Good Riddance (Time of your Life)

Artist: Greenday
Album: Nimrod

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So, make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is right
I hope you had the time of your life


So, take the photographs and still-frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is right
I hope you had the time of your life

INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE

It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is right
I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable but, in the end, is right
I hope you had the time of your life.

***At first, you will think that the meaning of the song is very inspirational. Like, we can only live once and no matter how things go wrong, we still need to move on. Life is unpredictable but in the end, everything turns out right for things happen for a reason.

But, this song was written by BJ Armstrong out of sarcasm. His girlfriend moved to Ecuador and he named the song "Good Riddance" with a subtitle, Time of your Life.

In the line, "I hope you had the time of your life", it's like BJ is saying to her ex-girlfriend, "I hope you are happy now after messing up my life".

Cool song.

Accidentally in Love

Artist: Counting Crows

Album:

So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love

Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Cause everybody's after love

So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love
Melting under blue skies
Belting out sunlight
Shimmering love

Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love

These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no

Come on, Come on
Move a little closer
Come on, Come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
Settle down inside my love

Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
Upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love (x7)

Accidentally

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally (X 2)

Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her

Love ...I'm in love

***The songwriter of the song, Adam Duritz, wrote a song not about Shrek but what was really happening to him, falling in love with someone he did not expect, like there is no escaping love(just like the line from his song, "Well I didn't mean to do it, but there's no escaping your love".

This song reminds me of love finding you, not you finding love. It is a great feeling being "accidentally in love", not forcing ourselves to fall in love with someone and also, not expecting ourselves to feel it. That's why it's called, "falling in love" in the first place.

There are times that love just walk into our lives the least we expect it and that is what magical about it. Falling in love just happens and if you fell for someone you did not expect, its like a disease you wanna cure but couldn't.

Pretty interesting..

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Artist: Deep Blue Something
Album: Home

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

I see you - the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over,
And I hate when things are over -
When so much is left undone

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

You say that we've got nothing in common
No common ground to start from
And we're falling apart
You'll say the world has come between us
Our lives have come between us
But I know you just don't care

CHORUS:
And I said what about "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
She said, "I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it."
And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got."

*** I heard the song again on my way to the office. I used to like the song before but constantly listening to new launch albums made me forget about this uncommon song. It's about a failing relationship of lovers, one partner believes that they don't have something in common while the other focuses on the fact that they both love the movie, Breakfast at Tiffanys.

How usual for people to look for partners who have the same passion that they do. Personally, I don't want someone who would not compliment me. So, where's the saying, "Opposites attract" applies? Because basically, if two persons simply don't have anything in common, how will the relationship work?

And don't forget about compromising, it's another story..

With Arms Wide Open

Artist: Creed
Album: Human Clay

Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I close my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open

Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
With arms wide open

Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open

Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open

If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
And he can greet the world
With arms wide open

*** Me and Tel were talking about the meaning of this song last Monday on the way home. She told me that "With Arms Wide Open" song is about a father who learned that he's gonna have a baby and chose not to abort it, like welcoming the child with arms wide open literally. And so, we were looking for other meanings while listening over the mp3 in my phone and realized it could be that.

Tel, this info is for you. I learned that this song implies a father's love towards his son, that upon learning that he will become a father, he would not let his son suffered the way he used to. It signifies the love for his son, protecting him from harm and wishing that he can be a good father. Tel, our analysis of the lyrics is somewhat fair.. :)

So, I wonder why most of the parents would not let their children grow up without suffering. Basically, it is very normal to protect the sons/daughters but how can they even become strong if you're not gonna let them experience pain and become over protective. I remembered the movie, Finding Nemo. It was about the father being so protective with his son, afraid of loosing him and Nemo being hurt.

Im not saying that I will let my future children suffer, but at least consider the fact that they can be open to any experience that can contribute to their whole being. I hope I can be there for my children the time they would need me. I can keep them away from harm as much as I can, but still, they need to be strong and independent. It's kinda knowing how to balance things. I want them to learn life and experience it, and at the same time, learn from it so that they could cherish every moment of their life regardless of any trials and problems that they may face.

Brick

Artist: Ben Folds Five
Album: Whatever and Ever Amen

6 am day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb

Up the stairs to the apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out
And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me son, it's time to tell the truth
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving home to her apartment
For a moment we're alone
Yeah she's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

*** Do you know that this song is about a guy taking his girlfriend to the clinic for an abortion? I was surfing the net for the lyrics and happened to glimpse this site: What is the meaning of the song "Brick"?

I really like the song, I was curious about the meaning of this, it came to me just like a gift from heaven and I had my answer. I just wanna share the ironic story of the song, in the course of abortion, hidden behind the lyrics of a popular song by Ben Folds Five.

It's sad that it happened after Christmas day and then when the parents had the idea of what was happening with the lovers, they asked them to tell the truth. The line with "they call her name at 7:30", the people who would abort the baby called his girlfriend. The girl is the brick that makes the guy drowning because if you have a brick with you, you will end up sinking in the water. The mood of this song is really sad, painful and regretful.

With this;
Driving home to her apartment
For a moment we're alone

***It means like, after they did abortion, they were alone together like they are together physically but because of what happened, it's drifting them apart.

And with this;
Yeah she's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

***The girl is alone because she doesn't carry the child anymore and the guy is alone too because things will never be the same again after that day.

Breakaway

Artist: Kelly Clarkson
Album: Princess Diaries 2 Soundtrack

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray

I could break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Breakaway
Break away

*** This song was also featured in the movie "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants".

How I wish I could really breakaway..

I Miss You

Artist: Incubus
Album: Make Yourself

To see you when I wake up, is a gift I didn't think could be real
To know that you feel the same, as I do, is a Three-fold utopian dream
You do something to me
That I can't explain
So would I be out of line, If I said
I miss you.
I see your picture, I smell your skin on, the empty pillow next to mine
You have only been gone ten days, but already I am wasting away
I know I'll see you again
Whether far or soon
But I need you to know, that I care
And I miss you

*** Learned this song, a short one, from Tel. Nice, of course.

How would it be nice to wake each morning seeing the love of your life just right beside you? Kind of dreamy but possible. I cannot say it's an utopian dream unless I would hope for Josh Harnett in my bed.. LOL

Why does Incubus used "ten" for days? Can't last a week and a half not seeing the girl? Huh?

My first post

Lately, I've been having a very great deal of inclination about music.

Let's start blogging about it..