Thursday, April 20, 2006

torn stereogram images


i love stereograms. it took a while before i was able to actually view the hidden images.. but once i learned, i was hooked! i even have a collection of the "magic eye" series - as well as other stereogram books. hehehe. like cryptic puzzles and codes, i suppose this form of art fascinates me because i've always had a special fondness for hidden things.

i met up with soulmate #2 this afternoon. she rode with me from ortigas to hi-top aurora. we stopped for dinner at wham burger and chatted for a while. she showed me these lyrics.. and naturally, i just *had* to post them here.. 'coz the words are so heartbreakingly beautiful. and i'm such a sucker for such stuff.. just like her, hehehe.

darn. i wish i'd been able to watch rent, too..


WITHOUT YOU
Rent Soundtrack

Without you, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows.
Without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom, the children play.
The stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly, without you.
The earth turns, the sun burns, but I die, without you.
Without you, the breeze warms, the girls smile, the cloud moves.
Without you, the tides change, the boys run, the oceans crash.
The crowds roar, the days soar, the babies cry, without you.
The moon glows, the river flows, but I die, without you.

The world revives, colors renew,
But I know blue, only blue, lonely blue, within me blue
Without you.

Without you the hand gropes, the ear hears, the pulse beats.
Without you, the eyes gaze, the legs walk, the lungs breathe.
The mind churns! The heart yearns! The tears dry!
Without you, life goes on, but I'm gone.
'Cause I die, without you.
Without you. Without you.
Without you

anyway, i'm in "song mode" again right now. and like soulmate #2, i've been collecting nice song lyrics. so in keeping with the theme of this blog entry, i'm posting some really wonderfully sad song lyrics here, hehe. i just looooooove julia fordham..

IT WAS NOTHING THAT YOU SAID

You had me right there in the palm of you hand
With your fingers locked in mine
And with a little sweet talking
I'd've clung on for all time

It was nothing that you said
It was everything you didn't say
And all the tears I've shed
Won't wash the pain away

We had our moment it was golder than gold
It was solid through and through
And in that moment if you'd given the word
I'd've followed you followed you

It was nothing that you said
It was everything you didn't say
And all the tears I've shed
Won't wash the pain away

Misunderstanding number one
I thought that you were bigger than me
Misunderstanding number two
I thought that I could find myself in you

FALLING FORWARD

've been living on wishes, living on wishes all my life
And I wish I could make one
To make everything in your world right

I'm falling forward while you wait behind
Lost for your reasons and missing your time
And I, I'm wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I'm wishing for you

And I'm only an hour, not even an hour away
But you're keeping your distance
We're more than a million miles apart these days

I'm falling forward while you wait behind
Lost for your reasons and missing your time
And I, I'm wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I'm wishing for you

And suddenly I'm the villain of the piece
You're lying awake, wondering how I sleep

I'm falling forward while you wait behind
Lost for your reasons and missing your time
And I, I'm wishing for you (falling forward)
And I, I'm wishing for you

GOODBYE I LOVE YOU

Goodbye, I love you
Don't forget to take your list of reasons
And the heart I did not break
Let alone split open, let alone live in
Perhaps a deep blue bruise will mark
The place where I have been

And the sun will still rise tomorrow; so will I
And I'll wave as I say
Goodbye I love you baby
Goodbye I love you baby

Good luck, I missed you before you'd even gone
The voice of wisdom saw to it I was forewarned
That the hands of fate that guided you here to my side
Would pull you back and onwards no matter how I tried

As I lay these future dreams to rest
I bury hem with seeds of hope for happiness

Goodbye, I love you
Don't forget to take your list of reasons
And the heart I did not break

BUTTERFLY

I'm like a butterfly pushing against the wind
You're like a magnet pulling me back in
No matter how I try, no matter what I do
I keep coming back to you

Mercy, mercy please you've got to release me
How this fatal twist of alchemy brings me to my knees

Danger, dangerous, what will become of us?
Strained addiction rushing over me
When will I break free?

