Song of the week

Hello, Everyone:

Some days are just really long...

Some weeks are just really long...

And during those sorts of times I have some music that I refer to as my 'soul' music. It's the music that I connect to the most, that makes me feel like my very soul is touched by music.

There's one song in particular that I've been very into lately. It's in Italian (Okay fine. It's an Il Volo song...) and I listened to it while I read the English translation and I sort of fell in love with it.

I've sat her for the last 20 minutes trying to figure out how to make columns so that I could have the English and Italian side by side...
Alas and alack, blogger doesn't have that feature. Or I'm just to dense to figure it out.

So you'll have to settle with just the English translation while you listen to the Italian. Capisce?

(Oh yeah, and the music video is kinda purdy. :)

I'm here

Look at me

Me with you, I feel that

There's no other way that isn't ours

It's a breath with no ending

I'll be there if you want

If you'll be in danger

I'll protect you

From the evil you'll witness

I'll be there for you

I'm here

Live me

Every day

Until the end

I am a rather hopeless romantic I think. These lyrics are such a perfect description of marriage to me. I love how this song is kind of a 'no matter what, we're going to get through it together' sort of thing. 

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There's never another way

That is not ours

The emotion between us

Has no end

I'll be there if you want

If you'll be in danger

I'll protect you

From the evil you'll witness

I'll be there for you

To defend your mistakes

Don't let the world change you

No, I'll fight for you

No, I'll be there for you

I'm here, I'll be there

I'll be there if you want

You'll see it will be beautiful

I'll protect you

From the evil you'll witness

I'll be there for you

I'm here

Live me

So yeah. This song gives me all the feels. All dem. On my more emotional days, I may or may not get a bit teary. (Though I've been known to get teary over lots of things, including lame motivational quotes so... )

Was this post a bit sappy? Well yes, yes it was. But I don't care!

Let me know what you think. Love it? Hate it? Come on! Talk music with me!

God Bless,
Amy

Lyrics...

Hello, Everyone!

So...I've decided it's time to do something new and scary. I'm going to share some lyrics that I've written.

Look at me, being all brave and stuff!

These are just sort of a work in progress, but I am slowly getting the melody together. (With a little help from Treskie ;)

Anyway, let me know what y'all think, okay? 

You Cry

It breaks me.

I'll Try

To help you through,

It's not the End,

I promise.

There is a future 

For you.

And it's hard to remember

When life was better,

And days were not covered in shadows.

This battles been hard,

We've all got some scars. 

And healing takes time,

Just Remember...

This darkness will go away,

It always does,

And I'm not 

Leaving you alone.

Trust a little while longer,

Stay strong,

This darkness cannot last forever.

Just hold on...

That's the first part anyway. Feel free to let me know what you think. If you like this, maybe I'll go ahead and start posting my lyrics more often. 

Take care and God Bless!

Amy

It's a better place...

Hello Everyone!!

I'll tell the world, I'll sing a song

It's a better place since you came along

Since you came along

So, lately I've been lucky enough to have a whole bushel of new music to get all emotional over. This is a big deal for lil' ol' musically addicted me.

Sometimes I go for months without finding any new music, but over this last year I've been finding good music all over the place...so much so, I almost can't keep up with it. (Here meaning, I don't have enough time to learn all the songs backward and forward. Usually if I love a song I want to be able to sing along to it...)

Your touch is sunlight through the trees

Your kisses are the ocean breeze

Everything's alright when you're with me

Anyway, there's something really sweet about this song. It's just simple and catchy and makes me feel really content.

And I hold my favorite thing

I hold the love that you bring

But it feels like I've opened my eyes again

And the colors are golden and bright again

There's a song in my heart, I feel like I belong

It's a better place since you came along

It's a better place since you came along

I love the line that 'the colors are golden and bright again.' It reminds me of evening walks when the world turns soft and gold.

I see the whole world in your eyes

It's like I've known you all my life

We just feel so right

So I pour my heart into your hands

It's like you really understand

You love the way I am

And that's all for now! What did you think of the song? Love it, hate it? Come on, talk music with me!

