Molly Nilsson: "Hey Moon"

this one goes both ways
whether you do or not

...

i know it's been so long since we saw each other last
i'm sure we'll find some way to make the time pass

hey moon
it's just you and me tonight
everyone else is asleep

hey moon
if i was to fall, i won't fall so deep
though i doubt i'm gonna
you can wake me up if you wanna

and your pale round face
makes me feel at home in any place i happen to be
at a quarter past three

the moon chased the sun out of the sky
goodbye sun! the night's begun
the moon chased the sun out of the sky
goodbye sunshine! the night is mine

hey moon
it's just you and me tonight
everyone else is asleep

hey moon
if i was to fall, i won't fall so deep
though i doubt i'm gonna
you can wake me up if you wanna

i would hate for you to hang there all alone the whole night through

hey moon, my old friend
hey moon, the night is coming to an end
hey moon, come back soon

...

of recent, it's on the (-) side,
but it has it's (+) side moments…

(-) not being able to sleep
because i miss you being there,
i miss being there with you

no sleep, no goodnight kisses
and no morning squeezes

(+) talking to you on the phone
as i'm driving through vermont
asking you if you can see the moon,
and if it's full where you are

goodnight, i love you
you're beautiful and amazing
xoxoxo ^^^^^

take it how you will,
hopefully you've got someone
somewhere out there
who you can look at the moon with
over skype, on the phone, in a letter

letter… we should write more
of those these days

cheers to staying (+) sided, freelurvers

and to molly nilsson
facebook time / free moon track / shop away

A-Ha: "Take On Me"

this was playing on the radio
we were sitting in the driveway

...

We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just a play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to
remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

...

i still don't really get it
so i tried to figure out what other people
thought this song meant…

one person said: "this song is about the responsibility
of entering a relationship in some form"

another said: "Reminds me of that golden age of
music and videos when this song came out.
Also someone I left behind when I
moved back home. Of course, I promised to write
to her and of course, it never happened - and when
I made it back almost a year later,
she was long gone. Funny how life can make even
the most optimistic among us want to cry sometimes.
Strangely, I didn't realize just how
great this song was until years later!"

he, he-who-must-not-be-named, said:
"I can't believe this is playing right now…"

i was thinking:
you'll be gone, you'll be gone, you'll be gone
he'll be gone, he's gone

what do you think?

what does a-ha think?
check out a-ha's website, maybe we'll find out
download this not so great radio recording
for free, of "take on me"
and if you're moved,
buy the album "hunting high and low"

Thao Nguyen: "Tallymarks"

i miss him

...

i can't explain it i'm afraid of noise
and all this time still afraid of boys
it's in the winter
it's in my head
well don't look now
i think it's under my bed

and we drop drop tears like tallymarks
and it builds like snow and it keeps us apart
and i drop drop tears like tallymarks
and i'm keeping score so i keep us apart

but i think i might miss you enough to say so
and i think i already did
well i think i might miss you enough to say so
there you go i just said it again

that same winter my old man made tracks
and i did too but i came back
so don't don't don't explain love to me
love love love is not why we leave
it is real life dreams, make-believe people
you can't build cathedrals out of finger steeples

and we drop drop tears like tallymarks
and it builds like snow and it keeps us apart
and i drop drop tears like tallymarks
and i'm keeping score so i keep us apart

but i think i might miss you enough to say so
and i think i already did
well i think i might miss you enough to say so
there you go i just said it again
there you go i just said it again

steady on steady on steady on my mind
steady on my mind
steady on steady on steady on my mind
steady on my mind

surely surely i
surely surely i want love just as bad as the next
but deeper down in my, deeper down in my
bones
is where it sets

and we drop drop tears like tallymarks
and it builds like snow and it keeps us apart
and i drop drop tears like tallymarks
and i'm keeping score so i keep us apart

but i think i might miss you enough to say so
and i think i already did
well i think i might miss you enough to say so
there you go i just said it again
there you go i just said it again

...

i saw him a couple days ago,
but i'm not sure if he saw me,
or if he did, whether or not
he knows i saw him

i'd like to see him again,
once more before he leaves...
and have us both know it,
have me know it

enough from me...

more from thao & the get down stay down
their website, maybe a shopping spree
and a free download of "tallymarks"

on repeat: "Hey Boy"

he still hasn't called
and i'm sure that he won't,
i know that he won't

his loss

thanks for bringing it back,
my dear deer... i like it
even more this time around

check out the original post ici
for the blow's website, lyrics,
and link to download the track

Bikini Kill: "Jet Ski"

repeat
he's so not worth it
and you're way too good for him

...

