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I know there was a thread about songs that remind us of BBM on the old board, but I have just discovered this song by P.J Harvey, a British singer I like a lot. It's called "Slow Drug" (and you feel like you're high too, when you listen to the tune ;D)
I thought this is what Ennis could've felt after the second tent scene (or the reunion romp in the motel).
Blue now is the colour,
Love, the drug I'm needing,
Got to keep this feeling.
With the headlights burning,
We're looking up for something,
Answers on the ceiling.
Watching out the windows,
Watch the way the wind blows,
Soon it will be morning.
Still the question lingers,
Twisted round my fingers:
Could you be my calling?
See this windboy falling,
Falling out of something,
It's the drug I'm needing.
Arrows that he's turning,
Need to keep this feeling,
Slow drug in the morning.
With the headlights burning,
Looking out for something
Something that we're needing (that I'm needing).
And still the question lingers,
Twisted round my fingers,
Could you be my calling?
So many things are there: the BLUE shirt, the HEADLIGHTS of the truck from which Ennis descends at dawn at the start of the film, those of Jack's pick-up too. The WIND that blew Jack Ennis's way, this drug that Jack becomes for Ennis... and of course that question about Jack being his calling, question that lingers TWISTed round his fingers...
Or is it just me showing serious signs of withdrawal symptoms as I have not seen BBM for well over a month now?? :'(
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I like to play a Ryan Adam's song from his
CD - Jacksonville City Nights
Pa
Pa drove to town yesterday to pick out a grave
He found the lot where she'd lay
He drove to old man Ed Somerton's place
To find him some peace
He got there round about twelve
And he stayed 'till three
And the sun left him down in the valley
But the moon met him up in the hills by the lake
Reflecting the ghost of Ma's face
Suppertime came and went
No one heard from him
'Sis left his food on his plate
At the end of the table right next to ma's place
Where nobody sits
Telephone rang about four
My Sis answered it
And I felt the news through the floorboards
Like a long sullen moan,
like a wreck on the road
Like a joining of hands
Sha-la lala
Sha-la lala
Sha-la lala
Sha-la lala
So I drove to town yesterday
To pick out his grave
I found the lot where the'dy lay
I drove to old man Ed Somerton's place
To find me some peace
It isnt accurate with the time line of death
but it makes me wonder what it was like in the DelMar household
after the Mrs and Mr missed the only curve.
Why is there so much sadness in the world ??
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Lovely
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Songs that instantly remind me of Brokeback Mountain? Well, I've got a nice one and a nauthy one.
The nice one first:
ANNIE'S SONG (John Denver)
You fill up me senses like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you
Come let me love you, come love me again.
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE
...Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you, come love me again.
You fill up my senses like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
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And now the naughty one:
THE BAD TOUCH (Bloodhound Gang):
Ha-ha! well now we call this the act of mating
But there are several other very important differences
Between human beings and animals that you should know about
I’d appreciate your input
Sweat baby sweat baby sex is a texas drought
Me and you do the kind of stuff that only prince would sing about
So put your hands down my pants and I’ll bet you’ll feel nuts
Yes I’m siskel, yes I’m ebert and you’re getting two thumbs up
You’ve had enough of two-hand touch you want it rough you’re out of bounds
I want you smothered want you covered like my waffle house hashbrowns
Come quicker than fedex never reach an apex like coca-cola stock you are
Inclined
To make me rise an hour early just like daylight savings time
Do it now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Gettin’ horny now
Love the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket
Like the lost catacombs of egypt only God knows where we stuck it
Hieroglyphics? let me be specific I wanna be down in your south seas
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean means small craft advisory
So if I capsize on your thighs high tide, b5 you sunk my battleship
Please turn me on I’m mister coffee with an automatic drip
So show me yours I’ll show you mine tool time you’ll lovett just like lyle
And then we’ll do it doggy style so we can both watch x-files
Do it now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Gettin’ horny now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Do it now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
So let’s do it like they do on the discovery channel
Gettin’ horny now
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Gotta love them both... :P
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I associate the movie very strongly with my favorite moody music. For anyone who hasn't had a chance to listen to the radio station Philip set up, give it a try. Really good selection of tunes.
I love the lyrics posted, they remind me of different aspects of the film. One song that really gets me that feels in synch is How Will You Go by Crowded House. The leisurely pace, the Finn brothers' amazing harmonies, and the "fell over on the couch" part, oy, gets me every time:
Escape is on your mind again
Escape to a far away land
At times it seems there is no end
To long hard nights of drinking
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
I fell over on the couch again
But you know not all sleep is wasted
Your dreams are alcohol inspired
I can’t find a better way to face it
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
And you know, I’ll be fine
Just don’t ask me how it’s going
Gimme time, gimme time
’cos I want you to see
’round the world, ’round the world
Is a tangled up necklace of pearls
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
Just put the pillow over my face now....j/k.
Juan
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I associate the movie very strongly with my favorite moody music. For anyone who hasn't had a chance to listen to the radio station Philip set up, give it a try. Really good selection of tunes.
I love the lyrics posted, they remind me of different aspects of the film. One song that really gets me that feels in synch is How Will You Go by Crowded House. The leisurely pace, the Finn brothers' amazing harmonies, and the "fell over on the couch" part, oy, gets me every time:
Escape is on your mind again
Escape to a far away land
At times it seems there is no end
To long hard nights of drinking
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
I fell over on the couch again
But you know not all sleep is wasted
Your dreams are alcohol inspired
I can’t find a better way to face it
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
And you know, I’ll be fine
Just don’t ask me how it’s going
Gimme time, gimme time
’cos I want you to see
’round the world, ’round the world
Is a tangled up necklace of pearls
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I’ll find you a shelter to sleep in
Just put the pillow over my face now....j/k.
Juan
Juan, I can't believe you like this song too!!! I'm a confessed Crowd-a-holic as well. Neil Finn is one of the best songwriters of the modern age, he is brilliant. This song, and the whole Woodface album is always in my playlist!! *beaming* Love it!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Oh excellent, another CH fan! Yeah, Woodface was really such a high point of their's for me. Everyone loves Weather With You, and deservedly so, but How Will You Go got me through a few crises. And yeah, Neil Finn is an amazing singer/songwriter. Shame his solo stuff hasn't had the same response.
I was lucky enough to see them on the tour for Woodface, what an excellent show. They had such a kooky sense of humor. Shame about Paul Hester eh? At least the music will always live on....
Juan
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I have a whole playlist of songs on my iPod which remind me of Brokeback but I can't remember all of them right now and my battery's flat and I left my charger at my Dad's and blah blah blah...
Anyway, here are two I can remember:
Fix You - Coldplay
When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
High up above or down below
when you're too in love to let it go
but If you never try you'll never know
Just what your worth
Lights will guide you home
and ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
and
Eternity - Robbie Williams
Close your eyes so you don't feel them
They don't need to see you cry
I can't promise I will heal you
But if you want to I will try
I sing this summer serenade
The past is done we've been betrayed
It's true
Someone said the truth will out
I believe without a doubt
in you
(chorus)
You were there for summer dreaming
and you gave me what I need
and I hope you'll find your freedom
for eternity, for eternity
Yesterday when you were walking
We talked about your mom and dad
What they did that made you happy,
What they did that made you sad
We sat and watched the sun go down
Picked a star before we lost
the moon
Youth is wasted on the young
before you know it's come and gone
too soon
You were there for summer dreaming
and you gave me what I need
and I hope you find your freedom
for eternity, for eternity
I sing this summer serenade
the past is done we've been betrayed
it's true
youth is wasted on the young
before you know it's come and gone
too soon
you were there for summer dreaming
and you are a friend indeed
and I hope you'll find your freedom
for eternity
you were there for summer dreaming
and you are a friend indeed
and I know you'll find your freedom
eventually
For eternity, for eternity
I love the line "Youth is wasted on the young" (hence why I used it for my avatar) because what always struck me when I watched the movie was how, as they got older, so their visits became colder. The were no longer young and carefree, they had individual struggles and it always saddened me when I compared it to how happy they were that first summer on Brokeback (shown so clearly in the flashback).
Anyway, I'll put the rest up once Jake's charged (I said I was a big Jake fan on the Intro board, I even named my iPod after him).
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Fuzzy, those songs are great and really reminiscent of BBM, even though I've never heard them. Just reading them does it, thanks!
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Here is a song from an album that I have been listening to since the seventies.
There are so many songs on Windsong that fit with the Brokeback theme, that I sometimes think it should have been "the soundtrack" for Brokeback.
It would have softened the movie, though.
Song of Wyoming
as performed by John Denver.
This song appears on three albums,
and was first released on the Windsong album
Well, Im weary and tired, Ive done my days ridin
Nighttime is rollin my way
The skys all on fire and the lights slowly fading
Peaceful and still ends the day
Out on the trail night birds are callin
Singin their wild melody
Down in the canyon cottonwood whispers
A Song of Wyoming for me
Well, Ive wandered around the town and the city
Tried to figure the how and the why
Well, Ive stopped all my schemin
Im just driftin and dreamin
Watching the river roll by
Here comes that big ole prairie moon risin
Shinin down bright as can be
Up on the hill theres a coyote singin
A Song of Wyoming for me
Now its whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee
A lonesome old dogie am I
But wakin up on the range
Lord I feel like an angel
Free like I almost could fly
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands
Sing like a bird in the tree
The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin
A Song of Wyoming for me
A Song of Wyoming for me
Words and music by Kent Lewis
"The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin"
lovely
I think I should make a list of John Dnver
songs that fit with Brokeback.
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isabelle, i LOVE pj harvey. i made a mix cd a long time ago after i first saw bbm of songs that reminded me of jack and ennis. this one REALLY sticks out to me, and it's by pj as well:
"Sweeter Than Anything"
In photographs
I've seen him laugh
Hand overboard
Sun on his back
Summer was here
I remember it well
How he stood in the shade
How we both kissed and fell
How can this be
There's nothing left here
So sad our memory
Now he talks in his sleep
Says I've never known peace
And I don't know him now
He's a stranger to me
How can this be
There's nothing left here
We were never more than a dream
Brief as summer or spring
Sweeter than anything
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Little darlin (I forget your name, sorry!), another PJ Harvey fan, yay! On which album is this song, please? It does fit well.
And toast (what's YOUR name, if you don't mind me asking?), yours is also VERY much Brokeback.
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Now its whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee
A lonesome old dogie am I
But wakin up on the range
Lord I feel like an angel
Free like I almost could fly
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands
Sing like a bird in the tree
The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin
A Song of Wyoming for me
A Song of Wyoming for me
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Especially this bit. Gives me the feeling I got, reading Annie Proulx's short story.
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Keith Urban
Tonight I Wanna Cry
Alone in this house again tonight
I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine
Theres pictures of you and I on the walls around me
the way that it was and should have been surrounds me
I'll never get over you walkin' away
Well I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride
Let it fall like rain, from my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry.
Would it help if i turned a sad song on
"All by Myself" would sure hit me hard, now that you're gone
Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters
It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better
But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way
Cause I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with my pride
Let it fall like rain, from my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry.
oOOo
Well I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To hell with this pride
Let it fall like rain, from my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry.
mmhmm mm
Keith Urban
a country song, and I am NOT a c&w fan - until now.
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(what can I say? I'm a romantic)--JLScheib
The first time that ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
and the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
to the dark and the empty skies, my love
to the dark and the empty skies
The first time that ever I lay with you
and felt your heart beat close to mine
I thought our joy would fill the earth
and last till the end of time, my love,
and last till the ende of time
The first time that ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth turn in my hand
like the trembling heart of a captive bird
that was there at my command, my love,
that was there at my command.
-- Ewen McCall
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Little darlin (I forget your name, sorry!), another PJ Harvey fan, yay! On which album is this song, please? It does fit well.
it's a b-side to the "a perfect day elise" singles. i can rip it for you and upload it to yousendit if you'd like. it's really a beautiful song. :)
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toast - very good answer. I must say, at first I thought 'toast' referred to your humor, which I took to be dry! And very good song again.
Julie - why didn't I think of this one? I know this song!
And little darlin - I'll have to address you in this very intimate way if you prefer to keep your anonymity too - YES, I'd love to be able to hear this song. But I am still a bit dumb with computers, although I'm getting better, so you'll have to tell me what I have to do (and what 'yousendit' is, and how to get there... you get the picture :P) Thank you! :-*
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And little darlin - I'll have to address you in this very intimate way if you prefer to keep your anonymity too - YES, I'd love to be able to hear this song. But I am still a bit dumb with computers, although I'm getting better, so you'll have to tell me what I have to do (and what 'yousendit' is, and how to get there... you get the picture :P) Thank you! :-*
Check your pm!
If anyone else wants it, let me know.
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Here I am again with another John Denver Song
I think this song would be perfect if Ennis (I would ride along with him)
if Ennis were to take Jack Twist's ashes to the top of Brokeback.
It could be read as part of the ceremony or sitting at the fire drinking whiskey
or it would make a perfect soundtrack for our slideshow after we got back to earth.
This song appears on seven albums,
and was first released as the title song on Windsong (that is the best version)
John Denver - Windsong
The wind is the whisper of our mother the earth
The wind is the hand of our father the sky
The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures
The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly
The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings
The weaver of darkness, the bringer of dawn
The wind gives the rain, then builds us a rainbow
The wind is the singer who sang the first song
The wind is a twister of anger and warning
The wind brings the fragrance of freshly mown hay
The wind is a racer, a wild stallion running
The sweet taste of love on a slow summer’s day
The wind knows the songs of the cities and canyons
The thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea
The wind is the taker and giver of mornings
The wind is the symbol of all that is free
So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers
Follow her summons when she calls again
In your heart and your spirit let the breezes surround you
Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind
Rest in Peace Jack Nasty, we love you.
This one makes me cry, everytime.
I like all this crying.
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Toast - we'll have to find ourselves a Mountain named Brokeback, and hold a ceremony there, in honour of all those we love/have loved.
I LOVE that this song refers to the wind as SHE - rather unexpected, but great.
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What was that number again, toast? LOL :laugh:
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Though I'm not usually a great fan of pop music, "Let there be love" by Oasis, is one of those songs/tunes that always makes me think of Brokeback Mountain:
Let There Be Love Lyrics
Artist(Band):Oasis
Let There Be Love Lyrics
Who kicked a hole in the sky so the heavens would cry over me?
Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams?
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love
Come on Baby Blue
Shake up your tired eyes
The world is waiting for you
May all your dreaming fill the empty sky
But if it makes you happy
Keep on clapping
Just remember Ill be by your side
And if you dont let go its gonna pass you by
Who kicked a hole in the sky so the heavens would cry over me?
Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams?
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love
Let there be love
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I know I always say this whenever someone asks me, but "Goodbye my Lover" always makes me think of Brokeback. Although I have an overwhelming need to punch James Blunt in the face,I somehow get past that need so I can enjoy this song. This is the only song of his I like.
Goodbye My Lover- James Blunt
Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.(all of them work accept this one)
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.
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Hey, Becky, someone actually sent me a youtube video of a montage of BBM with this very song playing along... I thought it fitted completely.
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I know I had been beging people for ages to make one and they finally did! I knew it would fit straight away cause I had been listening to it the morning of my first BBM viewing and I still had it in my head. When it came to the very end of the film this song just popped into my head. It only hit me a couple of later and I couldn't stop crying, believe me the sobbing was unbareable. :'(
Watch the Youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTZelmIytA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTZelmIytA)
I also like this one, It doesn't really have the meaning in it that "My Lover" does, but it is still a good song:
Colorblind- Counting Crows:
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am taffy stuck and tongue tied
Stutter shook and uptight
Pull me out from inside
I am ready I am fine
I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded and unfolded and unfolding
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready I am fine
You can download it here to listen to:
http://www.countingcrows.com/discography/tdl/colorblind.html (http://www.countingcrows.com/discography/tdl/colorblind.html)
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I know I always say this whenever someone asks me, but "Goodbye my Lover" always makes me think of Brokeback. Although I have an overwhelming need to punch James Blunt in the face,I somehow get past that need so I can enjoy this song. This is the only song of his I like.
Bex, I agree with everything in this post (except I also like High but everything else I cannot stand!!)
Hey, Becky, someone actually sent me a youtube video of a montage of BBM with this very song playing along... I thought it fitted completely.
Isabelle, that video is actually what made me like the song. I hated it before. First time I heard it, I actually fell asleep. But when I watched that video, it put it into a WHOLE new light and since then I've had a strange love for it.
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I also like this one, It doesn't really have the meaning in it that "My Lover" does, but it is still a good song:
Colorblind- Counting Crows:
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am taffy stuck and tongue tied
Stutter shook and uptight
Pull me out from inside
I am ready I am fine
I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded and unfolded and unfolding
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready I am fine
You can download it here to listen to:
http://www.countingcrows.com/discography/tdl/colorblind.html (http://www.countingcrows.com/discography/tdl/colorblind.html)
Becky, I don't think I can love you more than I do right now!!! That was another one of the songs on my playlist. I LOVE (LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) this song, and it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful and is completely fitting for BBM.
*lots of "o"s in that*
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I have been obsessed with that song ever since I saw Cruel Intentions, I love it! If I do end up making a Brokeback C.D that will definitley be going on there!
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Colourblind makes me cry everytime I listen to it (and that's a lot). It's just so amazingly powerful, so haunting and beautiful. Love, love, love it!! *puts on Cruel Intentions CD*
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OK, it's not a song, but I have just dug up this part of a poem by the author of "Leaves of Grass", Walt Whitman, which makes me think of E&J (from Jack, after they part at the end of their Brokeback time?):
"I ate with you, and slept with you,
Your body has become
Not yours only
Nor has it left my body
Mine only.
I am to wait, I do not doubt that I am to meet you again.
I am to see to it that I do not lose you."
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Oh Walt Whitman! Sorry I went through a little obsession about him while I was going through my "The Notebook" stage. Cause the character Noah reads "Leaves of Grass" to help get him over his stammer when he was younger, then takes it to war with him and it takes a bullet for him.
Sorry I am going on my "I love the Notebook" band-wagon again, I will stop. ::) But that is very reminisent of Brokeback. Well done for the research Isabelle Bravo! :-*
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Ok, Jakie's all charged up again so I thought I'd add a few more songs:
*the first two are originally from movies*
Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen
There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever . . . . . ?
Oh ooo oh
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Ooh
Who dares to love forever
Oh oo woh, when love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
Against All Odds - Phil Collins (though I much prefer the Westlife & Mariah Carey version)
How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking every breath with you, ooh
You're the only one who really knew me at all
How can you just walk away from me,
when all I can do is watch you leave
Cos we've shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears
You're the only one who really knew me at all
So take a look at me now, oh there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me,
just the memory of your face
Ooh take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space
And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face
I wish I could just make you turn around,
turn around and see me cry
There's so much I need to say to you,
so many reasons why
You're the only one who really knew me at all
So take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face
Now take a look at me now, cos there's just an empty space
But to wait for you, is all I can do and that's what I've got to face
Take a good look at me now, cos I'll still be standing here
And you coming back to me is against all odds
It's the chance I've gotta take
Take a look at me now
*nobody laugh at this one! Seriously, no one!!*
I'm Not Buying - Darius
So many times we find ourselves here -
Looking just about anywhere
But in each others eyes,
I'm wondering why...
So many chances brushed then wasted,
So many matches almost won in injury time -Nobody cried...
We're kicking pieces out of each other,
Instead of kicking the pain in our hearts -
Where do we start?
Chorus
Well we can reach,
And we can climb,
And we can turn this ship around in time -
That's why I'm holding out for you
I'm not buying that it's over
You can tell me anything
But I'm not buying that it's broken.
So many fixes come too easy,
Leave us so unsatisfied -
Chasing the kite, addicted to high...
So many patches we have worn,
So many promises left still born We're so blind, we kill more than time
Intoxicated, drowning each other -
Instead of drowning the pain in our hearts...
Where do we start?
Chorus
We'll walk with innocence
We'll leave the ignorance
We'll run together, let's break this silence...
Don't wanna fight no more,
Wanna feel the light some more,
Let's run together and break this silence...
I'm holding out for you,
Reaching out for you,
No way that this is through -
If we just If we just
We can reach, we can reach
We can reach,
And we can climb,
And we can hold on by our feelings to what is right.
I'm holding out for you,
I'm not buying that it's over,
I'm holding out for you, reaching out for you, no way that this is through
You can tell me anything,
Sell me anything,
To hell with everything,
I'm not buying that it's over
There are quite a few good lyrics in some Busted songs that apply, even if the songs don't fuly. This is another don't laugh thing, Busted have good album songs!
Then some obvious ones are:
Always - Bon Jovi
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
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Fuzzy, there was a youtube video with "Against the odds" and that one made me cry my heart out :'(
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Hi
there are so many songs that make me thnk of BBm ........ the one I love and cherish the most is
Alejate sung by Josh Groban
here are the words:
ALEJATE
Jamás sentí en el alma tanto amor
Y nadie mas que tú, mi amó
Por ti reí y lloré, renací también
Lo que tuve dí, por tenerte aquí
Ya sé que despedirnos es mejor
Sufriendo pagaré mi error
Ya nada será igual, lo tengo que aceptar
Y hallar la fuerza en mí para este adios
Aléjate, no puedo más
Ya no hay manera de volver el tiempo atrás
Olvídate de mí
Y déjame seguir a solas con mi soledad
Aléjate, ya dime adios
Y me resignaré a seguir sin tu calor
Y jamás entenderé que fue lo que pasó
Si nada puedo hacer, aléjate
No voy a arrepentirme del ayer
Amándote te hice mujer
Por el amor aquel, por serte siempre fiel
Hoy tengo que ser fuerte y aprender
Aléjate, no puedo más
Ya no hay manera de volver el tiempo atrás
Olvídate de mí
Y déjame seguir a solas con mi soledad
Aléjate, ya dime adios
Y me resignará seguir sin tu calor
Y jamás entenderé que fue lo que pasó
Si nada puedo hacer, aléjate
Aléjate, no puedo más
Ya no hay manera de volver en tiempo atrás
Olvídate de mí
Y déjame seguir a solas con mi soledad
Aléjate, ya dime adios
Y me resignará seguir sin tu calor
Y jamás entenderé que fue lo que pasó
Si nada puedo hacer, aléjate
In English:
I never felt so much love in my soul
And no one loved me more than you did
For you I laughed and cried, and was reborn
I gave all I have to keep you here
I know that saying goodbye is best
Suffering, I will pay for my mistake
And nothing will be the same. I have to accept it
And find the strength in me for this goodbye
Just walk away. I cannot bear it anymore
There’s no way to go back in time
Forget me
And let me go on alone with my solitude
Just walk away, tell me goodbye
And I will resign myself to going on without your warmth
And I will never understand what happened
If there's nothing I can do, just walk away
I’m not going to repent for yesterday
I loved you, woman
For that love, for always being faithful
Today I have to be strong and learn
Just walk away. I cannot bear it anymore
There’s no way to go back in time
Forget me
And let me go on alone with my solitude
Just walk away, tell me goodbye
And I will resign myself to going on without your warmth
And I will never understand what happened
If there's nothing I can do, just walk away
Just walk away. I cannot bear it anymore
There’s no way to go back in time
Forget me
And let me go on alone with my solitude
Just walk away, tell me goodbye
And I will resign myself to going on without your warmth
And I will never understand what happened
If there's nothing I can do, just walk away
it just has meaning for me....hard to explain....
hugs
Kea
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Wow!! That's perfect, isn't it?!
