-04-07T11:55:00.002+02:00

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

© Sting

Throwing it all away

2008-04-03T12:32:00.002+02:00

Need I say I love you
Need I say I care
Need I say that emotion's
Something we don't share
I don't want to be sitting here
Trying to deceive you
‘Cos you know I know babe
That I don't wanna go.

We cannot live together
We cannot live apart
That's the situation
I've known it from the start
Every time that I look at you
I can see the future
‘Cos you know I know babe
That I don't wanna go.

Throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
Is there nothing that I can say
To make you change your mind
I watch the world go round and round
And see mine turning upside down
You're throwing it all away.

Now who will light up the darkness
Who will hold your hand
Who will find you the answers
When you don't understand
Why should I have to be the one
Who has to convince you
‘Cos you know I know babe
That I don't wanna go.

Someday you'll be sorry
Someday when you're free
Memories will remind you
That our love was meant to be
Late at night when you call my name
The only sound you'll hear
Is the sound of your voice calling,
Calling after me.

Just throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
There's nothing I can say
We're throwing it all away
Yes we're throwing it all away...

© Genesis

Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled

2008-03-28T18:22:00.003+01:00

If you fall asleep with me
you can dream and drowse
the minutes turn to hours
We could climb a tree or two
and watch the sun go down
upon our sleepy town

After all the time I spent with you
summer went away
and we just weren't the same
It's just you and me alone
not grown ups but not kids
you kissed me on the lips

Stormy weather

2008-03-25T19:37:00.002+01:00

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time

Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time, the time
So weary all of the time

When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray
The lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time

When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray
The lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time, the time
Keeps raining all the time

Blue eyes

2008-03-18T20:27:00.002+01:00

Blue eyes
Baby’s got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue, blue day
Blue eyes
Baby’s got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I’ll be far away
And I say

Blue eyes
Holding back the tears
Holding back the pain
Baby’s got blue eyes
And she’s alone again

Blue eyes
Baby’s got blue eyes
Like a clear blue sky
Watching over me
Blue eyes
I love blue eyes
When I’m by her side
Where I long to be
I will see

Blue eyes laughing in the sun
Laughing in the rain
Baby’s got blue eyes
And I am home, and I am home again

© Elton John

Tiny bubbles

2008-03-13T20:56:00.004+01:00

Tiny bubbles in the wine,
make me happy, make me feel fine,
tiny bubbles make me warm all over
with a feeling that I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time.

So here's to the golden moon,
and here's to the silver sea,
and mostly here's a toast to you and me

Tiny bubbles in the wine,
make me happy, make me feel fine,
tiny bubbles make me warm all over
with a feeling that I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time.

Tiny bubbles in the wine,
make me happy, make me feel fine,
tiny bubbles make me warm all over
with a feeling that I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time.

With a feeling that I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time

© Don Ho

Ao longe o mar

2008-03-10T18:57:00.004+01:00

Porto calmo de abrigo
De um futuro maior
Porventura perdido
No presente temor
Não faz muito sentido
Não esperar o melhor
Vem da névoa saindo
A promessa anterior
Quando avistei ao longe o mar
Ali fiquei
Parado a olhar

Sim, eu canto a vontade
Canto o teu despertar
E abraçando a saudade
Canto o tempo a pasar
Quando avistei ao longe o mar
Ali fiquei
Parado a olhar
Quando avistei ao longe o mar
Sem querer deixei-me ali ficar

© Madredeus

The path of thorns

2008-03-08T11:42:00.003+01:00

I knew you wanted to tell me
In your voice there was something wrong
But if you would turn your face away from me
You cannot tell me you’re so strong

Just let me ask of you one small thing
As we have shared so many tears
With fervor our dreams we planned a whole life long
Now are scattered on the wind...

In the terms of endearment
In the terms of the life that you love
In the terms of the years that pass you by
In the terms of the reasons why

Through the years I’ve grown to love you
Though your commitment to most would offend
But I stuck by you holding on with my foolish pride
Waiting for you to give in...

You never really tried or so it seems
I’ve had more than myself to blame
I’ve had enough of trying everything
And this time it is the end...

