Don't drop your arms .............................. I'll guard your heart ... With quiet words I'll lead you in. ♥
RBQ [is a whynotceros]
It's never been more perfect being alive. I'm not alright, but I'm sunny with a high of 75. I want to wake up kicking and screaming cause I've been sleeping in for days. Who I am hates who I've been, so I'm never going back to OK. These thoughts run through my head ...God's not finished with me yet.
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Free soundtrack from Up!! →
Enter latimesdisney
I LOVE this soundtrack and have been dying to get it. :D
Haha also when I was watching Up, I couldn’t help but think, this would make great skating music.
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The Fisherman Song, from the (m)orning EP by Mae.
This song is amazing.
Read the lyrics to fully appreciate it.
Tonight I find it hard to sleep,
each sound and squeak I hear
keeps me staring at the ceiling.
Oh, it’s dark as night outside
and I can’t stand
the quiet that it brings me.
And I’ve got too much on my mind,
I think it’s time to take a drive
and leave it all behind.
I’ve got a song that’s halfway there
I think it needs the ocean air
I’m going to grab my guitar
and get in my car.
Oh, I need some understanding
and a little love.
Going to speed down to the oceanside
in a race with the stars above.
With my guitar in hand
and toes touching the sand
I can see the sun is coming.
Colors fill and crack the sky
with purple, silver, and golden light
drawing the day from night.
On the shoreline a fisherman
with bait on his line and a rod in his hand
is ready to greet the day.
He turns around to notice me
and the two of us are patiently
waiting for the sun’s rays.
Oh, I just need some understanding
and a little love.
And somehow I am thinking now
I could get what I’ve been dreaming of.
But this fisherman is closing in,
I think he could be crazy
He says, “Won’t you ride with me,
I could use the company.
I’ve got a fish to catch
and you have got a song to sing.”
His eyes were anchors as the boat would sway,
“What would you like to say? You have my attention.”
“I see you came out here to write your song,
but you don’t have too long,
so show me what you’re working with.
I’d like to give you a little something
and you may think it’s nothing on first listen,
in the time it takes for you to make love,
you could break love, waste love,
and throw it all away.
But all you need is faith
and hope will bring a brighter day.
And every time that you love
let it lift someone else up.
If somebody tries to burn you,
give him your hand in turn and pick him up
when he’s all alone.
Now if you find yourself getting frustrated
try not to get too jaded
or you could go ‘insane’ like me.”
“I tell you man you must be ‘crazy’
am I always lazy when it comes to love?
With every failure and turning tide
I toss the boomerang but ah,
it never comes back to me.
Have some faith you say
and hope will find it’s way?
Well, I doubt what you’re sure of
when it seems to me the greatest of these is love…
but it’s so hard to love.”
Well, we were sitting on his boat
our backs to each other
he was giving me a little time.
And all that he said was hurting my head
wondering how to leave the selfishness behind
all that I could say is:
“It’s so hard to love…
the way that you want me to.”
I stepped off the boat and thanked the man
not sure what I was thankful for.
When I turned back around to see him again
he was already gone.
Walking back from the water to my guitar
that’s when the light came on.
I knew what he was talking about,
I knew how to finish my song.
Oh I just need some understanding,
I need a little love.
And I want to sing my song to somebody
who doubts what they’re made of.
Oh, we all need some understanding,
we all need love.
We all need love.
Mae - The Fisherman Song (We All Need Love)
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Dorm & new camera
My uncle sent me his old Nikon! Now I have a DSLR like all the other hipster tumblr kids out there. :)
Also this is way overdue, but I told CK I’d put up pictures of my dorm room since tislundi and I were trying to do the clothespins on a string thing … and it turned out nicely:
Things to note:
-Bands on my wall: Switchfoot, Relient K, Anberlin, Mae, House of Heroes, Mat Kearney, Tenth Avenue North, Abandon, The Classic Crime, Capital Lights, Nevertheless. I have a music obsession, if you haven’t noticed.
- The panda scroll (birthday gift from DH when he was in China) is kind of out of place, but I didn’t have anywhere else to put it. It’s big.
-The autographed(!!) Switchfoot poster’s a birthday gift from DY… lucky duck got to go backstage. BUT I AM SEEING THEM LIVE NEXT MONTH!!!!
-tumblr!
-Yes I have a PC. I feel like everyone else here has a Mac.
-Yes I have a Zune (that’s the Zune player on my screen!). Down with iPods! Boo confomity.
People ask…yes my bed and desk are usually that clean.
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House of Heroes - In the Valley of the Dying Sun
This song is epic. One of my favorite songs, one of my favorite bands.
Also, Tim the leader singer is cute. :)
Story behind the song.
Get the song for free here!
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SWITCHFOOTSWITCHFOOTSWITCHFOOT
I
LOVE
THEM.
Hello Hurricane is phenomenal.
This is my favorite band, if you couldn’t tell.
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Switchfoot’s “Mess of Me” - official video
SWITCHFOOTSWITCHFOOTSWITCHFOOTLOVE.
(Blog)arithm reblogged from Be My Everything
Random Fact #11
ephesiansfive11 wrote:
When I hear certain songs, I can envision an entire piece of choreography in my head to go with it.
Sometimes I choreograph skating programs in my head when I hear certain songs.