Isabelle: I saw it one time and saved it for future reference cos I was watching all the music vids that day but I never got back to it. I take they use the Phil Collin's version?
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Yes Fuzzy, Phil Collins version
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Lol, it cracks me up so much when people refer to me as "Fuzzy". ;D
Yeah, just wondering, cos like I said, I much prefer the Westlife and Mariah Carey version. It's far more powerful. Thanks for the info :D
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I have been singing this in my head all day cause of the Romeo and Juliet performance last night and now I can't get it out of my head. It is not really very BBM, but it is a sad song:
SINEAD O'CONNOR
NOTHING COMPARES 2 U
It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since u took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since u took your love away
Since u been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares 2 u
It's been so lonely without u here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong
I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you
I went to the doctor n'guess what he told me
Guess what he told me
He said girl u better have fun
No matter what u do
But he's a fool
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares 2 u
All the flowers that u planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when u went away
I know that living with u baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try
Nothing compares
Nothing compares 2 u
Nothing compares
Nothing compares 2 u
Nothing compares
Nothing compares 2 u
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I have noticed something quite funny; most disney songs can be connected with BBM in some way or another for example:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight- Lion King
[Alma:] I can see what's happ'ning
[Alma Jr:] (What?)
[Alma:] And they don't have a clue!
[Alma Jr:] (Who?)
[Alma:] They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
Our trio's down to two. (a bit of poetic lisence on that one, you will have to forget Jenny)
[Alma Jr:] (Oh.)
[Alma:] (French accent) The sweet caress of twilight
There's magic everywhere
And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air
[Choir:] Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things
[Ennis:] So many things to tell him ( Poetic lisence of changing the she's into he's)
But how to make him see
The truth about my past? Impossible!
he'd turn away from me
[Jack:] He's holding back, he's hiding
But what, I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is
The king I see inside?
[Choir:] Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are
[Alma:] And if he falls in love tonight
It can be assumed
His carefree days with us are history
In short, our pal is doomed
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Sorry I love the idea of Alma as a bronx meercat(sp?)!
Part of your world reprise- The Little Mermaid:
What would I give
To live where you are?
What would I pay
To stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you
Smiling at me?
Where would we walk?
Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun?
Just you and me
And I could be
Part of your world
I don't know when
I don't know how
But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see
Some day I'll be
Part of your world
One Song- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves:
One Song
I have but one song
One song
Only for you
One heart
Tenderly beating
Ever entreating
Constant and true
One love
That has possessed me
One love
Thrilling me through
One song
My heart keeps singing
Of one love
Only for you
So This is Love- Cinderella:(I especially love this one cause it reminds me of Ennis happily humming)
So this is love, Mmmmmm
So this is love
So this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow, Mmmmmm
And now I know
The key to all heaven is mine
My heart has wings, Mmmmmm
And I can fly
I'll touch ev'ry star in the sky
So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
So this is love
I Wan'na Be Like You- Jungle Book(This one made me laugh cause of the idea of the comparison between King Louis and Jack and Ennis wanting their manhood(hertosexuality) back is just too funny.)
Now I'm the king of the swingers
Oh, the Brokeback VIP
I've reached the top and had to stop
And that's what botherin' me
I wanna be a man, mancub
And stroll right into town
And be just like the other men
I'm tired of monkeyin' around!
Oh, oobee doo
I wanna be like you
I wanna walk like you
Talk like you, too
You'll see it's true
A guy like me
Can learn to be human too
Now don't try to kid me, mancub
I made a deal with you
What I desire is man's red fire
To make my dream come true
Give me the secret, mancub
Clue me what to do
Give me the power of man's red flower
So I can be like you
You!
I wanna be like you
I wanna talk like you
Walk like you, too
You'll see it's true
Someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like you
Can learn to be
Like someone like me!
Love- Robin Hood.
Love
It seems like only yesterday
You were just a child at play
Now you're all grown up inside of me
Oh, how fast those moments flee
Once we watched a lazy world go by
Now the days seem to fly
Life is brief, but when it's gone
Love goes on and on
Love will live
Love will last
Love goes on and on and on
Once we watched a lazy world go by
Now the days seem to fly
Life is brief, but when it's gone
Love goes on and on
My Very own version on "Not in Nottingham" from Robin Hood. But, how should I put this, with a little Twist!
Not on Brokeback Man! - Adapted by me!
Every mound
Has its ups and down
Sometime ups
Outnumber the downs
But not on Brokeback, man
I'm inclined to believe
If we were so down
We'd up and leave
We'd up and fly if we had wings for flyin'
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there be some happiness for me?
Not on Brokeback, man.
Now try and come up with your own Brokeback Disney songs. Trust me it is really fun!
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I have noticed something quite funny; most disney songs can be connected with BBM in some way or another for example:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight- Lion King
[Alma:] I can see what's happ'ning
[Alma Jr:] (What?)
[Alma:] And they don't have a clue!
[Alma Jr:] (Who?)
[Alma:] They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line
Our trio's down to two. (a bit of poetic lisence on that one, you will have to forget Jenny)
[Alma Jr:] (Oh.)
[Alma:] (French accent) The sweet caress of twilight
There's magic everywhere
And with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air
[Choir:] Can you feel the love tonight?
The peace the evening brings
The world, for once, in perfect harmony
With all its living things
[Ennis:] So many things to tell him ( Poetic lisence of changing the she's into he's)
But how to make him see
The truth about my past? Impossible!
he'd turn away from me
[Jack:] He's holding back, he's hiding
But what, I can't decide
Why won't he be the king I know he is
The king I see inside?
[Choir:] Can you feel the love tonight?
You needn't look too far
Stealing through the night's uncertainties
Love is where they are
[Alma:] And if he falls in love tonight
It can be assumed
His carefree days with us are history
In short, our pal is doomed
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Sorry I love the idea of Alma as a bronx meercat(sp?)!
Part of your world reprise- The Little Mermaid:
What would I give
To live where you are?
What would I pay
To stay here beside you?
What would I do to see you
Smiling at me?
Where would we walk?
Where would we run?
If we could stay all day in the sun?
Just you and me
And I could be
Part of your world
I don't know when
I don't know how
But I know something's starting right now
Watch and you'll see
Some day I'll be
Part of your world
One Song- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves:
One Song
I have but one song
One song
Only for you
One heart
Tenderly beating
Ever entreating
Constant and true
One love
That has possessed me
One love
Thrilling me through
One song
My heart keeps singing
Of one love
Only for you
So This is Love- Cinderella:(I especially love this one cause it reminds me of Ennis happily humming)
So this is love, Mmmmmm
So this is love
So this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow, Mmmmmm
And now I know
The key to all heaven is mine
My heart has wings, Mmmmmm
And I can fly
I'll touch ev'ry star in the sky
So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
So this is love
I Wan'na Be Like You- Jungle Book(This one made me laugh cause of the idea of the comparison between King Louis and Jack and Ennis wanting their manhood(hertosexuality) back is just too funny.)
Now I'm the king of the swingers
Oh, the Brokeback VIP
I've reached the top and had to stop
And that's what botherin' me
I wanna be a man, mancub
And stroll right into town
And be just like the other men
I'm tired of monkeyin' around!
Oh, oobee doo
I wanna be like you
I wanna walk like you
Talk like you, too
You'll see it's true
A guy like me
Can learn to be human too
Now don't try to kid me, mancub
I made a deal with you
What I desire is man's red fire
To make my dream come true
Give me the secret, mancub
Clue me what to do
Give me the power of man's red flower
So I can be like you
You!
I wanna be like you
I wanna talk like you
Walk like you, too
You'll see it's true
Someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like me
Can learn to be
Like someone like you
Can learn to be
Like someone like me!
Love- Robin Hood.
Love
It seems like only yesterday
You were just a child at play
Now you're all grown up inside of me
Oh, how fast those moments flee
Once we watched a lazy world go by
Now the days seem to fly
Life is brief, but when it's gone
Love goes on and on
Love will live
Love will last
Love goes on and on and on
Once we watched a lazy world go by
Now the days seem to fly
Life is brief, but when it's gone
Love goes on and on
My Very own version on "Not in Nottingham" from Robin Hood. But, how should I put this, with a little Twist!
Not on Brokeback Man! - Adapted by me!
Every mound
Has its ups and down
Sometime ups
Outnumber the downs
But not on Brokeback, man
I'm inclined to believe
If we were so down
We'd up and leave
We'd up and fly if we had wings for flyin'
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there be some happiness for me?
Not on Brokeback, man.
Now try and come up with your own Brokeback Disney songs. Trust me it is really fun!
Becky, you have truly lost the plot. Plus, it's slightly blasphemus (spelling?) in my opinion to change Disney songs :P
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Beckyyyyyyyyy. Nothing Compares To You was written by Prince. You're young. I understand. ;D
Here's a song from the new self titled Pearl Jam cd that reminded me of story Ennis in the framing sequence.
COME BACK
If I keep holding out
Will the light shine through?
Under this broken roof
It's only rain that I feel
I've been wishin' out the days
Oh oh oh
Come back
I have been planning out
All that I'd say to you
Since you slipped away
Know that I still remain true
I've been wishin' out the days
Please say that if you hadn't have gone now
I wouldn't have lost you another way
From wherever you are
Oh oh oh oh
Come back
And these days, they linger on, yeah, yeah
And in the night, I've been waiting for
A real possibility that I may meet you in my dreams
I go to sleep
If I don't fall apart
Will my memory stay clear?
So you had to go
And I had to remain here
But the strangest thing to date
So far away and yet you feel so close
I'm not going to question it any other way
It must be an open door for you
To come back
And the days they linger on, yeah
Every night I'm waiting for
The real possibility that I may need to end my pain
Sometimes you're there and you're talking back to me
Come the morning I could swear you're next to me
And it's ok, it's ok, it's ok
I'll be here
Come back, come back
I'll be here
Come back, come back
I'll be here
Come back, come back
The three consecutive "it's okay"s made me think, geez, was this inspired by the movie?
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Okay. With no small degree of trepidation I present...
THE WINGS (vocal version)
lyrics by (shudder) me <still want to make these two edits. Lines don't look right>
<Looking through feathers I see you sometimes>
The wings on my back are like metal and stone
They cover my eyes and weigh heavy on me
I'm sheltered and blinded, I'm safe and alone
I don't have the words to make sense of my need
Each definition you hold in your hand
But God he has placed me out of your reach
So I am still living by lower demands
Oh my love
We are cold in the light
We are grounded in flight
Oh my love
In every heart living there's something inside
That's meant to be passed between people we love
I can't change the way that I've chosen to live
I can't stand the pain of not giving enough
I'm sorry for giving you hope for this life
When nothing worth living for lasts very long
And I wish to heaven that someone had told me
The struggle just might have been worth taking on
Oh my love
We are cold in the light
We are grounded in flight
Oh my love
In dreams we are gifted with open blue skies
We ride with each other the mountains we knew
<When dreams are all over and death grants my wish>
The wings on my back they will fly me to you
The wings on my back will fly me to you
So that's the version that Gustavo has with my name all over it from the Aero. :)
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That's great Kirk. Really a beautiful and touching text: thank you for sharing your sensibility and skills with us. Grazie,
Luigi
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Kirk,
For some reason (but which ???), I was not receiving the answers to this topic anymore, so I have just discovered the lyrics you wrote to The Wings! It is beautiful :) I wish I could hear it. Any idea where I can?
Isabelle.
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(what can I say? I'm a romantic)--JLScheib
The first time that ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
and the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
to the dark and the empty skies, my love
to the dark and the empty skies
The first time that ever I lay with you
and felt your heart beat close to mine
I thought our joy would fill the earth
and last till the end of time, my love,
and last till the ende of time
The first time that ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth turn in my hand
like the trembling heart of a captive bird
that was there at my command, my love,
that was there at my command.
-- Ewen McCall
I LOVE THIS SONG TOO! I've heard two versions now (one by George Michael) and it is such a beautiful song! Fits perfectly for BBM!
~ j U d E
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KATIE MELUA LYRICS
"I Cried For You"
You're beautiful so silently
It lies beneath a shade of blue
It struck me so violently
When I looked at you
But others pass, the never pause,
To feel that magic in your hand
To me you're like a wild rose
They never understand why
I cried for you
When the sky cried for you
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter
But this life was not for you
Though I learned from you,
That beauty need only be a whisper
I'll cross the sea for a different world,
With your treasure, a secret for me to hold
In many years they may forget
This love of ours or that we met,
They may not know
how much you meant to me.
I cried for you
And the sky cried for you,
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter.
But this life was not for you,
Though I learned from you,
That beauty need only be a whisper
Without you now I see,
How fragile the world can be
And I know you've gone away
But in my heart you'll always stay.
I cried for you
And the sky cried for you,
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter.
But this life was not for you,
Though I learned from you,
That beauty need only be a whisper
That beauty need only be a whisper
~ j U d E
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I wish I could hear it. Any idea where I can?
Isabelle.
I imagine I'll have a website up at some point. I sent it to Ray and he can't listen to it due to computer problems. I'm taking that as a sign and keeping it to myself until a more professional version is available. Thanks though. ;)
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This one reminds me of the last trip together: "Don't Speak" by No Doubt. It's not particularly eloquent but the message is clear & poignant. Below is an excerpt (the chorus) which brngs to mind the images of them hurting each other with what they're saying, and also what they're not saying of course.
"Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts"
:'( :'( :'(
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TOO FAR GONE by Neil Young
When I woke up you were gone
And the sun was on the lawn
Empty pillow with perfume on
I smelled it.
Well, we met in my favorite bar
Took a ride in my old car
But I still don't know how
We made it home.
Was I too far gone
Too far gone
Too far gone
For you.
We had drugs and we had booze
But we still had something to lose
And by dawn I wanted
To marry you.
With our attitudes by day
And our secret dreams by night
Can we really live our lives
That way.
Am I too far gone
Too far gone
Too far gone
For you.
Was I too far gone
Too far gone
Too far gone
For you.
Neil recorded many versions of this song, from 1972 to 1989 (and probably still performs it)
My favourite versions
are on Chrome Dreams / On the Beach - a quieter acoustic version suitable for the movie soundtrack.
and on: Freedom (1989) a heavier rock studio version that would be so great if the movie had had a larger budget, with helicopter shots of our boys riding horses over the rolling hills and through sunsets, wind in their hair in some open vehicle; huge smiles with trees, rocks and clouds whizzing by, ... ooops back to reality.
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This Year's Love - David Gray
This years love had better last
heaven knows it's high time
I've been waiting on my own too long
And when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget how my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like I can't go on
Turning circles when time again
it cuts like a knife oh yea
IF you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
than sweet sweet lies
before i open up my arms and fall
losing all control of every dream inside my soul
and when you kiss me on that midnight street
sweep me off my feet
singin ain't this life so sweet
this years love had better last
this years love had better last
so whose to worry if our hearts get torn
when that hurt gets thrown
don't you know this life goes on
and won't you kiss me on that midnight street
sweep me off my feet
singin ain't this life so sweet
this years love had better last
this years love had better last
this years love had better last
this years love had better last
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I do believe I have found the perfect song to describe our boys first tent scene:
Heartbeats- José González
One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away
Both under influence we had divine scent
To know what to say
Mind is a razorblade
To call for hands of above to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough for me
One night of magic rush
The start: a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief
Ten days of perfect tunes
The colours red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love
And you, you knew the hand of a devil
And you kept us awake with wolves teeth
Sharing different heartbeats in one night
What do you think? Don't you agree that so applies to Jack and Ennis on their first night?
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I do believe I have found the perfect song to describe our boys first tent scene:
Heartbeats- José González
What do you think? Don't you agree that so applies to Jack and Ennis on their first night?
The song is actually a cover of an original by The Knives. It's very different - electro in style. But I think this guitar based version is wonderfully appropriate for BBM. It is on the BBM radio playlist!
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The song is actually a cover of an original by The Knives. It's very different - electro in style. But I think this guitar based version is wonderfully appropriate for BBM. It is on the BBM radio playlist!
Wow, I never knew about the Knives version, I will have to check that out. I just heard this song today(on an advert infact. I know, how cultured am I?) and thought it was perfect for BBM, it seems Philip had the same idea when compiling the radio playlist. I think this song is perfect for BBM, I am not quite sure about the knives version cause I haven't heard it yet, but all I know is I love this version and it will forever remind me of the wonderful BBM. ;D
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This past Saturday night, as I was eating my supper, I popped my CD of the Eagles' "Greatest Hits" into the CD player. Of course, as some of you young whipper snappers may not know, the years of the Eagles' greatest popularity correspond to the central years of Ennis and Jack's relationship.
I'm not saying the correspondence is exact, but this one really made me think of Ennis, especially in Don Henley's slightly hoarse voice, and especially that last line, "before it's too late."
"Desperado"
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late
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Becky and Jeff - both your songs really do mirror BBM! Thanks for keeping the posts coming.
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I am an Eagles' fan and I do like the song "Desperado" which belongs over in the CM and WM thread which I created.
Country Music and Western Music are two separate rural music genres. Marty Robbins sang Western ballads, Country songs and rock-n-roll pop songs, too. But, he was best at Western songs.
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Well, this is probably going to sound silly, but I heard this Chris Isaak song, Wicked Game, over the Muzak while shopping at Bed, Bath & Beyond a few weeks ago, and it reminded me of Brokeback Mountain.
The world was on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
v And I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
And I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
{World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
Nobody loves no one
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Ah Chris Isaak....love that song and a whole bunch of his. I'm a huge Joni Mitchell fan, and while a lot of her songs are about love and love lost, it was hard to think of one that fits Brokeback. So I'm going with this one called River, cuz I feel like it has a little bit of both Jack and Ennis in it. If you've never heard it, it's beautiful.
River:
Its coming on christmas
Theyre cutting down trees
Theyre putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it dont snow here
It stays pretty green
Im going to make a lot of money
Then Im going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry
He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
Im so hard to handle
Im selfish and Im sad
Now Ive gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I made my baby say goodbye
Its coming on christmas
Theyre cutting down trees
Theyre putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
Juan
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Thank You Juan C
Yes Ennis and Jack should have a Christmas together
Here is my Christmas wish for them.
Christmas Lullaby © Melanie Safka
And when I remember
how good your love feels
The real world goes slipping away
And though it's just dreaming
I make your love true
And I'd trade in this real world
for Christmas with you
I go to a wonderland
in the moonlight glow
When most of me is feeling alone
And we'll make snow angels
in the new fallen snow
And make tracks from our heaven
to the place we call home
And though it's just Christmas
is there anything else
Sometimes I awaken to question myself
Oh what fools, what children,
to follow the heart
For a dream
that might last just one night
But something that doesn't
speak English says do
And I trade in this real world
for Christmas with you
And something with wings
and speaks only in blue
Tells me trade in this real world
for Christmas with you
- Remember their moonlit night, Jack dressed in blue, and that some of us say that he is like the sky and the wind.
Download Melanie singing the song for the full effect.
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Is that THE Melanie? Do you have a link? I need something to listen to while weeding the lawn (in between ABC breaks!)
Oh, BTW, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young will be performing at Red Rocks, about a mile away from me, on my birthday July 17. I'll be camped out in the rocks above the amphitheater.
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Your Neil Young post drove me to my phonograph, Toast, where I discovered that my partner and I have collected a huge number of Neil Young albums over the years! I listened to Neil Young from 1969, where the first song is "Emperor of Wyoming" but it's an instrumental. I listened to it, thinking of the Pope of Wyoming. Then there is The Loner and several other songs that remind me of BBM. But here's one from another 1969 album of his:
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
When you were young
and on your own
How did it feel
to be alone?
I was always thinking
of games that I was playing.
Trying to make
the best of my time.
But only love
can break your heart
Try to be sure
right from the start
Yes only love
can break your heart
What if your world
should fall apart?
I have a friend
I've never seen
He hides his head
inside a dream
Someone should call him
and see if he can come out.
Try to lose
the down that he's found.
But only love
can break your heart
Try to be sure
right from the start
Yes only love
can break your heart
What if your world
should fall apart?
I have a friend
I've never seen
He hides his head
inside a dream
Yes, only love
can break your heart
Yes, only love
can break your heart
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Hi everyone, theres been a song thats allways be close to my heart. It was only ever made as a demo by a famous pop group and i only had bad copys of it. i loved the song so much i leanred to play it myself. after watching the film everytime i play it it makes me think of parts in the film.
Just Like That
Until that day
My life had been a river
Following the same, pre-destinated course,
Suddenly detouring so unexpectedly
With uncompromising force.
My strongholds broke down all too easily;
I remember well,
How it did embarrass me;
I hung on to his every smile
Marveled at his style
Just like that...
He walked into my house
As smug as a cat
He was handsome and smart
Walked away with my heart
Just like that...
He found a temporary home in my flat
Telling innocent lies
Throwing dust in my eyes
But I led him on,
Knowing that someday soon he'd be gone
Just like that...
As though he only stopped awhile for a chat;
But my secrets he learned
Leaving no stone unturned
And once again, the river's flowing slowly,
Following it's safe and uneventful course.
Now the tears have dried,
it's become a pleasant break,
I recall without remorse.
But now and then
I wonder where he is
And I will admit,
he had something that I miss.
