Walk On By, She's a Red Star - A Song Lyrics Blog Posting

Honestly, do I need a true reason to post why I feel the need to post there lyrics? Third Eye Blind is back and this is their first new song in what feels like forever. It is absolutely amazing and I suggest people give them a listen again...even if they never listened to them back in the late 90s and early 00s.

Third Eye Blind - Red Star

The police high beam froze her perfect face
In white glow for a while
The politic bureau's on high alert
And her name showed up on file
There's trouble with their war effort
And she's been speaking out
Checkpoint Charlie's radioing in
She's compromised in doubt
There's trouble with their war effort and she's crossed the party line
You were so pretty in the days you spoke your mind

You were so pretty oh
And you were so pretty oh oh
Hiding out

The files have been filled
The regime won't be undermined
You were so pretty in the days you spoke your mind

Quiet now don't make a sound
The system shut us down now we find each other in the underground
She had the voice once of the people now
She's timid as a mouse
I would kiss you on the mouth in a safe house

Because you were so pretty, oh, hiding out, hiding out
You were so pretty oh hiding out, hiding out
walk on by, we're hiding out, hiding out
Walk on by, she's a red star, she's a red star

Tell me how did you let them in
We were silent secret agents
But the resistance is wearing thin
Dissent is now illegal
She must pay the consequence
In this thriller mystery baby
You are my suspense

Because you were so pretty yeah, hiding out, hiding out
You were so pretty oh hiding out, hiding out
Walk on by, hiding out, hiding out
Walk on by she's a red star
She's a red star
You've gone so far (she's a red star) don't back down now
You've gone (red star) so far don't back down now
You've gone so far, don't back down now
You've gone so far, don't back down now

The Last Blog That I Will Ever Write About a Girl

Lying next to me, fast asleep, is the most amazing person that I have ever met in this world. When I say amazing, I honestly mean AMAZING. I never ever thought that I would meet a girl with her charm, her humor, her emotion, her passion, her drive, her desire, her intelligence, her smile, her style, her wit, and to be superficial for a moment, her looks. She is the most beautiful girl, inside and out. As beautiful as her eyes are, as gracious as her smile is, it is the fact that she is genuine and her loving heart has made me fall in love with her. I really consider myself to be the luckiest person alive to have the opportunity to go to sleep next to her, wake up next to her, play video games with her, have deep talks with her, watch movies with her, go to playgrounds at night with her, lose track of time watching starry night skies with her, and just being in her life in general. I have known her for almost a year now, but we've only recently had the chance to get to know each other better. Everything that I have seen so far, everything that I have learned about her so far, I absolutely love. She doesn't try to be perfect. She just tries to be herself, and I love that. Our friendship has a strong foundation in honesty, and I believe that to be the best building blocks to a relationship that will surely start in the future.

I am in love with you Ashlee Whinery. I don't care who knows. I don't care who may be offended. I don't care who may be hurt. The world deserves to know that I found my happiness in you. I found myself again with you. I forgot how much fun I could be, how carefree, how open minded, how free spirited. You bring out the best in me. In return, I will always give you the best of me. I don't want this to only work for a year or two. I can honestly see myself growing old with you, teaching in the same school, working the same schedule, seeing the world together, having a family together. You are everything I've ever wanted and everything I never thought I'd find. I am so lucky you are in my life and I will be everything you've ever wanted...which is myself.

I love you baby. You're my everything. You're my only thing. Together, we truly are invincible. And this is for real.

"(6789:10) will be the beginning of forever"

Baby, Help Me Find The 4 Bananas

Has anybody else ever been woken up to this quote? Well, Ashlee woke me up today with it when she was searching for bananas in an ISpy video game. I found 3 of them, so I'm not too sure where there fourth one was.

EDIT: Ashlee just told me it was by the monkey. Who would have thought...a monkey with a banana.

Ashlee-ism - Lice or Eyebrows

Ashlee, awoken from her 2.54 hour nap, asked me a simple question.

"What would you rather have, your eyebrow shaved off or lice?"

