Flyleaf

One of the bands that I listen to these days is Flyleaf. I really like the way their song sounds, and the way the soft voice of the female singer blends with the heavy guitars.

Two of their songs that I like in particular are Broken Wings, and All Around Me.

Broken Wings (Fan made video, but still cool)



All Around Me (mtv version)

Chiisana Koi no Uta | Proposal Daisakusen

I really love this song from Proposal Daisakusen! I'd just like to share it here. It's a song by the bank Mongol 800. One of the few Japanese songs that I've taking a liking to.

Lyrics (romaji)

Hiroi uchuu no kazu aru hitotsu
aoi chikyuu no hiroi sekai de
chiisana koi no omoi wa todoku
chiisana shima no anata no moto e

Anata to deai toki wa nagareru
omoi wo kometa tegami mo fueru
itsushika futari tagai ni hibiku
toki ni hageshiku
toki ni setsunaku

Hibiku wa tooku haruka kanata e
yasashii uta wa sekai wo kaeru

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo
sugu soba ni iru no
tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii
hibike koi no uta
hora hora hora hibike koi no uta

Anata wa kizuku futari wa aruku
kurai michi demo hibi terasu tsuki
nigirishimeta te hanasu koto naku
omoi wa tsuyoku eien chikau

Eien no fuchi kitto boku wa iu
omoi kawarazu onaji kotoba wo
soredemo tarizu namida ni kawari
Yorokobi ni nari kotoba ni dekizu
tada dakishimeru tada dakishimeru

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo
sugu soba ni iru no
tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii
hibike koi no uta
hora hora hora hibike koi no uta

Yume naraba samenai de yume naraba samenai de
anata to sugoshita toki eien no hoshi to naru

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo
sugu soba ni iru no
tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii
hibike koi no uta

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo
sugu soba ni iru no
tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii
hibike koi no uta
hora hora hora hibike koi no uta

English Translation

In this wide universe, there is
A big world in a blue earth
A small memory of love will reach
You who are living in a small island

Time has passed since I met you
The letter with my piled up feelings increases
Without us realising, it is already echoing between us
Sometimes we’re full of intensity,
sometimes we’re full of sadness

These feelings echoes distantly
This gentle love song will change the world

Look, the person who is important to you
Is right beside you
I just want you to receive
This echoing love song
Listen, listen, listen to this echoing love song

You’ve realized even when we walked
In the dark, the moonlight will shine on us
I won’t let go of you hand
I swear that these strong feelings will last for eternity

In the depths of forever, I’ll definitely say
These same words without any change of feelings
Even if it’s still not enough, it’ll change into tears
And it’ll change into joy that I can’t put into words
I’ll just hold you, I’ll just hold you

Look, the person who is important to you
Is right beside you
I just want you to receive
This echoing love song
Listen, listen, listen to this echoing love song

If it’s a dream don’t wake up, if it’s a dream don’t wake up
The time I’ve spent with you will become an everlasting star

Look, the person who is important to you
Is right beside you
I just want you to receive
This echoing love song

Look, the person who is important to you
Is right beside you
I just want you to receive
This echoing love song
Listen, listen, listen to this echoing love song

Everytime | Britney Spears

I'm not a Britney fan, nor do I have anything against her. I guess she belongs to a different genre of music than what I would normally listen to, but I really like this song. I like the tune of the song, and enjoy very much the piano accompaniment.

Everytime Lyrics

Notice me, take my hand
Why are we strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me

Everytime I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, it's haunting me
I guess I need you, baby

I make believe that you are here
It's the only way I see clear
What have I done
You seem to move on easy

And everytime I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you, baby

I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song's my sorry

At night I pray
That soon your face will fade away

And everytime I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you, baby

---end of lyrics----

Which reminds me, I also like one other song from Britney Spears: Gimme More. But I only like it when it's done by Marie Digby since her version has a more serious tone:

Thursday (Full Collapse) | Cross Out The Eyes

Thursday's Cross Out the Eyes, from their Full Collapse album, is one of my favorite songs. I especially like the music video they made for it. I enjoy how they make their songs: the strong images from the lyrics, the soft and melodious voice of the lead vocalist, and the contrasting broken screams that reflect desperation and anguish. Thursday is one of the best.



Lyrics

Let's call this the quiet city:
Where screams are felt as a wave of stoplights
Drive through the streets as gunshots punctuate the night
The sides we take divide us from our faith
And the morning dove gets caught in the telephone wire

Asleep you set the fire in your own house
And the night was a knife that cut
And I'm paralyzed

Cross out the eyes
Blur all the lines
Tearing this canvas from the wall
We crossed out the eyes
Put lines through these cries
We pulled all the leaves from the trees that fall

A silent dance that we did into this hospital bed
Hear voices from another room
"It happens all the time"
But July in the sand
The leaves falling
And counting down our days to live....
Drain the blood from this valentine.

"We can rise on the wings of the dove
See blue skies getting caught in the trail of all this smoke
We can rise like candles in the dark-yours always"
and an envelope marked with your new address

Asleep you set the fire in your own house
And the night was a knife that cut
And I'm paralyzed

Cross out the eyes
Blur all the lines
Tearing this canvas from the wall
We crossed out the eyes
Put lines through these cries
We pulled all the leaves from the trees that fall

It was the first time face to face
I'm crossing the line
Talking to the other side of death
Hearing the words that choke memories into flatlines
I'm calling your name hoping for something to wash these dreams of you away
(can't we die!)

(memories in flatlines!)

Cross out the eyes with a set of these lines
Cross out the eyes with a set of these lines!

(cross out the eyes!)
Our fence was blown down in a winter storm and this field
(Cross out the eyes!)
Stretches out of this world into the sound
(A trace of)
What can we do to put a stop to these coming white days
(A love song)
I'm hoping the snow will wash these dreams of you away

(Stretches out of this world,
let's drive back the dead.
Stretches out of this world.
Stretches out of this world.)

Matisyahu | Jewish Reggae Band

A friend of mine just referred me to Matisyahu, a jewish hiphop and reggae band, since I'm in the faith of Messianic Judaism. Here's a live version of their song "Time of Your Song"
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Ninedays New Album | Now 7 Albums in Total

Ninedays just released their new album, Slow Motion Life. I also just learned that they have now a total of 7 albums! I used to think that the Madding Crowd (one of my top favorites among their albums!) was the first, but it turns out that they have three albums prior to that.


Their albums are:

* Something To Listen To - 1995
* Monday Songs - 1996
* Three - 1998
* The Madding Crowd - 2000
* So Happily Unsatisfied - 2002
* Flying The Corporate Jet - 2003
* Slow Motion Life (Part One) - 2007


Where's Part Two?! So far, Slow Motion Life (Part One) only has 6 tracks. I can't wait for the rest of this album!

Hip Hop Violin

Listen to this... It's something Raphaella pointed me to.



I wanna learn violin! Well, actually, I've started to self-study the violin. Still need to exert more effort on it before I can hope to play something like this.

Here's another one..