God Bless,

Amy

"It's a bird! It's a plane!....No! It's a blog post!"

Hello everyone!

It is June.

JUNE!!

*Laughs maniacally* 

I have lost the handle I used to think I had on my life. 

I. Can. Not. Get. Organized. To. Save. My. Life.

The longer I've been away from blogging, the harder it's been for me to write again. I've opened my laptop a couple times with the best intentions in the world and just sat there like:

After Memorial Day slipped by and June slapped me over the face a few times, I was like, "Right! Time to get back on the proverbial bike and...and...Ride it,dang it!"

So here I sit.

(Side note. It's rather disturbing to be gone from your blog so long that you actually forget what it looks like.I just sat there like, "When did I make it blue?...That will have to change....What on earth did I do to the formatting? That will also have to change..." Awkward.)

And the best thing to do, it would seem, is to sort of fill you on on what's been going on in my life. Not to worry, it wont take all that long. *Sneer*

In order of awesomeness:

Number One:

I am taking the singing class at the college this quarter! *Dances*
There's an issue with how many times a person can sign up for the same class and I had definitely maxed out on my repeat-ability...
But the teacher was offering the class at a time that I could get to without having to make adjustments to my work schedule... and some of my other sisters were enrolled so I thought, "What the heck, I might as well try to sign up"
Mysteriously, I signed up without a hiccup! It was like a fabulous little miracle, all wrapped in tissue paper with a giant bow on top!

Two words; Private Lessons.  

Also, solos. It's been forever since I've had the chance to perform and I'm very,very rusty. *Snarls*
(I'm toying with the idea of posting my class solo, as bad of quality as it will probably be...what do you all think?)

So yes. That's my number one big deal.

Number Two:

I bit the bullet and bought a guitar! *More dancing*

Meet Murdock. He is fabulous and has a full, rich voice. He is the bomb-diggety!

In case you're wondering, no, I can't really play the poor dear yet. I want to. I practice. I get frustrated and eyeball my fingers accusingly.
"Oh evil fingers! You betrayed me! Bend, dang it! BEND!"
Then I usually end up putting on my gloves and hitting the punching bag for a while.

Perhaps I exaggerate.

I love to  make noise on the beautiful contraption, and my sister is surprisingly patient with me. I'm pretty much like this:

Watch the video. Do it. Click it. PLAY IT!

Happily, I have found a channel on youtube that seems like it's going to be very helpful in my learning. The fellow is really easy to watch and he explain things really well and...he reminds me of a goofy Rory Williams. Seriously.

Similar, yes?

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Number Three:

This one is futuristic, but I'm excited about it so it makes the list. So there.

I'm (hopefully) taking a hand-to-hand combat class and a knife fighting class in August this year! 

IT'S TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL! I'll get to HIT things!  

I'm still working out the details. I'm actually a timid little thing and don't want to go without a sister...or a friend....or an acquaintance. Somebody...

BUT HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT!

Number four:

I am almost done with my floral design course and if all goes well, I will find  myself with a pay raise. *Pulls out the ahooga horn*

That will be glorious! That will be fa-hab-u-lous!

Three things. That's the extent of my news in three months. 

Could be worse.

As far as my hopes and dreams for this blog in the future, it's vague still, it's very Hit and Miss (see what I did there) and it's still a work in progress.

But I'm planning on a post a week. That's my goal. I have goals. *Pats self on back*

Now I'm shall leave you with a song. Because that's what I feel like doing. Ha. 

I don't know what it is lately, but this song has been my thing. It's my, "I'm off work, time to turn up the music and head home, singing at the top of my lungs," song. 

It is so much 'the thing' right now that I wrote out some of my favorite lyrics. 'Cause I do that. 

Now shush, and listen. 

God Bless and I'll be back again really soon!
Amy

Resolution-y stuff.

Hi there, everyone! 

So, 2014 is dead and gone.

*Ponders this*

It went by fast! I'm still a little stunned that we're living 2015 already. Golly dang!