Ashlee wants lice so she can call out of work.
She believes that you can put a band aid over the missing eyebrow. Now she wants me to get an ace bandage and wrap it around my head because then nobody would know I was missing an eyebrow.

She believes lice is an acceptable excuse to miss work. People will think you look ridiculous with only one eybrow, unless the seperation of a tri-brow turned three eyebrows into a resonable two eyebrows.

She is very intelligent. I am not being sarcastic. And that's not sarcastic. And neither was that. Or that. Yeah...I think I am just going to stop typing. She's pointing a Wii remote at me.

Feel free to comment your answers.

When We'll Be Lovers, Lovers At Last - A Song Lyrics Blog Posting

I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab For Cutie

How I wish you could see the potential.
The potential of you and me.
It's like a book elegantly bound,
But in a language that you can't read just yet.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.

There are days when outside your window,
I see my reflection as I slowly pass.
And I long for this mirrored perspective,
When we'll be lovers, lovers at last.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.

I will possess your heart.
I will possess your heart.

You reject my advances and desperate pleas.
I won't let you, let me down so easily, so easily.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.

You gotta spend some time, love.
You gotta spend some time with me.
And I know that you'll find love.
I will possess your heart.
I will possess your heart.
I will possess your heart.

I Watch Frozen Stars On The Way Back Home - A Song Lyrics Blog Posting

That Is Why by Say Anything

Today I sat and smoked myself to cancer
Thinking about the dancer at the bar
Well how was I to know
That a crush could just implode
'Til it became a grudge eclipsing every star

And yes I know my addictions run the gamut
The drugs, the smokes, the booze, the 24
But you can't make the turkey colder
Or skew me less bipolar
Let me list the things about you I abhor

Horrible, you're...
So easy, talk sleezy
You led me off the plank and left me queasy
And that is why
You can't rock my world

You swore that you were taken when I met you
But yes you did undress me from afar
A genteel concubine
You skip amongst the mines
Just a product of the endless empty grind

You lack the curves that prove a proper lady
A slender slave with sluttish, sleepy eyes
Though once I was emoting
And Bono lyric quoting
I have found another be my guest and die

With starry eyes, she's...
Warm-glancing, entrancing
And now I'm through with all your sick, sad ranting
And that is why
You can't rock my world

I've lost you
And now I glide through the silky sky
It's so blue
And you're just old news
That is why
You're so screwed
Cadaver gone blue
This has died
Your machine has grown gangrene
And now I see right through your lies

With...
Ripe wonder, I plunder
Your village now that I know that I've become her
And that is why
You can't rock my
That is why
That is why
You'll never ever in a god damn millennium
Be my girl

I watch frozen stars on the way home
I watch frozen stars on the way back home
I watch frozen stars on the way home
I watch frozen stars burn out on the way back home

There Was This One Time When Dracula Gave Me Fifty Bucks

I remember once in Canada, I put my last quarter into a Dracula slot machine, and I won fifty bucks. Thanks, Dracula!

Round Here, She's Always On My Mind - A Song Lyrics Blog Posting

Today marks the first day where I will be posting song lyrics to a song that I have either been listening to a lot at the time of the posting, or a song I can relate to at the time. I will always choose a lyric from the song that sticks out to me as the title of the blog, which in this case is "She’s Always On My Mind". Anyways, I just recently got into Counting Crows after about a year after I’ve been saying I wanted to. Their album "August And Everything After" is absolutely amazing. The song which I posted the lyrics for just has this special meaning to me for some reason. I guess we’ve all just felt like this at some point. Apparently, I am feeling like it now. One of my all-time favorite songs, hands down. Read and enjoy. Of course, if you want the song, hit me up with a Myspace message.
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Round Here by Counting Crows

Step out the front door like a ghost
Into the fog where no one notices
The contrast of white on white.

And in between the moon and you
Angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.

