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..

Monkey Majik

Here's a band composed of White boys who sing Japanese quite well. This was introduced to me by a friend.. and yeah, she's right: it's weird, but it's cool and sounds good!

Marie Digby - (Cover ) Gimme More by Britney Spears

Everytime they turn the lights down
Just wanna go that extra mile for you
(Pu- Pu-) Public display of affection
Feel's like no one else in the room (but you)

We can get down like there's no-one around
We keep on rockin' (We keep on rockin')
We keep on rockin' (Keep on rockin')

Cameras are flashing my way
dirty dance
And they keep watchin' (And they keep watchin')
Keep watchin
Feels like the crowd is saying

[CHORUS]
Gimme gimme more
Gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme (Uh)
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme (Uh)
Gimme gimme more

A center of attention ('ttention)
Even when they're up against the wall
You got me in a crazy position (Yeah)
If you're on a mission (Uh-uh)
You got my permission (Oh)

We can get down like there's no one around
We keep on rockin' (We keep on rockin')
We keep on rockin', rockin' (Oh ah ha)

Cameras are flashing my way
dirty dance
And they keep watchin' (And they keep watchin)
Keep watchin
(Feel's like the crowd is saying)

[CHORUS]
Gimme gimme more
Gimme more
Gimme gimme more
[Gimme More lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

Gimme gimme more
Gimme (Uh)
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme (Uh)
Gimme gimme more

I just can't control myself
(Mo- Mo- Mo- Mo-) More Uh.
They want more? Well I'll give'em more, Aww!

[CHORUS]
Gimme gimme more
Gimme more
Gimme gimme more (Gimme more)
Gimme gimme more
Gimme (Uh)
Gimme gimme more (Ooh)
Gimme gimme more
Gimme more
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more (Gimme more, oh yeah)
Gimme (Uh)
Gimme gimme more

Ohh, gimme more, gimme more (More)
Gimme more, gimme more baby
I just wanna more

[CHORUS]
Gimme gimme
Gimme
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme
Gimme (Ooh)
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme
Gimme
Gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme
Gimme (Ooh)
Gimme gimme

Marie Digby - (Cover) Umbrella by Rihanna

[VERSE 1]
You had my heart
and we'll never be world apart
Maybe in magazines
but you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the Dark
You can see shiny Cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because

[CHORUS]
When the sun shines
We’ll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

[VERSE 2]
These fancy things,
will never come in between
You're part of my entity
Here for Infinity
When the war has took it's part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard



Together we'll mend your heart
Because ...

[CHORUS]
When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
[Umbrella lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
You can stand under my Umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

[BRIDGE]
You can run into my Arms
It's okay don't be alarmed
(Come into Me)
(There's no distance in between our love)
So Gonna let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Yeah Read let's go look....
Because ...