Music & Lyrics

I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need them again someday
I've been sitting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I cant make it through without a way back into love

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
Ive been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that its out there
Theres got to be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not just somebody to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I cant make it through without a way back into love

And If I open my heart to again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

There are moments that I don't know if its real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
and If I open my heart to again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

- "Way back into Love", Hugh Grant & Haley Bennett

A great song from a nice movie. Has plenty of other nice, catchy pop songs in it as well. It really got to me, for obvious reasons. One other thing that i found memorable from the movie was a line by Drew Barrymore's character. It goes something like this...I think - " The melody is like the initial attraction between two people...but the lyrics is the thing that keeps them together"
Somehow, I like this line alot. Don't know why.

Funny isn't it

Funny Isn't It?

Funny how a $100 "looks" so big when you take it to church, but so small when you take it to the mall.

Funny how long it takes to serve God for an hour, but how quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball.

Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church are, but how short they are when watching a movie.

Funny how we can't think of anything to say when we pray, but don't have difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.

Funny how we get thrilled when a baseball game goes into extra innings, but we complain when a sermon is longer than the regular time.

Funny how hard it is to read a chapter in the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a best selling novel.

Funny how people want to get a front seat at any game or concert, but scramble to get a back seat at church services.

Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks advance notice to fit a church event into our schedule, but can adjust our schedule at the last moment for other events.

Funny how hard it is for people to learn a simple gospel well enough to tell others, but how simple it is for the same people to understand and repeat gossip.

Funny how we believe what the newspaper says, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, or think, or say, or do anything.

Funny how you can send a thousand "jokes" through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

FUNNY, ISN'T IT?

Note: Sourced from www.oldlutheran.com

First Love

Saigo no kisu wa (Our last kiss)
Tabako no flavor ga shita (Tasted like tobacco)
Nigakute setsunai kaori (A bitter and sad smell)

Ashita no imagoro niwa (Tomorrow, at this time)
Anata wa doki ni irun darou (Where will you be?)
Dare wo omotterun darou (Who will you be thinking about?)

You are always gonna be my love (You are always gonna be my love)
Itsuka dareka to mata koi ni ochitemo (Even if I fall in love with someone once again)
I'll remember to love (I'll remember to love)
You taught me how (You taught me how)
You are always gonna be the one (You are always gonna be the one)
Ima wa mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song)
Atarashii uta utaeru made (Until I can sing a new song)

Tachidomaru jikan ga (The paused time is)
Ugokidasou to shiteru (About to start moving)
Wasuretakunai koto bakari (There's many things that I don't want to forget about)

Ashita no imagoro niwa (Tomorrow, at this time)
Watashi wa kitto naiteru (I will probably be crying)
Anata wo omotterun darou (I will probably be thinking about you)

You will always be inside my heart (You will always be inside my heart)
Itsumo anata dake no basho ga aru kara (You will always have your own place)
I hope that I have a place in your heart too (I hope that I have a place in your heart too)
Now and forever you are still the one (Now and forever you are still the one)
Ima wa mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song)
Atarashii uta utaeru made (Until I can sing a new song)

You are always gonna be my love (You are always gonna be my love)
Itsuka dareka to mata koi ni ochitemo (Even if I fall in love with someone once again)
I'll remember to love (I'll remember to love)
You taught me how (You taught me how)
You are always gonna be the one (You are always gonna be the one)
Mada kanashii love song (It's still a sad song)
Now and forever (Until I can sing a new song)

- "First Love", Utada Hikaru

Maybe this is all I can hope for. Unable to completely erase you out of my life, the memories...not clinging unto me, but instead firmly entrenched within me. Unsure if its thanks to my immature subconscious will or just my damned romantic soul.

Either way, you ARE always gonna be the one. Sigh.

P.S. Definitely prefer the Japanese version over the English version, even though I had to dig up the translation for it.