In the terms of endearment
In the terms of the life that you love
In the terms of the years that pass you by
In the terms of the reasons why

There’s no more coming back this way
The path is overgrown and strewn with thorns
They’ve torn the life-blood from your naked eyes
Cast aside to be forlorn...

In the terms of endearment
In the terms of the life that you love
In the terms of the years that pass you by
In the terms of the reasons why

Funny, how it seems that all I’ve tried to do
Seemed to make no difference to you at all...

Travel

2008-03-06T11:21:00.002+01:00

Melodic stanzas
Are symphonizing their way
Through your weary head
To feed your distrust
And fill its mouth with the desire
to soulfully be one with your creation

Not a subject to control
You call upon a higher power
For help and inspiration

The crowd waits
And turns their faces
Towards you expectantly
You give them what they need
But their useless criticism
Makes you die
A bit more inside

Not a subject to control
You call upon a higher power
For help and inspiration

Oh, I swoon
While loudspeakers play soft music

Leaning
Over your fourtieth masterpiece
You must have loved
The colour of these violins

I wish I knew you
Your fit of insanity makes me sad

I wish you knew
Your music was to stay forever
And I hope...

I have no clue
If you know how much it matters
And I hope...

Fly me to the moon

2008-02-27T11:04:00.002+01:00

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand
In other words baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song
And let me sing forevermore
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words please be true
In other words I love you

Fill my heart with song
And let me sing forevermore
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words please be true
In other words I love you

© Frank Sinatra

Don't let the sun go down on me

2008-02-19T17:51:00.009+01:00

I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life

Too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blind by the light

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

I can't find, oh the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me just because you think I mean you harm
But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

© Elton John

Lifelines

2008-02-14T17:32:00.004+01:00

One time to know that it's real
One time to know how it feels
That's all
One call - your voice on the phone
One place - a moment alone
That's all

What do you see?
What do you know?
What are the signs?
What do I do?
Just follow your lifelines through
What if it hurts?

What then?
What do I do?
What do you say?
Don't throw your lifelines away
Don't throw your lifelines away

One time - just once in my life
One time- to know it can happen twice
One shot of a clear blue sky
One look - I see no reasons why you can't
One chance to be back
To the point where everything starts
Once chance to keep it together
Things fall apart
Once I make us believe it's true

What do we see?
Where do we go?
What are the signs?
How do we grow?
By letting your lifelines show
What if we do? What up to now?
What do you say?
How do I know?
Don't let your lifeline go
Don't let your lifeline go
Don't let your lifeline go

© A-Ha

Stranger in paradise

2008-02-12T12:43:00.000+01:00

Take my hand
I'm a stranger in paradise
All lost in a wonderland
A stranger in paradise
If I stand starry-eyed
That's the danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside an angel like you

I saw your face and I ascended
Out of the commonplace into the rare
Somewhere in space I hang suspended
Until I know there's a chance that you care

Won't you answer this fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise?
Don't send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for

But open your angel's arms
To this stranger in paradise
And tell him that he need be
A stranger no more

Burning bridges

2008-02-08T19:14:00.000+01:00

Yesterday she thanked me
For oilin' that front door
This morning when she wakes
She won't be thankful anymore
She'll never know how much I cared
Just that I couldn't stay
And I'll never know the reason
Why I always run away

Burning bridges one by one
What I'm doin' can't be undone
And I'm always hoping someday
I'm gonna stop this runnin' around
But every time the chance comes up
Another bridge goes down

Last night we talked of old times
Families and home towns
She wondered if we'd both agree
On where we'd settle down
And I told her that we'd cross that bridge
Whenever it arrived
Now through the flames I see her
Standin' on the other side

Burning bridges one by one
What I'm doin' can't be undone
And I'm always hoping someday
I'm gonna stop this runnin' around
But every time the chance comes up
Another bridge goes down

Like ashes on the water
I drift away in sorrow
Knowing that the day
My lesson's finally learned
I'll be standing at a river
Staring out across tomorrow
And the bridge I need to get there
Will be a bridge that I have burned

Burning bridges one by one
What I'm doin' can't be undone
And I'm always hoping someday
I'm gonna stop this runnin' around
But every time the chance comes up
Another bridge goes down
Another bridge goes down