I walk in the air between the rain,
Through myself and back again.
Where? I don’t know

Maria says she’s dying.
Through the door, I hear her crying
Why? I don’t know

Round here we always stand up straight
Round here something radiates

Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
She said she’d like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she’s walking on a wire in the circus
She parks her car outside of my house and
Takes her clothes off,
Says she’s close to understanding Jesus
She knows she’s more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she’s nervous

Round here we’re carving out our names
Round here we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she’s slipping though my hands

Oh, Sleeping children better run like the wind
Out of the lightning dream
Mama’s little baby better get herself in
Out of the lightning

She says, "It’s only in my head."
She says, "Shhh...I know it’s only in my head."

But the girl on the car in the parking lot
Says: "Man, you should try to take a shot
Can’t you see my walls are crumbling?"

Then she looks up at the building
And says she’s thinking of jumping.
She says she’s tired of life
She must be tired of something.

Round here she’s always on my mind
Round here, Hey man, I got lots of time
Round here we’re never sent to bed early
And nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very very very very late

I... I can’t see nothing, nothing
Round here
(Ya) Catch me if I’m falling
(Ya) Catch me if I’m falling
(Will’ya) Catch me ’cause I’m falling down on you

I said I’m under the gun
Round here
Oh man, I said I’m under the gun
Round here
I can’t see nothing, nothing
Round here

May The Blogging Begin!

Hello all! Yeah, I know it has been a long time since I have been blogging. But I think the time has come for the blog to make a comeback...mine at least. I am going to try and write a bunch of stuff in here. I am going to write my feelings on life and the world, original or famous song lyrics from songs I have been listening to at the time, YouTube videos, etc. Anything and everything will be in my blogs future. So stay tuned!

EDIT - It’s actually been over a year since I blogged. Unacceptable!

Top Albums, Songs and Other Items For 2006

Top Thirty Albums of 2006
1) 37 Everywhere by Punchline
2) Coming Home by New Found Glory
3) Strays Don't Sleep by Strays Don't Sleep
4) Dog Problems by The Format
5) Define The Great Line by Underoath
6) ...And The Battle Begun by Rx Bandits
7) Just Turn EP by Socratic
8) A City By The Light Divided by Thursday
9) Young Machetes by Blood Brothers
10) The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me by Brand New
11) The Red Tree by Moneen
12) The Bell And The Hammer by This Day & Age
13) Illuminaire by Umbrellas
14) Still Searching by Senses Fail
15) Ringleader Of The Tormenters by Morrissey
16) Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday
17) The Album by Ronnie Day
18) FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake
19) Don't Hold On To What You Hear by Hometown Anthem
20) Sam's Town by The Killers
21) Brother, Sister by mewithoutYou
22) This Is A Stick-Up...Don't Make It A Murder by Hit The Lights
23) Popaganda by Head Automatica
24) Wonderland by Forgive Durden
25) While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets by Cobra Starship
26) This Providence by This Providence
27) When Your Heart Stops Beating by Plus 44
28) About Face by The Working Title
29) Blank Screens by The Static Age
30) Gatsby's American Dream by Gatsby's American Dream

Top Thirty Songs Of 2006
1) "Sugar In The Sacrament" by Thursday
2) "The Drama King" by Everclear
3) "The Church Of Hot Addiction" by Cobra Starship
4) "Second Star To The Right..." by This Day & Age
5) "Novocaine" by Spitalfield
6) "There Are A Million Reasons For Why This May Not Work, And Just
One Good One For Why It Will" by Moneen
7) "Skyscrapers" by The Static Age
8) "Calling All Cars" by Senses Fail
9) "Giant Swan" by Blood Brothers
10) "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)" by Taking Back Sunday
11) "Control Freak" by Copeland
12) "For Blue Skies" by Strays Don't Sleep
13) "Turn" by Socratic
14) "Heartbreaker" by The Lonely Hearts
15) "The Energy" by Over It
16) "There Could Be Nothing After This" by Underoath
17) "The Mary Getaway (I Lost Everything)" by The Working Title
18) "Crooked" by Umbrellas
19) "When I Die" by New Found Glory
20) "For Reasons Unknown" by The Killers
21) "If We're All Alone, Aren't We In This Together" by October Fall
22) "Caller 10" by Punchline
23) "It's Far Better To Learn" by Saosin
24) "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
25) "Aela, Take Me Home" by Hometown Anthem
26) "Three Oh Nine" by Hit The Lights
27) "Lying Through Your Teeth" by Head Automatica
28) "Late Night Television" by New Atlantic
29) "Losing Control" by This Providence
30) "The Levy" by From First To Last