I guess he was a rolling stone;
The only one I've known.
Just like that...
He walked into my house
As smug as a cat
He was handsome and smart
Walked away with my heart
Just like that...
He found a temporary home in my flat
Telling innocent lies
Throwing dust in my eyes
But I led him on,
Knowing that someday soon he'd be gone
Just like that...
As though he only stopped awhile for a chat;
But my secrets he learned
Leaving no stone unturned
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Your Neil Young post drove me to my phonograph, Toast, where I discovered that my partner and I have collected a huge number of Neil Young albums over the years! I listened to Neil Young from 1969, where the first song is "Emperor of Wyoming" but it's an instrumental. I listened to it, thinking of the Pope of Wyoming. Then there is The Loner and several other songs that remind me of BBM. But here's one from another 1969 album of his:
Listening to Neil Young since 1969? Very impressive, Lee. Neil Young was the first concert I ever attended, in junior high. And After the Goldrush was one of the first albums I ever owned.
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I'm a huge Joni Mitchell fan... So I'm going with this one called River, cuz I feel like it has a little bit of both Jack and Ennis in it.
River
Its coming on christmas
Theyre cutting down trees
Theyre putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on....
I'm a Mitchell fan too and yeah, "River" is a very beautiful, but sad song, kinda like the feeling of BBM. I love the way Mitchell uses some of the notes from "Jingle Bells" in it... It's a wonderful song.
Rayn
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I found myself often humming this one, and then all of a sudden I realized why: The rodeo announcer's "Send in the clowns!" in the scene where Jack nearly gets trampled had stuck in my mind.
Now I wonder whether that line in the movie was in fact deliberately chosen as a reminder of "Send in the Clowns" from "A little Night Music". Because the lyrics are surprisingly apt, especially seen from Jack's perspective. (They even take on the "queer" issue ;) )
Isn't it rich?
Aren't we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air.
Send in the clowns.
Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around,
One who can't move.
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.
Just when I'd stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,
Making my entrance again with my usual flair,
Sure of my lines,
No one is there.
Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want.
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don't bother, they're here.
Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer,
Losing my timing this late
In my career?
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Well, maybe next year.
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I found myself often humming this one, and then all of a sudden I realized why: The rodeo announcer's "Send in the clowns!"
Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer,
Losing my timing this late
In my career?
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Well, maybe next year.[/i]
Oh Mikaela thanks for reminding me.
I have that somewhere with Judy Collins doing it. Perfect.
and Front-Ranger thanks for reminding me of the Neil Young song "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (from After the Goldrush)
Think of Ennis when you read this verse:
HUMAN HIGHWAY
- opening and closing verse -
I come down from the misty mountain
I got lost on the human highway
Take my head refreshing fountain
Take my eyes from what they've seen.
Take my head and change my mind
How could people get so unkind.
from the Neil Young album Comes A Time.1978
I wold love to tag along and camp out near the Red Rocks Concert, but that isnt to be.
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Your Neil Young post drove me to my phonograph, Toast, where I discovered that my partner and I have collected a huge number of Neil Young albums over the years! I listened to Neil Young from 1969, where the first song is "Emperor of Wyoming" but it's an instrumental. I listened to it, thinking of the Pope of Wyoming. Then there is The Loner and several other songs that remind me of BBM. But here's one from another 1969 album of his:
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
When you were young
and on your own
How did it feel
to be alone?
I was always thinking
of games that I was playing.
Trying to make
the best of my time.
But only love
can break your heart
Try to be sure
right from the start
Yes only love
can break your heart
What if your world
should fall apart?
I have a friend
I've never seen
He hides his head
inside a dream
Someone should call him
and see if he can come out.
Try to lose
the down that he's found.
But only love
can break your heart
Try to be sure
right from the start
Yes only love
can break your heart
What if your world
should fall apart?
I have a friend
I've never seen
He hides his head
inside a dream
Yes, only love
can break your heart
Yes, only love
can break your heart
This is a great song...but the funny thing is for years the only version I knew was by a group called Saint Etienne. It's a dance version, kind of like something Everything But The Girl does. I only recently heard his version.
Juan
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Actually in 1969 I was a Beatlemaniac. I should have clarified that earlier post and said "I listened to Neil Young (name of Album) from 1969 (date of album issue). Don't know when I or my pardner bought the album, but it was after 1969. I'll try to do a podcast of the evening for you Toast and other friends.
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This is a great song...but the funny thing is for years the only version I knew was by a group called Saint Etienne. It's a dance version, kind of like something Everything But The Girl does. I only recently heard his version.
Juan
Hey Juan, I know that version too. I noticed back when I got the single in, what, 1991?, that Neil Young was the songwriter. I think I still have their version and not Neil's.
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Well, speaking of covers, and speaking (on another thread) of Pink Floyd. Lately, I've been listening a lot to the soundtrack of The Lords of Dogtown (which of course Heath is in). Generally I'm not a huge Pink Floyd fan, but I really love the song "Wish You Were Here," which on the soundtrack is covered by Sparklehorse. For some reason it has vaguely reminded me of Brokeback Mountain. So today I was paying more attention than usual to the lyrics. And suddenly it sounded so much like Jack speaking to Ennis that it gave me chills.
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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Katherine, you and I definitely ought to meet up someday for a drink or 5: you took the words from the tips of my fingers, because I remembered precisely this song this morning, and was going to post what you posted!
Reminds me of those two loveys indeed.
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Katherine, you and I definitely ought to meet up someday for a drink or 5: you took the words from the tips of my fingers, because I remembered precisely this song this morning, and was going to post what you posted!
Reminds me of those two loveys indeed.
Oh my god, Isabelle! What are the chances?! We clearly are exchanging telepathic messages across the Atlantic.
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Well, where do you live Katherine? I'll be in New York State for 2 weeks in October!
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Heard this Gordon Lightfoot song on the radio yesterday for the first time in a long time, and was struck by how much it seems to channel Jack towards the end (minus the references to Ann, of course).
Carefree Highway
Pickin up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream
I wonder how the old folks are tonight
Her name was Ann and Ill be damned if I recall her face
She left me not knowin what to do
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Turnin back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if shell ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin is just bein satisfied
With knowin I got no one left to blame
Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Searchin through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep
I wonder if the years have closed her mind
I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin to get free
From the good old faithful feelin we once knew
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
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Well, where do you live Katherine? I'll be in New York State for 2 weeks in October!
I live in Chicago at the moment (though by October, who knows ...?). Any chance you'll be traveling farther west? Let's keep in touch, Isabelle, just in case you go west or I go east!
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King Of The Road
Roger Miller
Trailer for sale or rent,
Rooms to let fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets;
I ain't got no cigarettes.
Ah but two hours of pushin' broom
buys an eight by twelve four bit room.
I'm a man of means, by no means king of the road.
Third boxcar, midnight train;
Destination Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out suits and shoes,
I don't pay no Union dues.
I smoke old stogies I have found,
Short but not too big around.
I'm a man of means, by no means king of the road.
I know every engineer on every train,
All of the children and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around.
Trailer for sale or rent,
Rooms to let fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets;
I ain't got no cigarettes.
Ah but two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four bit room.
I'm a man of means, by no means king of the road.
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He Was A Friend Of Mine
Arranged by Bob Dylan
He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I think about him now
Lord I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine
He died on the road
He died on the road
He never had enough money
To pay his room or board
And he was a friend of mine
I stole away and cried
I stole away and cried
'Cause I never had too much money
And I never been quite satisfied
And he was a friend of mine
He never done no wrong
He never done no wrong
A thousand miles from home
And he never harmed no one
And he was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I hear his name
Lord I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine.
Copyright © 1962; renewed 1990 MCA
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Whenever I hear this song I always imagine it's Jack thinking about Ennis. The lyrics are beautiful, the music is very intimate, and Peter Gabriel sings it brilliantly. 'In Your Eyes' from the 'So' album... worth checking out if you've never heard it before.
Love, I get so lost sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are.
All my instincts, they return
The grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside.
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
The resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
Oh, I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes.
Love, I don't like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive.
And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside.
In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
The resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
Oh, I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes.
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Beautiful indeed, and anything by Peter Gabriel is worth checking up!
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"Vegan now? I thought you were still C of E..."
HAHAHA! Thanks for the chuckle Isabelle - I needed that...
Beautiful indeed, and anything by Peter Gabriel is worth checking up!
I always liked Genesis much more when he was in it too...
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Hey Isabelle, did you change the line under your avatar JUST this minute??
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Yes, I thought it didn't do justice to the photo of the famous kiss!
But I'm going to move it to my signature, although I want to keep the G. Marx too... Love it.
You probably know the "Vegan" quote is from "Shirley Valentine"?
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This one might seem silly, but I heard the Phil Collins version of it that has that melancholy undercurrent at the gym today, and couldn't help but think of our boys:
When Im feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then Im not so blue
When youre close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing near my ear
Wouldnt you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
Anytime you want to you can turn me onto
Anything you want to, anytime at all
When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Cant control the quivering inside
Wouldnt you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love, oh
When Im feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then Im not so blue
When Im in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I dont care
Wouldnt you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love, oh
We got a groovy kind of love
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Cowboy Up (Album)
by Chris Ledoux
Cowboy Up
words By RYAN REYNOLDS
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What a coincidence. I wanted to (and will) add a Phil Collins song, though ususally I am not into his music. And the first thing that catches my eye on this thread is a Phil Collins song posted by Barb (Hi Barb! *waving*)
Today my family and I went on a day-trip. Stitting in the car, the children all quiet (a rare moment ;) ) and Phil Collings starts to sing "Against all Odds" on the radio. An old song, but for the first time in my life I payed attention to the lyrics.
I don't like the song much (at least until today ;) ), for me it's kitschy and over the top. And Phil Collins is ok for me, but not one of my fav musicians. But today, it reminded me of Ennis in the alley, with dry-heaves, at the end of their Brokback summer. It fits this scene. And not only this scene, but fits the end, too.
Here it is:
How can I just let you walk away,
just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking every breath with you, ooh
You're the only one who really knew me at all
How can you just walk away from me,
when all I can do is watch you leave
Cos we've shared the laughter and the pain,
and even shared the tears
You're the only one who really knew me at all
So take a look at me now,
'cos there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me,
just the memory of your face
Take a look at me now,
'cos there's just an empty space
And you coming back to me
is against all odds and that's what I've got to face
I wish I could just make you turn around,
turn around and see me cry
There's so much I need to say to you,
so many reasons why
You're the only one who really knew me at all
So take a look at me now,
'cos there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me,
just the memory of your face
Take a look at me now,
'cos there's just an empty space
But to wait for you,
well that's all I can do and that's what I've got to face
Take a good look at me now,
'cos I'll still be standing here
And you coming back to me is against all odds
That's the chance I've got to take, oh, oho
Just take a look at me now
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Some of these songs I don't know & some I don't like but even so the BBM connection can be seen & is sometimes very powerful.
The lyrics below are from Bruce Springsteen's I'm On Fire & remind me of the last passages of the short story where A Proux writes that Ennis woke up sometimes with the pillows wet, sometimes the sheets.
Sometimes its like someone took a knife baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my soul
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the
Middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
Im on fire
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Read this
and think of Ennis
looking sideways as he
prepares to ask Alma Jr.
if her husband-to-be really loves her.
Paul Simon - Father and Daughter
from his brand new CD SURPRISE
If you leap awake
In the mirror of a bad dream
And for a fraction of a second
You cant remember where you are
Just open your window
And follow your memory upstream
To the meadow in the mountain
Where we counted every falling star
I believe the light that shines on you
Will shine on you forever
And though I cant guarantee
Theres nothing scary hiding under your bed
I’m gonna stand guard
Like a postcard of a Golden Retriever
And never leave till I leave you
With a sweet dream in your head
Im gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So youll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loves his daughter more than I love you
Trust your intuition
Its just like going fishing
You cast your line
And hope you get a bite
But you dont need to waste your time
Worrying about the market place
Try to help the human race
Struggling to survive its harshest night
Im gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So youll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loves his daughter more than I love you
Im gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So youll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loves his daughter more than I love you
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Thanks Paul Simon
His age matches with Ennis and Jack.
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000F0UV1S.01._PE42_OU01_SCMZZZZZZZ_V52045262_.jpg)
Paul Simon's New CD - SURPRISE
ps Now I have listened to the song
a bit disappointed by the arrangement
but the lyrics are superb for Ennis Del Mar
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Toast, this is a very fitting song indeed. I believe Ennis would have said so much if he had learnt how to speak!
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Here's another one I heard yesterday at my gym that I used to think was just the sappiest song ever but that suddenly struck a BBM chord:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (lyrics by Tim Rice)
There's a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you
And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours
(Refrain)
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Don't worry Barb, I have felt more soppy and sappy than ever before (before I turned 16 anyhow) since seeing BBM.
I don't know this song, but I like the lyrics too (told ya ;))
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Since this is basically a thread that is more like "A Non-Country/Non-Western song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain," I decided to more the posts originallly put here to this thread where the two genres of music most important to the original story and the movie can be discussed and/or shared.
Little Joe The Wrangler
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=2140.0 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=2140.0)
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Don't worry Barb, I have felt more soppy and sappy than ever before (before I turned 16 anyhow) since seeing BBM.
I don't know this song, but I like the lyrics too (told ya ;))
I was listening to it and really started paying attention to it for the first time because the words "It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you" in the first verse really caught my attention.
And then "There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors when the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours" about knocked me off my feet.
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Here's a song that truly reminds me of Brokeback - especially those last couple of verses at the end. Perhaps a bit sappy, this one too - but it's so melancholic and wistful - and it talks about letting someone walk away, - and that "sweet life" and ...waaaah!
It's "The kind of love you never recover from" by Christine Lavin:
I know a couple
She sits in a rocking chair working puzzles
He watches TV upstairs
She has a secret she has never let out
A man she thinks he never knew about.
She hasn't seen him in 30 years
The mention of his name doesn't brings on tears
If you ask her "Are there any regrets?"
She'll tell you "No"
But she never forgets.
It was The Kind of Love You Never Recover From
Even though she found another one to take his place
She never will escape the truth
At times like this
When the moon is bright
When the air is foggy like it is tonight
She'll think about what might have been
If she had just held on to him.
I know a man who has done it all
He sailed the oceans
Climbed the mountains of Nepal
He lives high up on the Avenue
With a beautiful wife
Lovely children too.
But there's a woman he still dreams about
Certian thing's he's learned to live without
If you ask him "Are there any regrets?"
He'll tell you "No"
But he never forgets.
It was The Kind of Love You Never Recover From
Even though he found another one to take her place
He never will escape the truth
At times like this
When the moon is bright
When the air is foggy like it is tonight
He'll think about what might have been
If had not let her
Slip away from him.
I read about a woman who said
She never regretted
Anything she's ever done
Such arrogant words always seem to be spoken by those
Who then die young.
So here am I
Looking at you
Oh tell me
What are we gonna do?
Am I destined to be your regret
Are you that one I will never forget?
Years from now will we curse the day
You let me let you walk away
Isn't this too dear a price to pay
For the freedom
Of going seperate ways?
This is The Kind of Love You Never Recover From
Don't tell me that I'm gonna find another one to take your place
I never will escape the truth
At times like this
When the moon is bright
When the air is foggy like it is tonight
I'll think how sweet life could be
If you would stay with me
Oh stay with me
This is The Kind of Love You Never Recover From
Don't tell me that I'm gonna find another one to take your place
And try to face the truth
Let me hold you close tonight
The fog has lifted
And the moon is so bright
Think how sweet life could be
If you would stay with me
Oh stay with me
This is The Kind of Love You Never Recover From.
This is The Kind of Love You Never Recover From.
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OMG, that song has made me cry. It's BBM in a nutshell! Thankyou so much for posting that Mikaela :'( :'( :'(
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Real old one, from the '30s or 40s:
What's the use of wondrin
if he's good or if he's bad
or if you like the way he wears his hat?
What's the use of wondrin
if he's good or if he's bad
He's yout feller and you love him
That's all there is to that.
Common sense mat tell you
that ther ending will be sad
and now's the time to break and run away
but what's the use of wondrin
if the ending will be sad
He's your feller and you love him
There's nothing more to eay.
Something
made him the way that he is,
whether he's false of true
and something
gave him the things that are his
one of those things is you.
So if he wants your kisses,
you'll give them to the lad
and anywhere he leads you you will walk
and any time he needs you you'll go runnin there like mad
he's your feller and you love him
and all the rest is talk.
Just shallow, dry-eyed old me...
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Try this one: (Used to be Ed and I thought of it as our theme song - I see Jack and Ennis in it, too.)
Captain Fantastic (and the Brown Dirt Cowboy)
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Captain Fantastic, raised and regimented, hardly a hero
Just someone his mother might know
Very clearly a case for corn flakes and classics
"Two teas both with sugar, please"
In the back of an alley.
While little Dirt Cowboys turned brown in their saddles
Sweet chocolate biscuits and red rosy apples in summer
For it's hay make and "Hey mom, do the papers say anything good?
Are there chances in life for little Dirt Cowboys?
Should I make my way out of my home in the woods?"
Brown Dirt Cowboy, still green and growing
City slick Captain
Fantastic the feedback
The honey the hive could be holding
For there's weak-winged young sparrows that starve in the winter
Broken young children on the wheels of the winners
And the sixty-eight summer festival wallflowers are thinning
For cheap easy meals and hardly a home on the range
Too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change
We've thrown in the towel too many times
Out for the count and when we're down
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
From the end of the world to your town
And all this talk of Jesus coming back to see us
Couldn't fool us.
For we were spinning out our lines walking on the wire
Hand in hand went music and the rhyme
The Captain and the Kid stepping in the ring
From here on, sonny, sonny, sonny, it's a long and lonely climb.
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Sigh. Or this one I'm listening to right now on my iPod:
If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'bout a ghost from a wishin well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as Im a ghost that you cant see
If I could read your mind love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind that drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love, lets be real
* I never thought I could act this way *
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelins gone
And I just cant get it back.
If you could read my mind love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'bout a ghost from a wishin well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'll know that Im just tryin to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just to get it
I dont know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back.
:'(
(Gordon Lightfoot)
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This song makes me think of Jack and Ennis. It's a duet, so I'm going to fill in who would sing which part. Might seem cheesy but I can't help it!
If I Never Knew You
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
[:Jack:]
If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I'd find in you
The missing part of me
In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes
And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you
[:Ennis:]
If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true
I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you
[:Jack:]
I thought our love would be so beautiful
[:Ennis:]
Somehow we made the whole world bright
[:Both:]
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
All they'd leave us where these whispers in the night
But still my heart is singing
We were right
[:Ennis:]
If I never knew you
If I never knew this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
[:Jack:] (together during the previous stanza)
There's no moment I regret
Since the moment that we met
If our time has gone too fast
I've lived at last...
[:Both:]
I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
[:Ennis:]
I thought our love would be so beautiful
We'd turn the darkness into light
[:Both:]
And still my heart is singing
We were right
[:Jack:]
We were right
And If I never knew you
I'd have lived my whole life through
[:Ennis:]
Empty as the sky
[:Both:]
Never knowing why
Lost forever
If I never knew you
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Anye - WOW.
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Amazing how fitting it is isn't it? :)
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Don't know if it was mentioned but..
"A DIFFERENT CORNER" - especially the last two words.. ;)
[by George Michael]
I'd say love was a magical thing
I'd say love would keep us from pain
Had I been there, had I been there
I would promise you all of my life
But to lose you would cut like a knife
So I don't dare, no I don't dare
'Cause I've never come close in all of these years
You are the only one to stop my tears
And I'm so scared, I'm so scared
Take me back in time maybe I can forget
Turn a different corner and we never would have met
Would you care
I don't understand it, for you it's a breeze
Little by little you've brought me to my knees
Don't you care
No I've never come close in all of these years
You are the only one to stop my tears
I'm so scared of this love
And if all that there is, is this fear of being used
I should go back to being lonely and confused
If I could, I would, I swear
~ j U d E
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Good, someone finally mentioned a person who sings crossover to country music, Gordon Lightfoot. His ballads fit both the popular and the country genres.
Bernie Taupin is special because he owns a real ranch and raises bulls, too. He also knows quite a few men who are bull riders by profession.
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A couple from the lovely Norah Jones...
'Come Away With Me'
Come away with me in the night
Come Away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In the fields where the yellow grass grows
knee-high
So won't you try to come
Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come Away with me
And this one I imagine Ennis and Jack feeling before the reunion, when they're each wondering where the other is...
'Lonestar'
Lonestar where are you out tonight?
This feeling i'm trying to fight
It's dark and i think that I would
give anything
For you to shine down on me
How far you are I just don't know
The distance I'm willing to go
I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky
Hoping for some kind of sign
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Sigh. I love Norah Jones. That album helped get me through the first year of my son's life. I'd put it on every evening when I put him in his high chair to eat his dinner. It was so soothing. For both of us.
Just heard this one in my car a little bit ago:
We Belong - Pat Benatar
Many times I've tried to tell you
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone
Don't want to leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know
What to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit?
Do we distort the facts?
Now there's no looking forward
Now there's no turning back
Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
To try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere
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Just heard this one in my car a little bit ago:
We Belong - Pat Benatar
Uh-oh, big lump in my throat from that. Had to put my coffee down :'(
I seem to be on a BBM double-whammy at the mo, having been a big-time Ennis-a-holic to begin with but now I've started to see all the hurt from Jack's POV too. How can it get any sadder? I don't know it but the lyrics seemed to be from Jack to me, but I think could also be Ennis in a way. Awww...
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Sigh. I love Norah Jones. That album helped get me through the first year of my son's life. I'd put it on every evening when I put him in his high chair to eat his dinner. It was so soothing. For both of us.
Beautiful songs, beautiful voice... and you're right, SO soothing.
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Uh-oh, big lump in my throat from that. Had to put my coffee down :'(
I seem to be on a BBM double-whammy at the mo, having been a big-time Ennis-a-holic to begin with but now I've started to see all the hurt from Jack's POV too. How can it get any sadder? I don't know it but the lyrics seemed to be from Jack to me, but I think could also be Ennis in a way. Awww...
I see them as being from Jack, too. Especially this bit: "Don't want to leave you really, I've invested too much time to give you up that easy to the doubts that complicate your mind." But, yes, parts of it could be from Ennis as well.
