The secret keeper

Let Me Breathe
The Hours

Do you think I am made of stone?
Cold and unfeeling
Where all the pieces of my heart
You have been stealing

I have to tell you just how I feel
Without some sugar coating
Are you so blind that you cannot see
that I am suffocating

Oh yeah

So Let me breathe

Oh ohh
I have to live

Although it hurts me to confess
I can’t stop myself from thinking
Its better to jump overboard
before this ship starts sinking

Would you please give me some air?
And Let me breathe

Oh Ooh
I have to live

I need to save some time for myself
and leave behind

I want to shine over time

Like just exist

Won’t you please give me some air?
And Let me breathe
Oh Ooh
I have to live

I need to save some time for myself
and leave behind
I want to shine over time
like just exist

I Am The Highway

Listening to: I am the Highway – Audioslave
Currently Reading: The lyrics to the above song

I Am The Highway
Audioslave

Pearls and swine bereft of me
Long and weary my road has been
I was lost in the cities
Alone in the hills
No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky

Friends and liars don’t wait for me
I’ll get on all by myself
I put millions of miles
Under my heels
And still too close to you
I feel 

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night
The night

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night
The night

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So it took me a few listens to the song to figure out what it may mean. It sounds as though he has been taken for granted in a past relationship and the song may be him basically trying to emancipate himself by telling himself that he is not just a pair of fecking wheels, he is the (metaphorical) highway.

The first line where he makes a reference to pearls and swine is an indication of the fact that you don’t throw pearls to swine because they may be trampled underfoot, swine do not appreciate things of beauty – making the first pointer towards someone who has been underappreciated.

It goes on to describe a feeling of desolateness, of “being lost in the hills and the cities” – something akin to depression.

The next line however, is almost making up for the depression, “no sorrow or pity for leaving I feel” – as though he may have had a long journey and most of the time, he loses his way, but he feels no regret for leaving, probably because he’s better off anyway.

Although this could also be his revelation of the fact that though he has left, the person he has left, does not feel his absence as much as he/she should.

From what I can interpret is the fact that he’s been trying to move on, he’s had a long struggle and still feels like he has a long way to go – I put millions of miles under my heels, and still too close to you I feel , which is something I can relate to – you may go a long way in trying to put something behind you and sometimes things happen where you realise that there are some things you can never truly put behind you.

The final verse is so powerful, it’s his final proclamation of everything that he is, and everything he is not.

I am not your (fucking) carpet ride, I am the (bleeding) sky (bitch).  Which is just the way I feel the words of the song.

This is just my interpretation of the song; there are of course so many others – lots of people see a religious theme and true enough, Chris Cornell places a Christian slant to a lot of his music but this is just my way of seeing it.

A powerful song of emancipation.
A definite must listen if you like this kind of stuff.

If anyone has any ideas about what he sings about, lemme know. I’m curious to what he could be singing about here.

Cheers.

Like Aretha

Listening to: Aretha Aretha Aretha

She puts me in such a good mood even when its midnight and I have 10 pages of a journal article to dissect for a tutorial and a practical session tomorrow and I’m feeling tired and sleepy and bloated and in a generally engh mood. But I am passionate about Aretha. And then I had this discussion with a friend whom I won’t name here because Kiki may not like it when I discredit her online annoymously or otherwise.   🙂 f

ifi: Aretha rocks! says: Aretha is AWESOME – I cant get over it!

unnamed says: ahahahahahah , hmm never heard of her – not that i can remember…

fifi: Aretha rocks! says:  R U SERIOUS?   R-E-S-P-E-C-T? Chain of FOOLS? 

fifi: Aretha rocks! says: ARETHA IS LIKE QUEEN OF SOUL

unnamed says: …yes i am serious 

fifi: Aretha rocks! says: !!!

unnamed says: aretha franklin right .. or something… I might have la – I just may not know it’s her!

fifi: Aretha rocks! says: YESSSSS , NOT SOMETHING – IT IS ARETHA FRANKLIN

unnamed says: OK MAN – just let me listen tomorrow lah!  -_-

See? She’s lucky I love that babe so much that I can overlook this sacrilege!! They don’t make them like Aretha no more. I can’t believe I didn’t get to see her in concert before she retired!!! She’s gonna be on repeat for awhile now

🙂 

God bless Aretha. Really.

