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QotD: Top 5 Break-Up Songs/ Lyric of the Day 5/13/08

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:56:30 -0400

What are your top five break-up songs?
Submitted by gt.

I'm with Bookmole on this one. There are so many different kinds of breakups that I'm not sure that 5 songs covers it. And I'm joining this with my lyric of the day, because it seems silly not to.

However, if I need to pick 5, the ones below come to mind. And I know they're female heavy. When I think of breakup songs,, I do think of women, mostly because I think they sing about heartbreak better than men.

Sarah McLachlan - Do What You Have To Do (Mirroball Live)

Sarah McLachlan - Full of Grace

These 2 I call the "5/9 loop". I know I'm in a bad place with someone when I can't listen to any songs other than these 2. I should have known my marriage was over when Mick and I were both in the "5/9 loop" at the same time. It actually took me a little over a year from that point to leave him.

Stronger Than Me - Melissa Etheridge

"Well, it's too late then
You could have told me when
Living died;
When passion lied."

Invisible Ink (Inara & Mal - Firefly vid)

"I suppose I should be happy to be misread
Better be that
Than some of the other things I have become.
But nobody wants to hear this tale.
The plot is cliched,
The jokes are stale."

She wants revenge - she loves me, she loves me not

"For all the things I said to her
And all the ways I tried.
And all the things I did for her
Are lost with one goodbye."

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lyric of the day 3/28/08

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:41:32 -0400

Well, they're coming to St. Pete! I'm so excited!

Open your arms and hold me.
Tell me it'll be alright.
Tell me the thing you've never told a soul
That keeps you up at night.

When could you tell it was over?
When did you turn on me?
I'd cry if I thought it would change your mind;
Cry for the girl I hoped you would be.

I know that you never loved me.
I know that you never cared at all.
Maybe just one more dance
Cuz that's as close as you're getting to a true romance.

I know that you never loved me.
I know that you never cared at all.
No my love we can't be friends.
In fact, I like you much better when you just pretend.
- She Wants Revenge, "True Romance"

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lyric of the day 3/10/08

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:08:27 -0400

Ok, yes, I've started back with some of the artists I've used before. But there's a reason that I've been in a She Wants mood for the last 4 days. They're fucking hot.

Cast shadows through the days
And swing the night
And come with me.
There's nothing to believe in here
So just believe in me.
Your sense of apprehension suits you;
You wear your troubles well.

I've nothing left to hide from you,
I've got no god to sell.
Just put your hand in mine,
Then cast your doubts aside.

We can hide away for days,
Pretend the world has ended.
No more drama
No more pain.
Pretend the world has ended.
We can run away tonight,
Pretend the world has ended.
No matter what they say we'll work out fine,
Cuz you and I know this is heaven.
- She Wants Revenge, "Pretend the World Has Ended"

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lyric of the day 2/6/08

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:59:35 -0500

I've been in a She Wants mood for the better part of the day. ~~I have no idea why~~. I have ideas why, but am unwilling to blog about them at the moment. Kinda like a jinx. Or something.

In a dark room
With our secrets
Thinking no one sees.
But still they always know.

Whisper to me softy,
I'm yours.
Until we know it's time to leave.
Act as if this is forever;
Assume the roles we could never be.

Cuz all these friends of mine
Who like to think that they've found the one,
But tell me with us it's different;
Tell me that we've just begun.
- She Wants Revenge, "It's Just Begun"

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lyric of the day 12/25/07

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:17:17 -0500

Know it's not Christmas-y, but kind of apropos of the stupid grin on my face (well, not the regrets part)...

You say it's not an problem,
You say it's meant to be.
But love is not an option,
Our love is never free.

And things are not so easy,
So cold and we've been burned,
I know that I'll have regrets,
But that's the price of one more lesson learned.

1
2
3
4 5 6 7

Right face
Wrong time
She's sweet
But I don't wanna fall in love
Too late,
So deep,
Better run cuz I don't wanna fall in love
Can't sleep
Can't eat
Can't think straight
I don't wanna...
- She Wants Revenge, "I Don't Want To Fall In Love"

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QotD: Top 10 of 2007 - Music

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:19:28 -0500

What were your top 10 favorite songs or albums of 2007?

