Song of the Week - Stornoway

Yes, I'll admit it.

They're freakin awesome.

Boats and Trains

Song of the Week.



Once again, thanks go to Alex.

"If I Die Young"

All the Faint Lights

"This Time" - Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Thanks to Andrew for sending me the soundtrack to August Rush.

Song of the Week

"Grace" - Kate Havnevik
(Grey's Anatomy is such a great source for amazing music)



I'm on my knees
only memories
are left for me to hold

Dont know how
but Ill get by
Slowly pull myself together

Theres no escape
So keep me safe
This feels so unreal

Nothing comes easily
Fill this empty space
Nothing is like it seems
Turn my grief to grace

I feel the cold
Loneliness unfold
Like from another world

Come what may
I wont fade away
But I know I might change

Nothing comes easily
Fill this empty space
Nothing is like it was
Turn my grief to grace

Nothing comes easily
Where do I begin?
Nothing can bring me peace
Ive lost everything
I just want to feel your embrace

Song of the Week

Narrator:
(So apropos:
Saw death on a sunny snow)

Him:
"For every life..."

Her:
"Forgoe the parable."

Him:
"Seek the light."

Her:
"...My knees are cold."

(Running home, running home, running home, running home...)

Her:
"Go find another lover;
To bring a... to string along!"

"With all your lies,
You're still very lovable."

"I toured the light; so many foreign roads for Emma, forever ago."

Try - Asher Book

Recently I watched the new movie "Fame", a remake of an older Oscar-winning film. While the musical numbers were impressive and featured exceptional talent, I found the overall story sorely lacking. Certain story lines would be picked up and elaborated on only to be suddenly dropped and never resurrected. In the story lines that were touched upon more than once, the huge gaps in time left a lot to be assumed on the part of the watcher.

However, as I said before, the musical numbers were great, and the song of the week is one of these:

"Try" - Asher Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zqrOP_oBA

Song of the Week

I have a brand new song of the week all ready and waiting!!!!!

"Smother Me" by The Used

However, "Congratulations" by Blue October feat. Imogen Heap also deserves a special mention, so I'm including a video for it too.

Listen to "Smother Me":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AVDMKDYqI


Listen to "Congratulations":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MknhYSj_w-I



<3 Kristen

Song of the Week

The song of the week is for Megs. She knows why. :)

“The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” by Weezer.

I saw this in a video and it was SO funny. I couldn’t get the song out of my head, so I downloaded it and became obsessed.

At first it might be a little wierd, but just listen to the whole thing. Trust me.

Listen to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIbnlvjF5PY

http://butterfli4life.livejournal.com/9100.html

New Song of the Week

This week I am actually on time with the song of the week - "Red High Heels" by Kellie Pickler. Lately I've been listening to so much pop, rock, and alternative, I haven't really listened to country music in a while. That is, until this song popped up in my YouTube suggestions box, and I have a slight addiction to it now. Plus, I'm in a very red-high-heels mood right now. If you're a guy and don't understand, I'm sorry, I can't explain it. It's a girl thing.

Listen to it:

Lyrics:

Baby, I've got plans tonight
You don't know nothin about
I've been sittin round way too long
Tryin' to figure you out
But you say that you'll call and you don't
And I'm spinnin my wheels
So I'm goin out tonight in my red high heels

I'm gonna call up that old boyfriend you said
Still has it bad for me
I'm gonna take him into town, flaunt him around
For everyone to see
Well, you said once yourself, baby
Yeah, you know the deal
Nobody holds a candle to me
In my red high heels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin me feels
In my red high heels

All those games you tried to play
Well they ain't gonna work on me now
I put a barbed wire fence around my heart, baby
Just to keep you out
Well, you thought I'd wait around forever
But baby get real
I just kicked you to the curb
In my red high heels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin me feels
In my red high heels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin me feels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin' me feels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels

~Kristen

http://butterfli4life.livejournal.com/8473.html

New Song of the Week

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.

Song of the Week

I have a new song of the week for y'all!!!!!!!!!

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

Song of the Week

The new song of the week is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer. I'm not a huge huge fan of John Mayer (I could have lived very happily without ever hearing "Say"), but this song of his I absolutely love. It is entirely coincidence that this song was played on CSI in Season 7. It was where I first heard the song, but I didn't really hear it until I downloaded it in a Twilight fanmix. One of the items on my bucket list is to slow dance to this song sometime in my life.

This song kind of reminds me of early on in New Moon from Edward's POV. He has the mindset where it's never going to work and it's going to end badly, so this song is very appropriate for that. The song is also very melancholy and almost resolved to the situation, which DUH, is totally Edward.

Plus, this song has just been my mood lately.



I used a GSR video to the song because I couldn't find any vids of the song that weren't live. So, if you want, just ignore the visuals and the voiceovers.

Anyways, love the song to death, strongly recommend it, and all that.

