Brick by Brick

The dust.. has finally settled down
The sun is shining on
These pieces that are scattered all around
This house.. was everything we knew
It's where we kept our love
And every single memory of me and you

Every letter, every note
Every dress you ever wore under your coat thrown away

Brick by brick we can build it from the floor
If we hold on to each other we'll be better than before
And brick by brick we'll get back to yesterday
When I made your body shiver and when you..
Took my breath away
You took my breath away

The sky.. has made it back to blue
Everything that's left
Is telling us the worst of it is through
Home.. has never felt so right
There's nothing in the way
There's nothing in between us knowing where we're going is inside

Every letter that I wrote
Every dress you never wore under your coat thrown away

Brick by brick we can build it from the floor
If we hold on to each other we'll be better than before
And brick by brick we'll get back to yesterday
When I made your body shiver and when you
Took my breath away

All the pictures that we've taken
And the songs that we have played
That have all kept track and followed back
The love that we have made
Now their spread out on the surface
We can try to congregate, it's not to late
To believe that we can have it all again

Brick by brick we can build it from the floor
If we hold on to each other we'll be better than before
And brick by brick we'll get back to yesterday
When I made your body shiver and when you...
Took my breath away
Took my breath away

Brick by brick we'll get back to yesterday
When I made your body shiver and when you..
Took my breath away
You took my breath away

-Train

On the Radio

(excerpt)

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

-Regina Spektor

I Feel It All

I feel this song. =)

I feel it all, I feel it all
I feel it all, I feel it all
The wings are wide, the wings are wide
Wild card inside, wild card inside

Ooh. I'll. be. the. one. who'll. break. my. heart
I'll. be. the. one. to, hold the gun
I know more than I knew before
I know more than I knew before
I didn't rest, I didn't stop
Did we fight, or did we talk?

Ooh. I'll. be. the. one. who'll. break. my. heart
I'll. be. the. one. to, hold the gun
I love you more
I love you more
I don't know what I knew before
But now I know I wanna win the war

No one likes to take a test
Sometimes you know more is less
Put your weight against the door
Kick drum on the basement floor
Stranded in the fog of words
Loved him like a winter bird
On my head the water pours
Gulf stream through the open door

Fly away
Fly away to what you, wanna make

Ho oh oh oh oh oh...

I feel it all, I feel it all (ha!)
I feel it all, I feel it all (ha!)
The wings are wide, the wings are wide
Wild card inside, wild card inside

Ooh. I'll. be. the. one. who'll. break. my. heart
I'll. be. the. one. who'll. break. my heart
I'll. be. the. one. who'll. break. my heart
I'll end it though you started it

The truth lies
The truth lied
And lies divide
Lies divide

-Feist

All We Are

I tried to paint you a picture,
The colors were all wrong
Black and white didn't fit you
And all along...
You were shaded with patience,
Your strokes of everything
That I need just to make it,
And I can see that...

Lord knows I've failed you, time and again
But you and me are all right

We won't say our goodbyes
You know it's better that way
We won't break, we won't die
It's just a moment of change
All we are, all we are,
Is everything that's right
All we need, all we need,
A lover's alibi

I walked a minute in your shoes,
They never would've fit
I figured there's nothing to lose
I need to get
Some perspective on these words
Before I write them down
You're an island and my ship
Has run aground

Lord knows I'll fail you time and again,
But you and me we're alright

We won't say our goodbyes
You know it's better that way
We won't break, we won't die
It's just a moment of change
All we are, all we are,
Is everything that's right
All we need all we need,
A lover's alibi

Every single day that I can breathe,
You change my philosophy
I'm never gonna let you pass me by

So don't say your goodbyes
You know it's better that way
We won't break, we won't die
It's just a moment of change [x2]

All we are, all we are,
Is everything that's right
All we need, all we need,
A lover's alibi

So don't say our goodbyes
You know it's better
We won't break, we won't die

-OneRepublic

Details in the Fabric

Saved message:
Hey, what's up... Uh... I lost it, I just lost it. It's one of those days. I fucking lost it, I just blew up, fucking, at my whole entire.. fucking apartment building. I told everyone to go fuck themselves. I'm just having a hard time hanging on today and uh, fuck it, I don't know...

Calm down,
Deep breaths...
And get yourself dressed
Instead...
Of running around
And pulling all your threads and...
Breaking yourself up

If it's a broken part, replace it
If it's a broken arm then brace it
If it's a broken heart then face it

And hold your own,
Know your name
And go your own way.
Hold your own,
Know your own name
And go your own way.

And everything... will be fine.

Hang on...
Help is on the way
Stay strong...
I'm doing everything

Hold your own,
Know your name
And go your own way.
Hold your own,
Know your name
And go your own way.

And everything,
Everything, will be fine.
Everything...

Are the details in the fabric
Are the things that make you panic
Are your thoughts results of static cling?

Are the things that make you blow
Hell, no reason, go on and scream
If you're shocked it's just the fault
Of faulty manufacturing.

