I love music. Here's a collection of songs and lyrics that have touched me in one way or another (either I identify with them in some way, or they make me laugh).

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04/01/2003 - 04/30/2003
05/01/2003 - 05/31/2003
06/01/2003 - 06/30/2003
07/01/2003 - 07/31/2003

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

100 Miles
by Catie Curtis


My mind is racing,
And my feet are moving slow.
Look all around me,
Don’t see anything I know.
I’d like to answer you,
But I can’t clarify,
If I’m 100 miles ahead,
Or 100 miles behind.

See signs of trouble,
But I don’t know what to think.
I don’t want to rock the boat,
Or let it slowly sink.
I’d ask you questions,
But I don’t want to make you cry,
Am I 100 miles ahead,
Or 100 miles behind?

It’s going to rain,
It’s going to pour,
Through sickness and worse,
Can I love more?

You carried me,
When I fell.
Can I carry you?
Can I love that well?
Ooooh..

My mind is racing,
And I’m sorry if it hurts.
I’ve never been somewhere,
That I could not reverse.
If I don’t wonder,
If I don’t take my time,
Am I 100 miles ahead,
Or 100 miles behind?

It’s going to rain,
It’s going to pour,
Through sickness and health,
Can I love more?

You carried me,
When I fell.
Can I carry you?
Can I love that well?
Ooooh..

Thursday, July 17, 2003

Language or the Kiss
by Indigo Girls


I don't know if it was real or in a dream
Lately waking up I'm not sure where I've been
There was a table set for six and five were there
I stood outside and kept my eyes upon that empty chair
And there was steam on the windows from the kitchen
Laughter like a language I once spoke with ease
But I'm made mute by the virtue of decision
And I choose most of your life goes on without me
Oh the fear I've known
That I might reap the praise of strangers and end up on my own
All I've sown was a song
But maybe I was wrong

I said to you the one gift which I'd adore
The package of the next 10 years unfolding
But you told me if I had my way I'd be bored (I'd be bored)
Right then I knew I loved you best born of your scolding
When we last talked we were lying on our backs (lying on our backs)
Looking at the sky through the ceiling (looking at the sky, looking through the ceiling)
I used to lie like that alone out on the driveway
Trying to read the Greek upon the stars
The alphabet of feeling
Oh I knew back then
It was a calling that said if joy then pain
The sound of the voice these years later
Is still the same

I am alone in a hotel room tonight
I squeeze the sky out but there's not a star appears
Begin my studies with this paper and this pencil
And I'm working through the grammar of my fears
Oh mercy (mercy) what I won't give
To have the things that mean the most not to mean the things I miss
Unforgiving the choice still is
The language or the kiss

Tuesday, July 08, 2003

The Scientist
by Coldplay


Come up to meet ya, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need ya
And tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions
Oh, lets go back to the start
Running in circles, coming in tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody 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 hard
Oh, take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
And tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody 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 hard
I'm going back to the start

Ooooohhhhhhh [x4]

Saturday, July 05, 2003

Doin' Fine (live)
by Ellis


Driving around at three o'clock in the morning
I try not to see the time
I know the long way to get to where I'm going
But I push that out of my mind

But it's good to understand
Where you are standing
And it's good to know where you've been
And it's good to work through all the tough times
And let the lessons sink in
I think we're able to let go of more baggage
Than we give ourselves credit for
And the sunrise sayin' hello in the morning time
Makes me believe that more and more

The coffee shops are all closed and I'm hungry
South Dakota takes too long
But as I use this time to notice the country
I'm letting go and I'm feeling strong
I'm letting something in, I'm letting something go
And I'm so thankful to be alive
And even though right now time is passing slowly..
(she laughs)

I was in such a bad rut
I was feeling so bad
The weight of the world was pulling me down
And I don't know how it works
How you let it all go
Except you're doing something (?)
But on this drive I am finally sitting still
I don't know where else to be
The radio is playing mostly static now
So I am listening to the space around me

But it's good to understand where I am standing
And it's good to know where I've been
And it's good to work through all the tough times
And let the lessons start to sink in
I know I'm able to let go of more baggage
Than I give myself credit for
And the sunrise sayin' hello in the morning time
Makes me believe that more and more

Driving around at three o'clock in the morning
I try not to see the time
I have a long way to get where I'm going
But I'm on my way and I'm doin' fine

Thursday, July 03, 2003

At the end of the song, "The Difference" by Matchbox 20, there is like an entirely different song. I don't know if I have a special version on MP3 or if it's like that on the album, since when I searched for lyrics, they didn't contain the end-of-the-song thinger.


