“Catch My Breath”

I don’t wanna be left behind
Distance was a friend of mine
Catching breath in a web of lies
I’ve spent most of my life
Riding waves, playing acrobat
Shadowboxing the other half
Learning how to react
I’ve spent most of my time

Catching my breath, letting it go,
turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won’t be told what’s supposed to be right
Catch my breath,
no one can hold me back, I ain’t got time for that
Catch my breath,
won’t let them get me down, it’s all so simple now

Addicted to the love I found
Heavy heart, now a weightless cloud
Making time for the ones that count
I’ll spend the rest of my time
Laughing hard with the windows down
Leaving footprints all over town
Keeping faith kinda comes around
I’ll spent the rest of my life

Catching my breath, letting it go,
turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won’t be told what’s supposed to be right
Catch my breath,
no one can hold me back, I ain’t got time for that
Catch my breath,
won’t let them get me down, it’s all so simple now

You help me see the beauty
in everything
Catching my breath, letting it go,
turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won’t be told what’s supposed to be right

Catching my breath, letting it go,
turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won’t be told what’s supposed to be right
Catch my breath!
Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,
I ain’t got time for that
Catch my breath,
won’t let them get me down, it’s all so simple now
(it’s all so simple now!)

Catching my breath, letting it go,
turning my cheek for the sake of the show
Now that you know, this is my life,
I won’t be told it’s supposed to be right
Catch my breath!
Catch my breath, no one can hold me back,
I ain’t got time for that
Catch my breath
Catch my breath, won’t let them get me down,
it’s all so simple now 3 weeks ago

“Lucky
”
This is a story about a girl named Lucky

Early morning, she wakes up
Knock, knock, knock on the door
It’s time for make-up, perfect smile
It’s you they’re all waiting for
They go,
“Isn’t she lovely, this Hollywood girl?”
And they say:

“She’s so lucky, she’s a star”
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there’s nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night?

Lost in an image, in a dream
But there’s no one there to wake her up
And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning
But tell me what happens when it stops?
They go,
“Isn’t she lovely, this Hollywood girl?”
And they say,

[Chorus]

“Best actress, and the winner is, Lucky!”
“I’m Roger Johnson for Pop News standing outside the arena waiting for Lucky.”
“Oh my god, here she comes!”

Isn’t she lucky, this Hollywood girl?
She is so lucky, but why does she cry?
If there’s nothing missing in her life
Why do tears come at night? 2 months ago

Hero 7 months ago

Skies are crying
I am watching
Catching tear drops in my hands
Only silence
Has an ending
Like we never had a chance

Do you have to
Make me feel like
There is nothing left of me

You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I’m made of glass
Like I’m made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper

As the smoke clears
I awaken
And untangle you from me
Would it make you
Feel better
To watch me while I bleed

All my windows
Still are broken
But I’m standing on my feet

Go run run run
I’m gonna stay right here
Watch you disappear ya yaa
Go run run run
Ya it’s a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here

(Like a skyscraper)
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper 7 months ago

Spose
“I’m Awesome”

Chorus:
Motherfucker I’m awesome!
No you’re not dude, don’t lie
I’m awesome.
I’m driving around in my mom’s ride
I’m awesome.
A quarter of my life gone by, and I met all my friends on-line
Motherfucker, I’m awesome.
I will run away from a brawl
I’m awesome.
There’s no voice mail, nobody called!
I’m awesome!
I can’t afford to buy eight balls
And I talk to myself on my facebook wall
I’m awesome!