Top Twenty Live Performances

1) Third Eye Blind at the Starland Ballroom
2) Thursday at the Bamboozle
3) New Found Glory at the House Of Blues:Atlantic City
4) Gatsby's American Dream at the School Of Rock
5) Panic! At The Disco at the Town Ballroom of Buffalo
6) Amber Pacific at the Starland Ballroom
7) 30 Seconds To Mars at the Ritacco Center
8) AFI at the Bamboozle
9) Cobra Starship at the Ritacco Center
10) Forgive Durden at the School Of Rock
11) Head Automatica at the Ritacco Center
12) Hometown Anthem at the School Of Rock
13) New Atlantic at the Bloomfield Ave. Cafe
14) Saves The Day at the Bamboozle
15) mewithoutYou at the Bamboozle
16) Lovedrug at the Starland Ballroom
17) Copeland at the Starland Ballroom
18) This Day & Age at the Bloomfield Ave. Cafe
19) Sherwood at the Bloomfield Ave. Cafe
20) Punchline at the School Of Rock

Worst Album Of The Year
"Voices" by Matchbook Romance

Worst Song Of The Year
Anything that involved Fergie

My Guess For Best Album of 2007
"The Streets, The Sound, And The Love" by New Atlantic

Quote Of The Year
"This song goes out to the girls that like to get fucked and to the guys that lay them down."
- October Fall

Favorite Moment Of The Year
My birthday in Canada with my favorite person in the whole world that isn't a cat.

Person That New Jersey Misses The Most
Karl Slominski

So Take What I Left You For The Pain And Do Your Best To Forget My Name - A Song Lyrics Blog Posting

Senses Fail
"Calling All Cars"

Calling all cars we've got another victim
'Cause my love has become an affliction
What did you expect from me?
What did you expect from me?

I'm sorry but I think I failed to mention
I lied at my very first confession
What did you expect from me?
What did you expect from me?

'Cause this has been building since I have been breathing
And I know how it's going to end

So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
And now that I'm gone
Try to forget me and just move on
So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
I kept my word and you hate me for it now
You knew all along
Try to forget me and just move on

Oh my dear, what have I gone and done now?
It's curtain call, I'm about to take my last bow
What did you expect from me?
What did you expect from me?

Without giving away the entire ending
I ruined the evening again

So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
And now that I'm gone
Try to forget me and just move on
So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
I kept my word and you hate me for it now
You knew all along
Try to forget me and just move on

I don't have love left inside, inside
And I don't have love left inside, inside
Are you desperate for an answer?
I don't have an ounce of good left in me now
That's why I walked out

So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
And now that I'm gone
Try to forget me and just move on
So will you scatter my ashes where they won't be found?
I kept my word and you hate me for it now
You hate me for it now
Try to forget me and just move on

I am not the one that you should blame
So take what I left you for the pain
I am not the one that you should blame
So take what I left you for the pain
And do your best to forget my name

I Wear My Heart On My Sleeve

I have honestly been staring at this empty writing space for the last half hour, not knowing how to start this off. If you are taking the time to read this, then please accept my apology if any of it is messed up to a point where it makes no sense. It makes sense in my head, and honestly, that's what matters most.

Originally a few hours ago, I was going to write a blog listing the common misconceptions about who I am. I was angry, I was frustrated, I was upset. I realized that I didn't need to do that because the people who know me and care about me know the truth. To the people that don't know, I am a deep and emotional loser with a strong touch of creativity along with a laid back and mostly worry-free personality. But who I am isn't what matters most at this moment. Eh, maybe it is, but I can't think of the write words to continue that idea.

