nineteen

"I feel you in my heart, and I don't even know you."

- Tegan and Sara

this place is a prison

"I know there's a big world out there like the one I saw on the screen."

- The Postal Service

I have just been feeling this song lately. Not the words so much as the sound. I will never forget the first time I heard it, playing over dancers dressed in black, and how they made it something different. If you see a really good dance to a certain song, it'll change that song forever. So thank you to Gerald Espinosa, a choreographer I could never live up to.

less cute

"He's like a Wal-Mart version of you,
but he'll have to do"

- Say Anything

northern downpour

"I know the world's a broken bone,
but melt your headaches, call it home."

- Panic at the Disco



Thank you, Katie.

walking far from home

"I was walking far from home,
but I carried your letters all the while.
I saw lovers in a window
whisper, 'Want me like time, want me like time.'"

- Iron & Wine

The images in this song are strange and beautiful (another favorite song of mine), and I find myself wanting to be there with the singer. I was introduced to this song by-- big surprise-- Cory Saul. So I thank him for another hipster gem.

all i wanted

"I could follow you to the beginning
just to relive the start.
Maybe then we'd remember to slow down
at all of our favorite parts."

- Paramore

Makes me want to watch Eternal Sunshine.

what sarah said

"And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
that I'd already taken too much today,
as each descending beep on the LCD
took you a little farther away from me"

- Death Cab for Cutie

I actually love all the lyrics of this song, so give it a real listen on a rainy day. But I chose this line because I like the idea of rationing breaths; how many do I have today while someone is running out?
I can't really write anything about this song that is as profound as the song itself, but I will say that it is a strange sensation to think of who would watch you die. And who you could watch.