You know my pants sag low (low)
Even though (though) that went out of style
Like ten years ago (go)
Spose, I got the swagger of a cripple
I got little biceps getting fatter in the middle

And lyrically I’m not the best
Physically the opposite of Randy Moss and yet
So preposterous feel the awesomeness!
The most obnoxious guest up at the sausage fest

Oh yes!
The girls are repulsed
so I hide in my hood like I’m joining a cult
Uh uh
I’m as nervous as my cattle dirty Curtis
All my writtens are bitten and all my verses are purchased
Me? I’ll never date an actress, got too many back zits
Plus my whole home aroma is cat piss!
Every show I do is poorly promoted
And if you like this it’s cause my little sister wrote it

Chorus

Check it out
I’m from Maine and I don’t hunt (nope) and I can’t ski
Smoke weed but I can’t roll blunts
Find me whipped by my wifey, my neck not icy
Eatin’ at McDonald’s because Subway is pricey

And my unibrow is plucked
Just ask my mom if I could borrow ten bucks
She’s like, “For what? Blunt wraps and some Heinekens?
You skinny prick, go get a gym membership and vitamins”

I’m like, “Mom, please . . .” Don’t blame it on me
I got my bad habits from you, Dad, and Aunt Steve
My attitude’s sour but my futon’s sweet
And the hair on my ass it is Jumanji

Suit untailored, ringtone Taylor Swift
Can’t tweet up on my Twitter cause I haven’t done shit
Bank account red, body ungroomed
Only thing good about me is I’m off stage soon

Chorus

Futhermore I’m cornier than ethanol, cheesier than provolone
I spent ages eight to ten living in a motor home
With an ego the size of Tim Duncan
Even though I got shit for brains like a Blumpkin
I’m twenty four serving lobster rolls
Because I spent a decade filling Optimos
And I’m not even the bomb in Maine
On my game, I’m only about as sexy as John McCain

Now put your hands up, if you have nightmares
If you wouldn’t man up if there was a fight here
If you got dandruff, if you drink light beer
I’m out of breath…

Chorus8 months ago

Run like a race for family
When you hear like you’re alone
The rusty gears of morning
And faceless, busy phones
We gladly run in circles
But the shape we meant to make is gone

And love is a tired symphony
You hum when you’re awake
And love is a crying baby
Mama warned you not to shake
And love’s the best sensation
Hiding in the lion’s mane

So I’ll clear the road, the gravel
And the thornbush in your path
That burns a scented oil
That I’ll drip into your bath
The water’s there to warm you
And the earth is warmer when you laugh

And love is the scene I render
When you catch me wide awake
And love is the dream you enter
Though I shake and shake and shake you
And love is the best endeavor
Waiting in the lion’s mane 9 months ago

by Everclear 9 months ago

Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me, makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath

Night, night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my

Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath

It’s tumbling down (as in love falling apart)
It’s tumbling down (as in love falling apart) 9 months ago

You can holler, you can wail
You can swing, you can flail
You can fuck like a broken sail
But I’ll never give you up
If I ever give you up my heart will surely fail

And after all God can keep my soul
England have my bones
But don’t ever give me up
I could never get back up when the future starts so slow

No longing for the moonlight
No longing for the sun
No longer will I curse the bad I’ve done
If there’s a time when your feelings gone, I wanna feel it

You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind
(I don’t mind)

There’s a time for the second best
And there’s a time when the feeling’s gone
But it’s hard to be hard I guess
When you’re shaking like a dog

You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind

You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind
You can swing, you can flail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind
(I don’t mind)

You can blow what’s left of my right mind
You can blow what’s left of my right mind
You can holler, you can wail
You can blow what’s left of my right mind 9 months ago

I know there’s pain
Why do lock yourself up in these chains?
No one can change your life except for you
Don’t ever let anyone step all over you
Just open your heart and your mind
Is it really fair to feel this way inside?

Some day somebody’s gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don’t you know?
Don’t you know things can change
Things will go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things will go your way
Hold on for one more day

You could sustain
Or are you comfortable with the pain?
You’ve got no one to blame for your unhappiness
You got yourself into your own mess
Lettin’ your worries pass you by
Don’t you think it’s worth your time
To change your mind?