Everything.. will be fine
Everything.. in no time at all
Everything...

Hold your own,
And know your name
And go your own way.

(Hold your own) Are the details in the fabric
(Know your name) Are the things that make you panic
(Go your own way) Are your thoughts results of static cling?

(Hold your own) Are the details in the fabric
(Know your name) Are the things that make you panic
(Go your own way) Is it Mother Nature's sewing machine?

(Hold your own) Are the things that make you blow
(Know your name) Hell no reason go on and scream
(Go your own way) If you're shocked it's just the fault
Of faulty manufacturing

Everything.. will be fine
Everything.. in no time at all
Hearts will hold

New message:
Yo, what's up man? I uh, I don't know I just wanted to say that uh, everything's cool with me now, I mean.. I just think, I think I'll always be funky, can't stop being funky, but I guess just uh, we just deal with it how it comes. Deal with the humps, take the jumps. I feel like you're an island of reality in an ocean of diarrhea. And I love you buddy. Ok. Bye.

-Jason Mraz (feat. James Morrison)

In Repair

This is such a fantastic song. More to come this week.

Too many shadows in my room
Too many hours in this midnight
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right

Ohh it's taking so long
I could be wrong, I could be ready
Ohh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am... in repair
I am... in repair

Stood on the corner for a while
To wait for the wind to blow down on me
Hoping it takes with it my old ways
And brings some brand new look upon me

Ohh it's taking so long
I could be wrong, I could be ready
Ohh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady
I am... in repair
I am... in repair

And now I’m walking in a park
And all of the birds, they dance below me
Maybe when things turn green again
It will be good to say you know me

Ohh it's taking so long
I could be wrong, I could be ready
Ohh but if I take my heart's advice
I should assume it's still unsteady

Oh yeah, I’m never really ready
Oh yeah, I’m never really ready

I'm in repair, I’m not together but I’m getting there
I'm in repair, I’m not together but I'm getting there
(repeat til fade)

-John Mayer

Why Not

For the record, I am not a Hilary Duff fan, but her lyric writers must be pretty decent.

You think you're going nowhere
When you're walking down the street
Acting like you just don't care
When life could be so sweet

Why you wanna be like that
As if there's nothing new
You're not fooling no one
You're not even fooling you

So walk a little slower
And open up your eyes
Sometimes it's so hard to see
The good things passing by

There may never be a sign
No flashing neon light
Telling you to make your move
Or when the time is right

(So) Why not
Take a crazy chance
Why not
Do a crazy dance
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot
So why not
Why not

Why not take a crazy chance [X2]

You always dress in yellow
When you want to dress in gold
Instead of listening to your heart
You do just what you're told

You keep waiting where you are
For what you'll never know
Let's just get in to your car
And go, baby go

(So) Why not
Take a crazy chance
Why not
Do a crazy dance
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot
So... why not
Why not

Oh... oh
I could be the one for you
Oh... yeah
Maybe yes
Maybe no
Oh...
It could be the thing to do
What I'm saying is
You gotta let me know

You'll never get to heaven, or even to L.A.
If you don't believe there's a way

Why not
Take a star from the sky
Why not
Spread your wings and fly
It might take a little
And it might take a lot
But why not
Why not

Why not
Take a crazy chance
Why not
Do a crazy dance
If you lose a moment
You might lose a lot
So why not
Why not

-Hilary Duff

It Won't Be Long

It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah
'Til I belong to you.

Ev'ry night when ev'rybody has fun,
Here am I sitting all on my own.

It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah
'Til I belong to you.

Since you left me I'm so alone,
Now you're coming, you're coming on home,
I'll be good like I know I should,
You're coming home, you're coming home.

Ev'ry night the tears come down from my eyes,
Ev'ry day I've done nothing but cry.

It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah
'Til I belong to you.

Since you left me I'm so alone,
Now you're coming, you're coming on home,
I'll be good like I know I should,
You're coming home, you're coming home.

Ev'ry day we'll be happy, I know,
Now I know that you won't leave me no more.

It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah, yeah, yeah
It won't be long yeah
'Til I belong to you.

-The Beatles

Many the Miles

There's too many things that I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets...
I haven't seen
You can't waste the day wishing it'd slow down
You would've thought by now...
I'd have learned something

I made up my mind when I was a young girl
I've been given this one world
I won't worry it away
But now and again I lose sight of the good life
I get stuck in a low light
But then love comes in

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles
And I'll be happy to...
Follow you, love

I do what I can wherever I end up
To keep giving my good love
And spreading it around
Cause I've had my fair share of take care and goodbyes
I've learned how to cry
And I'm better for that

Sing how far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Send me the miles
And I'll be happy to...
Follow you, love

Red letter day and I'm in a blue mood
Wishing that blue would just carry me away
I've been talking to God don't know
If it's helping or not
But surely something has got to got to got to give
Cause I can't keep waiting to live