How many times have you seen it thus far, Nic? I remember it taking me until my third viewing, really, to fully see it from Jack's point of view. Ever since then, I've hardly been able to see it any other way. My heart aches for Ennis at the end because of his loss and the regret and guilt he must be overwhelmed with on top of his already overwhelming grief. But it aches for Jack the whole rest of the time.
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Don't know if it was mentioned but..
"A DIFFERENT CORNER" - especially the last two words.. ;)
[by George Michael]
I'd say love was a magical thing
I'd say love would keep us from pain
Had I been there, had I been there
I would promise you all of my life
But to lose you would cut like a knife
So I don't dare, no I don't dare
'Cause I've never come close in all of these years
You are the only one to stop my tears
And I'm so scared, I'm so scared
Take me back in time maybe I can forget
Turn a different corner and we never would have met
Would you care
I don't understand it, for you it's a breeze
Little by little you've brought me to my knees
Don't you care
No I've never come close in all of these years
You are the only one to stop my tears
I'm so scared of this love
And if all that there is, is this fear of being used
I should go back to being lonely and confused
If I could, I would, I swear
Wow. Hello, Ennis.
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Try this one called "Dear John" by the rock band Styx - written by one band member about another who died relatively young from the complications of lifelong alcoholism:
Dear John, I knew you
About as well as anyone
We were the wild ones
So sure those days would never end
Now they're only memories my friend
Dear John I'll see you
Some day again
I swear I saw you
On a crowded street today
I almost called your name
Thinking of all those yesterdays
Heaven help me
How I miss my friend
Dear John I'll see you
Some day again
There'll be celebration
When all will be revealed
We'll have a reunion
High on a hill
Dear John how are you
God knows it's heaven where you are
Find some peace there
May it never end
Dear John my heart knows
We'll meet again
Dear John I'll see you....
Some day again.
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Wow. Hello, Ennis.
100%!!
:-*
~ j U d E
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Just a couple of new ones I thought of today to add to the list.
The sweetest feeling.(at the reunion perhaps?) :)
If you leave me now.(Chicago)
That last one could be played as they part for the first time when they come down from the mountain or at the end after the big row as Ennis drives away. :'( :'(
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Here's a song that would make great background music to any continuation of Ennis's story that strives to provide hope for that lonely cowboy, such as Tom Forster's beautiful fanfic 'Ennis' (see our fanfic board here). The song is "Try and Love Again", a track on the classic 1976 Eagles album Hotel California. Here are the lyrics, by Randy Meisner:
When you're out there on your own
Where your memories can find you
Like a circle goes around
You were lost until you found out
What it all comes down to
One by one
The lonely feelings come
Day by day, they slowly fade away
Ooh, the look was in her eyes
You never know what might be found there
She was dancing right in time
And the looks she made so fine
LIke the music that surrounds her
Should I stay or go?
I really want to know
Would I lose or win
If I try and love again?
gonna try and love again
I'm gonna try and love again
gonna try and love
gonna try and love
Right or wrong, what's done is done
It's only moments that we borrow
But the thoughts will linger on
of the lady and her song
When the sun comes up tomorrow
Well, it might take years to see
Through all these tears
Don't let go
When you find it you will know
Oh, Gonna try and love again
gonna try and love again
Sometimes lose, sometimes win,
Sometimes you need a friend
gonna try, gonna try
gonna try, gonna try....
We love you, Ennis.
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The Spanish version is first, the English one is underneath. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Unbreak My Heart (Regresa A Mi)
No me abandones así
hablando sólo de ti.
Ven y devuelveme al fin
la sonrisa que se fue.
Una vez rabbit hutchs tocar tu piel
el hondo suspirar.
Recuperemos lo que se ha perdido.
Regresa a mí,
elephantreme otra vez,
borra el dolor
que al irte me dio
cuando te separaste de mí.
Dime que sí
Ya no quiero llorar,
regresa a mí.
Extraño el amor que se fue,
extraña la dicha elephantn.
Quiero que vengas a mí
y me vuelvas s querer.
No puedo rabbit hutchs si tú no rabbit hutchs,
tienes que llegar.
Mi vida se apaga sin ti a mi lado.
[Chorus]
No me abandonas así,
hablando sólo de ti.
Devuelveme la pasión de tus brazos.
[Chorus]
Il Divo
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For anyone who wants a translation - this is actually a Spanish translation of Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton
Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Come back and bring back my smile
Come and take these tears away
I need your arms to hold me now
The nights are so unkind
Bring back those nights when I held you beside me
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart
My heart
Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Amazing how fitting it is isn't it? :)
Anya that's a great song, what's it from? A musical or a movie?
Juan
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Unbreak My Heart (Regresa A Mi)
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( is right with that song. I don't like that particular style of ballads but the emotion a good singer can put into it combined with the words really breaks me up.
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Here's another haunting classic imbued with much of the bittersweet flavor of Brokeback. It's "Wildfire", the opening track in the 1975 album Blue Sky-Night Thunder by Michael (Martin) Murphey. Sad, mysterious, and eerie, this Western-themed song poetically suggests love lost and hopefully regained in a life beyond our present earthly tribulation--much as one might imagine Ennis dreaming of reunion with Jack once death has closed his tired, battered eyes for the last time. Here are the lyrics:
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
In a blizzard he was lost
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howlin' by my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
On Wildfire we're going to ride her
We're gonna leave sod bustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire
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Very good indeed, Scott; and incidentally, it reminds me of a song I LOVE, sung by Christie Moore but written by... does anybody out there know? An English songwriter I believe. It's entitled...
RIDE ON (I see it as Ennis's reminiscence of Jack, or dreaming of him older, waiting to meet again)
So you ride the finest horse I've ever seen
Standing sixty one or two, with eyes wild and green
And you ride the horse so well, hands light to the touch,
I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to
Ride on, see you,
I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to.
As you ride into the night, without a trace behind,
Run your claws along my gut, one last time.
I turn to face an empty space, where you used to lie,
And look for the spark that lights the night through the tear drop in my eye.
Ride on, see you,
I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to.
Ride on...
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Sorry I dont have the words to this brilliant song, but it fits Jack perfectly, I think anyway.
Blue Eyes. Elton John. ..................sigh. :P
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Sorry I dont have the words to this brilliant song, but it fits Jack perfectly, I think anyway.
Blue Eyes. Elton John. ..................sigh. :P
Well, then, there, Jane, lemme help ya out on this one:
Blue Eyes ~ lyrics by Gary Osborne, music by Elton John
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I'll be far away
And I'll say
Blue eyes
Holding back the tears
Holding back the pain
Baby's got blue eyes
And he's alone again
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a clear blue sky
Watching over me
Blue eyes
I love blue eyes
When I'm by his side
Where I long to be
I will see
Blue eyes laughing in the sun
Laughing in the rain
Baby's got blue eyes
And I am home, and I am home again.
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Sigh is right, Jane. Excellent call. (I took the liberty of changing the gender. Don't think anyone will mind. :))
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I don't think this song has been posted, but I was listening to it a few days ago, I've heard it many times but only yesterday did I think of Jack and Ennis, and I nearly cried. It's cheesy, but I am a hopeless romantic! In case you didn't know by now.
"A Time For Us"
Music by Nino Rota
(don't know who wrote the lyrics)
For the 1968 classic Romeo and Juliet
A time for us, some day there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied can flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide
A time for us, at last to see
A life worthwhile for you and me
And with our love, through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us, some day there'll be a new world
A world of shining hope for you and me
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Here's another haunting classic imbued with much of the bittersweet flavor of Brokeback. It's "Wildfire", the opening track in the 1975 album Blue Sky-Night Thunder by Michael (Martin) Murphey. Sad, mysterious, and eerie, this Western-themed song poetically suggests love lost and hopefully regained in a life beyond our present earthly tribulation--much as one might imagine Ennis dreaming of reunion with Jack once death has closed his tired, battered eyes for the last time. Here are the lyrics:
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
In a blizzard he was lost
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot owl howlin' by my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
She ran calling Wildfire
On Wildfire we're going to ride her
We're gonna leave sod bustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire
It's funny you put that since that song was used to describe "Jake's" mom in Bubble Boy.
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One of the saddest songs ever, and it's only 1 minute and 23 seconds long! 'Bookends Theme' by Simon and Garfunkel. Simple acoustic & beautiful harmony... always gets me going.
A time it was, and what a time it was,
It was a time of innocence,
A time of confidences.
Long ago it must be,
I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories,
They're all that's left you.
I always think of Ennis in the trailer looking at the postcard when I listen to it now :'(
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One of the saddest songs ever, and it's only 1 minute and 23 seconds long! 'Bookends Theme' by Simon and Garfunkel. Simple acoustic & beautiful harmony... always gets me going.
A time it was, and what a time it was,
It was a time of innocence,
A time of confidences.
Long ago it must be,
I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories,
They're all that's left you.
I always think of Ennis in the trailer looking at the postcard when I listen to it now :'(
Perfect! :'(
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Separate Lives ~ Phil Collins
You called me from the room in your hotel
All full of romance for someone that you met
And telling me how sorry you were, leaving so soon
And that you miss me sometimes when you’re alone in your room
Do I feel lonely too?
You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
We can’t go on just holding on to time
Now that we’re living separate lives
Well I held on to let you go
And if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show
There was no way to compromise
So now we’re living (living)
Separate lives
Ooh, it’s so typical - love leads to isolation
So you build that wall (build that wall)
Yes, you build that wall (build that wall)
And you make it stronger
Well you have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
Some day I might (I might) find myself looking in your eyes
But for now, we’ll go on living separate lives
Yes for now, we’ll go on living
Separate lives
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Awwww White Nights is one of my all-time favorite films! (That's what Seperate Lives is from)...
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"Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart" by BOY HOWDY
He don't cry, when he falls down
And he's been known, to hit the ground
There ain't too much, that could tear his world apart
A cowboy's born, with a broken heart
verse 2
So if you're trying, to make him blue
You're better off, with someone new
'Cause he's been lonesome, right from the very start
A cowboy's born, with a broken heart
chorus
God gave him his common sense, he learned young to mend a fence
But he keeps all his feelings locked inside
He was taught to rope and brand, and always be an honest man
But if it ever comes down to his pride
verse 3
Just let him go, it ain't worth the fight
He may be wrong, but he's still right
'Cause he's been lonesome, right from the very start
A cowboy's born, with a broken heart
solo
God game him his common sense, he learned young to mend a fence
He keeps all his feelings locked inside
He was taught to rope and brand, and always be an honest man
But if it ever comes down to his pride
Just let him go, it ain't worth the fight
He may be wrong, but he's still right
'Cause he's been lonesome, right from the very start
A cowboy's born, with a broken heart
A cowboy's born, with a broken heart
song slowly fades out
:'(
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This song is really spot on, isn't it? Very fitting for Ennis especially.
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A beautiful song that reminds me of Jack asking Ennis to come away with him....
COME AWAY WITH ME...BY NORAH JONES
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song.
Come away with me on a bus
Come away with me where they cant tempt us
With their lies.
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee high
So wont you try to come.
Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountain top
Come away with me
And I'll never stop, loving you.
And i want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To Come Away with me in the night
Come away with me.
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Ooh, wow, Katie. Never thought of how appropriate that one is before. Very nice. And another one I used to play for my son when he was a baby as he noodled off to sleep each night (along with Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold").
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This is one of my favorite songs at the moment, it brings tears to my eyes and reminds me of bbm...
find it on the internet and listen to it!
A case of you - Joni Mitchell
Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as the northern star
And I said, constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar
On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue tv screen light
I drew a map of canada
Oh canada
And your face sketched on it twice
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that aint afraid
I remember that time that you told me, you said
Love is touching souls
Surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your devils she knew your deeds
And she said
Go with it and stay with it
Oh but be prepared to bleed
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Mmmmmmm
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mvansand, this is just beautiful, and very fitting.
I'll take this opportunity to say hi and welcome if I didn't before. I remember your handle from IMDb, and always enjoyed reading your posts (I have changed from milena-covic, if that rings any bell).
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This is one of my favorite songs at the moment, it brings tears to my eyes and reminds me of bbm...
find it on the internet and listen to it!
A case of you - Joni Mitchell
Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as the northern star
And I said, constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar
On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue tv screen light
I drew a map of canada
Oh canada
And your face sketched on it twice
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that aint afraid
I remember that time that you told me, you said
Love is touching souls
Surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your devils she knew your deeds
And she said
Go with it and stay with it
Oh but be prepared to bleed
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Mmmmmmm
Never enough Joni, never enough.....
Great choice!
Juan
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Mmmmmm, is right. This *is* especially fitting, not to mention kinda universal:
"Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as the northern star
And I said, constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"
LOVE that.
And this...
"Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet"
I wish I knew how to quit you, anyone?
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hiya - thanks ednbarby, JCinNYC2006 and Isabelle! I have so many more, I will post them later. I always loved these threads on imdb, but they always got lost! I am a music freak and I have my own radio program on wednesday night and I always play at least one song that reminds me of bbm... ;D
Isabelle - yeah, I remember you under the milena-covic name, thanks for welcoming me! I really enjoyed reading your threads too...
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This is one of my favorite songs at the moment, it brings tears to my eyes and reminds me of bbm...
find it on the internet and listen to it!
A case of you - Joni Mitchell
Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as the northern star
And I said, constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar
On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue tv screen light
I drew a map of canada
Oh canada
And your face sketched on it twice
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that aint afraid
I remember that time that you told me, you said
Love is touching souls
Surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your devils she knew your deeds
And she said
Go with it and stay with it
Oh but be prepared to bleed
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You're so bitter baby and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Mmmmmmm
The song actually does remind me of bbm in some sense, nice choice. ;)
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Hi, anyone remember the song by Linda Rhonstaad and the Stone Ponies......Different Drum
Have a listen.....
You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum
Oh cant you tell by the way I run,
Everytime you make eyes at me.
You cry and always say it could work out
But honey child, Ive got my doubts,
you cant see the forest for the trees.
Oh dont get me wrong, its not that I'm knockin it,
Its just that i am not in the market for a boy who wants to love, only me
Yes and I aint sayin you aint pretty, I am saying, I' m not ready
For any person. place or thing, to try and pull the reins in on me
So goodbye, i beleive and i see no sense
In this crying and grieving,
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me
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Shadows-Gordon Lightfoot
This song has been with me ever since the day I was born, my parents are Gordon Lightfoot fans. It also applies beautifully to Jack and Ennis!
Shadows - Gordon Lightfoot
Won't you reach out love and touch me,
let me hold you for awhile?
I been all around the world,
oh how I long to see you smile.
There's a shadow on the moon
and the waters here below
do not shine the way they should,
and I love you just in case you didn't know.
Let it go.
Let it happen like it happened once before.
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone,
and if you do not believe me
come and gaze upon the shadow at your door.
Won't you lie down by me baby,
run your fingers through my hands?
I been all around the town
and still I do not understand.
Is it me or is it you?
Or the shadow of a dream?
Is it wrong to be in love?
Could it be the finest love I've ever seen?
Set it free.
Let it happen like it happened once before.
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone,
and if you do not believe me
come and gaze upon the shadow at your door.
Please kiss me gently darlin'
where that river runs away
from the mountains in the springtime
on a blue and windy day.
Where there's beauty all around
as the shades of night grow deep.
When the morning stars grow dim
they will find us in the shadows fast asleep.
Let it go.
Let it happen like it happened once before.
It's a wicked wind and it chills me to the bone,
and if you do not believe me
come and gaze upon the shadow at your door.
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And another one, Landslide
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life
Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too
Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down
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I have soooooo many, but I will only add ONE more. Lyrics by Jane Siberry, I love the KD Lang version.
Maybe it was to learn how to love
Maybe it was to learn how to leave
Maybe it was for the games we played
Maybe it was to learn how to choose
Maybe it was to learn how to lose
Maybe it was for the love we made
Love is everything they said it would be
Love made sweet and sad the same
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
You're chickening out aren't you?
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
I cant wait 'til you make
The whole kingdom come
So I'm leaving
Maybe it was to learn how to fight
Maybe it was for the lesson in pride
Maybe it was the cowboys' ways
Maybe it was to learn not to lie
Maybe it was to learn how to cry
Maybe it was for the love we made
Love is everything they said it would be
Love did not hold back the reins
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
You're chickening out aren't you?
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
I cant wait 'til you make
The whole kingdom come
So I'm leaving
First he turns to you
Then he turns to her
So you try to hurt him back
But it breaks your body down
So you try to love bigger
Better still
But it's too late
So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel
And know you'll never be the same
And find it in your heart to kneel down and say
I gave my love didn't I?
And I gave it big...sometimes
And I gave it in my own sweet time
I'm just leaving
Love is everything...
Isn't that beautiful? Sigh... :'(
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Isn't that beautiful? Sigh... :'(
:'( It sure is Mel. I'll have to hunt down the KD Lang version - she's one of my favourite singers. Do you know which album of hers it's on?
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I have more... STOP ME!!!!!
Can't depend on love - Gordon Lightfoot
I spent most of my life outside in the drivin' rain
I was only trying to get by with some of life's amenities
Well nothin's free
I got more than I bargained for
Now it's plain to see
I can't depend on love to defend me
It took most of my time to do what never was done
I was only outside of an inside kind of love that now is gone
U2 - Original of the Species
I’ll give you everything you want
Except the thing that you want
You are the first one of your kind
And you feel like no-one before
You steal right under my door
And I kneel ‘cos I want you some more
I want the lot of what you got
And I want nothing that you’re not
Everywhere you go you shout it
You don’t have to be shy about it
Bruce Springsteen - Blood Brothers
We played king of the mountain out on the end
The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers
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Without You (Sorry - couldn't find the lyricist's name)
No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way
The story goes
You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows
No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go
And now it's only fair
That I should let you know
What you should know
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore
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And another one, Landslide
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life
Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too
Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down
Oh, I love "Landslide"...it's probably my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. I had never thought of it in regard to BBM before, but now that you mention it, it's very evocatively appropriate. Thanks!
Another song, penned and performed by Stevie Nicks, which seems less apposite in connection to Brokeback but which nevertheless conveys some of the same wistful beauty in "Landslide", is "After the Glitter Fades". I don't have the lyrics on me right now, but one line is permanently embedded in my memory: "The loneliness of a one-night stand is hard to take"...that could sum up so much of Jack's experience right there.
Scott
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Without You (Sorry - couldn't find the lyricist's name)
No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way
The story goes
You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows
No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go
And now it's only fair
That I should let you know
What you should know
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore
I'm not sure about the lyricist but I know the original was by nilsson, and I think he wrote and sung it. But it was later covered by Mariah Carrey. But it does fit very well, it seems that great minds think alike Barb cause I was about to post this. ;D
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I'm not sure about the lyricist but I know the original was by nilsson, and I think he wrote and sung it. But it was later covered by Mariah Carrey. But it does fit very well, it seems that great minds think alike Barb cause I was about to post this. ;D
Nilsson's version was a cover. It was written by Pete Ham from British band Badfinger, apparently as an apology after he had let his girlfriend down yet again by staying in to work when he'd promised to take her on a long overdue night out. She's still alive but he, alas, committed suicide - unable to recover from the death of fellow band member and lifelong friend Tom Evans. Very sad...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/withoutyou.shtml
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I have more... STOP ME!!!!!
Don't stop! Those songs and lyrics are beautiful!
Thank you for posting them Melissa... and everybody! :)
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Without You (Sorry - couldn't find the lyricist's name)
No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way
The story goes
You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows
No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go
And now it's only fair
That I should let you know
What you should know
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore
That's beautiful ednbarby! I love that song.
Some more... sorry can't help it...
Neil Diamond - A fool for you
It's all because of you
You've gone beyond all my pride
To where my dream world begins
To where the little man hides
I need you so bad
And you're so far inside me now
That I can't turn you away
Well, you're so far inside me now
That I hardly know
What to say or what to do
I'm a fool for you
And what about another Fleetwood Mac song?
Big Love
Looking out for love
In the night so still
Oh I'll build you a kingdom
In that house on the hill Looking
out for love
Big, big love
You said that you
love me
And that you always will
Linda Ronstadt - You'll never be the sun
You'll never be the sun
Turning in the sky
And you won't be the moon above us
On a moonlit night
And you won't be the stars in heaven
Although they burn so bright
But even on the deepest ocean
You will be the light
You may not always shine as you go
Barefoot over stone
You might be so long together
Or you might walk alone
And you won't find that love comes easy
But that love is always right
So even when the dark clouds gather
You will be the light
And if you lose the part inside
When love turns 'round on you
Leaving the past behind
Is knowing you'll do like you always do
Holding you blind
Keeping you true
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Oh, I love "Landslide"...it's probably my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. I had never thought of it in regard to BBM before, but now that you mention it, it's very evocatively appropriate. Thanks!
Another song, penned and performed by Stevie Nicks, which seems less apposite in connection to Brokeback but which nevertheless conveys some of the same wistful beauty in "Landslide", is "After the Glitter Fades". I don't have the lyrics on me right now, but one line is permanently embedded in my memory: "The loneliness of a one-night stand is hard to take"...that could sum up so much of Jack's experience right there.
Scott M.
Hi Scott, I will look up that song on itunes, thanks! I love this thread!
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I just heard this on the radio - it's the new single from British band Snow Patrol. Made me think of the boys... :'(
"Chasing Cars"
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
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I found the lyrics to "After the Glitter Fades" online, and, while knowing the song's poignancy, found that the lyrics are much more apposite to Ennis and Jack's story than I had imagined. This is for them, and for all whose hearts they have touched so profoundly (words by Stevie Nicks, 1981):
Well, I never thought I'd make it
Here in Hollywood...
I never thought I'd ever want to stay...
What I seem to touch these days
Has turned to gold...
What I seem to want
Well, you know I'll find a way
For me, it's the only life
That I've ever known
And love is only one fine star away
Even though the living
Is sometimes laced with lies...
It's all right...
The feeling remains
Even after the glitter fades
The loneliness of a one-night stand
Is hard to take
We all chase something
And maybe this is a dream
The timeless face of a rock and roll woman--
While her heart breaks
Oh you know, the dream keeps coming
Even when you forget to feel
For me, it's the only life
That I've ever known
And love is only one fine star away
Even though the living
Is sometimes laced with lies...
It's all right...
The feeling remains
Even after the glitter fades
Oh you know...