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Relevance
from Relient K’s Forget And Not Slow Down:
I’d rather forget and not slow down
Than gather regret for the things I can’t change now
If I become what I can’t accept
Resurrect the saint from within the wretch
Pour over me and wash my hands of it
Cause I could spend my life just trying to sift through
What I could’ve done better but what good do what ifs do?
-“Forget And Not Slow Down”
No I don’t need a soul to hold
Without you I’m still whole
You and life remain beautiful
I miss you now
I loved you
And I know things could still be worse
-“I Don’t Need A Soul”
And when a nightmare finally does unfold
A nightmare finally shows
It’s not the end of the world
Just a calamity
And we’re a part of it
Everyone
We’re a part of it
Everything
-“Part Of It”
This is just therapy
Cause you won’t take my calls
And that makes God the only one
Who’s left here listening to me
-“Therapy”
I’m over it, yeah behind me now
I’m just over it, over it
Yeah I’m finding out, I’m just over it
No I don’t know what’s over just yet
But I won’t go slow and time can let the mind forget
Don’t tell me you don’t know
Already
-“Over It”
But I am not alone
I’ll be alright
Just take these bones and
Breathe them back to life
-“Sahara”
And we’ll sigh so relieved I believe
Because we will both know by tonight
We’ll feel normal again
But until then
Until then
-“Savannah”
I felt I was home cause
Everything made sense when you were with me
-“Baby”
I fell in love and I wanted to say it was you
I wanted to say it was you
If you believe me
We could stand the test of time like no one else
If you believe me
It means you’d have to disbelieve yourself
-“If You Believe Me”
I can’t keep a straight face and say this is not the end
Not if you want it it’s upon us and I wanna say it’s sinking in
So think real slow
Don’t forget that yes is yes and no is no
About the way you want to go
Cause I may forget the way to get back home
This is the end if you want it
I’ve been convincing myself that I’m worthwhile
Cause I’m worth what I convince myself to be
You’re not the first thing in my life I’ve loved and lost
Yeah I’ve thought worse things that I might be less inclined to merely just shrug off
I took the fire escape and made it out alive
Yeah I still burn from time to time but I’ve a healing hand against my side
-“This Is The End” / “(If You Want It)”
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I LOVE RELIENT K
because my name is on their poster!!!
Forget And Not Slow Down is AMAZING. Songs. Music. Lyrics. Meaning. Matt Thiessen.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
I could keep gushing…but here’s my poster!
And my name in the corner!!
(Quote)ation
Music remained one of Bonhoeffer’s continuing delights and was often for him the only stable ground in a chaotic world.
Amen, Bonhoeffer, amen.
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Relient K's Forget And Not Slow Down
Wow. How fitting.
From StereoTruth:
“Relient K frontman Matt Thiessen has said in numerous interviews over the last few months that their new project “Forget And Not Slow” down is based around the break-up of his engagement to his fiance Shannon. Our readers have been following the highs and lows of this relationship for the last year and to finally hear the songs on this project it clearly shows that he still loves her.
Track #1 “Forget And Not Slow Down” & Track #2 “I Don’t Need A Soul” really set the pace for the message of this new project. If we continue to run from any over our relationships, but don’t really slow down to deal with ourselves first then any future relationships will be just as difficult.
Track #7 “Therapy” is perfectly placed in the middle of this project. It talks about how God usually gets our attention most when we’re all alone. Instead of going to a professional to share your aches and pains we should turn to the true healer of hearts and souls. Check out he chorus for this song…
“This is just like therapy, let’s call it what it is, not what we were, with a deep-grip on this life always transitioning, this is just therapy, cause you won’t take my calls and that makes God the only one who’s left here listening to me.”
As you work through the rest of the tracks on this project you’ll learn that if you’ve ever loved someone and had them walk out of your life for one reason or another then make sure to stop, slow down and drop this new project “Forget And Not Slow Down” into your i-pod, CD player or computer and hear about His healing hand for your hurting heart and soul.
Track List
01 Forget And Not Slow Down
02 I Don’t Need A Soul
03 Candlelight
04 Flare
05 Part Of It
06 Outro
07 Therapy
08 Over It
09 Sahara
10 Oasis
11 Savannah
12 Baby
13 If You Believe Me
14 This Is The End
15 (If You Want It)”
(via StereoTruth)
Uncanny.
Seriously.
OK now I am indescribably even more excited for this. I LOVE MATT THIESSEN. And Relient K. One more week!
(Image)ination reblogged from Today's Lyrics
requested:
switchfoot - the shadow proves the sunshine
(picture by yuri)
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I hear You say, “My love is over, it’s underneath
It’s inside, it’s in between
The times you doubt Me, when you can’t feel
The times that you question, ‘Is this for real? ‘
The times you’re broken, the times that you mend
The times that you hate Me, and the times that you bend
Well, My love is over, it’s underneath
It’s inside, it’s in between
These times you’re healing, and when your heart breaks
The times that you feel like you’re falling from grace
The times you’re hurting, when you can’t heal
The times you go hungry, and are tempted to steal
The times of confusion, in chaos and pain
I’m there in your sorrow, under the weight of your shame
I’m there through your heartache, I’m there in the storm
My love I will keep you, by My power alone
I don’t care where you fall, where you have been
I’ll never forsake you, My love never ends
It never ends”
-Tenth Avenue North
One of the best concerts I’ve been to so far.
And, Jason’s playing a glockenspiel. :) It reminded me of projectglockenspiel.
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