Hmmm...things that I discovered in 2007 that may be older or new music? And why 10?
The ones that come to mind (in no particular order):

Ike Reilly Assassination - We Belong to the Staggering Evening
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
The Stooges - The Weirdness (this was a surprise - it's a very good album)
Tegan and Sara - The Con
She Wants Revenge - This is Forever (good but not as good as their first)

I'm sure I'm missing something. But I'm only 1/3 through my first cuppa and don't quite have it all together yet.

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in fact, I can't stop falling out...

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:29:04 -0500

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
- Iris Murdoch

yes, I know. The post title is lyrics from a Fiona Apple song (Sarah, come to FL one day and I'll give you your prize.) And the quote is from Iris Murdoch, whom I adore. But they express the same things.

I've been thinking recently (and working out in therapy) about those we let into our lives, those we take walls down for, open up to, become emotionally intimate with; those with whom we fall in love, those whom we love.
Now, falling in love is exhilarating, wonderful, terrifying, exciting, fantastic, amazing. But it's also transitory and fleeting. Falling in love lasts an hour, a night, a week. But it doesn't last a lifetime. I constantly fall out of love, and fall back in - whether it's with a single person, or someone else, it's the same feeling. But it doesn't require a lowering of walls or letting someone deeply in. Falling in love is physical, chemical.

The letting down of walls that leads to the intimacy of friendship, of love, is something that I'm continually working on in my life. I don't think walls are unhealthy as long as you're aware of them and know how they affect your relationships with people, and know when to lower them. Letting people in, loving someone, isn't chemical, it's not physical, it's all about trust. And that takes time to develop.

When I fall out of love - the chemical kind - it stings but I do see things differently. I look at others warily, but my trust isn't compromised. Walls weren't really lowered; I let someone in, but not completely. I know it will happen again and it'll be all those things above. (It doesn't matter either way in the end/Because you'll fall in love again/And there were others before me. - She Wants Revenge, "Walking Away")

When we stop loving someone, someone we let in, someone whom we let see The Stranger (guess I'm in a musical mood) and survived we do see the world differently. When that happens, whether because that someone hurts us or we just stop loving (it does happen, people change), for a it colors our vision, makes things appear other than what they were.

How does this actually relate to my life? Well, I stopped loving my husband. When I recognized that (though it had happened long before I recognized it), I viewed the world through almost paralyzing sadness. When I fall out of love, it's a bit of sadness that colors my eyes, but also a sense a hope because I know that I will fall in love again.

Anyway, I'm loving my life, whether I'm in love or falling out, no matter how I'm looking at the world, it's through eyes that I control. And I'm working on the walls.

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QotD: This One Goes Out To...

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:06:56 -0500

It's dedication time. What song are you sending out, and who is it dedicated to?

Well, I've dedicated today's lyric of the day to my friend T (not to be confused with me, t). But if I have to send out another one, I'd like to send 2 songs out, "Out of Control" by She Wants Revenge and "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. They both go out to the same person.

Sigh. It's going to be a very long weekend.

In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

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Vox Hunt: Play It Again!

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:09:48 -0400

Video: Show us a music video you'd gladly watch over and over again.

Mostly because I'm still in a She Wants mood. The song & video are better than "Tear You Apart", Shirley Manson notwithstanding. ;)

These Things - She Wants Revenge

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lyric of the day 10/9/07

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:23:42 -0400

She Wants Revenge - This is Forever came out today. And is in my very excited hands at this moment. Awesome. I haven't been this excited about an album in a long time. and yes, this is the 2nd song on the album. I haven't gotten past song 3 yet. And the concert is October 30 in Orlando. I will be there.

Soft wet skin, hairs raised, body tired
And the sheets are across the floor.
You tell me that love don't last
Drawing circles with your fingernails across my back.
As your lips form the words that you won't say
In the distance your favorite song plays.

I turn you over and look in your eyes,
Promise you that this is forever or til one of us dies.
You taste like tear stains and could've beens,
But I love a good trainwreck.
- She Wants Revenge, "Written in Blood"

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