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles
And I'll be happy to, yeah

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
Been talking to God don't know if it's helping or not
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
Oh send me the miles
And I'll be happy to...
Follow you, love

There's too many things I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets I haven't seen

-Sara Bareilles

Effortlessly

I won't be so hard on me today
I start to take myself so seriously
Shouldn't be so hard just to be effortlessly
It shouldn't be so hard to keep it together
It shouldn't be so hard to say the right things to you
It shouldn't be so hard just to be effortlessly

Weightless worries fall away
Wasted pools of energy
I want to know I want to breathe

Effortlessly - just be
I want to be effortlessly
I want to be

It shouldn't be so hard to be inspired
It shouldn't be so hard just to write this song
It shouldn't be so hard to be wrong or to agree
It shouldn't be so hard to change the world
It shouldn't be so hard just to change your mind
It shouldn't be so hard just to be effortlessly

Weightless worries fall away
Wasted pools of energy
I want to know I want to breathe

Effortlessly - just be
I want to be effortlessly
I want to be

I won't be so hard on me today
I start to take myself so seriously
Shouldn't be so hard just to be effortlessly

Effortlessly
I want to know
I want to breathe
I want to simplify my needs
I want to live inside this moment
And just be effortlessly
Just be
I wanna be effortlessly
I want to be

-Sister Hazel

I Must Be Dreaming

She thinks I'm crazy
Judging by the faces that she's making
And I think she's pretty
But pretty's just part of the things she does that amaze me
She calls me sweetheart
I love it when she wakes me when it's still dark
And she watches the sun
But she's the only one I have my eyes on

Tell me that you love me
And it'll be alright
Are you thinking of me?
Just come with me tonight
You know I need you
Just like you need me
Can't stop,
Won't stop
I must be dreaming.
Can't stop,
Won't stop
I must be dreaming.

She moves in closer
Whispering to me "I thought I told ya"
And oh she's playing games now
And I figured it out now that we're
Now that we're closer
Two kids, one love
Who cares it we making it up
Her voice is sweet sound
Our clothes lay on the ground
She moves in closer
(She moves in closer)
Whispers "I though I told ya"

Tell me that you love me
And it'll be alright
Are you thinking of me?
Just come with me tonight
You know I need you
Just like you need me
Can't stop,
Won't stop
I must be dreaming.
Can't stop,
Won't stop
I must be dreaming.

Remember the day when we started this
And she made the shape of my heart with her hands
We try to make some sense of it
But she called me on the phone and said...

Tell me that you love me
And it'll be alright
Are you thinking of me?
Just come with me tonight
You know I need you
Just like you need me
Can't stop,
Won't stop
I must be dreaming.
Go one and tell 'em that you love me
And it'll be alright
(I must be dreaming)
Are you thinking of me?
Just come with me tonight
(I must be dreaming)
She moves in closer.
Can't stop,
Won't stop
I must be dreaming.

-The Maine

Lonely Day

I could tell... from the minute I woke up
It was gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day
Rise and shine... rub the sleep out of my eyes
And try to tell myself I can't go back to bed
It's gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day

Even though.. the sun is shining down on me
And I should feel about as happy as can be
I just got here, and I already want to leave
It's gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day (x3)

Everybody knows that something's wrong
But nobody knows what's going on
We all sing the same old song
When you want it all to go away
It's shaping up to be a lonely day

I could tell... from the minute I woke up
It was gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day
It was gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day

Everybody knows that something's wrong
But nobody knows what's going on
We all sing the same old song
When you want it all to go away
It's shaping up to be a lonely day

I could tell... from the minute I woke up
It was gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day
It was gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely....

-Phantom Planet

Oh, It Is Love

Oh, it is love, from the first
Time I set my eyes upon yours
Thinking oh, is it love?

Oh dear
It's been hardly a moment
And you are already missed
There is still a bit of your skin
That I've yet to have kissed
Oh say please do not go
But you know, oh, you know that I must
Oh say I love you so
But you know, oh, you know you can trust
We'll be holding hands once again
All our broken plans I will mend
And I will hold you tight so you know

It is love, from the first
Time I pressed my hand into yours
Thinking oh, is it love?

Oh, dear,
It's been hardly three days
And I'm longing to feel your embrace
There are several days
Until I can see your sweet face
Oh say, wouldn't you like to be
Older and married with me
Oh say, wouldn't it be nice to
Know right now that we'll be
Someday holding hands in the end
All our broken plans will have been
And I will kiss you soft so you know

It is love, from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking oh, is it love?

Your heart may long
For love that is more near
So, when I'm gone
These words will be here
To ease every fear
And dry up every tear
And make it very clear
I kiss you and I know

It is love, from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking oh, is it love?

Oh, it is love, from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking oh is it love?

Oh I kiss you and I know
It is love, from the first
Time I pressed my lips onto yours
Thinking oh, is it love?

-Hellogoodbye