The feeling remains
Even after the glitter fades...
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I just heard this on the radio - it's the new single from British band Snow Patrol. Made me think of the boys... :'(
Wow, lovely lyrics! What kind of band is Snow Patrol? I will look up the song on itunes...
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Hi Mel
Here's the link to their official website:
http://www.snowpatrol.com/
If you stay on the home page for a while they play songs from the new album. I haven't got that one yet, but I loved their last album 'Final Straw' - 'Chocolate' is my favourite track. I just love the lead singer's voice!
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Behind Blue Eyes ~ Roger Daltrey, Pete Townsend
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
And if I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
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Here Comes The Rain Again ~ Eurythmics
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do
Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
So baby talk to me
Like lovers do
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
(here it comes again, here it comes again, love)
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
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Walking on Broken Glass ~ Annie Lennox
You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
But I don't care for sugar honey if I can't have you.
Since you've abandoned me
My whole life has crashed
Won't you pick the pieces up
'Cause it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass...
(Walking on walking on broken glass)
The sun's still shining in the big blue sky
But it don't mean nothing to me.
Let the rain come down
Let the wind blow through me...
I'm living in an empty room
With all the windows smashed
And I've got so little left to lose
That it feels just like I'm walking on broken glass...
(Walking on walking on broken glass)
And if you're trying to cut me down
You know that I might bleed.
'Cause if you're trying to cut me down
I know that you'll succeed...
And if you want to hurt me
There's nothing left to fear
'Cause if you want to hurt me
You do it really well from here...
Now every one of us was made to suffer
Every one of us is made to weep
We've been hurting one another
And now the pain has cut too deep...
So take me from the wreckage
Save me from the blast
Lift me up and take me back
Don't let me keep on walking...
Walking on broken glass.
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Sigh. Feeling very Jackcentric today. :'(
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Barb, I hadn't thought of "Here comes the rain again", but how fitting!
"Walking on broken glass too".
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Barb, I hadn't thought of "Here comes the rain again", but how fitting!
"Walking on broken glass too".
I love how both reference the wind. So fitting for Jack.
Here's another one that makes me think of him in a way:
Give Me Novacaine ~ Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)
Take away the sensation inside
This bittersweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbing toothache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me your kiss goodnight
and everything will be all right
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
Give me Novacaine
Out of body and out of of mind
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
I get the funny feeling, then it's all right
Jimmy says it's better than here
I’ll tell you what
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me your kiss goodnight
and everything will be all right
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
Give me Novacaine
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I know this doesn't define the whole film but I was inspired by the 90s cds I am making and I recently found out that this song was number 1 in Britain when I was born. Plus I also found out that it was used on a chocolate advert, so it was fate that I was to be a chocoholic...aswell as a brokaholic! ;D
What scene do you think this song defines? :P
Show Me Heaven- Maria McKee
There you go
Flashing fever from your eyes
Hey babe
Come over here and shut them tight
I'm not denying
We're flying above it all
Hold my hand
Don't let me fall
You've such amazing grace
I've never felt this way
Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please
Here I go
I'm shaking just like the breeze
Hey babe
I need your head to steady me
I'm not denying
I'm frightened a much as you
Though I'm barely touching you
I've shivers down my spine, and it feels divine
Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please
Do you know what it's like to dream a dream
Baby hold me tight and let this be
Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless
Oh, show me heaven please
If any of you want to know what was number 1 in the UK went you were born I would be happy to look it up, just ask. ;D
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:laugh: Thanks for the offer but I have to laugh as that makes me feel old! The music was terrible when I was born, early 70s. So I am old enough to be your mother, just! I do know the song you have posted & like the lyrics but don't remember it from the time. I was probably too into being rebellious & miserable at that time!
Great suggestions earlier - especially the Eurythmics & can't live, if living is without you... heard them on the radio & totatlly thought of you know who.
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:laugh: Thanks for the offer but I have to laugh as that makes me feel old! The music was terrible when I was born, early 70s.
Go on try me! And btw my mum is much older than you: she was a teenager in the 70s.
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Go on try me! And btw my mum is much older than you: she was a teenager in the 70s.
Ewww.... Ouch!
That's how old I was in the 70s. ;)
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Sorry I will reword myself: My mum is older than you, she was a teenager in the 70s. So David: Don't you want to know what was number 1 in the UK went you were born? It is random and useless information that you can bore people with! Pm me if you don't want to release your age...although you pretty much have.
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For me, no lyrics have reminded me of Ennis or Jack or BBM, but there is an instrumental song on the CD "The High Road" by Joe Euro that makes me remember the movie every time I hear it.
I must admit I heard it first on Brokeback Mt. Radio and I'm sure whoever is selecting music for the station felt something like I did: There is a mysterious quality of loneliness and quiet longing in the song, "Midnight Watch" with a western quality in the guitar that makes me think of the whole movie. It actually evokes a sweet sorrow...something like the look on Jack's face the morning after the tent scene when he says, "See ya fer supper..." and watches Ennis ride off, or like the undercurrent of tension and confusion in Ennis' first farewell to Jack, "Well, I guess I'll see ya around then." It also makes me remember how they held each other in the Motel scene: sweaty tenderness, smoky secrecy, love held long, longed for, released and fulfilled, filled with difficulty from the beginning, but true.
The whole CD is great and I'm glad I bought it. I hope to meet Joe Euro this summer when I visit the US. The town where he has a shop is very near where my folks live. It’s just another thing to be thankful for when thinking of Brokeback Mt. I highly recommend the album for anyone who loves guitar music.
Yours truly,
Rayn
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Not sure if someone has already mentioned this song. I love this song and used to play it over and over before BBM. This song makes me think of Brokeback Mountain.
One More Time by Laura Pausini
Nothing I must do
Nowhere I should be
No one in my life
To answer to but me
No more candlelight
No more purple skies
No one to be near
As my heart slowly dies
If I could hold you one more time
like in the days when you where mine
I'd look at you 'till I was blind
So you would stay
I'd say a prayer each time you'd smile
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I
Could hold you one more time
(hmmmmmm)
I've memorized your face
I know your touch by heart
Still lost in your embrace
I'd dream of where you are
(hmmm)
If I could hold you one more time
Like in the days when you were mine
I'd look at you 'till I was blind
So you would stay
I'd say a prayer each time you'd smile
Cradle the moments like a child
I'd stop the world if only I
Could hold you one more time
One more time
Click the following link to listen to the song. I have the MP3, but the file is too large to be attached.
http://www.world3a.com/bbs/UploadFile/2005-10/20051021204149918.mp3 (http://www.world3a.com/bbs/UploadFile/2005-10/20051021204149918.mp3)
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I dont know if this has already been posted, but I love this song by DIDO;
It makes me think of our boys.
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/brits/images/dido.jpg)
"My Lover's Gone"
My lover's gone
his boots no longer by my door
he left at dawn
and as I slept I felt him go
Returns no more
I will not watch the ocean
My lover's gone
no earthly ships will ever bring him home again
bring him home again
My lover's gone
I know that kiss will be my last
no more his song
the tune upon his lips has passed
I sing alone
while I watch the ocean
My lover's gone
no earthly ships will ever bring him home again
bring him home again.
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Reviving this with a LONG list....Yeeeeehaw! 8)
Big Love-Fleetwood Mac
Shadows-Gordon Lightfoot
Open your heart-Madonna
See the light-Simple Minds
True Colors-Cindy Lauper
Alive and Kicking-Simple Minds
Both sides now-Joni Mitchell
You'll never be the sun-Linda Ronstadt
Why should I cry for you-Sting
On saturday afternoons in '63-Rickie Lee Jones
The places you find love-Barbra Streisand
Damn those eyes-Kane
Do what you have to do-Sarah McLachlan
Tears&Rain-James Blunt
Stay-Alison Krauss
Hand me down-Matchbox Twenty
A case of you-Joni Mitchell
Who knew-Pink
One step up-Bruce Springsteen
One-U2
Bent-Matchbox Twenty
Nothing can be done-Joni Mitchell
One word-Anouk
Can't depend on love-Gordon Lightfoot
Original of the species-U2
Love is everything-KD Lang/J.Siberry
I bruise easily-Natasha Bedingfield
Omarm-Blof
A different corner-George Michael
I drove all night-Cindy Lauper
No ordinary morning-Chicane
Songbird-Eva Cassidy
Don't let go-En vogue
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Yes, "Open Your Heart" by Madonna is really good and fitting! Any chance you might be able to post a link here to listen to it :)? Thanks ;)
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This is one of my favorites...so many BBM references (to Brokies, anyway)
best heard..here is the website where you can hear it and other Annie Lennox songs..just click on music and find "WHY"
http://www.annielennox.co.uk/
ummmmmmmm....
WHY
Annie Lennox
How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done
But when I start to try to tell you
That's when you have to tell me
Hey... this kind of trouble's only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut
That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me...
Why
Why
I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you're thinking
And I've heard is said too many times
That you'd be better off
Besides...
Why can't you see this boat is sinking
(this boat is sinking this boat is sinking)
Let's go down to the water's edge
And we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out
Tell me...
Why
Tell me...
Why
This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's seldom spread
These are the tears...
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel ?
'cause i don't think you know how I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
You don't know what I feel
GayLee
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I love that song, Gay Lee. And it's so fitting.
Posting a reply to Jeff in one of my threads just now made me dredge up a line from this song, then I realized I've never posted the whole thing here before:
Every Time You Go Away ~ Paul Young
If we can solve any problem
Then why do we lose so many tears?
Oh, and so you go again
When the leading man appears
Always the same thing
Can't you see, we've got everything goin' on and on and on
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
Go on and go free, yeah
Maybe you're too close to see
I can feel your body move
It doesn't mean that much to me
I can't go on sayin' the same thing
But can't you see, we've got everything
Do you even know we know?
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you, oh
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
I can't go on sayin' the same thing
'Cause baby, can't you see, we've got everything goin' on and on and on
Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you
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This is one of my favorites...so many BBM references (to Brokies, anyway)
best heard..here is the website where you can hear it and other Annie Lennox songs..just click on music and find "WHY"
http://www.annielennox.co.uk/
Oh, I love this song, good choice!Yes, "Open Your Heart" by Madonna is really good and fitting! Any chance you might be able to post a link here to listen to it :)? Thanks ;)
I have no idea how to do that, the song is on my iPod! Mp4 format, anybody have any idea how to post a link?
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Reviving this with a LONG list....Yeeeeehaw! 8)
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I drove all night-Cindy Lauper
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I was thinking of "I drove all night", originally by Roy Orbison I think. It really conveys the feeling of doing almost crazy things just to spend time with your love, that feeling that must have been all through Jack sustaining him effortlessly on his long, long drives from Childress to get to Ennis.
This one I'm posting for everyone suffering/enoying ultra hot weather at the mo!
Heatwave by Martha & The Vandellas
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside starts burning
and my heart's filled with fire
Stop this - it's got a hold on me
I said this ain't the way it's supposed to be
It's like a heatwave burning in my heart
I can't keep from crying
Tearing me apart
Whenever he calls my name
Sounds so soft sweet and plain
Right then, right there
I feel this burning pain
This high blood pressure's got a hold on me
I said this ain't the way love's supposed to be
It's like a heatwave burning in my heart
I can't keep from crying
Tearing me apart
Whenever I'm with you
Something inside starts burning
And my hearts filled with fire
Something's got me amazed
Don't know what to do
My head's in a haze
It's like a heatwave burning in my heart
I can't keep from crying
Tearing me apart
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Ah, I've been listening to my old Bread albums today (all you Brokie's of a certain age will remember Bread... ;)), and practically every song was making me think about Ennis. For example...
'Everything I Own' by Bread.
You sheltered me from harm.
Kept me warm, kept me warm
You gave my life to me
Set me free, set me free
The finest years I ever knew
Were all the years I had with you
I would give anything I own,
Give up me life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
Just to have you back again.
You taught me how to love,
What its of, what its of.
You never said too much,
But still you showed the way,
And I knew from watching you.
Nobody else could ever know
The part of me that cant let go.
I would give anything I own,
Give up me life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.
Is there someone you know,
Youre loving them so,
But taking them all for granted.
You may lose them one day,
Someone takes them away,
And they dont hear the words you long to say
I would give anything I own,
Give up me life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again.
'Sweet Surrender' by Bread.
Baby Im through runnin its true
Id be a fool to try to escape you
Maybe Im beat but oh what a sweet surrender
You keep your rights, Ill take your nights
No one can lose when we turn the lights out
Tastin defeat, lovin that sweet surrender
Im givin up myself to you but I didnt really lose at all
I gave the only love Ive known and it never hurt me to fall
Now that its done, so glad you won
I know our lives have only begun now
No more retreat, only my sweet surrender
'He's a Good Lad' by Bread.
Hes a good lad
A little bit shy so youll try and have to understand
Such a good lad
And just for a while the guyll need a helping hand
His word are hard to follow, but his heart has found a way
To show you the things that he never could say;
Hes a good lad
A little bit wild but his style is really gentle and kind
He aint so bad
Right to the end hes a friend, about the best you can find
And as you come to know him, and his needs are comin through
Youll flash on the day I was talkin to you.
And he needs somebody to love
Yes he needs somebody to be worthy of -
Hes a good lad
And if you come to want him, like I know he wants you to
Youll see all the things I was sayin are true
And he needs somebody to love
Yes he needs somebody to be worthy of -
Hes a good lad.
'This Year's Love' by David Gray.
This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on
Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet
This years love had better last
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Reviving this with a LONG list....Yeeeeehaw! 8)
Open your heart-Madonna
I love that song! :D
Omarm-Blof
I haven't actually heard this song, but you pm'ed me the lyrics to it a few weeks ago, and they were beautiful! :)
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'This Year's Love' by David Gray.
This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on
Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet
This years love had better last
Hey Kelda, did I put this earlier. Cos if I didn't, I meant to cos I completely agree!!
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Hey Kelda, did I put this earlier. Cos if I didn't, I meant to cos I completely agree!!
Hey Fuzzy! I'm Nicky (Saucycobblers), not Kelda! ;D
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Hey Fuzzy! I'm Nicky (Saucycobblers), not Kelda! ;D
My total bad!! So sorry!! I've really lost track with this place! Please accept my apologies!
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My total bad!! So sorry!! I've really lost track with this place! Please accept my apologies!
Hey, no prob Fuzzy. I'm a teacher and I'm the worst person for remembering names EVER!! ;D
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Probably already been posted, but I've just been listening to it and it's SO appropriate! One of my all time favourites...
'If You Leave Me Now' by Chicago (one or two words slightly doctored for effect!)
If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please dont go
If you leave me now, youll take away the very heart of me
No baby please dont go
A love like ours is love thats hard to find
How could we let it slip away
Weve come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes well both regret
Things we said today
A love like ours is love thats hard to find
How could we let it slip away
Weve come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes well both regret
Things we said today
If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please dont go
Oh boy, just got to have you by my side
No baby, please dont go
Oh boy, I just got to have your lovin, yeah
Weve come too far to leave it all behind
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Just heard this on the radio for the first time in a while at lunch today and can't believe I never thought of it before:
In Too Deep ~ Phil Collins
All that time I was searching with nowhere to run to, it started me thinking,
Wondering what I could make of my life, and who'd be waiting,
Asking all kinds of questions to myself, but never finding the answers,
Crying at the top of my voice, and no one listening.
All this time, I still remember everything you said
There's so much you promised, how could I ever forget?
Listen, you know I love you, but I just can't take this,
You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
You know I want to, but I'm in too deep.
So listen, listen to me,
Ooh you must believe me,
I can feel your eyes go through me,
But I don't know why.
Ooh I know you're going, but I can't believe
It's the way that you're leaving -
It's like we never knew each other at all - it may be my fault,
I gave you too many reasons for being alone, when I didn't want to
I thought you'd always be there, I almost believed you.
All this time, I still remember everything you said,
There's so much you promised, how could I ever forget?
Listen, you know I love you, but I just can't take this,
You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
You know I want to, but I'm in too deep.
So listen, listen to me,
I can feel your eyes go through me
It seems I've spent too long
Only thinking about myself
Now I want to spend my life
Just caring about somebody else.
You know I love you, but I just can't take this,
You know I love you, but I'm playing for keeps,
Although I need you, I'm not gonna make this,
You know I want to, but I'm in too deep.
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Wow, and then there's this one, also by Genesis, and written by Phil Collins. I'm beginning to wonder just how much experience he has in this area and thinking that if he hasn't yet, I bet he'd be a Brokie if he's seen the film.
Throwing it all Away ~ Phil Collins
Need I say I love you
Need I say I care
Need I say that emotions
Are something we don't share?
I don't want to be sitting here
Trying to deceive you
Cause you know I know better
And I don't wanna go.
We cannot live together
We cannot live apart
That's the situation
I've known it from the start
Every time that I look at you
I can see the future
Cause you know I know better
And I don't wanna go.
Throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
Is there nothing that I can say
To make you change your mind?
I watch the world go round and round
And see mine turning upside down
You're throwing it all away.
Now who will light up the darkness
Who will hold your hand
Who will find you the answers
When you don't understand?
Why should I have to be the one
Who has to convince you?
Cause you know I know better
And I don't wanna go.
Someday you'll be sorry
Someday when you're free
Memories will remind you
That our love was meant to be.
Late at night when you call my name
The only sound you'll hear
Is the sound of your voice calling
Calling after me.
:'(
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Great songs ther Barb. Two of my favourites from the Collins / Genesis oevre :'(.
This one's from Jack to Ennis...
'Wishing You Were Here' by Alison Moyet - great song.
I can't begin to tell you how it feels
It's a clear blue sky
Out here my heart so full it's fit to burst
Just counting the hours
Home, such a long way gone
How to share a day
Here's my only way
Send myself to you
Wishing you were here
I can't begin to tell you where I've been
It's a world behind
And if we are to find our heaven here
We just have to look harder
Now I can see you
I never could before
Now I want nothing more
When I close my eyes
Wishing you were here
Home such a long way gone
How to share a day
Here's my only way
When I close my eyes
Wishing you were here
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Here's one that I think is being sung to Ennis just after the end of the film... It's by Lesiem. I'll come back and translate this latin for you in a little bit. :)
Temperantia
Mora Aurea Mediocritas
Continentia. Clementia. Flammula
Unio Mystica. Vigilate Et Orate
Utor Media Via O Via Sacra
Revela Domino Viam Tuam. Mille Viae
Advocatus Dei. Advocatus Diaboli
Vivitur Parvo Bene O Vita Vivat Vita
Ne Vivam Si Verum Non Dico. Ne Vivam
Venite Filii Audite Me: Clementia
Continentia. Clementia. Flammula
Unio Mystica. Vigilate Et Orate
Ne Vivam Si Verum Non Dico. Ne Vivam
Venite Filii Audite Me: Modestia
Latin Lyrics by Thomas Pflanz
When dreams will never last - caught in fears of past
Shades of forgotten melodies- will sing your tears far away
harmony will stay
if you believe in modesty and peace
Warm rivers full of life - flow to paradise
leave memories of stormy seas and break an ocean of ice
days will follow nights
just believe - your vision comes alive
After all, looking back on ways you left behind
only dreams survived
Life has turned to different times
feelings changed the seasons
Open up your mind, hear the voice inside
fight your destiny - future shines so bright
English Lyrics by Diana Lasch
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Yes, very nice Daniel, but get yer ass back on the Performance thread!! Less of the Latin and more of the Lothario please!! What will happen next with Guy & Lucise??!! I'm on tenterhooks here!! ;)
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Has this one been mentioned? I think of BBM when I play "Back to You" by Bryan Adams.
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Wonderful choices everyone! :)
I have another one from Jane Siberry/KD Lang
The Valley
I live in the hills
You live in the valleys
And all that you know are those blackbirds
You rise every morning
Wondering what in the world will the world bring today
Will it bring you joy or will it take it away
And every step you take is guided by
The love of the light on the land and the blackbird's cry
You will walk in good company
The valley is dark
The burgeoning holding
The stillness obscured by their judging
You walk through the shadows
Uncertain and surely hurting
Deserted by the blackbirds and the staccato of the staff
And though you trust the light towards which you wend your way
Sometimes you feel all that you wanted has been taken away
You will walk in good company
I love the best of you
You love the best of me
Though it is not always easy
Lovely? Lonely?
We will walk in good company
The shepherd upright and flowing
You see...
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Does it ever end? :laugh:
Anybody else LOVE Alison Krauss?
Stay
Where have you been,
My long lost friend?
It's good to see you again.
Come and sit for a while
I've missed your smile
Today the past is goodbye.
Time can't erase
A lover's embrace.
Can't you hear it calling?
A new day dawning
You were longing to find.
Love's taken you far
Away from my heart,
And I've been here all alone.
Have your eyes failed to find
What took you from mine,
A vision that's faded through time?
But you sailed away,
A fine summer's day,
Cause you heard it calling,
A new day dawning,
You were longing to find.
There is a way to make you stay.
Darlin don't turn away
Don't doubt your heart
and keep us apart
I'm right where you are
Stay
There is a way to make you stay.
Darlin don't turn away.
Don't doubt your heart
and keep us apart
I'm right where you are
Stay.
Ghost in this house
I don't pick up the mail
I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door
I'd just as soon be alone
I don't keep this place up
I just keep the lights down
I don't live in these rooms
I just rattle around
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
As quietly as a mouse I haunt these halls
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
You took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
I don't care if it rains
I don't care if it's clear
I don't mind staying in
There's another ghost here
He sits down in your chair
And he shines with your light
And he lays down his head
On your pillow at night
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow upon these walls
I'm living proof of the damage
Heartbreak does
I'm just a whisper of smoke
I'm all that's left of two hearts on fire
That once burned out of control
And took my body and soul
I'm just a ghost in this house
Oh, I'm just a ghost in this house
Dixie Chicks - A Home
I mistook the warnings for wisdom
From so called friends quick to advise
Though your touch was telling me otherwise
Somehow I saw you as a weakness
I thought I had to be strong
Oh but I was just young, I was scared, I was wrong
Not a night goes by
I dont dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
Guess I did what I did believing
That love is a dangerous thing
Oh but that couldnt hurt anymore than never knowing
Not a night goes by
I dont dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home
Four walls, a roof, a door, some windows
Just a place to run when my working day is through
They say home is where the heart is
If the exception proves the rule I guess thats true
Not a night goes by
I dont dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home
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I do, I do, MV. I think she has the voice of an angel.
