Earthbound Starlight - Duncan Sheik

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The video is a little creepy, sad, intriguing and classy at the same time. And it tells a story. My first introduction to Duncan Sheik was through a friend. Subsequently, Spring Awakening put him on my mind's map. But I guess, it had to do with the time I discovered him (I had other things happening in my life) - that I never really dug deeper. Today some random YouTube browsing brought me to his music again. And this time around, I was in the perfect mood to explore.

Earthbound Starlight (YouTube Link)


Check out the website of the new album Whisper House and know the story behind it.



Lyrics
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What are you looking at, what do you see?
Is it the truth or a strange fantasy?
Whenever you're watching
You're changing the scene
Time is a place, this place is a song
Where mothers are distant and fathers are gone
He too may be watching but he's not letting on

Can't dry your eyes
Or say it's alright
Even though he might
And she can't kiss your cheek
As the days become weeks
No rewind
No repeats
Days, nights, wrongs, rights, earthbound starlight

Hey, are you listening?
What is the sound of things that you lose that you never have found?
You're finding the way
Or turning around
Dancer with destiny
Tempter of fate
The life that you lived is only a taste
Sometimes the sweetest is the time that you waste

I won't dry your eyes
Or say it's alright
'Cause sometimes that's the lie
[ Duncan Sheik Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Even if she kissed your cheek
Still the days become weeks
No rewind
No repeats
Steal your heart
Life is hard
Never easy, believe me

Need no more questions
Maybes are mights
Darkness descends, run out of light
When you go blind
You get second sight
The deeper you dive
The greater the heights

So don't dry your eyes
Or say it's alright
Life is hard
It's a fight
Even if she kissed your cheek
Still the days become weeks
No rewind
No repeats
As the days become weeks
No remind
No repeats
Days, nights, wrongs, rights, earthbound starlight



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Grace Is Gone - Dave Matthews

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The song which made me come back to listening to Dave Matthews again. Courtesy my friend's YouTube playlist.

Excuse me please one more drink
Could you make it strong cause I don’t need to think
She broke my heart my Grace is gone
One more drink and I’ll move on
One more drink and I’ll be gone

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Stay Or Leave - Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

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Acoustic guitar duets dont get more melodious than this. One of my favorite Dave Matthews songs. And this version is special.

Stay Or Leave (YouTube Link)

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Times Like These - Farryl Purkiss

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Very different but the acoustic guitar riffs in this are terrific and wonderfully melodious.

And again, the lyrics need some doing!

Times Like These

Lyrics
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yes indeed im waiting for
times like these
you and me layin on a floor
on times like these

what on earth is worth livin for
but times like these
as i turn to you and ask in vain

but still you dont say

a moment please is all i ask from you
to stake my case
as i lean in ever close to kiss your face
i've seen a thousand times we have replayed all this what ....
still i turn to you and ask in vain

but still you dont say

love alone will never save us
this wicked life might never leave us
take it down to peter's lounge
and wait around till familiar sound of
penny drops on ....
gonna go straight down to live a life.............

and you dont say



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Better Days - Farryl Purkiss

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Around the same time last year, I had listened to this song. And it had really moved me. I don't know why I didn't put it here. May be because the blog itself did not exist back then. A lot has changed since then. Better days are indeed here. But I still love this one

Better Days

I didn't find the lyrics anywhere so tried to listen to the song and write it down. A couple of words still beat me. If you are able to follow, please let me know.

Lyrics
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thinkin of times and of places that felt so real
yesterday
holdin on tight
feelin alright thinkin of
yesterday
and even though i never said it to you
im waitin in line to give it to you
and even though i never got it from you
im still wasting my time tyrin to give it to you

still i try
to hold on for better days
so let it slide

still i pray
prayin for better days
so let it slide down and down and down and down

today .. today .. today im gonna fade away

standing on my own two feet
walking on what i feel is
solid ground
........ another man's
dreams just until i find my own
way home from here

isnt it strange
that as we grow old we tend to walk away from
a little less pain
to something that's easier to fit into our frame

still i try
to hold on for better days
so let it slide

still i pray
praying for better days
so let it slide down and down and down and down

today .. today .. today im gonna fade away



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Brand New Day - Joshua Radin

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The magic happened early in the evening. But I couldn't have said it any better than this:

It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok


Lyrics
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Some kind of magic
Happens late at night
When the moon smiles down on me
And bathes me in it’s light

I fell asleep beneath you
In the tall blades of grass
When I woke the world was new
I never had to ask

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shinning
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok

Most kind of stories
Save the best part for last
Most stories have a hero who finds
You make your past your past
Ya you make your past your past

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shinning
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok

This cycle never ends
Gotta fall in order to mend

And it’s a brand new day
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
Inn such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok



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Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

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Francis sang the song when he was with us a couple of weeks ago. And that's how I was reminded of it again. I had heard it before too. Probably in some TV series. Or maybe Pandora/Jango. It's just too good to not have a place here.


Lyrics
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Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me, girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me



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