Some day somebody’s gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don’t you know?
Don’t you know things can change
Things will go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things will go your way
Hold on for one more day

I know that there is pain
But you hold on for one more day and
Break free the chains
Yeah I know that there is pain
But you hold on for one more day and you
Break free, break from the chains

Some day somebody’s gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don’t you know?
Don’t you know things can change
Things will go your way
If you hold on for one more day yeah
If you hold on

Don’t you know things can change
Things will go your way
If you hold on for one more day,
If you hold on
Can you hold on
Hold on baby
Won’t you tell me now
Hold on for one more day ‘Cause
It’s gonna go your way

Don’t you know things can change
Things will go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can’t you change it this time

Make up your mind
Hold on
Hold on
Baby hold on 10 months ago

Hilary Duff
This song needs to become the mantra of my life for a little while.

This is the song I’ll use to confront that voice in my head that keeps reminding me of my past regrets.

“So Yesterday”

You can change your life – if you wanna
You can change your clothes – if you wanna
If you change your mind
Well, that’s the way it goes

But I’m gonna keep your jeans
And your old black hat – cause I wanna
They look good on me
You’re never gonna get them back

At least not today, not today, not today
‘cause

[Chorus:]
If it’s over, let it go and
Come tomorrow it will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
I’m just a bird that’s already flown away

Laugh it off let it go and
When you wake up it will seem
So yesterday, so yesterday
Haven’t you heard that I’m gonna be okay

You can say you’re bored – if you wanna
You can act real tough – if you wanna
You can say you’re torn
But I’ve heard enough

Thank you… you made my mind up for me
When you started to ignore me
Do you see a single tear
It isn’t gonna happen here
At least not today, not today, not today
‘cause

[Chorus]

If you’re over me, I’m already over you
If it’s all been done, what is left to do
How can you hang up if the line is dead
If you wanna walk, I’m a step ahead
If you’re moving on, I’m already gone
If the light is off then it isn’t on
At least not today, not today, not today
‘cause

[Chorus 2X] 10 months ago

May 24, 2010
Pure Imagination, Michael Feinstein CHILDHOOD
November 8, 2010
Jar of Hearts, Christina Perri BROKEN HEARTS
November 15, 2010
Something in the Water, Brooke Fraser NEW LOVE
March 21, 2011
Mercy, Duffy 5K FINISHER, MOVE IT GIRL10 months ago

Tina Turner- I Don’t Wanna Fight

There’s a pale moon in the sky
The kind you make your wishes on
Like the light in your eyes
The one I built my dreams upon
It’s not there any longer
Something happened somewhere
And we both know why
But me, I’m getting stronger
We must stop pretending
I can’t live this life

I don’t care who’s wrong or right
I don’t realy wanna fight no more (too much talking babe)
Let’s sleep on it tonight
I don’t really wanna fight no more (this is time for letting go)

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tina+turner/i+dont+wanna+fight_20137713.html ]

I hear a whisper in the air
It simply doesn’t bother me
Can’t you see that I don’t care
Or are you you looking right through me
Seems to me that lately
You look at me the wrong way and I start to cry
Could it be that maybe
This crazy situation is the reason why

I don’t care who’s wrong or right
I don’t reaaly wanna fight no more (too much talking babe)
Let’s sleep on it tonight
I don’t really wanna fight no more (tired of all these games)
But baby don’t you know
That I don’t wanna hurt no more (it’s time, I’m walking babe)
Don’t care now who’s to blame
I don’t really wanna fight no more (this is time for letting go)

Hanging on to the past
It only stands in our way
We had to grow for our love to last
But we just grew apart
No, I don’t wanna hurt no more

But baby don’t you know
No I don’t wanna hurt no more (too much talking babe)
Don’t care now who’s to blame
I don’t really wanna fight no more (tired of all these games)
I don’t care who’s wrong or right
I don’t really wanna fight no more (it’s time, I’m walking babe)
So let’s sleep on it tonight
I don’t really wanna fight no more (this is time for letting go) 10 months ago

Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she’s waiting for me just across the bar
My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking about a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you’re trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down, I’ll carry you home

Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know that I’m not
All that you got, I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let’s raise a cup
‘Cause I found someone to carry me home

Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
Just carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
Carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)
Just carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na)

The world is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home tonight
The angels never arrived
But I can hear the choir
So will someone come and carry me home

Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Tonight, we are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home tonight 10 months ago

Life’s too short to even care at all oh
I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control
These fishes in the sea they’re staring at me oh oh oh oh oh oh
A wet world aches for a beat of a drum, oh

If I could find a way to see this straight, I’d run away
To some fortune that I, I should have found by now
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down, come down

Life’s too short to even care at all oh
I’m coming up now coming up now out of the blue oh
These zombies in the park they’re looking for my heart oh oh oh oh
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh

If I could find a way to see this straight, I’d run away
To some fortune that I, I should have found by now

And so I run to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down

Life’s too short to even care at all oh
I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control

If I could find a way to see this straight, I’d run away
To some fortune that I, I should have found by now

And so I run to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down

One more spoon of cough syrup now whoa
One more spoon of cough syrup now whoa 10 months ago

Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play

And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn

And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I’m always dragging that horse around

Our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues strong
But it’s always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

‘Cause I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I’m gonna cut it out and then restart
‘Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

I tried to dance with the devil on your back
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It’s a final mess but it’s left me so empty
It’s always darkest before the dawn
(Oh whoa, oh whoa)

And I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t
So here’s to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I’m ready to suffer and I’m ready to hope
It’s a shot in the dark and right at my throat
‘Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Well what the hell I’m gonna let it happen to me

Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa

Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
Shake it out, shake it out,
Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa
And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh whoa 10 months ago

By B.o.B.

Something about this song just makes me happy, I always feel like dancing when I hear it. 10 months ago

Yeah, I, I know it’s hard to remember,
The people we used to be… 10 months ago

I won’t give up on us
God knows I’m tough enough
We got a lot to learn
God knows we’re worth it 11 months ago

A tribute to spring 2012. For my purposes, the chorus is all that matters:

I’m walkin’ on sunshine , wooah!
I’m walkin’ on sunshine, woooah!
I’m walkin’ on sunshine, woooah!

and don’t it feel good!! 12 months ago

If anyone asks
I’ll tell them we both just moved on
When people all stare
I’ll pretend that I don’t hear them talk
Whenever I see you I’ll swallow my pride and bite my tongue
Pretend I’m okay with it all
Act like there’s nothing wrong

Is it over yet
Can I open my eyes
Is this as hard as it gets
Is this what it feels like to really cry
Cry

If anyone asks
I’ll tell them we just grew apart
What do I care if they believe me or not
Whenever I feel your memory is breaking my heart
I’ll pretend I’m okay with it all
Act like there’s nothing wrong

I’m talking in circles
I’m lying, they know it
Why won’t this just all go away 12 months ago

Should I give up,
Or should I just keep chasin’ pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere
Or would it be a waste
Even if I knew my place
Should I leave it there 13 months ago

You can’t play on broken strings
You can’t feel anything that your heart don’t want to feel
I can’t tell something that ain’t real

the truth hurts
A lie is worse
I can’t like it anymore
And I love you a little less than before 13 months ago

Thank you Spotify. If not for you, this goal would not be accomplishable. 14 months ago

11 – Waiting for Somebody – Paul Westerberg

Awesome song from the movie “Singles” which was the movie I watched with my dad after we made up from the biggest fight we ever had. We avoided each other for a week when I was in High School. Oddly we kind of made the decision to make up at the same time. This song reminds me of that.

12 – Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something

This song just won’t leave me alone! It’s been in my repertoire since Grade 8 and somehow, everywhere I go, someone wants to hear it! 15 months ago