Drumroll, please! The new song of the week is……………..”Running Away” by Midnight Hour. I love this song to death. I first saw it in a New Moon video, and I fell for it then. I immediately went and downloaded it. It is so so heart-breakingly gut-wrenchingly sad. It has this epic sound to it. I don’t know how to describe it other than that. The lead singer’s voice is very powerful and emotional.
Listen to it:
Lyrics:
Don’t lie and say it’s okay
It’s alright if there’s nothing more to say
So I’ll be running away
I’m leaving this place
Yeah, I’m running away
I’m running away
Don’t tell me I’m the one to blame
It’s too late for you to make me stay
No, I won’t stay
So I’ll be running away
I’m leaving this place
Yeah, I’m running away
I’m running away
And faster than you can follow me
From this lonely place
And farther than you can find me
I’m leaving, yeah, I’m leaving today
I, I’ll never let you find me
I’m leaving you behind with the past
No, I won’t look back
And I, I don’t wanna hear your reasons
Don’t wanna hear you tell me why I should stay
I’m tryin’, I’m trying to understand me
Try to understand I say when I say I can’t stay
I, I’m moving on from this place
I’m leaving and I walk when I’m running away
I’m running away
I’m leaving this place
Yeah, I’m running away
I’m running away
BTW, if anyone wants to know what last week’s song was, it’s “The Greatest” by Cat Power.
Last week sometime I was going through the Music Sundays blog, listening to the songs via YouTube videos that Moon_Witche so kindly included, and one of the songs was "The Minnow and the Trout" by A Fine Frenzy. I had heard of this group because I had a song of theirs ("Rangers") that came with a fanmix that I liked. Soooo, I listen to this song, and I LOVE it. It sticks in my head, I catch myself singing it randomly and constantly, and it just won't LEAVE ME ALONE!
So I decide that if I like two songs by Fine Frenzy, I will probably like their other ones. BOY DID I. Oh. My. Edward. I haven't loved a group this much since I found The Fray. And that's saying a lot. I could go on and on about the folk-music sound and the soulful lyrics and the heart-wrenching delivery of each and every song.
One song (barely) stood out from among the rest: "Almost Lover". This song . . . . . . . . . . . . . floors me. Alison Sudol sings this song especially with such beauty and TRUTH. She has surely suffered heartbreak in her life. There is no other way she could come out with a song like this. "Ashes and Wine" is a song that goes very closely with "Almost Lover". The lyrics are different, the concept is similar, but the feeling is identical. Now, I don't mean to say they're the same song. They're not. They're very different and stand alone fine. But together . . . . . . . . magic. Personally, I like the verses of "Almost Lover" and the chorus of "Ashes and Wine" best. I bow to the amazing awesomness of Alison Sudol. I really do. I would be honored to have her autograph. The warmth, depth, and power of her voice is truly one of the most spectacular things I have ever heard.
ANYWAYS, all the songs on "One Cell in the Sea" (the only album by A Fine Frenzy that has been released) are very very good and simply dazzling. Yes, I used the 'dazzling'. I bought the album the day after I listened to the songs and spent $13.95 at Hastings on it. The best almost $14 I have ever spent.
GO CHECK OUT 'A FINE FRENZY' RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lyrics:
Your fingertips across my skin The palm trees swaying in the wind Images You sang me Spanish lullabies The sweetest sadness in your eyes Clever trick
Well, I never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do
We walked along a crowded street You took my hand and danced with me Images And when you left, you kissed my lips You told me you would never, never forget These images
No
Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do
I cannot go to the ocean I cannot drive the streets at night I cannot wake up in the morning Without you on my mind So you're gone and I'm haunted And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that Easy to walk right in and out Of my life? Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should have known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do
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