Lyrics:


It's not a silly little moment,
It's not the storm before the calm.
This is the deep and dying breath of
This love that we've been working on.

Can't seem to hold you like I want to
So I can feel you in my arms.
Nobody's gonna come and save you,
We pulled too many false alarms.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

I was the one you always dreamed of,
You were the one I tried to draw.
How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.

I'll make the most of all the sadness,
You'll be a bitch because you can.
You try to hit me just to hurt me
So you leave me feeling dirty
Because you can't understand.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?

My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room.

Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?

Song of the Week

Hey everyone!

The song of the week is Only Hope” by Mandy Moore. There also is a Switchfoot version, but I prefer the original. I don’t LOVE love Mandy Moore, but I do really like this song. It’s from A Walk to Remember, which is where I first heard it. BTW Walk to Remember = GREAT movie!!! 4 stars (****). Lyrics at the bottom.

Also, I’ve known about this song called “Rangers” by A Fine Frenzy for a while, and it’s good, so I thought I’d share. Megan, I think you especially will like this song. It just sounds like your thing. ; )

Lyrics:

There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But You sing to me over and over and over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
and pray to be only Yours
I pray to be only Yours
I know now you're my only hope

Sing to me the song of the stars
Of Your galaxy dancing and laughing
and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that You have for me over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope

I give You my destiny
I'm giving You all of me
I want Your symphony
Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope

Have a great day!

~Kristen

Song of the Week

Hey! I’m here with the new Song of the Week(s)!!!!And yes, there is going to be two. This week I found a whole bunch of new, amazing music, and I couldn’t narrow it down to one song. So, the two songs are “Say (All I Need)” by One Republic, and “I Love Rock and Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. I first heard ‘Say’ in a Twilight music video, and it was just such an amazing song. The lyrics are iffy as a parallel to Twilight, but I LOVE the sound of it, if that makes any sense. As for “I Love Rock N Roll”, I’m going through a Joan Jett phase right now. And no, of course that doesn’t have ANYTHING to do with the fact that KStew’s going to playing her *wink wink*. Some other amazing songs that I ‘found’ this week and that I strongly recommend for you guys to check out are: “Lullaby” by the Spill Canvas, a very sweet, romantic, soft, and lilting . . . . well, lullaby; “What About Now” by Chris Daughtry; “Shakin’” by Rooney, just a cool song; “Breathe” by Angels & Airwaves, a song that is really Twilight-y and reminds me of when I very first read the book, it just has that sound, and it touches me; and “Jai Ho” by the Pussycat Dolls. I have to give a shout out here to Megan for introducing me to the song “Jai Ho”, because it is such a freaking awesome song. It’s Bollywood and dance-y and cool. I love it. Oh, and BTW, “Jai Ho” won the Oscar for Best Song. Just a little fun fact.

~Kristen

Lyrics:

"Say (All I Need)"

Do you know where your heart is?
Do you think you can find it?
Or did you trade it for something
Somewhere better just to have it?
Do you know where your love is?
Do you think that you lost it?
You felt it so strong, but
Nothing's turned out how you wanted

Well, bless my soul
You're a lonely soul
Cause you won't let go
Of anything you hold

Well, all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

Do you know what your fate is?
And are you trying to shake it?
You're doing your best and
Your best look
You're praying that you make it

Well, bless my soul
You're a lonely soul
Cause you won't let go
Of anything you hold

Well, all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

I said I all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Better than you had it
Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Yeah, better than you had it (Better than you had it)

I said I all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

I said I all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

Whenever the end is
Do you think you can see it?
Well, until you get there
Go on, go ahead and scream it
Just say it

“I Love Rock N Roll” by Joan Jett and the Black Hearts

I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin' strong
Playin' my favorite song
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

He smiled so I got up and' asked for his name
That don't matter, he said,
'Cause it's all the same

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An' next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me

Next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An we'll be movin' on
An' singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

Song of the Week: Not Meant to Be

Wow! I’m actually on top of this!

So, this past week, there wasn’t really a song that popped out and hit me, but there was one new song I heard that was really really good, called “Not Meant to Be” by Theory of a Deadman. First of all, weird band name. Srsly, where do these names come from? So, I heard the song on the radio and liked it so much I downloaded it. It just had that *zing* that a good song has, y’know? The lyrics are at the bottom.

