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Soundtrack of the Day(s) - Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye feat. Kimbra)

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it’s an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I’ll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn’t have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and I feel so rough
No you didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know

Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Part of me believing it was always something that I’d done
But I don’t wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know


But you didn’t have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and I feel so rough
And you didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know

[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you’re just somebody that I used to know)

(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody

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LSS for 2 weeks! I love the indie beat, the quirky voices and definitely the lyrics.

Soundtrack of the Day - Those Sweet Words (Norah Jones)

What did you say
I know I saw you saying it
My ears won’t stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
What did you say

And now the day
The hour hand has spun
Before the night is done
I just have to hear
Those sweet words
Spoken like a melody

All your love
Is a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
‘Til it could fit on the head of a pin

Come on in
Did you have a hard time sleeping
‘Cause a heavy moon was keeping you awake
And all I know is I’m just glad to see you again

See my love
Like a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
And then you appear

What did you say
I know I saw you saying it
My ears won’t stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
And your simple melody

I just have to hear
Your sweet words
Spoken like a melody
I just want to hear
Those sweet words

***

April #2: Lyrics to a song that fit your current mood/situation.

This has been my song for the last 3 days. I can’t help it, really! 

Soundtrack of the Day - Promise (Matchbook Romance)

what would you say if i asked you not to go
to forget everyone, forget everything and start over with me
would you take my hand and never let me go
promise me you’ll never let me go

and the stars aren’t out tonight,
but neither are we to look up at them
why does hello feel like goodbye?
these memories can’t replace,
these wishes i wished and these dreams i chased
take this broken heart and make it right

i feel like i lost everything when you’re gone
left remembering what it’s like to have you here with me
i thought you should know,
you’re not making this easy

i never thought i’d be the one to say
please don’t, please don’t leave me

i feel like i lost everything when you’re gone
left remembering what it’s like to have you here with me
i thought you should know,
you’re not making this easy

you’re not making this easy… (easy, easy, easy…)

take my hand and never let me go,
take my hand and never let me go,
promise me…
you’ll never let go
you’ll never let go
you’ll never let go
you’ll never let go
make this last forever

i feel like i lost everything when you’re gone
left remembering what it’s like to have you here with me
i thought you should know, you’re not making this easy

you’re not making this easy
you’re not making this easy
you’re not making this easy
you’re not making this easy
you’re not making this easy

***

Listening to Matchbook Romance’s Stories and Alibis Album now and I find myself remembering these ever familiar lyrics.

Soundtrack of the Day - Lithium (Nirvana)

I’m so happy ‘cause today
I found my friends
They’re in my head
I’m so ugly, that’s okay
‘Cause so are you
Broke our mirrors
Sunday morning is everyday
For all I care
And I’m not scared
Light my candles, in a daze
‘Cause I’ve found God

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah

I’m so lonely, that’s ok
I shaved my head
And I’m not sad
And just maybe
I’m to blame for all I’ve heard
I’m not sure
I’m so excited
I can’t wait to meet you there
And I don’t care
I’m so horny, that’s okay
My will is good

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah

I like it I’m not gonna crack
I miss you I’m not gonna crack
I love you I’m not gonna crack
I killed you I’m not gonna crack

I like it I’m not gonna crack
I miss you I’m not gonna crack
I love you I’m not gonna crack
I killed you I’m not gonna crack

I’m so happy ‘cause today
I found my friends
They’re in my head
I’m so ugly, but that’s okay
‘Cause so are you
Broke our mirrors
Sunday morning is everyday
For all I care
And I’m not scared
Light my candles in a daze
‘Cause I’ve found god

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah

I like it I’m not gonna crack
I miss you I’m not gonna crack
I love you I’m not gonna crack
I killed you I’m not gonna crack

I like it I’m not gonna crack
I miss you I’m not gonna crack
I love you I’m not gonna crack
I killed you I’m not gonna crack

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One of my favorite Nirvana song. :)

Soundtrack of the Day - Back to December (Taylor Swift)

I’m so glad you made time to see me
How’s life? Tell me, how’s your family?
I haven’t seen them in a while

You’ve been good, busier than ever
We small talk, work and the weather
Your guard is up, and I know why

Because the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind
You gave me roses, and I left them there to die

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I’m sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing I’d realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December all the time

These days, I haven’t been sleeping
Staying up, playing back myself leaving
When your birthday passed, and I didn’t call

Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times
I watched you laughing from the passenger side
And realized I loved you in the fall

And then the cold came, the dark days
When fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love, and all I gave you was goodbye

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I’m sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time

It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing I’d realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time

I miss your tan skin, your sweet smile
So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night
The first time you ever saw me cry

Maybe this is wishful thinking
Probably mindless dreaming
But if we loved again, I swear I’d love you right

I’d go back in time and change it, but I can’t
So if the chain is on your door, I understand

This is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you, saying I’m sorry for that night
And I go back to December

It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
Wishing I’d realized what I had when you were mine
I go back to December, turn around and make it alright
I go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time, all the time

Soundtrack of the Day - Much Has Been Said (Bamboo)

Much has been said
Said you never leave
Why’d it have to be
Harder than it had to be
Don’t you throw blame
You were part of this
Wasn’t suppose to end
With us just walking away
So many times we tried
Holding on to the pain
But in my baby’s eyes I see my shame
Asking why you had to leave
Wasn’t I strong enough to make you see
That the biggest part of this it’s not about you or me
But just be wrong if we held on

