list 100 songs that break and ease my heart and comment on the reasons why

I can’t say that the lyrics are especially poignant, but they are catchy, and the band is from Saskatchewan!

http://www.myspace.com/thelibraryvoices

Your existence is a pinprick on a paper continent
The patron saints all patronize me
So step off the map and float…

It makes me lighthearted, thus it counts :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fWOQqwEhRhI

I saw ten dead dogs on the side of the road
Driving late last night to your apartment
And I thought it was an omen
So I headed on back home and
Walked in circles ‘round my room
Alone

And Oh my god, is this really what you want?
Would you tell us if it’s not?
And could you rewrite the plot
And come and get us?
Yeah, come and get us

Shivering cold, I woke up in water
And wrapped myself around the toilet seat
I spoke in tongues and took all my clothes off
The tops of my fingers
Touched the tops of my toes

And Oh my god, is this really what you want?
Would you tell us if it’s not?
And could you rewrite the plot
And come and get us?
Cause we can’t stop doing
What we think we want
Even though we know it’s not
This place is merely a subplot
To come and get us

I’ve never felt this way before
Am I running away from what
I’ve always been running towards
Belief, believe in me, cause I don’t know
If reason’s ever gonna see why love
Would come to die
To leave

Oh my God, is this really what you want?
Would you tell us if it’s not?
And could you rewrite the plot
And come and get us?
Cause we can’t stop doing
What we think we want
Even though we know it’s not
This place is merely a subplot
To come and get us

I watched the sky turn from blue
To black to red and yellow too
Before the purple dawn was filling up my room
And for a brief moment
I heard the whole earth groaning
Like there was something
That it needed me to do

• My new career, my new job, my new life… the life that I worked toward for 6 years… is depressing the hell out of me. I like to think about the different facets of one’s life as the subplots – work, family, friends, lovers, and foes. So maybe this is a little dramatic… but it fits. This damn song just fits.

Who’s in a bad mood?
Who’s in a taxi?
Turning the clock back,
Avoiding a fight with this man
He is meeting, stands in the lobby
Counting his questions in the neon light

Sinking under the river
Sewer line touches the edge of the suburbs
Back to the beach where
A family is waiting
On rumors of summer
Lay out a blanket, bring something to feed the birds

With all the luck you’ve had, why are your songs so sad?
Sing from a book you’re reading in bed and took to heart.
All your lives unled, reading in bed…

I would bet anything that she’s amazing live, but I missed her when she was in Toronto… here’s a video of the live performance in Edmonton.

File under “heartbreaker”. Being lucky or successful does not equal being happy… I know that all too well. Escapism is a wonderful release; there is a pile of books eternally next to my bed.

I really need to start posting more under the “eases my heart” portion of this goal…

I’m not even going to try to type all these lyrics out, just listen instead – you won’t regret it. – mp3 link

The part that breaks my heart?

And I did not fight it,
And it did not hurt….

Edit: Yeah, that mp3 link didn’t so much work. I fixed it :)

(Link to an mp3 clip)

Nothing worse than sleeping on bad words
You’re so out of touch, why so blue?
‘Cos you make me happy most of the time
These tears that I cry, baby
They ain’t even mine
Days that I wake up ready to lose
Selfish and torn up with nothing to give
But you should know you’re the love of my life
These tears that I cry baby
They ain’t even mine
They ain’t even mine

I’ll sing you a song all day and all night
I’ll write you a love letter, tell you you’re alright
‘Cos you make me happy most of the time
These tears that I cry baby
They ain’t even mine

I say I’m sorry,I said I was wrong
I’ll beg your forgiveness in a thousand songs
So you will know you’re the love of my life
These tears that I cry baby
They ain’t even mine

You just have to listen to it. Her voice is so unique, and the way she sings is so honest. (The guy on the guitar is her husband.) Maybe this is girly, but I want someone to love me this way someday…

(mp3 link courtesy of KEXP)

If I’m just an old flame,
Don’t turn me out
Maybe I can change.
It’s so strange.
What am I supposed to say?

Paper birds, they don’t sing
They just fake it and I’m not okay
We’re just kids man
We’ll be someone someday.

I will be the big man.
I won’t let this stand.
Maybe I can change.
It’s so strange.
What am I supposed to say?

Paper birds, they don’t sing
They just fake it and I’m not okay
We’re just kids man
We’ll be someone someday
I will learn to let go of this
Where do I go now?

I stole (erm, borrowed?) this goal from This Charming Man because I love his entries… and because there are a million songs in my library that I need in my life but haven’t paid enough mind in awhile! (I hope he doesn’t mind.)

I love this song because it came along when I was broken-hearted, and it was one of the first things to make me smile in a long time… It still does. :) I like to think of someone writing down everything they need to let of on a piece of paper, folding it into an oragami crane, and just letting it go…