Also, there are two songs that are not new in my iTunes library, but which I shamefully had never listened to for some reason: “You are Mine” by Mute Math and “Everything” by Lifehouse. I have quite a few songs that, like these, are waiting for me to discover them. This is because I have a lot of songs that I downloaded in fanmixes and that type of thing, and unless I listen to the playlist right then and there, I forget to go back and check it out. The only reason I gave “You are Mine” a second glance is because it’s by Mute Math, and they have a song on the Twilight soundtrack, “Spotlight”. It plays when Edward and Bella get out of the Volvo and go into school as a couple for the first time. Yep, that’s when Edward has his omgsofreakingawesomeiwan’tsome sunglasses on. And he says the Hell quote. I would say it’s one of my favorite parts, but I say that about every part. Seriously, though, how can every part not be your favorite? I digress. “Everything” is supposedly the Smallville theme, or that’s what iTunes tells me. I, however, have never watched Smallville, and have no immediate plans to do so. Anyways, the song is just nice and smooth and lulling and somewhat calming. It’s not really a sing-a-long, but who cares? And in no way does it compare to the song of the same name by Michael Bublé. Nothing can compare to Michael B. Y’can’t touch this. And yes, I just quoted MC Hammer. Get over it.

Toodles!

“Not Meant to Be” by Theory of a Deadman

Lyrics courtesy of LyricsMode

It's never enough to say I'm sorry
It's never enough to say I care
But I'm caught between what you
Wanted from me, and knowing
If I give that to ya
I might just disappear.

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

Oh, it's like

One step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I can't change your mind,

Oh, it's like

Trying to turn around on a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me and I, I'm starting to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

It's never enough to say I love you
No, it's never enough to say I try
It's hard to believe that's there's
No way out for you and me
And it seems to be,
The story of our life

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I can't change your mind, oh

It's like trying to turn around on a
One way street. I can't give
You what you want and it's killing me
And I, I'm starting to see
That maybe we're not meant to be

There's still time to turn this around
Should we be building this up
Instead of tearing it down
But I keep thinking
Maybe it's too late.

It's like one step forward
And two steps back,
No matter what I do
You're always mad
And I, can't change your mind, oh

It's like tryin to turn around
On a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me and I,
I finally see,
Baby we're not meant to be

It's like one step forward,
And two steps back,
No matter what I do
You're always mad,
And I, Baby I'm sorry to see,
Maybe we're not meant to be

Song of the Week

Okaaaaaayyyyyyyy, it's has been a REALLY REALLY long time since I've done song of the week on here, but I'm starting again now.This week's song, starting last Sunday, is "Don't Forget" by Demi Levato. It's a really pretty, sad song, and we all know I love sad songs.

BTW, I hate that I LOVE Demi Levato's music. It's so teeny-bopper cliche crap. Bleh. Whatevs.

Lyrics:

Did you forget
That I was even alive
Did you forget
Everything we ever had
Did you forget
Did you forget
About me

Did you regret
Ever standing by my side
Did you forget
What we were feeling inside
Now I'm left to forget
About us

But somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song
You can't forget it

So now I guess
This is where we
Have to stand
Did you regret
Ever holding my hand
Never again
Please don't forget
Don't forget

We had it all
We were just about to fall
Even more in love
Than we were before
I won't forget
I won't forget
About us

But somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song
You can't forget it

Somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song
You can't forget it
At all

And at last
All the pictures have been burned
And all the past
Is just a lesson that we've learned
I won't forget please don't forget us

But somewhere we went wrong
Our love is like a song
But you won't sing along
You've forgotten
About us

Check it out!

~Kristen

New Song of the Week

New Song-of-the-Week is "Connect the Dots" by The Spill Canvas. I believe I downloaded this in a Twilight fanmix from Edward's perspective, and if so it fits very well. It's great by itself, though. Just a sweet, romantic, holding-hands-on-the-beach sort of song. I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lyrics:

If your feet hurt from walking too much,
then I will tend to them, with a velvet touch.
If your lungs just don't want to work today,
then I'll perform a mouth to mouth until you're okay.

Don't you just love the feeling of my fingertips,
circling your lips.
Don't you just love the desire taking hold of you,
I can tell you do.
I know all your favorite spots,
and tonight we will connect the dots.

If your muscles are wound up and tight,
then I will loosen up the knots until it feels right.
If your ears just ache from listening,
then I'll supply the remedy in the melodies I sing.

Don't you just love the feeling of my fingertips,
circling your lips.
Don't you just love the desire taking hold of you,
well I can tell you do.
I know all your favorite spots,
and tonight we will connect the dots.

Don't you just love the feeling of my fingertips,
circling your lips.
Don't you just love the desire taking hold of you,
well I can tell you do.
I know all your favorite spots,
and tonight we will connect the dots.

Dedicated to Hannah, because she knows why.

New Song of the Week

In honor of the wonderful Ms. Hannah and her Top-Purple-winning dance solo at Club Days, the song of the week is "Feelin' Good" by Michael Buble.

Don't get me wrong, I love this song and think it's amazing in it's own right.

Lyrics:

Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me

And I'm feeling good,
I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea
You know how I feel
River running free
You know how I feel
Blossom on the tree
You know how I feel

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me

And I'm feeling good
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when the day is done
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me, for me

Stars when you shine
You know how I feel
Scent of the pine
You know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me

And I'm feeling good

I'm feeling good
I feel so good