Ain't got no more
No more candy for you
I'm not your rocket ship
Or your motor boat
Your movie set
Or your cartoon show
Not your fucking VCR
Not you avantegard postcard idea
I'm not your oilwell
I'm not your bloodbank
I'm not your bullet proof vest
Or your Visa card
I ain't got no more candy for you
I said I'm not your vacation spot
I'm not your footnote, freakshow
Or your latest cause
I'm not your view to a kill
I'm not your background tune
I'm not the nutty story
That your neighbors been telling to you
I ain't got no candy for you
I said I'm not your oilwell
I'm not your dimestore novel
Or your prison cell
I ain't got no candy for you

...

this made it through my car speakers
about six or more times on my drive
back to portland from my mom's house
after hiding out from heartbreak
for a couple of days

on the way down, i drove in silence
four hours and some minutes of it,
minus some old radio show action
in the last hour... which lost me, quickly
nazis and such, that was the takeaway, bombs

on the way back, a special little lady
told me to blast some music and rock out
or cry or whatever i needed to do
so i decided to do just that

i thought for a while,
what would not turn me into
a gushy ball of heartbroken tears?

bikini kill

then this track came on
in the random playlist of angry girl
goodness

totally did the trick
perfect for the haters
blast it, hate them
love you
(and bikini kill)

the usual:
website / buy it / download
check it / worth it / play it / do it

xo freelurvers



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Hot Chip: "Wrestlers"

hit in the face
still on the floor
why did you have to do it?

...

It's me versus you alone
It's me versus you alone
It's me versus you alone
It's me versus you alone
It's me versus you alone

We'll tag team, double up
Hit you in the sweet spot
And make you wish you'd coughed up

The gloves are off
The gloves are off
It's me, [Incomprehensible] messing round
Taking us a man down

While you've got us on the ropes
We've planned to play the mess around
He's technically trained
You've got him buckled up and he will misbehave

You weigh bigger than a train
But I've got the power and the glory
In my dirty brains

The gloves are off
The gloves are off
So why'd you go and have to fight dirty?
Don't fight dirty, don't hit me with the chair

The gloves are off
So why'd you go and have to fight dirty?
Don't fight dirty, don't bite me in the face
The gloves are off

Now what you gonna do when I come for you
With all that I've got?
I've got a roll of coins, I'm aiming for your loins
And I will never stop

I learned all I know from watching the wrestling
I think you think I'm about to throw the towel in

Here comes Floor Jack
Watch your back, watch your back
He'll charm you with a double-axe
And then he brings the tie attacks
He's not dressed for a cage
He's robed in garments strictly for another age

Here we come, drop kick
Half nelson, full nelson
Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson

Body slam, suplex, headlock, summer-slam, elbow drop
Jelly-flop, cage match, grudge match, snamsno, snamsniey
Alfieley, alscgoboi, nelsonmas allday, skeluas

It's me versus me, versus me, versus me
Versus me, versus me, versus me, versus me, versus me
I learned all I know from watching the wrestling
I think you think I'm about to throw the towel in
Everyone knows Monday night means wrestling

...

i used to listen to this
on repeat, all the time.
i think i listened to it differently
though, until last week...

now, the hit me with the chair
bite me in the face business,
is the part that rings in my ears.
the fight dirty part.

otherwise, it's sort of catchy
and sweet... it's a multi-tasking
type of song.

today, it hurts, too much
and i don't even want to hear it.
but i'll leave it here for you*
who cannot be named.

*everyone gets names, you don't
you'll just be like he-who-must-not-be-named
for now, and then you'll be gone.

check out hot chip's website for more
and spend your money
because it'll sound better once it's yours
than this single will from me

The XX: "Heart Skipped a Beat"

i've only made it through
the first verse...
i don't even want to think
about the second, yet

i'm not finished

...

please don't say we're done

when i'm not finished
i could give you so much more
make you feel, like never before

welcome, they said welcome to the floor

it's been a while
and you've found someone better
but I've been waiting too long to give this up
the more i see, i understand
but sometimes, i still need you

sometimes, i still need you
sometimes, i still need you

i was struggling to get in
left waiting outside your door
i was sure
you'd give me more

no need to come to me
when i can make it all the way to you
you made it clear
you weren't near
near enough for me

heart skipped a beat
and when i caught it you were out of reach
but i'm sure, i'm sure
you've heard it before

heart skipped a beat
and when i caught it you were out of reach
but i'm sure, i'm sure
you've heard it before

...

i'm on the floor
i don't know where he is
i don't even have a name for him, yet

i hate this
(not the xx though)

check out the xx's website
and be nice, buy their music

wallow in it
love to it
do whatever you've got to do