frozen

I want to run into your arms
I want to run away
But as sure as the sun's gonna rise
I'll stay
Here inside this flame
It burns but I can't move away
From you
I'm so frozen

- Natalie Taylor

adele

last week, i sung this song for my singing recital. i love this song, so simple and sweet. i will modestly but honestly (rhymeeee!) say that i did really well. i was certainly nervous, but it was fun to be able to sing a song that i knew i was confident with. my teacher also offered to play the piano and sing back up for me, which was a nice surprise for the class, judging by their faces haha. one day i hope i sing it as beautifully as she does. adele is seriously talented.




the best part of the whole experience was the feedback i got after singing the song. two girls i look up to in class gave me compliments with enthusiasm, a "that was really, really great." and a "that was gorgeous." i literally felt like i was glowing. as i continued the walk back to my seat, a girl who had come to watch a friend reached out her hand and said that i did a great job. after class, that same girl came up to me and told me that the performance had moved her and that she felt something when we played it. wow. is there any greater compliment? sometimes i wish i was more talented at singing and writing so that i could create music that people would be moved by. what a thrilling feeling.

don't leave

Of course im gonna disappoint
dont tell me that i deserve better.
Of course im gonna fall for you,
what did you expect me to do?

Dont leave i've got so much to tell you
and there's no more need to generalize.
I cant really change how you feel for me honey,
i just need some peace tonight.

If this should be the easy part
then why's it always seem so hard?
Because all we do is analyze
and now i have forgotten why.

I thought you wanted me to love you,
soon as i do you're terrified.
I cant really change how you feel for me honey,
I just need some peace tonight.

Do you even know what you do to me?
Do you even know that its killin me?
But I dont mind oh i dont mind......

Dont leave i've got so much to tell you
and there's no more need to generalize.
I cant really change how you feel for me honey,
i just need some peace tonight.

Of course im gonna fall for you,
what did you expect me to do?
Could you be more sensitive,
i've offered what you couldnt give.

- tyler james

hey now

Hey now,
this is my desire
consume me like a fire
'cause I just want
something beautiful to touch me

I know that i'm in reach
'cause I am down on my knees
I'm waiting for something beautiful
oh, oh, oh
something beautiful

- needtobreathe

valentines day countdown: 5 days

in honor of valentines day, i will post one of my favorite romance songs of all time. i don't have a boyfriend, nor is there anyone on the horizon, so i love this song because it's earnest, honest, and darling. i love the anticipation and sweetness that the lyricist conveys in his voice and writing. i especially love the way he quietly says "it's just what i do", as if the waiting and the praying for her are things he just does, plain and simple. no ulterior motive, he's not being forced to do it. it's just what he does.

enjoy.






come meet me in the middle of a rainy street
just like we thought it'd always be
i've fallen for you
it's just what i do

loving you will carry me til i meet you
and all the things that i'll go through
i do them for you
it's just what i'll do

my heart's on the wire
and i've given it to you
so much time's gone by
but still no sign of you

but i'll pull through
'cause every day i pray for you
you're everything that i hold to
i've fallen for you
it's just what i do

musica!

i found out that i have a friend (marissa) who actually reads this! how weird! maybe i'll update it about more relevant things now... how about the music i have been listening to lately?

albums
mumford and sons - sigh no more
stars of track and field - centuries before love and war; a time for lions
natalie taylor - natalie taylor (i can't stop listening to this one)
band of horses - cease to begin; everything all the time
future of forestry - advent christmas, vol 1; advent christmas, vol 2
greg laswell - take a bow
paper route - absence; thrill of hope ep; thank god the year is finally over ep; are we all forgotten ep
peter bradley adams - leavetaking, gather up ep, traces ep

specific songs
jesse bonanno - never alone
paper route - thank god the year is finally over
stars of track and field - end of all time
states - time to begin
katy perry - teenage dream (i can't help it, i'm obsessed)
chris and conrad - lead me to the cross
natalie taylor - this holiday (come home)
b.o.b. feat. hayley williams - airplanes
bruno mars - marry you
versaemerge - fixed at zero
band of horses - i go to the barn because i like
kadawatha - agape


honorable mention

katharine mcphee - terrified feat. zachary levi

i am in love with zachary levi! i mean, just look at him:



- voice of an angel
- he plays chuck on tv
- he's a christian
- he's super hot
- he probably loves petting kitties and composing music on his piano for me... i mean what?



;)

farewell to some of my favorite boys. i know you'll do great things in the future! praying for you guys -

love, it will not betray you
dismay or enslave you
it will set you free
to be more like the man
you were made to be.
there is a design, an alignment,
a cry of my heart to see
the beauty of love
as it was made to be.