I had a lot of hopes for 2014 and some of them came true and some of them didn't. Just like any year. There was a whole lot of good stuff, though, which I'm so very grateful for. And there was some hard stuff which I got through. And I'm grateful for that too.

I'm actually really excited for 2015!  

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I named 2014 Harry last year.

This year is Floyd. Perhaps Floyd will be amazing. Here's hoping!

It's that 'resolutions' time of year. Resolutions are the best thing ever...in theory. But it's so hard to fulfill them! Or is that just me?

Anyway, this year I'm going to try just setting some goals (maybe if I don't call them resolutions they'll be easier to do,) and see how much happens over this squeeky-clean, new year.

I would dearly love to play guitar. But I don't. And why the heck not?! I don't know.

This year I want to learn, dang it!

Hand in hand with that, I want to compose my own music. It's been a goal of mine for...ages. And again, I don't.

This year I will! Dang it! I will!
At least one song. How hard could it be? (That comment is going to haunt me later. I just know it!:)

In fact, a lot of my goals for this year are music related. They usually are and that's saying something, isn't it. *Nods*

Now, I'm off to face the world. 
2015, here I come! (Please be nice, okay? Like...really nice.)

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Three cheers for the new year! *Hoot. Hoot. Hoot!*

God Bless!
Amy

Song of the week

Hello everybody!

Happy Wed-nes-day! (In my best Winnie the Pooh voice.)

So, lately my sister and I have been watching a show called Flashpoint.

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I'm only a few episodes in, (Seven, to be exact) but so far it's been squeaky clean and really impressively good. I love it.

The cast is awesome, the actors nail their rolls, and the tiny girl cop is cool. I don't object to her at all. Which is so nice. She's just cute and brave and good at her job. And tiny.

You want to see a trailer? 

Yeah... you really do. 

Trust me.

It's really nice because the show takes the time to highlight all the members of the team and there really isn't one main character. 

I can't vouch for the whole five season series yet, (Give me a few days. lol) but so far it's been awesome.

Anyway, the point of this post is, at the end of every episode, when the situation is under control and everything is summing up, they play a song. And so far I've like every one I've heard. 

Especially this one.

And I will watch you disappear

From my fortress over here

And I will never understand

Every heart's a foreign land

And I'm so afraid to, so afraid to

Love you

And I will turn my eyes away

From the harsh light of your day

And I have slept through pouring rain

It was all that kept me sane

And I'm so afraid to, so afraid to

Love you

And I have drawn lines in the sand

To remind us where we stand

And I build castles while you thirst

They'll fall down but you'll fall first

And I'm so afraid to, so afraid to

Love you

Love you

Love you

That's all for now, my fellow ......people... Heroes? Humans?
MINIONS! *Nods*

God Bless!
Amy

Song of the Week

There has to be a way to make Tuesdays less "Only Tuesday-ish." I mean, at least Wednesdays are the "we're halfway through the week" days. But Tuesday is only Tuesday. *Sigh*


Anyway. Here we are.

And it's cold.

Squinting hard at the dark, brooding clouds outside though, I believe we might get some rain. Which is actually a silver lining because we have so much pollen right now. It is icky. The air is green.

What with the clouds and the cold and the smell of rain, this song just seems the logical choice.
I love this song. It's one that my Daddy listened to a lot when I was little. It just reminds me a lot of those days.

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain

Telling me just what a fool I've been

I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain

And let me be alone again

The only girl I care about has gone away

Looking for a brand new start

But little does she know that when she left that day

Along with her she took my heart

Rain, please tell me now does that seem fair

For her to steal my heart away when she don't care

I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away

The only girl I care about has gone away

Looking for a brand new start

But little does she know that when she left that day

Along with her she took my heart

Rain, won't you tell her that I love her so

Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow

Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain

Telling me just what a fool I've been

I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain

And let me be alone again

Do any of you like some of the oldies songs? I'm rather picky with them, but the ones I do like, I really like. I'm not sure if it's just the memories attached to them or the actual music. 

I'm thinking about doing an Oldies Song of the Week for a little while. Just till I'm out of my favorite oldies. :) Switch things up a bit. 

Yes or no?

God Bless!

Amy