Happy Now
Bon JoviWhat would you say to me?
If I told you I had a dream
If I told you everything
Would you tell me to go back to sleep
Take a look in these tired eyes
They’re coming back to life
I know I can change
Got hope in my veins
I’m telling you I ain’t going back to the painCan I be happy now?
Can I let my breath out?
Let me believe
I’m building a dream
Don’t try to drag me down
I just want to scream out loud
Can I be happy now?
Been down on my knees
I learned how to bleed
I’m turnin’ my world aroundCan I be happy now?
Can I break free somehow?
I just want to live again
Love again
Pick my pride up off of the ground
I’m ready to pick a fight
Crawl out of the dark to shine a light
I ain’t throwing stones
Got sins of my own
Ain’t everybody just trying to find a way home?Can I be happy now?
Can I let my breath out?
Let me believe
I’m building a dream
Don’t try to drag me down
I just want to scream out loud
Can I be happy now?
Been down on my knees
I learned how to bleed
I’m turning my world aroundYou’re born then you die
It’s all gone in a minute
I ain’t looking back
Cause I don’t want to miss it
You better live now
Cause no one’s going to get out alive, aliveCan I be happy now?
Can I let my breath out?
Let me believe
I’m building a dream
Don’t try to drag me down
I just want to scream out loud
Can I be happy now?
Been down on my knees
I learned how to bleed
I’m turning my world around
Can I be happy now?
Ohhhh
I’m turning my world around
Can I be happy now?
That’s Entertainment
This is one of the most visual songs I can recall. Listening to it or even just reading it always sends me to the place that Weller is describing. Very few songs can do that.
That’s Entertainment
Paul WellerA police car and a screaming siren –
A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete –
A baby wailing and stray dog howling –
The screech of brakes and lamplights blinking –That’s entertainment.
A smash of glass and the rumble of boots –
An electric train and a ripped up ‘phone booth –
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tom cat –
Lights going out and a kick in the balls –That’s entertainment.
Days of speed and slow time Mondays –
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday –
Watching the News Ledge and not eating your tea –
A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls –That’s entertainment.
Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning –
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol –
An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard –
Watching the tele and thinking about your holidays –That’s entertainment.
Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes –
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume –
A hot summers’ day and sticky black tarmac –
Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were faraway –That’s entertainment.
Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight –
Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude –
Getting a cab and travelling on buses –
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs –That’s entertainment.
Albums: Sound Affects
See Also: Paul Weller Official Website
Paul Weller, The Jam
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Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions.
How far do you let your mind wander? As you got about your day-to-day business, do you allow your mind to follow the path of least resistance? Do you allow it to explore the depths of things usually hidden, searching for answers, searching for questions? Can you sit and listen to music, close your eyes and wonder where your mind will end up? Floating high like a kite, soaring like and eagle, and other cliched metaphors. Reflect on things past. Ponder on things to come.
I do…
The Scientist
ColdplayCome up to meet you, tell you I’m sorry
You don’t know how lovely you areI had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I’ve set you apartTell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
oh, let’s go back to the startRunning in circles
Comet tails
Heads on the science apartNobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hardOh take me back to the start
I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apartQuestions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heartCome tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
All in a rush to the startRunning in circles
Chasing our tails
Comin’ back as we areNobody said it was easy
Oh, it’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hardI’m going back to the start…
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There are things in this world that I don’t understand…
I find myself at a strange position in my life. For those of you who know me, and those of you who know me well, I like to think of myself as a relatively creative person. I also think that I am somone whose creativity drifts in the wind of mediocrity. Right here, right now, I have two things going on in my head, two things that have presented themself as fact; I have a story to tell and I have business to build.
The business; there’s not much to tell about this at this stage, other than to say that, for the first time in a very long time, I am absolutley sure it is something I should do.
The story; this is something that has been in my head for some time now. It started as something that I wrote for my creative writing course a few years ago and then morphed into a story that I could tell to Rebekah. Together we have played around with ideas that have helped to shape the concept.
It started like this…
A single streak of daylight dissected the dim room through the curtains
Now, I’ve struggled with the story, not fully understood it, and thus not been able to write it down. However, over the last few weeks it seems to be becoming clearer. The more things I do, the more I read, the more I listen, the more I speak, the more I think, all makes it clearer.
For as long as I have been thinking about this story, there is a phrase that keeps popping into my head. I’ve never written it down, never known how to follow it, never kown what to do with it…
“There are things in this world that I don’t understand..”
It just comes to me, pops in my head, a nagging question that needs a answer, begs for one. if only I knew what the follow up was. I could just find the response needed to write it down. Maybe there are just things in this world that I don’t understand.
I sat reading my book during lunch, listening to my iPod. The statement once more popped into my head. I stopped, looked out of the window to the Candian Geese playing on the lake, and just knew that the book was something that I should do. No longer should, but must.
As I write this Hogarth is singing in my ear…
I have seen this face a thousand times
Every morning of my life
But I never saw these eyes so clear
Free of doubt and pain
Like the whole world has been made again
I don’t know what that means, but it feels like it means something to me, because I just nearly wept, had to take a moment there… Maybe it is so clear to me, maybe I am free of doubt…
I tune in to some friendly voices
Talking bout stupid things.
I cant be left to my imagination.
Let me be weak,
Let me sleep
And dream of sheep. – Kate Bush
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Beyond You
Beyond You
MarillionIf you were a baby I would take you and run
I could hide you in the folds of my heart
There’s a truth in the madness that I can’t get beyond
And a fever that won’t leave me alone
I don’t want my heart
Don’t want my head
Don’t want my friends
Don’t want my bed
I can’t live with myself
I can’t live with myself
Can’t take no help
I try to want to
But I can’t get beyond youI will stare from the window
At the shapes in the rain
As the space between us drives me insaneI can’t live with myself
I can’t live with myself
Can’t take no help
Don’t want no one elseIf I was a child
I would refuse to leave
I would sit down on the street
Kick my legs and screamI’m not much of a man
But I know how I am
I know this won’t fade away
I will pretend and be strong
But I wonder where I belongAnd the feeling comes in waves
A hole in my body, aching
Like a heart dying
A soul crying
Exhausted and insecure
Took all you have and I still want more
So I reach out to hold you
But all I do is hurt you
Hurt youI can’t live with myself
I can’t live with myself
Can’t take no help
I try to want to
But I can’t get beyond youIf I was a child I would take you and run
And I say I don’t know… But I know
And I say I’ll goYou just spent the whole day
Driving away