You're like a drug, I can't give up
I want you way too much
I keep on, keep on, keep on coming back to you

THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS

I'm jam packed full of movie clips and other junk
TV shows and videos and another whole bunch of stuff
It's like a snippet of a song that no longer belongs
And I'm looking to the comfort of strangers

It's noisy and disjointed in this tangled mess
I'm jarred and jangling on a raw and jagged edge
It's like a picture that has faded the colours have all blurred
And I'm drawn to the comfort of strangers.

And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort of strangers

I'm fit to burst with CD tracks and stereo
Coupled with bad memories that just never seem to go
And you'd have think that I'd learnt that I always get burned
When I take refuge in the comfort of strangers

Still I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort of strangers

Oh lead me not into temptation
To fight these feelings of frustration
I want a stillness inside and a silence of mind
And to stop dreaming of the comfort of strangers

And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
And I see myself lying in your arms
When I close my eyes at night
No complex conversation
Ooh to taste the comfort, I want to taste the comfort
Oh please give me the comfort of your arms

The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers
It's you, only you
The stranger I've been dreaming of
I close my eyes and I'm lying in your arms
Your arms, with you, with you
The stranger I've been dreaming of
I close my eyes
The comfort of strangers
The comfort of strangers

DIFFERENT TIME, DIFFERENT PLACE

We're all walking a fine line and I'm
Walking towards you, and I
Hope that I'm right in thinking, I'll never walk alone
I'm always running from something
Now I'm running towards you
It may not be the right thing, but it's what I want to do

And in a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
I believe you could see yourself too

I'll be biding my time, and I'll be
Watching my step, 'cos I don't want to
Be starting something here that I might live to regret
'Cos I have learned my lesson
And I have learned it well
There are some things in this life best left for time to tell

In a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
I believe you could see yourself too
In a different time, in a different place

I believe I could safely lay my life down in your hands
I believe that's what I'd do if you gave me half the chance
Oh I believe, oh I believe, oh I believe

In a different time, in a different place
I could see myself with you
And in a different time and a different place
I believe you could see yourself there too

GUILTY

My rose tinted glasses are incredible
Blinding me to the inevitable
Coloring my judgment like a jumbo pack of pens
Like the ones you buy for birthday's
For children of your friends

My inner guide was screaming look out beware
I silenced Miss Righteous with one stony glare
Figuring what would she know anyway
Yet thanks to her I'm standing her
Defiantly today

I was clearly guilty
Of only being able to see
The good you did for me

My white flag was flying in the wind
Though you had no heard for surrendering
On we marched regardless for reason's still unknown
Sometimes the wrong thing
Seems so much better than being alone

I was clearly guilty
Of only being able to see
The good you did for me

Is this a good time to mention
Some where contemplating
An earthly intervention
We're all blessed with 20/20 hindsight
You're just another thing
I didn't quite get it right

I was clearly guilty
Of only being able to see
The good you did for me

KILLING ME SLOWLY

I confess, there's a chance
I cannot fake it any longer
I admit, this could be it
there's a danger I'm going under
I know that yesterday
you saw me stronger than the sun
Then one cold word from you
and swiftly I've come undone

And your love's killing me slowly
Killing me one day at a time
Killing me slowly
It's the sweetest suicide
it's the sweetest suicide

Killing me slowly

Your firm hand on the door
my brave little foot keeping it open
My whole self on the line
there's a danger I might get broken
Slip your pill under my tongue
and willingly I succumb
Cup my heart in your palm
and squeeze it 'til the red stuff runs

And your love's killing me slowly
Killing me one day at a time
Killing me slowly
It's the sweetest suicide
it's the sweetest suicide

Killing me slowly

For a moment there
you know I almost fooled myself
Into thinking I was in control of how I felt
Striving towards salvation
clutching my last drop of dignity
Go on take the pillow
smother me, smother me

And your love's killing me slowly
Killing me one day at a time
Killing me slowly
It's the sweetest suicide
it's the sweetest suicide


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