There's so many bridges engulfed in flames behind me

Wow. I got the new Death Cab EP yesterday, and its fantastic. A lot of the songs are written on the same theme, but I can kind of relate. So today's song is from it. It's called 'A Diamond and a Tether'. It's great. He's talking about he can't tie himself down (diamond ring and tether of marriage?).

It’s like love is a lesson
That I can’t learn
So I make the same mistakes at each familiar turn

I guess I haven't really listened to the songs enough to comment about them yet. They were left out of the album because Death Cab says they didn't fit well with the rest of the album (they were supposed to originally be part of 'Narrow Stairs') and I agree. They're a little more heavy on the guitar and lighter on the drums. Although I like this version of 'Talking Bird' way better than the album version.

Different Direction

So today I think I'll go in a different direction. I've been listening to a bunch of instrumental/ambient music lately. Today's song is "Quiet" by a band called "This Will Destroy You". It's from their album called "Young Mountain". All of their music is really chill to listen to. I don't even know how to describe this music. So instead listen to this:

Catch and release.

I just watched that movie. It's really cute, but also sad. The only problem was that it was on the W network (Women's network). That thing is like my worst nightmare. It's clearly a network geared towards middle aged women with low self esteem who think that they improve their lives greatly by watching it. Everything is about inner beauty and empowerment. Blech.

Anyway! Today's song is from The Fray's new self-titled album. It's called 'Ungodly Hour'. Something about it is just so, unclean. Listening to it, I get the feeling that something terrible has happened.

"Her bag is now much heavier
I wish that I could carry her
But this is our ungodly hour"

I think today is going to be a double wammy, since I missed two days in a row. This song I was listening to the whole way on the ride back from Waterloo today. It's called "Free Fallin'". The version that I was listening to was done by John Mayer, but it's originally by Tom Petty, from his 1989 (good year) album "Full Moon Fever".

"I'm a bad boy,
Cause I don't even miss her,
I'm a bad boy,
For Breaking her heart"

You can sit beside me when the world comes down.

There are 17 work days until this coop term is over. That's less than 4 weeks. Me counting this down made me realize that right now my life consists of waiting for something, and not caring about right now. Which is really NOT a good way to go about. Instead of focusing what I could be accomplishing right now, I'm focusing on what I will do in the future. And what happens when I get there? Will I just focus on what I'll be doing in the next term?

No!

So, no more counting down. Time for work report writing =/ So much fun.

So today's song is amazing. It's called 'One More Night' by Stars, from 'Set Yourself on Fire'. The opening lyrics of this album are quite amazing. 'When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire'. It's chilling, but quite true. Perhaps that's why people engage in so much self-destructive behaviour, because they've already destroyed everything around them.

So this song is about doomed lovers who want one more night of passion before they part ways. My favorite lyrics are

"He starts with her back,
Cause that's what he sees.
When she's breaking his heart,
She still fucks like a tease."

This is the album cover from the vinyl, which I have. The CD cover is pretty lame, but this is awesome/awful.

I can see a lot of light in you.

When I ripped down your charm,
It gave in effortlessly and silently.
And it pulled the wall down with it.
Now my guitar sits collecting dust
Just like my heart and my fingertips.

I'm biting my cheeks cause I'm grinding my teeth.
I've gotta pick up the pace cause I'm dragging my feet.
I've got the hiccups cause I'm nervous.
I don't need this I don't want this.

And now I stand at the opposite end of the maze
With no map or idea of how to find my way to the other side
To you
And so I turn my back,
And walk out.

Hands down.

I'm going back to my high school days for today's song. One of my favorite albums from that time is Nelly Furtado's 'Folklore'. I don't like her first album 'Whoa, Nelly!' and I really dislike her latest album (I don't actually know what it's called) but I really like 'Folklore'. It's got some really great lyrics. Pretty much every song on the album grew on me after awhile.

So today's song is called 'Picture Perfect':

"You are a rockstar, deep down inside.
You walk with a swager, got nothing to hide
Cigarette in your mouth, cuff on your jeans"

This song just makes me think of lying out in the sun with cut-off shorts on a really hot and humid day.

Here's the song. It doesn't actually have a music video, I think this is just something some fan put together.

I'm happy as a clam.

Today's song is 'Nobody Knows Me At All' by The Weepies, from their album 'Say I Am You'. Just the name of their band sounds emo. And that song sounds emo too. But its actually a cute song. She's singing about how she's happy that nobody knows her, she's her own little secret. I chose this song today because I'm happy as can be.

Anyway, the reason for this comic is that it goes with the lyrics.

"I don't give a damn, I'm happy as a clam,
Nobody knows me at all.
Ah what can I do, there's nobody like you,
Nobody knows me at all."

It's a pretty simple song, I can actually play it on the guitar.

I had a pretty good weekend. Saturday I had lunch with my Dad I drank later with my underage friends who couldn't come out Friday night. Today I watched about 3 hours of Seinfeld/The Simpsons/Family Guy and went out to dinner with my mom and brother. My brother gave me a gift-certificate to a grocery store. You know you're getting old when...

Anyway, here's the music video if you're interested.