One last one from the Phil Collins/Genesis oevre for Saucy. The coup de grace of the BBM reminiscent songs from their collection, and one I'm sure has been posted before here:
Against All Odds
How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking every breath with you?
You're the only one who really knew me at all.
How can you just walk away from me,
When all I can do is watch you leave?
We've shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears.
You're the only one who really knew me at all.
So take a look at me now, there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me,
Just the memory of your face.
Take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space.
And you coming back to me is against the odds and that's what I've got to face.
I wish I could just make you turn around,
Turn around and see me cry.
There's so much I need to say to you,
So many reasons why.
You're the only one who really knew me at all.
So take a look at me now, there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face.
Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space
But to wait for you is all I can do and that's what I've got to face.
Take a good look at me now, cause I'll still be standing here.
And you coming back to me is against all odds
It's the chance i've gotta take.
Take a look at me now.
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I already posted this in another topic, but I noticed this topic a bit later and since it seems that more people share songs that remind them of Brokeback Mountain in this one I post it over here as well. I don't think a lot of you know this song (but I don't know how many of you come from Holland as well).
This is a song by a Dutch band named Kane. I translated the 'she' from the original song into a 'he', but this song just gets to me whenever I hear it.
Where do I go now
With my head against the window
Seal the letter which I did not sign
Should I wait for you for one last time
There's no end and no beginning
Every word comes like a silent scream
He told all the things I did not see
How could I know that he would lift me up to let me down
How could I know that you are all that really matters now
How could I know that forever wasn't quite so long
So where do I go now
Where do I go yeah, now
Where do I go yeah
he says nothing's everlasting
I'm so confused, I don't know what to do, what to say
I forgive you but I can not stay
How could I know I thought you'd wait for me but I was wrong
How could I know that you are all that really matters now
How could I know that forever wasn't quite so long
So where do I go now
Where do I go yeah, now
Where do I go yeah
Oh, yeah Where do I go now
Where do I go yeah, yeah
Where do I go yeah (2x)
He says nothing's everlasting
Lynda
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Unbelievable - Craig David
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac
Annie's Song - John Denver
Everything I Own - Bread
What I Don't Know - Dwight Yoakam
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Man of Constant Sorrow - old Bluegrass standard
Angels Brought Me Here - Guy Sebastian
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills, N & Y
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
All I Have to Offer You is Me - George Jones
imagine many of those have been mentioned long before now, but for what it's worth
w
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mvansand76 ,
I love Alison Krause!!!
Here's a song that makes me think of Ennis and Jack...not so much the lyrics but the sing songy mellow , almost lullaby-ish way the song is sung...it's got a vaguely country feel to it. Just a beautiful song..
here's part of the lyrics:
When you say love is a simple chemical reaction
Can't say I agree
'Cause my chemical, yeah, left me a beautiful disaster
Still love's all I see...
So I'm taking these pills for to fill up my soul
And I'm drinking them down with cheap alcohol
And you'd be inclined to be mine for the taking
And part of this terrible mess that I'm making
But you, you're the catalyst
You'll be the vein
You'll be the pain
You'll be the scar
You'll be the road, rolling below
The wheels of a car
And all of the thoughts, on God
Don't know if I'm strong enough now
You'll be the vein
You'll be the pain
You'll be the
Catalyst...
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mvansand76 ,
I love Alison Krause!!!
Here's a song that makes me think of Ennis and Jack...not so much the lyrics but the sing songy mellow , almost lullaby-ish way the song is sung...it's got a vaguely country feel to it. Just a beautiful song..
Her voice is like that of an angel, isn't it?
What is the name of the song you posted?
This is a song by a Dutch band named Kane. I translated the 'she' from the original song into a 'he', but this song just gets to me whenever I hear it.
Lynda
Hi Lynda, I love Kane too (also from Holland! ;D)! What do you think of "Before you let me go" and "Damn those eyes" (the acoustic live version?
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Oops mvansand76 !
The song I posted is "Catalyst" by Anna Nalick. Check it out!
And yeah, Alison does have the voice of an angel.
:-)
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I loved that k.d. laing song, mvansand76! Another song that reminds me of BBM is "I'll follow you into the dark" by Death Cabs for Cutie (sorry, don't have the lyrics).
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"Ride on" (sung by Christy Moore, written by Jimmy MacCarthy) kind-of-works for both Jack and Ennis's viewpoints. The song as a whole made me think of Jack's feelings on Ennis riding away at the end of the Dozy Embrace scene - and all the other times they leave each other. The chorus and second verse fit Ennis's viewpoint at the end of the story (especially the 'stinging tears' in the story). I think it's a lovely song - both romantic and sad - that fits perfectly with that BBM sense of unfulfilled longing...
Polly
Ride on
True you ride the finest horse I have ever seen,
Standing sixteen, one or two. With eyes wild and green,
You ride the horse so well, hands light to the touch,
I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to.
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
When you ride in to the night without a trace behind,
Run your claw along my gut one last time.
I turn to face an empty space where you used to lie,
And look for the spark that lights the night
Through a teardrop in my eye.
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
Ride on, see you, I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to.
No matter how I wanted to.
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"Ride on" (sung by Christy Moore, written by Jimmy MacCarthy) kind-of-works for both Jack and Ennis's viewpoints. The song as a whole made me think of Jack's feelings on Ennis riding away at the end of the Dozy Embrace scene - and all the other times they leave each other. The chorus and second verse fit Ennis's viewpoint at the end of the story (especially the 'stinging tears' in the story). I think it's a lovely song - both romantic and sad - that fits perfectly with that BBM sense of unfulfilled longing...
Polly
Beautiful song, Polly, I will make sure to listen to it on itunes! Welcome to the board, by the way! :)
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"Safe And Sound" - Sheryl Crow
Maybe this is forever
Forever fades away
Like a rocket ascending into space
Could you not be sad
Could you not break down
After all I won't let go
[CHORUS:]
Until you're safe and sound
Until you're safe and sound
There's beauty in release
There's no one left to please
But you and me
I don't blame you for quitting
I know you really try
If only you could hang on through the night
I don't want to be lonely
I don't want to be scared
All our friends are waiting there
[CHORUS]
Feel like I could've held on
Feel like I could've let go
Feel like I could've helped you
Feel like I could've changed you
Feel like I could've held you
Feel like I could've hurt you
Feel like I was a stranger
Feel like I was an angel
Feel like I was a hero
Feel like I was a zero
Feel like I could have changed you
Feel like I could have healed you
Feel like I could have saved you
Feel like I should've heard you
Feel like I could have moved you
Feel like I could have changed you
Feel like I could have healed you
Feel like I should've told you
Feel like I could have loved you
Feel like I could have loved you
Feel like I could have loved you
Feel like I really loved you
Feel like I really loved you
Feel like I really loved you
Feel like I really loved you
Feel like I really loved you
Feel like I really loved you
Feel like I could've saved you
Feel like I could've saved you
Feel like I could've saved you.
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Hey, friends and fellow "Brokeback" fanatics:
I can't believe I didn't think of this one before, as it is my favorite song from one of my favorite groups, Restless Heart. It's so uncannily evocative of BBM, which I see now that I am in thrall to that wonderful work of art. Here are the lyrics:
That lonesome Texas sun was setting low
And in the rearview mirror I watched it go
I can still see the wind in her golden hair
I close my eyes for a moment, I'm still there...
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill
The midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
(Where did I go wrong?)
Did I wait too long
Or can I make things right?
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Another town, another hotel room
Another dream that ended way too soon
Left me lonely, prayin' for the dawn
Searching for the strength to carry on
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill
The midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
(Where did I go wrong?)
Did I wait too long
Or can I make things right?
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
For every heart you break
You pay the price
But I can't forget the tears
In her blue eyes
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight...
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Wow, that's a beautiful one! The songs keep coming, don't they? I am amazed how many songs have all these specific details in them that reminds you of BBM, not just the average love songs, but these tiny details that are EXACTLY about BBM. I love music....
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"Love and Happiness" and "Lost on the River" by Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler
I haven't listened real close to the lyrics but the tone, Emmylou's voice, and Mark's twangy guitar just remind me of the movie.
..."I'm lost on the river, the river of life."
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"Love and Happiness" and "Lost on the River" by Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler
I haven't listened real close to the lyrics but the tone, Emmylou's voice, and Mark's twangy guitar just remind me of the movie.
..."I'm lost on the river, the river of life."
Here's Love and Happiness:
Here's a wishing well
Here's a penny for
Any tought it is
That makes you smile
Every diamond dream
Everything that brings
Love and happiness
To your life
Here's a rabbit's food
Take it when you go
So you'll always know
You're safe from harm
Wear your ruby shoes
When you're far away
So you'll always stay
Home in your heart
You will always have a lucky star
That shines because of what you are
Even in the deepest dark
Because your aim is true
And if i could only have one wish
Darling, then i would be this
Love and happiness for you
Here's a spinning wheel
Use it once you've learned
There's a way to turn
The straw to gold
Here's a rosary
Count on every bead
With a prayer to keep
Thehope you hold
You will always have a lucky star
That shines because of what you are
Even in the deepest dark
Because your aim is true
And if I could only have one wish
Darling, then it would be this
Love and happiness fot you
And if I could only have one wish
Darling, then it would be this
Love and happiness for you
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This is a song by the Jayhawks, Blue, a beautiful song:
Blue-Jayhawks
Where have all my friends gone
They've all disappeared
Turned around maybe one day
You were all that was there
Stood by unbelieving
Stood by on my own
Always thought I was someone
Turned out I was wrong
But you brought me through
And you made me feel so
Blue, why don't you stay behind, so
Blue, why don't you stop and look at what's goin' down
Live by an old woman
She'd never sell me a lie
It's hard to sing with someone
Who won't sing with you
Give all of my mercy
Give all of my heart
Never thought I'd miss you
That I'd miss you so much
But you brought me through
And you made me feel
Blue, why don't you stay behind
Blue, why don't you stop and look at what's goin' down
Stand by, stand by, waiting round
(All my life I'm waiting for, someone I could hold the door)
Now that I'm blue, that I'm blue
(But nothing seems to change, you'll come back I know)
From now on, so
Blue, why don't you stay behind
Blue, why don't you, stay behind
So blue, yeah, yeah, yeah
So blue, why don't you stop and look at what's goin' down
And a great song by a Dutch band, Kane:
Before you let me go
Stay tonight
Let me hold you like I never did before
Take my arms
And let me hold you like I never did before
And I should have tried just to talk about this
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know that I'm
Still here
So before you let me go...
Take my hands
Let me touch you like I never did before
Take my heart and let me love you
Like I never did before
Like I never did before
And I should have tried just to talk about it
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know
That I'm still here
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
And we see ourselves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So before you let me go
Before you let me go.....
Save the dance and let me spin you
Till your world is turning round and round
Round and round, round and round
Save the chance and let me show you
Just like you need a little more
Just like you need a little more
And I should have tried just to talk about it
Waiting, ending
I should have tried just to let you know
That I'm still here
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
Until we see oursleves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So much harder than before
So before you let me go...
Before you let me go...
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
Until we see ourselves no more
When we're closing every door
It's so much harder than before
So much harder than before
But we waste it every time
Now my heart is on the line
And now we bruise with every step
When we're closing every door
Can we make it easier
Some time?
Some time...
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Don't Dream It's Over (Neil Finn)
by Crowded House
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the T.V. page
Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
Don't ever let them win
Lyrics Copyright © 1986 Roundhead Music (BMI).
This is one of the loveliest melodies I've heard. I did a little figuring and realized Jack was dead by the time this song came out. :'(
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What a surprise to see the song from Crowded House......and i agree, it is a beautiful song and tune......didnt know anyone from america would have known of Crowded House, they are New Zealand boys but were/are big in Australia......
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They were "2 hit wonders" here in the states and this song got to # 2 on our charts. I don't know the other song off hand but if I find it I'll post it. It must be spring down there, no? It's starting to cool off here in the midwestern US as we prepare for fall.
cc33 (Leslie)
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Can't believe I never thought of this one before (or maybe I have, so many pages ago I've lost track...)
Anyway...
Broken Wings ~ Mr. Mister
Baby
Don't understand why we can't just hold on
to each other's hands.
This time might be the last, I fear
unless I make it all too clear
I need you so.
Take these broken wings
And learn to fly again,
learn to live so free.
And when we hear the voices sing
The Book of Love will open up and let us in.
Take these broken wings -
Baby
I think tonight we can take
what was wrong and make it right.
Baby
It's all I know
that you're half of the flesh
And blood that makes me whole
I need you so.
So take these broken wings . . .
Take these broken wings . . .
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Can't believe I never thought of this one before (or maybe I have, so many pages ago I've lost track...)
Anyway...
Broken Wings ~ Mr. Mister
OOOOOOOOH! I looooooove that song, it's one of my all-time favorite songs!!!! :D
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Me thinks it is time to hear from our old friends Snow Patrol again! I could really just put the whole album on here, but here are a few of my favourites.
"Set The Fire To The Third Bar"
(feat. Martha Wainwright)
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold gound
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold gound
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold gound
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
"It's Beginning To Get To Me"
I want something
That's purer than the water
Like we were
It's not there now
Ineloquence and anger
Are all we have
Like Saturn's rings
An icy loop around me
Too hard to hold
Lash out first
At all the things we don't like
Or understand
And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point
They're always fighting with aching joints
It's doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about
The answer phone
The lonely sound of your voice
Frozen in time
((it really should be: she answers the phone, the lonely sound of her voice, frozen in time))
I only need
The compass that you gave me
To guide me on
And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point
They're always fighting with aching joints
It's doing nothing but tire us out
No one knows what this fight's about
It's so thrilling but also wrong
Don't have to prove that you are so strong
Cos I can carry you on my back
After our enemies attack
I tried to tell you before I left
But I was screaming under my breath
You are the only thing that makes sense
Just ignore all this present tense
We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost
We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost.
"Shut Your Eyes"
Shut your eyes and think of somewhere
Somewhere cold and caked in snow
By the fire we break the quiet
Learn to wear each other well
And when the worrying starts to hurt
and the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
you can imagine this place, you're our secret space at will
Shut your eyes, I spin the big chair
And you'll feel dizzy, light, and free
And falling gently on the cushion
You can come and sing to me
And when the worrying starts to hurt
and the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
you can imagine this place, you're our secret space at will
Shut your eyes
Shut your eyes
Shut your eyes
Shut your eyes
Shut your eyes and sing to me (Shut your eyes and sing to me)
Shut your eyes and sing to me (Shut your eyes and sing to me)
Shut your eyes and sing to me (Shut your eyes and sing to me)
Shut your eyes and sing to me (Shut your eyes and sing to me)
"You're All I Have"
Strain this chaos turn it into light
I've got to see you one last night
Before the lions take their share
Leave us in pieces, scattered everywhere
Just give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
You're cinematic razor sharp
A welcome arrow through the heart
Under your skin feels like home
Electric shocks on aching bones
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
There is a darkness deep in you
A frightening magic I cling to
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Give me a chance to hold on
Just give me something to hold onto
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have
"You Could Be Happy"
You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played on lips 'till it's madness in my head
Is it too late to remind you how we were
But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out the door
You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true
Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do
More than anything I want to see you go
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world
Well would you look at that, I did end up putting almost the whole album on here! ;D Anyway: Enjoy! Cause I know I do. :)
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I really should look up that band on itunes! I think I already did that when you first mentioned them, but I will again!
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Alison Krauss - If I didn't know any better...
I turned around
Before I could run
I found you already settled down
In the back of my mind
I know this is just a customary fever
The moon is our deceiver
That will leave you running blind
You're heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you
Didn't want to
The look in the eyes of the one that
I would be drawn too
I'm a moth lost in a fire
And I know this
Is just a beautiful illusion
A case of the confusion
Between love and desire
You're heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin deeper and deeper its true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love
When the flame burns out
If finally settles down
And you forget
I ever came around
You're heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin deeper and deeper its true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you
I turned around
Before I could run
I found you already settled down
In the back of my mind
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One might imagine either Ennis or Jack sympathizing with the lyrics to this England Dan and John Ford Coley classic, which might mirror many a night when, separated by great distance, they would long for their next fishing trip together. The song also dates from 1976, so it chronologically fits in with their story. Here is the song (written by Parker McGee and performed by England Dan and John Ford Coley):
Lyin' in bed with the radio on
Moonlight falls like rain
Soft summer nights spent thinkin' of you
When will I see you again
Soft and low the music moans
I can't stop thinkin' about you
Thinkin' 'bout you...
I didn't know it would be so strong
Waiting and wondering about you
I didn't know it would last so long
Nights are forever without you
The curtains still dance with the wind and the sky
The sun'll be coming up soon
But I just can't sleep for thinkin' of you
Here alone with the moon
Soft and low the music moans
I can't stop thinkin' about you
Thinkin' 'bout you...
I didn't know it would be so strong
Waiting and wondering about you
I didn't know it would last so long
Nights are forever without you...
Nights are forever without you...
Nights are forever without you...
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Beautiful words....I'm heading to Limewire right now to try and find it......thank you....
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This part is particularly fitting:
The curtains still dance with the wind and the sky
The sun'll be coming up soon
But I just can't sleep for thinkin' of you
Here alone with the moon
I'll never hear poetic references to the earth, wind or moon quite the same way again. Another gift (or is it a curse? ;)) this movie has given me.
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This part is particularly fitting:
The curtains still dance with the wind and the sky
The sun'll be coming up soon
But I just can't sleep for thinkin' of you
Here alone with the moon
I'll never hear poetic references to the earth, wind or moon quite the same way again. Another gift (or is it a curse? ;)) this movie has given me.
Wow, that's beautiful. This movie has also made me look at old songs differently, I used to listen to Kate Bush a lot, this one is especially fitting..
It doesn't hurt me.
Do you want to feel how it feels?
Do you want to know, know that it doesn't hurt me?
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making?
You, it's you and me.
And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
Say, If I only could, oh...
You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder.
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.
Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, it's you and me.
It's you and me won't be unhappy.
And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
Say, if I only could, oh...
You,
It's you and me,
It's you and me won't be unhappy.
"C'mon, baby, c'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh..."
And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.
say if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.
So if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.
So if I only could
Be running up that hill
With no problems...
"If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill."
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I heard an instrumental piece over the weekend that I knew immediately I would have to cite in our thread here. It is a short guitar composition called 'Cowboy Song', which was written and performed by a man named Brian Keane. It has been featured in two television documentaries by Ric Burns, the 1995 "The Way West" and the 2002 "Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film", respectively, and is available in the soundtrack CD's to both those productions (the former released through Shanachie, and the latter via Green Linnet Records).
Keane's lovely little piece (about two minutes and fifteen seconds in duration, and which should not be confused with the 1976 Thin Lizzy rock classic also titled 'Cowboy Song') reminded me somewhat of Gustavo's work on Brokeback Mountain, but rather than displaying the plangent, melancholy undertone of the Argentinean composer's efforts, possesses a lilting, gentle quality that is no less poignant for evoking a happier mood.
I found an official website for Keane that interested parties may wish to consult, and the CD soundtracks featuring 'Cowboy Song' are available through Amazon. Here is the composer's website:
http://www.briankeanemusic.com/ (http://www.briankeanemusic.com/)
Happy musical trails to you all,
Scott
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This isn't exactly in keeping with the nature of this thread, as this is a song used in Brokeback Mountain, but it occurred to me that nowhere on our site are the lyrics to this classic rock song reproduced. I think this is an oversight that should be corrected, and this thread is as good a place to share them as any.
'Melissa' is one of my favorite songs, and I was delighted to hear it when first seeing the film on February 18th, 2006. It became my very own BBM soundtrack for those first few traumatized days, when I couldn't get the film's closing image out of my mind, and 'Melissa' somehow ensconced itself as background music to that memory. The song always tugged at my heart-strings, but as mental accompaniment to this devastatingly beautiful closing sequence, it became heartrending. I got a little choked up just transcribing the lyrics for inclusion here. Here they are, courtesy of Gregg Allman and the Allman Brothers Band, on whose 1972 LP, Eat a Peach, the song first appeared:
Crossroads seem to come and go...yeah
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
Knowing many, loving none
Bearing sorrow, having fun
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa
Freight train--each car looks the same, all the same
And no one knows the gypsy's name
No one hears his lonely sighs
There are no blankets where he lies
In his deepest dreams the gypsy flies
To sweet Melissa
Again the morning's come
Again he's on the run
Sunbeams shining through his hair
Appearing not to have a care
Pick up your gear and gypsy, roll on...
Roll on...
Crossroads, will you ever let him go?
Or will you hide the dead man's ghost
Or will he lie beneath the clay
Or will his spirit float away
But I know that he won't stay
Without Melissa
Yes, I know that he won't stay...
Without Melissa
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I always wondered about those lyrics, even though I have the album! I just never could quite grasp them. Thank you very much for writing this down, Scott.
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Anyone mentioned this one?
You Do something To Me - Paul Weller
You do something to me - something deep inside
I'm hanging on the wire - for a love i'll never find
You do something wonderful - then chase it all away
Mixing my emotions - that throws me back again
Hanging on the wire, i'm waiting for the change
I'm dancing through the fire, just to catch a flame -
An' feel real again
You do something to me - somewhere deep inside
I'm hoping to get close to - a peace i cannot find -
Dancing through the fire - just to catch a flame
Just to get close to, just close enough -
To tell you that.....
You do something to me - something deep inside.
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I hope I'm not repeating one that's already been posted.
To Where You Are
by Josh Groban
Who can say for certain
Maybe you’re still here
I feel you all around me
Your memory’s so clear
Deep in the stillness
I can hear you speak
You’re still an inspiration
Can it be that you are my forever love
And you are watching over me from up above
Fly me up to where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight to see you smile
If only for a while, to know you’re there
A breath away’s not far
To where you are
Are you gently sleeping
Here inside my dream
And isn’t faith believing
All power can’t be seen
As my heart holds you
Just one beat away
I cherish all you gave me, every day
‘Cause you are my forever love
Watching me from up above
And I believe that angels breathe
And that love will live on and never leave
Fly me up to where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight to see you smile
If only for a while, to know you’re there
A breath away’s not far
To where you are
I know you’re there
A breath away’s not far
To where you are
Actually, just about anything by Josh Groban reminds me of Brokeback Mountain. You can hear several of his songs, including this one, on his website.
www.joshgroban.com (http://www.joshgroban.com)
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Oh, my goodness. I just heard this on the radio on my way home from the gym tonight, and I do believe it's my new favorite song.