Whether it's today, tomorrow, or 60 years from now, I am going to eventually die. Is it weird that I am not afraid of the idea of never existing on Earth again? Never seeing my loved ones again? Never being able to watch another baseball game? Never laughing with my friends again? Never being able to play that new video game? Never being able to listen to that new album that just came out? No. Hell no, I am not afraid. I like the idea of a finish line at the end of this life. a time limit if you will. I like the fact that we don't know when we're going to cross that checkered line or when the clock is going to run to 00:00. What I am trying to say is that nobody should fear death. We all know it's coming. It should make us appreciate living even more than we already do.

We wake up, we shower, we drive, we work, we drive, we sleep. That is the basic schedule of a good majority of people's every day life. But so much happens in between each of these events that aren't appreciated. Maybe on your drive to work, look out your car window and see how beautiful the fall leaves look, or how amazing the clouds look in the sky, or just roll down the window and breathe in nature. When you're at work, talk to that person that you always see at the water cooler because you may have more in common with that person than you could ever imagine possible. There is so much you can miss in your life unless you take a second for yourself to look at your surroundings. Even with all of the terrible things in this world, it is still a beautiful place. Diverse as it may be, we can all find a place that we can enjoy.

I don't know if one needs an epiphany to see the world the way I do, but I hope that's not the case. I used to view the world as nothing more than a basic setup of people and landscapes. My epiphany was not really a result of a thought process, but more of an event: when my heart was broken many years ago.

I never thought I could cope with the damage that had been done. Something I believed in, something I trusted in, something I loved. How could I have let this happen? It doesn't matter how it happened, or why it happened, but I thank God that it did. To see the world as I explained above is amazing. I hope someone that takes the time to read this can actually know what I am saying.

To those that know I have a tattoo know that it reads this:

"Gasping but somehow still alive, this is the fierce last stand of all I am"
- The Smiths

What you may not know is the reasoning behind the lyric. Well, the obvious reason is the fact that I am a huge music fan and a huge Smiths fan. But there is a personal meaning in this lyric. When I see it, I see it as a reminder that we may only get one chance to do something in our life. Your first chance could be your last chance. So when you do it, put every ounce of your heart, body, and soul into it. Never give up. That is why that is forever inked onto my body. Sometimes you need that reminder that, shit, what I am doing now, what choice I need to make today may be the only time I can ever make this choice. This could be the last time I could do something because tomorrow it may all come to an end; tomorrow my finish line can sneak up right in front of me.

I don't mean to preach this to you, but please, appreciate the events in your life, good or bad. Enjoy the things that you would normally do or even pay attention to. And what I believe is most important, appreciate the people around you and let them know that you love them. Just because your end may be years upon years away, doesn't mean theirs is too.

Could I Have Saved You? Would That Have Betrayed You? - A Song Lyrics Blog Posting

Strays Don't Sleep
"For Blue Skies"

It's been a long year
Since we last spoke
How's your halo?
Just between you and I
You and me and the satellites
I never believed you
I only wanted to

Before all of this
What did I miss?
Do you ever get homesick?
I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it
I'll never get used to it
I'll never get used to it

I'm under that night
I'm under those same stars
We're in a red car
You asleep at my side
Going in and out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that've betrayed you?

I wanna burn this film
You alone with those pills
What you couldn't do I will

I forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I forgive you

For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
I'll forgive you

I'll Save My Life For Something Good

Like most of my blogs, I never know where to start, but always know the point I went to get across come the final sentence. Life is such a strange serious of events. The other night, I was thinking about the two ideas that completely contrast one another: fate and free will. Fate is defined as the supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events. Free will is defined as the ability or discretion to choose. But what if it was possible for a combination of fate and free will. What if it was our fate for an event to happen that would drastically change our lives? Who is to say that we don't have the free will choice of how we get to that point? If something is meant to happen, it will eventually happen. Correct? I would hate to believe that it is just one or the other. God knows where I will be in four years. However, I do not. Let me use my free will to get me to the fate God has chosen for me.