grow a pear

"If I am honest,
I'm just not hooked on your phonics"

- Ke$Ha

And the many other wise words contained in this song.

be mine

"There's a moment to seize every time that we meet,
but you always keep passing me by
'cause you never were and you never will be mine"

- Robyn

Okay I confess these aren't the most powerful lyrics I've ever heard, but the song is so damn catchy. Plus I think we have all felt that basic unrequited love pain. Lindsey first introduced me to the Ellie Goulding acoustic cover, which is amazing, and now that I've heard both versions I feel like they're the yin and the yang of sad love songs- sometimes you need to wallow, sometimes you need to get your dance on.

breakeven

"While I'm wide awake, she has no trouble sleeping
'cause when the heart breaks, it don't break even"

- The Script

Where do I begin to explain my love of this song? Maybe it's the fact that it feels like a slightly more grown up Backstreet Boys jam. Maybe it's the clever play on gambling terminology. But most likely, it's the belt-ability in a car in the rain with good people. I will be forever grateful to Josie Biteng's February Fun mix (a couple Februarys ago) for this one.

The lyrics of this song are very interesting to me. I feel like everyone can relate to this: in love, even in friendship, things always seem uneven. One person is more invested and more likely to get hurt. I don't know why we can't escape this, but it makes for good music.

timshel

"Death is at your doorstep
and it will steal your innocence,
but it will not steal your substance.
And you are not alone in this..."

- Mumford & Sons

Lyric submitted by AJ Friederich, with an amen from me.



Btdubs I hate cheesy youtube slideshows, especially when they get the band's name wrong. But I am too lazy and inept to make my own, so I really have no right to complain.

loss, strain and butterflies

"I can't sleep sometimes, but I've been told
it's a lonely condition called growing old"

- Tabitha's Secret / an archaic form of Matchbox Twenty?

I'd like to thank myspace music for showing me this one back when myspace still mattered.

white daisy passing

"All those evenings on the back deck of our first apartment,
they meant everything, but the wind just carried them off.
And you can't go back now, just a passing moment gone."

- Rocky Votolato

I just think this song is nice and kind of hypnotic. Thank you to Michelle my bell for this one.

did you get my message?

"Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send?
Do they bend, do they break, from the flight that they take
and come back together again with a whole new meaning..."

- Jason Mraz