Emancipate Myself

You know how sometimes the words of the song is better than its beat? Listen to both on this one. If you wanna free yourself from someone or something, this is your anthem.

It spells one word : rawk.

 Emancipate Myself – Thirsty Merc

Every breath you t..

As if I’d sing that song to you,
you probably think you deserve it at the present time
But if only you knew how you treated me
when we were together then you might understand.

Remember the time you made me wait for a month when you had exams,
which I was cool about but then the night you finished you barred me from all your plans
and you went out with other people.

Now I’ll always give you the benefit of the doubt
and I think there’s enough natural maturity floating around for
the tension and release time to even out between two people like you and me.

And I’ve been thinking and since we’ve broken up
I’ve realised things were mostly in your favour
and a normal person wouldn’t put up with this
but for some stupid reason I don’t wanna move on.

And now I’m stuck in a moment
It’s bad for my health
Well I’m gone
If I don’t emancipate myself

Now I gotta say that all of this is coming down on me like a tonne of bricks at this present time,
I don’t have much cash,
I’m just trying to figure out the rest of my life.

But I think a lot of people would agree that all you need is a feeling of freedom
and when you’re in emotional limbo, everything think about and do is filtered through that.

But I don’t wanna make you unhappy or jealous in any way
because ultimately in life it’s your own choice who you surround yourself with,
and I’m responsible for those things too.

And I’ve treated people badly at times in relationships
and maybe what you’re doing is some kind of payback for all those past lives,
but that also doesn’t change the fact that

Now I’m stuck in a moment
It’s bad for my health
Well I’m gone
If I don’t emancipate myself
There’s no spirit to find me
And no wishing well
Well I’m gone
If I don’t emancipate myself

Set me free
Alright
I’ve gotta get myself out of this thing
If its the last thing i ever do

So whatcha gonna do now?
What you gonna keep me hanging on or something are you?
You gonna keep me hanging on
You gonna keep me hanging on
You gonna keep me hanging on
You gonna keep me hanging on
You gonna keep me hanging on

‘Cos I have a feeling it’s all in my own mind and if i have anything to do with it
knowing me I enjoy putting myself through this kind of trauma to a degree, How ’bout you?
Thought so

Maybe you shouldn’t call me anymore because I need some time to get to know myself again,
then once again we say it’s final then I’m gonna miss you even more, even the most.

I don’t want you to know that I’m missing you,
yeah let’s establish even more communication breakdown and then wonder why later on
all the honesty and trust is gone between us.

Now I’m stuck in a moment
It’s bad for my health
Well I’m gone
If I don’t emancipate myself
There’s no spirit to find me
And no wishing well
Well I’m gone
If I don’t emancipate myself

Got to get out

Well this things been going on for too long baby

And i’ve got to do something for myself for a while

Cos you’ve been treating me so bad for so long
And it just can’t go on, it can’t go on.

Well I dont want you calling me on the telephone,
and I dont wanna see your face no more
Yeah thats right

 

Bathwater

“Bathwater” by No Doubt

You and your museum of lovers
The precious collection you’ve housed in your covers
My simpleness threatened by my own admission And the bags are much too heavy
In my insecure condition
My pregnant mind is fat full with envy againBut I still love to wash in your old bathwater
Love to think that you couldn’t love another
I can’t help it…you’re my kind of man

Wanted and adored by attractive women
Bountiful selection at your discretion
I know I’m diving into my own destruction

So why do we choose the boys that are naughty?
I don’t fit in so why do you want me?
And I know I can’t tame you…but I just keep trying

‘Cause I love to wash in your old bathwater
Love to think that you couldn’t love another
I’m on your list with all your other women
But I still love to wash in your old bathwater
You make me feel like I couldn’t love another
I can’t help it…you’re my kind of man

Why do the good girls always want the bad boys?

So I pacify problems with kisses and cuddles
Diligently doubtful through all kinds of trouble
Then I find myself choking on all my contradictions

‘Cause I still love to wash in your old bathwater
Love to think that you couldn’t love another
Share a toothbrush…you’re my kind of man
I still love to wash in your old bathwater
Make me feel like I couldn’t love another
I can’t help it…you’re my kind of man

No I can’t help myself
I can’t help myself
I still love to wash in your old bathwater

Courtesy of azlyrics.com

I used to think it was kinda gross but from an artistic eye, it’s actually kinda cool. Just..metaphorically.  🙂