(End of) The Difference or So Sad So Lonely?
by Matchbox 20


I found out
On a late night drive
In my winter coat
With my bloodshot eyes
Well, my faith ain't been
No friend to me
And the way I sin
Is hanging off of me

And I'm sorry
You can't take me anywhere
Pretty soon we're almost there
Baby, one more night
It's been a long, long drive
And I'm way, way tired
I don't need no
Backup plan

I said
I don't want nobody
Nobody don't want me
Hell, I'm so sad
So lonely
But, hey, I'm always landin' on my feet

One more time
With a sad, sad smile
And your white bread friends
In the circus life
All the one way rides
And those sweet beginners
Passing on the left hand side
With a sideways smile

And I'm always
One step from stallin'
Bad trips can make great stories
Baby, dance all night
With your ass on fire
And your hands up high
And feel me one more time

I say
I don't want nobody
Nobody don't want me
Hell, I'm so sad so lonely
And I'm always landing on my feet

Well, I learned to love myself
And I don't need no one else
And when a love moves on
Because it gets cold
Then another moves in
And it can fill the hole

I'm one more
Hopeful lying on the bedroom floor
No sense trying
When the whole thing drops
You lose your nerve
I hope you get what you deserve

I said
I don't want nobody
Nobody don't want me
Hell, I'm so sad so lonely
And I'm always landing on my feet

Well I don't want nobody
Nobody don't want me
Hell I'm so sad so lonely
And I'm always landing on my feet

Willing To Wait
by Melissa Ferrick


Well if I
Had it all
All my life again
Yes if I had it all
And if we
Could slow it down
Wind it down
'N look at everything that we screwed up
Look at everything we messed up
Yeah

Willing to wait
I will survive
I will love every minute of my life
I will not concede
Look at you
So proud
But you lie
So I will sit here and wait
Until all your fantasies fall behind

Look at you
So dead
Yeah, you've got dead eyes
But you've got nothing on me brother
But some kind of distant blood tie

Willing to wait
I will survive
I will love every minute of my life
I will not concede
I will believe

So if I
Am not
Who you thought
I was
Well, hello
It's nice to meet you
It's nice to meet you
Yeah

Willing to wait
I will survive
I will love every minute of my life
I will not concede
I will believe

Willing to wait
I will survive
I'm willing to wait
'N I will survive
You know why

'Cause I am the one
Who makes you want me
'N I am the one
Who makes you need me
I am the one
Who lets you tease me
Deceive me
Now get down on your knees and please me
Abuse me abuse me abuse me ...

Members Only
by Sheryl Crow


Uncle Larry's hooked on ice again
He seems to be stuck in the 80's
He wears his Members Only jacket
Cause he thinks it turns on all the ladies

And all the white folks shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
I'll have mine in martini glasses
Cause I can't take it anymore

These are the days of empty kitchens
The rise and fall of Mary Ellen's hairdo
I think she's found a new religion
Studying the Kabalah in her J Crew

And all the rich kids shake their asses
Looking for the two and four
Well I'll have mine with Blackstrap molasses
Cause I can't taste it anymore
No I can't taste it anymore

My friend Greg says it's all good
As the eastern seaboard's blown away
Now everything is going half-price
So look at all the money we saved

And all the politicians shake their asses
Looking for the backdoor
I'll just be hanging out with the lasses
Cause they don't like the boys no more
No and I can't take it anymore

Saturday, June 28, 2003

Tonight And The Rest Of My Life
by Nina Gordon


Down to the earth I fell
With dripping wings,
Heavy things won't fly
And the sky might catch on fire
And burn the axis of the world
That's why
I prefer a sunless sky
To the glittering and stinging in my eyes

Oh, I feel so light
This is all I wanna feel tonight
Oh, I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life
Tonight and the rest of my life

Gleaming in the dark sea
I'm as light as air
Floating there breathlessly
When the dream dissolves, I open up my eyes
I realize that
Everything is shoreless sea
Weightlessness is passing over me

Oh, I feel so light
This is all I wanna feel tonight
Oh, I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life
Tonight and the rest of my life

Everthing is waves and stars
The universe is resting in my arms

I feel so alive
This is all I wanna feel tonight
I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life

Oh, I feel so light
This is all I wanna feel tonight
Oh, I feel so light
Tonight and the rest of my life
Tonight and the rest of my life