So Maybe tomorrow we’ll find
A taste for the old days hard lessons
We’ve left behind
This mirrors an open door
I can barely stand to see myself
I don’t know what to do anymore
I’m crying out for help
Ohh ohh ohh Lord, ohh ohh ohh Lord

Much has been said
Will I never learn
Keeping my fingers crossed
Praying for my luck to turn
But I can’t complain
I’m living it easy
Job’s keeping me busy
I’m going Crazy
Can’t describe the way it felt
When you left said your goodbyes
It just seems crazy for me to think
That I’ll find love a second time
But we all know how it all wraps up in the end

(Repeat *)

Ohh ohh ohh Lord..
mmm mmm mmm mmmm…
What am I leaving behind
Sweet, how we see the big picture when you’re life’s not on the line
I know the way but do you see what I see
A tortured life always second guessing the bookie
Pot money on the table thought that was all I had to do
Never came home
Never said a word to you
No one ever said it was going to be easy, easy

Start over again this time
This time let’s do it right
Start over again this time
This time lets keep the fires burnin’, burning yea!
(repeat twice)

You said
I only hear what i want to know no no no..
You said
Our talk’s over time, our talk’s overtime ahh ahh ahh..

***

I’ve been hearing this song for almost 3 days in a row, I don’t know why. But I just realized this is one of my favorite songs of Bamboo. And oh, the lyrics. well. 

Soundtrack of the Day - Breathing (Lifehouse)

I’m finding my way back to sanity again 
Though I don’t really know what I’m gonna do when I get there 
I take a breath and hold on tight 
Spin around one more time 
And gracefully fall back to the arms of grace 

‘Cause I am hanging on every word you’re saying 
Even if you don’t wanna speak tonight 
That’s alright, alright with me 
‘Cause I want nothing more than to sit outside heaven’s door 
And listen to you breathing 
It’s where I wanna be, yeah 
Where I wanna be 

I’m looking past the shadows in my mind into the truth 
And I’m trying to identify the voices in my head 
God wish won’t you 
Let me feel one more time what if feels like to feel alive
And break these calluses off me one more time 

‘Cause I am hanging on every word you’re saying 
Even if you don’t wanna speak tonight 
That’s alright, alright with me 
‘Cause I want nothing more than to sit outside of your door 
And listen to you breathing 
It’s where I wanna be, yeah 

Oh I don’t want a thing from you 
Bet you’re tired of me waiting for 
The scraps to fall off of your table to the ground 
La da da da
‘Cause I just wanna be here now 

‘Cause I am hanging on every word you’re saying 
Even if you don’t wanna speak tonight 
That’s alright, alright with me 
Cause I want nothing more than to sit outside heaven’s door 
And listen to you breathing 
Its where I wanna be, yeah 
Where I wanna be 

‘Cause I am hanging on every word you’re saying 
Even if you don’t wanna speak tonight 
That’s alright, alright with me 
‘Cause I want nothing more than to sit outside heaven’s door 
And listen to you breathing 
It’s where I wanna be, yeah 
Where I wanna be

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The Soundtrack of My Life :) 

Soundtrack of the Day - Umaaraw, Umuulan (Rivermaya)

Hindi mo maintindihan 
Kung ba’t ikaw ang napapagtripan 
Ng halik ng kamalasan
Ginapang mong marahan ang hagdanan
Para lamang makidlatan 
Sa kaitaas-taasan, ngunit 

Kaibigan 
Huwag kang magpapasindak 

Kaibigan, 
Easy lang sa iyak 

Dahil wala ring mangyayari 
Tayo’y walang mapapala 
Wag mong pigilan ang pagbuhos ng ulan 

May panahon para maging hari 
May panahon para madapa 
Dahil ang buhay natin ay sadyang ganyan 

Umaaraw, umuulan
Umaaraw, umuulan
Ang buhay ay sadyang ganyan 

Umaaraw, umuulan 

Wag kang maawa sa iyong sarili 
Isipin na wala ka nang silbi 
San’ dambuhalang kalokohan 

Bukas sisikat ding muli ang araw 
Ngunit para lang sa may tiyagang 
Maghintay………… 

Kaibigan, 
Wag kang magpapatalo 
Kaibigan, 
Itaas ang noo 

***

This song suits the mood of the weather these days. And this is to end the weekdays, Happy Weekend everyone! :)

Soundtrack of the Day - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Starfucker)

I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right?
Oh mother dear we’re not the fortunate ones
And girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life?
Oh daddy dear you know you’re still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have—

That’s all they really want 
Some fun
When the working day is done, oh
Girls— they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

Girls, they want
Wanna have fun
Girls
Wanna have 

Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have 

That’s all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls—they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun,

Girls, they want
Wanna have fun
Girls
Wanna have 

They just wanna
They just wanna

Soundtrack of the Day - Learn To Fly (Foo Fighters)

Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me get things right
Hook me up a new revolution
Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing and watched the last one die

I’m looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright
I’m looking for a complication
Looking cause I’m tired of trying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly high

I think I’m done nursing the patience
It can wait one night
I’d give it all away if you give me one last try
We’ll live happily ever trapped if you just save my life
Run and tell the angels that everything’s alright

I’m looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright
I’m looking for a complication
Looking cause I’m tired of trying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly high
Make my way back home when I learn to…

Fly along with me, I can’t quite make it alone
Try to live this life my own (and)
Fly along with me, I can’t quite make it alone
Try to live this life my own…

I’m looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright
I’m looking for a complication
Looking cause I’m tired of trying
Make my way back home when I learn to…
(repeat x2)

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It is just now that I really appreciate the meaning of this song and I love how Dave Grohl sounds here.