Chasing Cars ~ Snow Patrol
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
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That third to last verse made me spontaneously put my hand to my heart right at the words "Is here in your perfect eyes..."
Wow. Lovely and amazing.
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Oh, my goodness. I just heard this on the radio on my way home from the gym tonight, and I do believe it's my new favorite song.
Chasing Cars ~ Snow Patrol
That third to last verse made me spontaneously put my hand to my heart right at the words "Is here in your perfect eyes..."
Wow. Lovely and amazing.
Isn't it great, it was already posted here a while back and I looked it up on itunes and now I am hooked on it too, this is one of the most perfect Ennis and Jack songs... sooo sad and so beautiful...
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough ....
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Isn't it great, it was already posted here a while back and I looked it up on itunes and now I am hooked on it too, this is one of the most perfect Ennis and Jack songs... sooo sad and so beautiful...
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough ....
That part about made me gasp, too. I guess I haven't been listening to the radio much these days. All the jibber jabber just annoys me too much. So mostly I listen to my iPod (which this is now on) or my CDs. I'm so glad I happened to catch this last night - I'd never heard it before and might have missed it.
I also love this:
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
I think of it from Jack's point of view, mostly - but that part right there resonates with both of them.
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It's such a sad song isn't it? It is sung very lazily and sweetly...Yeah, I never listen to the radio either, the radio programs in Holland are more talk than music and I am just addicted to my iPod, and this song is also on mine! :)
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Glad some others have discovered this song too!
I love the lead singer's voice - it's very expressive. Check out 'Chocolate' and 'Spitting Games' from the album 'Final Straw' to see how versatile his voice is.
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Glad some others have discovered this song too!
I love the lead singer's voice - it's very expressive. Check out 'Chocolate' and 'Spitting Games' from the album 'Final Straw' to see how versatile his voice is.
You posted it here a while back, didn't you? Thanks again... ;)
Here's another one from a KD Lang album - Simple
Flawless light in a darkening air
Alone...and shining there
Love will not elude you
Love is simple
I worship this tenacity
And the beautiful struggle we’re in
Love will not elude us
Love is simple
Be sure to know that
All in love
Is ours
And love, as a philosophy
Is simple
I am calm in oblivion
Calm, as I ever have been
Love will not elude me
Love is simple
Be sure to know that
All in love
Is ours...
Is ours...
That all in love
Is ours
And love, as philosophy
Is simple...
And ours...
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Glad some others have discovered this song too!
I love the lead singer's voice - it's very expressive. Check out 'Chocolate' and 'Spitting Games' from the album 'Final Straw' to see how versatile his voice is.
Ooh. I'll have to check that out. When he was singing "All that I am, all that I ever was...," I couldn't wait to hear what the answer was because he was expressing so much in those words. And then when he sang "Is here in your perfect eyes" I about crashed my car. So lovely.
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His voice just makes me melt, big time - especially on 'Chocolate'.
*Clicks on 'Chocolate' on PC hard-drive and melts* :P
I've never heard that KD song - will have to check it out. She could sing the phone directory and it would sound beautiful....
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And then when he sang "Is here in your perfect eyes" I about crashed my car.
:laugh:
Listening to Chasing Cars and nearly crashing your car... :o
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Does anybody know the Norwegian singer Maria Mena? This is her beautiful song Just Hold Me:
Comfortable as I am
I need your reassurance
And comfortable as you are
You count the days
But if I wanted silence
I would whisper
And if I wanted loneliness
I'd choose to go
And if i like rejection
I'd audition
And if I didn't love you
You would know
And why can't you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
still care
You say you see the light now
At the end of this narrow hall
I wish it didn't matter
I wish I didn't give you all
But if I wanted silence
I would whisper
And if I wanted loneliness
I'd choose to go
And if i like rejection
I'd audition
And if I didn't love you
You would know
And why can't you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
Poor little misunderstood baby
No one likes a sad face
But I can't remember life without him
I think I did have good days
I think I did have good days
And Why ....
Why can't you just hold me
And how come it is so hard
And do you like to see me broken
And why do I still care
:'(
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Bumping the thread because it's so much fun to talk about music and lyrics!
Here's another one:
Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you
Now it's all or nothing
'Cause you say you'll follow through
You follow me, and I, I, I follow you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who's gonna save you?
Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive
Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see
Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come
And the lights that shine on
But if that don't mean nothing
Like if someday it should fall through
You'll take me home where the magic's from
And I'll be with you
What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
In the final seconds who's gonna save you?
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
And another one by the Simple Minds:
Someone, somewhere in Summer Time:
Stay, I'm burning slow
With me in the rain, walking in the soft rain
Calling out my name
See me burning slow
Brilliant days, wake up on brilliant days
Shadows of brilliant ways will change all the time
Memories, burning gold memories
Gold of day memories change me in these times
Somewhere there is some place, that one million eyes can't see
And somewhere there is someone, who can see what I can see
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Moments burn, slow burning golden nights
Once more see city lights, holding candles to the flame
Brilliant days, wake up on brilliant days
Shadows of brilliant ways will change me all the time
Somewhere there is some place, that one million eyes can't see
And somewhere there is someone, who can see what I can see
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
Someone, Somewhere In Summertime
And do you guys ever have that 'gulp' moment when you hear a line in a song that has nothing to do with BBM, but only that ONE line?
Spandau Ballet (!) - Through the Barricades:
And now I know what they're saying
It's a terrible beauty we've made
And Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears:
It's under my skin but out of my hands
:'(
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Melissa -
Those lyrics are beautiful. Thanks for posting them! :)
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Another beautiful one:
Chicane-No ordinary morning
If there was nothing that I could say
Turned your back and you just walked away
Leaves me numb inside I think of you
Together is all I knew
We moved too fast but I had no sign
I would try to turn the hands of time
Then look to you for the reason why
The love we had passed me by
And as the sun would set you would rise
Fall from the sky into paradise
Is there no light in your heart for me?
You've closed your eyes, you no longer see
There were no lies between me and you
You said nothing of what you knew
But there was still something in your eyes
Left me helpless and paralyzed
You could give a million reasons,
change the world and change the times,
Could not give me the secrets of your heart
and of your mind
In the darkness that surrounds me now
there is no peace of mind
Your careless words undo me,
leave the thought of us behind
You could give a million reasons,
change the world and change the times
Could not give me the secrets of your heart
and of your mind
In the darkness that surrounds me now
there is no peace of mind
Your careless words undo me,
leave the thought of us behind
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Lovely, Melissa. Sad, but lovely. Along those same lines, how about this one?
Insensitive ~ Jann Arden
How do you cool your lips
After a summer’s kiss?
How do you rid the sweat
After the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes
From the romantic glare?
How do you block the sound
Of a voice you’d know anywhere?
Oh, I really should have known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Your casual good-byes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me
Maybe You might have some advice to give
On how to be
Insensitive
Insensitive
Insensitive
How do you numb your skin
After the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood
After the body rush?
How do you free your soul
After you’ve found a friend?
How do you teach your heart
It’s a crime to fall in love again?
Oh, you probably won’t remember me
It’s probably ancient history
I’m one of the chosen few
Who went ahead and fell for you
I’m out of vogue, I’m out of touch
I fell too fast, I feel too much
I thought that you might have
Some advice to give on how to be
Insensitive
I really should have known
By the time you drove me home
By the vagueness in your eyes
Your casual good-byes
By the chill in your embrace
The expression on your face
That told me
Maybe You might have some advice to give
On how to be
Insensitive
Insensitive
Insensitive
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I think there are times that both Ennis and Jack would have found these lyrics resonant - I think they both would have at the same time the day they came down from the mountain. So sad that they knew each other so well and yet misunderstood each other so much.
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Wow, that's beautiful and really a lot like No Ordinary Morning, I am going to look it up on itunes as soon as I come home...
I especially got goose bumps when I read this:
How do you numb your skin
After the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood
After the body rush?
How do you free your soul
After you’ve found a friend?
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I think we didn't have this one yet.
Baby Can I Hold you by Tracy Chapman
Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry
Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me
But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine
I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you
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:'(
Wow, that's beautiful and really a lot like No Ordinary Morning, I am going to look it up on itunes as soon as I come home...
I especially got goose bumps when I read this:
How do you numb your skin
After the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood
After the body rush?
How do you free your soul
After you’ve found a friend?
That's the part that always gives me chills, too. When you check it out on iTunes you'll hear it - her voice breaks just a little on the word "friend" - hits me in the heart every time.
And this:
How do you block the sound
Of a voice you'd know anywhere?
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Continuing on in this melancholy theme, how about this one from Bonnie Raitt? Makes me think of Jack on their last night together. Little did he know... :(
I Can't Make You Love Me
Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, dont patronize - dont patronize me
Chorus: cause I cant make you love me if you dont
You cant make your heart feel something it wont
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and Ill feel the power
But you wont, no you wont
cause I cant make you love me if you dont
Ill close my eyes, then I wont see
The love you dont feel when youre holding me
Morning will come and Ill do whats right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight
Chorus: cause I cant make you love me if you dont
You cant make your heart feel something it wont
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and Ill feel the power
But you wont, no you wont
cause I cant make you love me if you dont
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Oh no!!! I can't find "Insensitive" on itunes!!! The problem is, I have itunes with a very limited collection of songs (Dutch version), and I can't log into the US version of itunes, it's crazy...I can never find the songs I am looking for. I did find another song by Jann Arden, it's called Hangin' by a thread, her voice is absolutely beautiful!!! Do you have any idea where I might be able to find Insensitive?
Her voice sounds a bit like Judy Collins' voice, I love "The moon's a harsh mistress", but have trouble finding it online.
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:'( I looked up the lyrics to that song and I think I should post it because we did start that melancholy theme here today, didn't we?
When I cry, I close my eyes
And every tear falls down inside
And I pray with all my might
That I will find my heart in someones arms
When I cry, cry
When I cry
When I am sad I think of every awful thing I ever did
Oh when I cry, there is no love,
No there is nothing that can comfort me enough
When I cry,
Cry, cry
The salt inside my body ruins everyone I come close to
My hands are barely holding up my head
I am so tired of looking at my feet
Or all the secrets that I keep
My heart is barely hangin by a thread
Hangin by a thread
Oh look at me
At all Ive done
Ive lost so many things that I so dearly love
I lost my soul
I lost my pride
Oh I lost any hope of having a sweet life :'(
So I cry,
Cry, cry
Oh the salt inside my body ruins everyone I come close to
My hands are barely holding up my head
Oh Im so tired of looking at my feet
And all the secrets that I keep
My heart is barely hangin by a thread
Hangin by a thread
I miss you all
I wish I was with you now
I wish I was
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BTW- I love your other choices! :)
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That song "Insensitive" has been a favurite of mine for years....you can download it off Limewire....
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Here's one I learned from a BBM YouTube video someone made. A very charming song. I found it back before the DVD came out and we were stalking YouTube for bits and pieces. She quilted it from the LOGO special, and did a good job matching lyrics to images of Our Boys:
Secret Heart by Feist
Secret heart
What are you made of
What are you so afraid of
Could it be
Three simple words
Or the fear of being overheard
What's wrong
Let em' in on your secret heart
Secret Heart
Why so mysterious
Why so sacred
Why so serious
Maybe you're
Just acting tough
Maybe you're just not man enough
What's wrong
Let em' in on your secret heart
This very secret
That you're trying to conceal
Is the very same one
That You're dying to reveal
Go tell her him how, how you feel
Secret heart come out and share it
This loneliness, few can bear it
Maybe its got something to do with
Admitting that you just can't go through it alone
Let em' in on your secret heart
This very secret
That you're trying to conceal
Is the very same one
That you're dying to reveal
Go tell her him how, how you feel
Let em' in on your secret
Let em' in on your secret
secret heart
your secret heart
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Clarissa, I *LOVED* that video. You're right - very charming song, and the images were selected well. Thanks for posting the link.
Long live youtube! ;D
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Thanks for posting, Clarissa! I love the lyrics....
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Here's another one: I love this song....
"Unfinished Sympathy"
[Shara Nelson, Massive Attack]
I know that i've been mad in love before
And how it could be with you
Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby
How can you have a day without a night
You're the book that I have opened
And now i've got to know much more
The curiousness of your potential kiss
Has got my mind and body aching
Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby
How can you have a day without a night
You're the book that I have opened
And now I've got to know much more
Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I'm missing every part
[x5]
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"Unfinished Sympathy"
[Shara Nelson, Massive Attack]
OMG... this song is one of my all-time faves... love it, love it, LOVE IT!! I'm not sure where Shara is from, but Massive Attack are local boys from Bristol, UK (where I live)! :D
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OMG... this song is one of my all-time faves... love it, love it, LOVE IT!! I'm not sure where Shara is from, but Massive Attack are local boys from Bristol, UK (where I live)! :D
Mine too, Massive Attack has been one of my all-time favourite bands for about 15 years now! I remember they are from Bristol, yes! :) Do you like any of their other songs?
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Mine too, Massive Attack has been one of my all-time favourite bands for about 15 years now! I remember they are from Bristol, yes! :) Do you like any of their other songs?
For me their 2 stand out albums are 'Blue Lines' and 'Mezzanine' (which is so accessible and yet so wierd at the same time - I absolutely adore it and it would definitely be in my top 10 favourite albums of all time). My favourite 3 tracks from each? From 'Blue Lines' it would be 'Unfinished Sympathy', 'Safe From Harm' and 'Day Dreaming', and from 'Mezzanine' (how to choose?!) it would be 'Angel', 'Teardrop' (which I'm listening to right now and it's giving me goosebumps...) and 'Black Milk' (the last 2 with amazing vocals from Elizabeth Fraser). So yeah, you could say I'm a bit of a fan! ;)
BTW, I've discovered that 'Black Milk' is great, er, making out music! ;)
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For me their 2 stand out albums are 'Blue Lines' and 'Mezzanine' (which is so accessible and yet so wierd at the same time - I absolutely adore it and it would definitely be in my top 10 favourite albums of all time). My favourite 3 tracks from each? From 'Blue Lines' it would be 'Unfinished Sympathy', 'Safe From Harm' and 'Day Dreaming', and from 'Mezzanine' (how to choose?!) it would be 'Angel', 'Teardrop' (which I'm listening to right now and it's giving me goosebumps...) and 'Black Milk' (the last 2 with amazing vocals from Elizabeth Fraser). So yeah, you could say I'm a bit of a fan! ;)
BTW, I've discovered that 'Black Milk' is great, er, making out music! ;)
Yeah, I do agree that Mezzanine is a weird mixture of accessible and weird, it's one of the most special albums there is I think. It's got a special place in my heart. I also have the singles box that came out after Mezzanine, it has all the remixes and there are some very good ones on it. I love Teardrop, in fact, I think we should post the lyrics here, because they are quite appropriate, don't you think? I also love the video to that! :)
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Nine night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Stumbling a little
Stumbling a little
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Insensitive ~ Jann Arden
How do you cool your lips
After a summer’s kiss?
How do you rid the sweat
After the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes
From the romantic glare?
How do you block the sound
Of a voice you’d know anywhere?
I have the song now, David (David925) asked some friends and found somebody who had the CD. It's very nice, it even has a BBM- guitar twang, did you hear that? :)
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I know I'm dating myself, here, but I'm in a Pat Benatar frame of mind tonight. And I've always loved these songs, and even moreso now that they make me think of our boys:
Shadows of the Night
We're running with the shadows of the night
So baby take my hand, it'll be all right
Surrender all your dreams to me tonight
They'll come true in the end.
You said oh girl boy, it's a cold world
When you keep it all to yourself.
I said you can't hide on the inside
All the pain you've ever felt.
Ransom my heart, but baby don't look back
'Cause we got nobody else.
Chorus:
We're running with the shadows of the night
So baby take my hand, it'll be all right
Surrender all your dreams to me tonight
They'll come true in the end.
You know that sometimes it feels like
It's all moving way too fast
Use every alibi and words you deny
That love ain't meant to last.
You can cry tough baby, it's all right
You can let me down easy, but not tonight.
We're running with the shadows of the night
So baby take my hand, you'll be all right
Surrender all your dreams to me tonight
They'll come true in the end
And now the hands of time are standin' still
Midnight angel, won't you say you will?
We Belong
Many times I've tried to tell you
Many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well you
Cut my feelings to the bone
Don't want to leave you really
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy
To the doubts that complicate your mind
Chorus:
We belong to the light
We belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words
We've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace
For worse or for better
We belong, we belong
We belong together
Maybe it's a sign of weakness
When I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldnt know
What to do with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit?
Do we distort the facts?
Now there's no looking forward
Now there's no turning back
When you say
(chorus)
Close your eyes and try to sleep now
Close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
To try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it
How much we really care
I hear your voice inside me
I see your face everywhere
Still you say
(chorus)
______________________
I've always loved this the most: I hear your voice inside me, I see your face everywhere.
God, that's just the shit.
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OK, just one more:
Love is a Battlefield
We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong, no one can tell us we're wrong
Searching our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield
You're beggin me to go, you're makin' me stay
Why do you hurt me so bad?
It would help me to know
Do I stand in your way, or am I the best thing you've had?
Believe me, believe me, I can't tell you why
But I'm trapped by your love, and I'm chained to your side
We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong, no one can tell us were wrong
Searching our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield
When we're losing control
Will you turn me away or touch me deep inside?
And before this gets old, will it still feel the same?
There's no way this will die
But if we get much closer, I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders, you'll need me to hold
We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong, no one can tell us we're wrong
Searching our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield
We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong, no one can tell us we're wrong
Searching our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield
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Oh, I love those Pat Benatar songs, soooo 80's, LOVE IT!
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The opposite effect: Brokeback Mountain made me think of this song.
ELO, “Midnight Blue” (from the Discovery album)
Booteeful words, booteeful. Will have to see if I can find it on ITunes or sumsuch, 'cos I've not heard of it before.
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Funny you mention that, Barbara - Brokeback made me think of this ELO song:
Strange Magic
You're sailing softly through the sun
In a broken stone age dawn
You fly so high
I get a strange magic,
Oh, what a strange magic,
Oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
Got a strange magic.
You're walking meadows in my mind
Making waves across my time
Oh no, oh no.
I get a strange magic,
Oh, what a strange magic,
Oh, it's a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
Got a strange magic.
Oh I'm never gonna be the same again
Now I've seen the way it's got to end -
Sweet dream, sweet dream.
Strange magic,
Oh, what a strange magic,
Oh, its a strange magic.
Got a strange magic,
Got a strange magic.
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Today I stumbled across a rarity from the Seventies. When I drove to work in the early morning hours the radio station I was listening to played the German version of "Under One Roof" from The Rubettes. I think this was the first time I ever heard a gay themed song in German radio. Cool!
Under One Roof
Billy ran away from his home to find away to live in peace
His Mama didn't give a damn about him
His Papa's on the run from the Police
When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy
No one needs you when your down and out
Then one kind guy with the painted eyes
Picked him up and bailed him out
Under one roof sharing one room
Nobody cared about them
Under one roof Sharing one room
Daring the world to part them
Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay
AII day looking round getting me down I was being turned away
And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down
To Billy from up above
And for the first time in his life Billy found out
What it felt like to be loved.
Under one roof sharing one love
Nobody cared about them
Under one roof sharing one love
Daring the world to part them.
Somehow Billy's Papa found out all about the style of Billy's life
And it didn't take long before he came round and he had a knife
He cut up Johnny stole all his money
He called him all the names that he could find
Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow
And show him what they do to Billy's kind.
Under one roof sharing on love
Now the whole world knew about them
Under one roof sharing one love
Daring the world to part them.
Johnny said 'Billy we can run away from the world no more
I'm gonna fetch my daddy, I'm gonna show the world who I'm living for
And if I lose my job, if I lose my life you'll know one thing is true
He can take away anything from me
But he won't take me from you.
And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory for him to come
And how it did degrade him he cut him and he slayed him
And spat on him in front of ev'ryone
As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying
Because the parent through him he became
And all because the person who has the first to give him love
Had been a man.
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Talking about Pat Benatar, here is my favorite of her songs, whose lyrics now seem uncannily resonant with 'Brokeback' associations:
We Live for Love
Your love's contagious, one kiss is dangerous
But I have more to risk, than you to lose
I feel passion growing
I know that love is only just one inch away, from striking us
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
When we get tired, and watch the summer fade away
Will you think of romance, what will we do?
Is there a place where we can go?
Where time stands still for those who know?
Till eternity we'll fulfill our desires
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
I never planned to win the race
But you convinced me face to face
There was never a chance of losing at all
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love
We Live For Love (Fading)
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A wonderful 80's song...
Feels Like Heaven
by Factory Fiction
Heaven is closer now today
The sound is in my ears
I can't believe the things you say
They echo what I fear
Twisting the bones until they snap
I scream but no one knows
You say I'm familiar cold to touch
And then you turn and go
Feels like heaven...
See how we planned for saddened eyes
And tears to pave the way
I fought the fever as I knew
My hair returned to grey
Study your face and fade the frame
Too close for comfort now
We can recall the harmony
That lingered but turned sour
Feels like heaven...
You wanted all I had to give
See me I feel, see me I live
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I always thought that was such a pretty song, Barbara. I always loved Barry Manilow's "Could This be the Magic?" too.
And since I'm in an uber-sappy mood tonight, allow me to post two of my all-time favorite love songs, both of which have women's names in the title and/or song - but disregarding that it's astonishing (to me, anyway) how much they resonate:
Annie's Song ~ John Denver
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life to you,
let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms,
let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you.
Come let me love you, come love me again.
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Daisy Jane ~ Gerry Beckley (America)
Flyin' me back to Memphis
Gotta find my Daisy Jane
Well, the summer's gone
And I hope she's feeling the same
Well, I left her just to roam the city
Thinkin' it would ease the pain
I'm a crazy man and I'm playin' my crazy game
Does she really love me?
I think she does
Like the stars above me, I know because
When the sky is bright
Everything's all right
Flyin' me back to Memphis
Honey, keep the oven warm
All the clouds are clearin'
And I think we're over the storm
Well, I been pickin' it up around me
Daisy, I think I'm sane
Well, I'm awful glad
And I guess you're really to blame, blame
Do you really love me?
