I know I haven't blogged in a while, but there are reasons. I recently started back at school, I'm writing a monthly column for a cigar magazine, and I'm still working full time. Something's gotta give, right? Wrong. That's okay though, I'm embracing this new phase in my life where I have little to no free time. In fact, I love it.Yeah, the school thing...I know, I know. I'm sure quite a few people heard me say I would never return. What do you want me to say? I'm sorry, I'm back (Sammy Sosa lip-to-chest motion for Jay-Z). The decision was made back in the fall once I realized life was passing me by. That, and the fact the whole god-of-rock thing probably wasn't going to pan out. So here I am...heading to Samford two late nights a week to get some knowledge dropped on my ass. It's going to take me a couple of years to finish up my undergrad, but I'm okay with that. I even hope I can go on to get my master's and possibly my doctorate. One degree at a time though. So that's what's been going on with me, and thus the reason there's been no bloggage.
Anywho, recently I've been paying attention to lyrics in songs instead of the music itself. And I've been blown away. Here's a top 5 list of lyrics that have owned me:
1. "And don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?"
-GooGoo Dolls, "Name"
2. "We're only humans girl, we make mistakes. To make it up I do whatever it take. I love you like a fat kid loves cake."
-Fitty Cent, "21 Questions"
3. "I send a heart to all my dearies. When your life is so, so dreary. Dream."
-Smashing Pumpkins, "Mayonnaise"
4. "This is the floor, it's not the ceiling. Don't confuse the feeling from the meaning. Don't fall."
-Beneath, "Boy on a Wire"
5. "On broken wings I'm falling, and it won't be long. The skin on me is burning by the fires of the sun. On skinned knees I'm bleeding, and it won't be long. I've got to find that meaning, that I've searched for so long.-Alter Bridge, "Broken Wings"
I know I'm kind of a d-bag for mentioning my own band, but Eric's a hell of a writer. I feel as if my blog has become an arm of List-H1. Is that okay? Hit me back with a lyric that's dominated your life. Stay classy San Diego.
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Some faves from Ashley:
"I never really gave up on
Breakin' out of this two-star town.
I got the green light,
I got a little fight.
I'm gonna turn this thing around."
The Killers
"It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you."
Neil Young.
"Sometimes a pony gets depressed."
Silver Jews
What about the "pieces of shit" line from Kanye?
"One love,
one blood,
one life,
you got to do what you should"
U2
"I walked around my good intentions,
and found that there were none"
Our Lady Peace
"A dustland fairytale beginning,
or just another white trash county kiss?"
The Killers
"See you in heaven
if you make the list"
REM
David
Boss, This is B.G.
If there was a better way to go then it would find me
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine
---Fiona Apple, "Extraordinary Machine"
I don't wanna talk to you anymore
I'm afraid of what I might say
I bite my tongue every time you come around
'Cause blood in my mouth beats
Blood on the ground
------ Incubus, "Blood on the Ground"
there are so many more. I wish I could think of all the ones I have remembered
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path with least resistance
Livin' might mean, taking chances, they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out reconsider
Give the heavens above more that just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
Layla
by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon
What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
As the Ruin Falls
All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you.
I never had a selfless thought since I was born.
I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through:
I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn.
Peace, re-assurance, pleasure, are the goals I seek,
I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin:
I talk of love --a scholar's parrot may talk Greek--
But, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin.
Only that now you have taught me (but how late) my lack.
I see the chasm. And everything you are was making
My heart into a bridge by which I might get back
From exile, and grow man. And now the bridge is breaking.
For this I bless you as the ruin falls. The pains
You give me are more precious than all other gains.
C S Lewis
(Put to music by Phil Keaggy, "Love Broke Thru" album, 1976)
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