I hope you do
Like the stars above me, how I love you
When it's cold at night
Everything's all right
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Annie's Song ~ John Denver
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Come let me love you, let me give my life to you,
let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your arms,
let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you.
Come let me love you, come love me again.
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest,
like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain,
like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.
Oh I loooooove this song, my sister's daughter, she is 3, sings this all the time. She is also very fond of Leaving on a jetplane... So cute!
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I am a huge Gordon Lightfoot fan, therefore I cannot resist posting two of his most beautiful songs next to Shadows (which I already posted...)
Thank you for the promises
Thank you for the promises we made
I know I can't complain
I think I did all right
No failures are in sight
Only now and then
I'd like to reminisce
Do you remember when
Even if we're angels we can't ask
To wander through the past
The future is our goal
The night is black as coal
If I could pay the price
I'd like to love you once
I'd love to love you twice
Thanks
We cannot say enough
The road is sometimes rough
But we can get along
The going will get tough
But we won't be afraid
Of the promises we made
Thank you for the promises you keep
When I am fast asleep
To be where we belong
Is all that I can ask
We can do it in the shade
As long as I have you
And the promises we made
Thank you for the promises we break
If you made a clean mistake
Well that's what love's about
No need to stand and shout
The truth is in your eyes
The answer lies within
No need to criticize
Thanks
For the promises at hand
The abuse that we must stand
Is often heaven sent
They may not pay the rent
You never can be sure
When promises get bent
Thank you for the promises that live
This is all that I can give
Forever in my mind
To leave the past behind
And seal it with a kiss
Forever in my soul
I will remember this
I just love this:
If I could pay the price
I'd like to love you once
I'd love to love you twice
Looking At The Rain, ©1972 by Gordon Lightfoot
Looking at the rain, feeling the pain
Of love lost running through my brain
Looking at the wind, watching it spin
The leaves along the street, you win
Waiting for a line to fall
Telling you it's all a big mistake
Looking at a face, so out of place
Inside that picture frame of lace
Looking at the wall, wishing you'd call
And tell me you're okay, that's all
Wishing this was all a dream
And I'd find you sleeping when I wake
Looking at the trees, so ill at ease
From sleep that will not come, that's me
Looking at the dawn, knowing it's wrong
Still thinking of your love that's gone
Wishing this was all a dream
And I'd find you sleeping when I wake
Looking at the rain, feeling the pain
Of love lost running through my brain
Looking at the wind, watching it spin
The leaves along the street, you win
Waiting for a line to fall
Telling you it's all a big mistake
But the words won't come, I know I'd feel the same
Looking at the rain
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Oh I loooooove this song, my sister's daughter, she is 3, sings this all the time. She is also very fond of Leaving on a jetplane... So cute!
Oh I haven't thought about that song in years. I use to love it too.
That is so cute Melissa. :)
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Oh I haven't thought about that song in years. I use to love it too.
That is so cute Melissa. :)
Every time I hear that song, I hear that little voice singing along.... I'm leaeaeaeaving on a jetplane, don't know when I'll be back again, oh babe, I hate go...
My sister is a stewardess and every time my niece has a hard time accepting that she is leaving for work, she pulls her on her lap and they start singing this song. So cute.
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My sister is a stewardess and every time my niece has a hard time accepting that she is leaving for work, she pulls her on her lap and they start singing this song. So cute.
Leavin' her three year old, I bet your poor sister has a tough time too. I love that they have a good way to make the transiition. My 3 year old and I also love that song. :)
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Leavin' her three year old, I bet your poor sister has a tough time too. I love that they have a good way to make the transiition. My 3 year old and I also love that song. :)
Yeah, it is still hard for her, but this way my niece understands it better... I love to hear that you and your three year old love it too! It's so cute when they sing along to those lyrics...
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I have just finished watching a tv show about Peter Allen.....
One of the songs he performed was "I Honestly Love You"......which was written by Peter, and recorded and was a hit for Olivia Newton John....
Watching and hearing Peter Allen sing the song, gave it a whole new meaning, because I felt he was probably singing it to a guy that he loved, and I couldnt help but relate it to Jack and Ennis.....reading the words, hopefully you will see what I mean.....
HONESTLY LOVE YOU (Olivia Newton John)
Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know
I love you
I honestly love you
You don't have to answer
I see it in your eyes
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you should realize
That it's coming from my heart and not my head
I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along everyday
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say
If we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this
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I love this:
If we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this
Guess I have another one to look for on iTunes! ;)
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I love this:
If we both were born
In another place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this
Guess I have another one to look for on iTunes! ;)
Yes, they are the lines, that I really noticed and felt for Ennis and Jack...I hope if you download it off ITunes you manage to get it by Peter Allen.....I have heard this song lots and lots of time by Olivia Newton John, and I've always liked it, but hearing it sung by Peter, just seemed to give it another meaning......
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Yes, they are the lines, that I really noticed and felt for Ennis and Jack...I hope if you download it off ITunes you manage to get it by Peter Allen.....I have heard this song lots and lots of time by Olivia Newton John, and I've always liked it, but hearing it sung by Peter, just seemed to give it another meaning......
Sadly I can't find it on itunes! :( Itunes really is worthless!
I need to download limewire and try to find it on there...
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A time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you.
Bookends Theme by Simon & Garfunkel.
I posted it before eons ago and it's still the BBM song for me, because of the lyrics and also because it's such a simple (and short!) song with just a single acoustic guitar and two perfectly harmonised voices. Just beautiful, and it's one of my melancholy songs - y'know, certain songs you always listen to when you feel blue. Still, I'm sat here stuffing my teary face with sherry trifle, so life can't be all that bad... ;)
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Sadly I can't find it on itunes! :( Itunes really is worthless!
I need to download limewire and try to find it on there...
I have just gone into Limewire....there are plenty of dowloads available of Olivia Newton John singing it, about 700, but only a few of Peter Allen, which I tried to download but there were no sources.....Olivia does a lovely job of the song as well, it was one of the songs she sang in Grease......but knowing that Peter Allen wrote it, I am surprised now, that more male singers havent released it.....
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Lonestar
Not A Day Goes By
Got a picture of you I carry in my heart
Close my eyes to see it when the world gets dark
Got a memory of you I carry in my soul
I wrap it close around me when the nights get cold
If you asked me how I'm doin' I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby, if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby, not a day goes by
I still wait for the phone in the middle of the night
Thinkin' you might call me if your dreams don't turn out right
And it still amazes me that I lie here in the dark
Wishin' you were next to me, your head against my heart
If you asked me how I'm doing I'd say just fine
But the truth is baby, if you could read my mind
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby, not a day goes by
Minutes turn to hours, and the hours to days
Seems it's been forever that I've felt this way
Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
After all this time you're still with me it's true
Somehow you remain locked so deep inside
Baby, baby, oh baby, not a day goes by
:'( :'( :'(
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This is the song my ex and I use to sing to each other when we were together.
Now when I hear it, I think of Ennis and Jack. :)
"Amazed" by Lonestar
Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams.
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you, it just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you.
The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me, baby you surround me
You touch everyplace in my heart
Oh, it feels like the first time every time
I wanna spent the whole night in your eyes
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you, it just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you.
Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Oh, every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you.
:) :) :)
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I have just gone into Limewire....there are plenty of dowloads available of Olivia Newton John singing it, about 700, but only a few of Peter Allen, which I tried to download but there were no sources.....Olivia does a lovely job of the song as well, it was one of the songs she sang in Grease......but knowing that Peter Allen wrote it, I am surprised now, that more male singers havent released it.....
I will check on Limewire again, maybe I will have more success, I will let you know!
I love the Lonestar lyrics, David, they are so nice and romantic and sad all at once...
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Lonestar
Not A Day Goes By
OMG!! David, you've got me all teary! *Sniff*. That's so durn SAD!! :'(
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Lonestar
Not A Day Goes By
I don't know this song, but the lyrics are so fitting and so sad.
I've another one, of which I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet. I can't make up my mind about this song. Some days I find it soppy and overdone, especially the (melo)dramatic rising of the music at the beginning of the last verse. On other days I think it's beautiful. Maybe some days I am soppy ;) and in the right mood for it.
Today was such a day. I hadn't heard it in a long time and today it reminded me of BBM. Part of the lyrics fit for our boys and part reminded me so much of Ennis.
The Rose by Bette Midler
Some say love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
an endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
and you its only seed.
It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken,
who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live.
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been to long,
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong,
just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose.
There is a BBM vid on youtube with this song. I think the pictures are well chosen to fit the lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXKu3ct7jbY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXKu3ct7jbY)
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Eternal Flame
( The Bangles )
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?
I believe it's meant to be, darling
I watch when you are sleeping, you belong to me
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?
Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Close your eyes and give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?
Is this burning an eternal flame?
An eternal flame?
(Close your eyes and give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?)
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Re: The Rose
Well, for one reason and the other I'm feeling extremely emotional today, and a little down, and watching that video with that particular slightly melodramatic song just about did me in. :'( I'm all sniffling and crying here, and feeling so terrible for poor Ennis and so bowled over by the whole tragic beautiful amazing love story........
Won't this feeling *ever* subside? I mean, it's been a whole year! :-\
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Hey Mikaela, what does your signature line say?
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It's a line from one of the poems of the Norwegian poet Inger Hagerup, and it says:
Everything means something else, noone knows what that is
It sounds far better and more ambiguous / enigmatic in Norwegian. I think it's one of those lines that can't really be translated. Just like yours.
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It's a line from one of the poems of the Norwegian poet Inger Hagerup, and it says:
Everything means something else, noone knows what that is
It sounds far better and more ambiguous / enigmatic in Norwegian. I think it's one of those lines that can't really be translated. Just like yours.
:) Yes, it is! Thanks for translating though!
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Re: The Rose
Well, for one reason and the other I'm feeling extremely emotional today, and a little down, and watching that video with that particular slightly melodramatic song just about did me in. :'( I'm all sniffling and crying here, and feeling so terrible for poor Ennis and so bowled over by the whole tragic beautiful amazing love story........
Won't this feeling *ever* subside? I mean, it's been a whole year! :-\
Aww, Mikaela. I'm sending you a big Brokie hug:
((((Mikaela))))
You are not alone. Mel (nakymaton) bumped some threads. Don't go and look at the "scenes that made you cry"-thread today. I did and now I'm crying too :'( Still crying over our boys, after all these months.
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What are you all doing crying on a Sunday?
You want something to cry about??
Take a look at THIS......
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/Davidindy/uglydog2.jpg)
Ya'll shouldn't be crying like this.
<snapping fingers>
Snap out of it! Or I'll be forced to take drastic measures to cheer you all up. :)
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(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/Davidindy/uglydog2.jpg)
Hey! You can do better than that!
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Okay.....
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/Davidindy/baddog.jpg)
Now you really do have something to cry about..... or puke about. :P
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Okay.....
(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/Davidindy/baddog.jpg)
Now you really do have something to cry about..... or puke about. :P
I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT!!!!!
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Anybody familiar with the music of Jake Holmes? I love his song 'So Close' and I am trying to find the lyrics now, once I find them I will post them!
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Here it is... kinda... I couldn't find the lyrics online, so I had to take them from the song...
So close - Jake Holmes
Where's that smile
I hope you didn't lose it
Put it on again
Right where it was for me
Sure I know
It's been some time between us
It's alright now
Hold on tight now
I'll be staying
I won't go
Don't you cry now
We can try now
Just takes some distance to know
So close, we almost couldn't make it
So close, but it looks like we're alright
So close, I almost couldn't see you
So close, but it looks like we're alright
What a day
Remember it was even raining
And as soon as I'd said goodbye
I didn't want to leave
One last look
You could see my eyes were asking
I could feel yours pulling at my sleeve
So close, we almost couldn't make it
So close, but it looks like we're alright
So close, I almost couldn't see you
So close, but it looks like we're alright
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"So Close"........I agree...beautiful words.......thanks for sharing
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I heard this 1975 classic, after God knows how many years, over the weekend, and it instantly shot me into "Brokeback" reverie. The song is "Holdin' On To Yesterday" by Ambrosia, released on their 1975 LP Ambrosia (here is another that fits in chronologically with the boys' story). Haunting and melancholy, this plaintive musical poem suggests the longing that we know gnawed at Ennis's spirit for the remainder of his life after Jack's demise. This is not the song of the warm refuge of memory (letting the panel of the dream slip forward), but of the wound that will not, perhaps can never heal. Here it is (written by David Pack and Joe Puerta):
Well I keep holdin' on to yesterday
I keep holdin' on enough to say
That I'm wrong
I keep thinkin' that I'm lonely
But it's only missing you inside
Days that we were once together
Seems they'll never come alive
So I keep holdin' on to yesterday
I keep holdin' on enough to say
That it's wrong
Lord I don't know when I'll see you
I can't reach you anymore
If I'd only known I'd need you
Then I'd keep you like before
I keep holdin' on to yesterday
I keep holdin' on enough to say
That I'm wrong, wrong, wrong to keep holdin' on
My yesterdays have all gone by...
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I am downloading the Ambrosia song as we speak! Thanks for posting, I thought this thread was lost...couldn't find it anywhere...
Here's two more:
Dido- My lover's gone
My lover's gone,
his boots no longer by my door,
he left at dawn,
and as I slept I felt him go
Returns no more,
I will not watch the ocean,
my lover's gone,
no earthly ships will ever
Bring him home again,
bring him home again
My lover's gone,
I know that kiss will be my last,
no more his song,
the tune upon his lips has passed
I sing alone,
while I watch the ocean,
my lover's gone,
no earthly ships will ever Bring him home again,
bring him home again
bring him home again
my lover's gone
his boots no longer by my door
he left at dawn
and as i slept i felt him go
returns no more
i will not watch the ocean
my lovers gone
no earthly ships will ever
bring him home again
bring him home again
Dido-White flag
know you think that I shouldn't still love you
Or tell you that
But if I didn't say it
well I'd still have felt it
where's the sense in that
I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were
But I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door,
I'm in love and always will be
I know I left too much mess
and destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
then I'm sure that that makes sense
But I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door,
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was there
will be there still
I'll let it pass
and hold my tongue
And you will think
that I've moved on
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
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Our 2006 series of Australian Idol has just finished, and the winner is a bloke called Damien Leith (remember you heard his name first here, when he is an international star)....he is actually Irish, married to an Australian lady, and living in Australia.....
Anyway....his first single has been released and when I hear the words i cant help thinking of the first night in the tent......
For those who want to download it......it is on Limewire....The Night of My Life.....by Damien Leith...
Night of my Life
Here we are shooting stars
renting time in someone else's space
so unsure afraid to fall
I’m standing here a little scared
but i don't care
CHORUS:
Cause this kind of moment
is only on loan and
i wanna remember the look in your eyes
and when it's all over
i want you
to know that i was with you when i
had the night of my life
the night of my life
So don't let go you never know
maybe your whole life's about to change
so let's hold on until it's gone
nothing's made to last forever
who knows whether
CHORUS:
this kind of moment
is only on loan and
sometimes you don't know till it passes you by
so when it's all over i want you to know
that i was with you when i had the night of my life
maybe this whole thing comes right down to fate
from every choice that we think that we made
has put us right here together today so please stay
CHORUS:
this kind of moment
is only on loan and
it won't be too long till it leaves us behind
and when it's all over i want you to know
that i was with you when i had the night of my life
the night of my life
the night of my life
the night of my life
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Go Rest High On That Mountain~
I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren't afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rain
Go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son
Oh, how we cried the day you left us
We gathered round your grave to grieve
I wish I could see the angels faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing
Go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son
Go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son
Go rest high on that mountain
You will be missed
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Cars by Snow Patrol has always reminded me of J/E. There's even a BBM video on YouTube to this song.
Don't know if its been mentioned but Brighter than Sunshine by Aqualung reminded me of J/E...maybe a happier J/E like from a fic where they ended up together...
I never understood before
I never knew what love was for
My heart was broke, my head was sore
What a feeling
Tied up in ancient history
I didnt believe in destiny
I look up you're standing next to me
What a feeling
What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
Brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, i don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine
and it's brighter than sunshine
I never saw it happening
I'd given up and given in
I just couldn't take the hurt again
What a feeling
I didn't have the strength to fight
suddenly you seemed so right
Me and you
What a feeling
What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
It's brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, I don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine
It's brighter than the sun
It's brighter than the sun
It's brighter than the sun, sun, shine.
Love will remain a mystery
But give me your hand and you will see
Your heart is keeping time with me
What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
It's brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, I don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine
I got a feeling in my soul ...(repeat chorus to end)
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Check out our new BBM Radio Newsletter :D :
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=6966.0
Keep Listening! ;)
Eric
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Loved your newsletter, Eric! And the photos of your shrine too! You are truly a multimedia Brokie!
Now, I think I really have gone off the deep end, because this song reminds me of Jack and Ennis:
You don't know how you met me
You don't know why, you cant turn around and say good-bye
All you know is when im with you I make you free
And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
I'm singing....
Follow me
Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
And I worry 'bout the ring you wear
Cause as long as no one knows
That nobody can care
Your fellin guilty
And I'm well aware
But you don't look ashamed
And baby I'm not scared
Im singin...
Follow me
Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
Solo
Won't give you money
I can't give you the sky
It better off if you don't ask why
I'm not the reason that you go stranded
We'll be alright if you don't ask me to stay
Follow me
Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
You don't know how you met me
You don't know why, you cant turn around and say good-bye
All you know is when im with you I make you free
And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
I'm singing....
Follow me
Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
Follow me
Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
Follow me
Everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you want to leave
I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else like me
--Uncle Kracker
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I love those lyrics, what's the name of the song and the performer?
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I love those lyrics, what's the name of the song and the performer?
I believe it's Uncle Kracker and the song is called "Follow Me" GREAT SONG AND GREAT SUGGESTION LEE! :D
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Marc Cohn - One safe place
How many roads you’ve traveled
How many dreams you’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
Will you make a smoother landing
When you break your fall from grace
Into the arms of understanding
Looking for one safe place
Life is trial by fire
And love’s the sweetest taste
And I pray it lifts us higher
To one safe place
How many roads we’ve traveled
How many dreams we’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
Isn't it beautiful? :'(
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Dolly Parton - Islands in the stream
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside, there was somethin going on
You do something to me that I cant explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got somethin goin on
Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel
Needs no conversation
We ride it together, ah-ah
Makin love with each other, ah-ah
Chorus:
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah
I cant live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothin if you got no one
And you did walk in tonight
Slowly loosen sight of the real thing
But that wont happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the message is clear
This could be the year for the real thing
No more will you cry
Baby, I will hurt you never
We start and end as one, in love forever
We can ride it together, ah-ah
Makin love with each other, ah-ah
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Dolly Parton - Islands in the stream
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside, there was somethin going on
You do something to me that I cant explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got somethin goin on
Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel
Needs no conversation
We ride it together, ah-ah
Makin love with each other, ah-ah
Chorus:
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah
I cant live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothin if you got no one
And you did walk in tonight
Slowly loosen sight of the real thing
But that wont happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the message is clear
This could be the year for the real thing
No more will you cry
Baby, I will hurt you never
We start and end as one, in love forever
We can ride it together, ah-ah
Makin love with each other, ah-ah
Oh I love that song. Didn't she also sing this with Kenny Rogers?
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Oh I love that song. Didn't she also sing this with Kenny Rogers?
She sure did!!! :D
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So many songs these days remind me of BBM. Of Jack and Ennis. Perhaps it's just an emotional time of year.... perhaps it's because my own BBM anniversary is getting closer. At any rate, I listened to "The Long and Winding Road" the other day and I immediately thought of Ennis and came very close to crying! :-\
Then there is this one. It's one of my favourites and it makes me think of Jack and Ennis. Which may seem very strange, because the lyrics don't exactly fit their story (except for being drunk the first time..... ;) ) - but I've been thinking more times than one that in the end, despite all the heartbreak and disappointment and sadness, they were lucky. Lucky in finding each other and in experiencing the kind of love they shared. And I'm sure that they had rare and shining moments together when they would have agreed that the sentiment of this song was the perfect description of what they were feeling just there and then.
"Lucky" - Bif Naked
It was a monday, when my lover told me,
"never pay the reaper with love only."
What could I say to you, except, "I love you."
And "I'd give my life for yours."
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones, dear.
The first time we made love, I... I wasn't sober.
(and you told me you loved me over and over!)
How could I ever love another, when I miss you every day...
Remember the time we made love in the roses?
(and you took my picture in all sorts of poses!)
How could I ever get over you, when I'd give my life for yours.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones, dear.
My dear, it's time to say I thank God for you.
I thank God for you in each and every single way.
And, I know... I know.. I know.. I know...
It's time to let you know, time to let you know.
Time to let you know, time to sit here and say...
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones.
I know we are... we are the lucky ones, dear.
We are the lucky ones, dear...
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Great words to that song "Lucky"........
Thank God, for Brokeback and for giving us Jack and Ennis........
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This one always gives me goose bumps...
Blood Brothers - Bruce Springsteen
We played king of the mountain out on the end
The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers
Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make
And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay
And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother
On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks
Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back
Now I don't know how I feel, I don't know how I feel tonight
If I've fallen 'neath the wheel, if I've lost or I've gained sight
I don't even know why, I don't why I made this call
Or if any of this matters anymore after all
But the stars are burnin' bright like some mystery uncovered
I'll keep movin' through the dark with you in my heart
My blood brother
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Mark Cohn - One Safe Place
How many roads you’ve traveled
How many dreams you’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
Will you make a smoother landing
When you break your fall from grace
Into the arms of understanding
Looking for one safe place
Life is trial by fire
And love’s the sweetest taste
And I pray it lifts us higher
To one safe place
How many roads we’ve traveled
How many dreams we’ve chased
Across sand and sky and gravel
Looking for one safe place
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A few days ago in Denver, I was enjoying a fish-tacos lunch with Front-Ranger and EDelMar, and this song came on the restaurant's sound system. I got all excited, because I had posted it here back on May 25 (page 5 of this thread) as one of the songs that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain. What made it especially cool is that just after I posted it the first time, Isabelle wrote that SHE had been just about to post this song, that very day!
The song is by Pink Floyd, so I first heard it years ago, but my familiarity with it was renewed through a beautiful cover by Sparklehorse, on the soundtrack of Lords of Dogtown. It applies to Heath's character in LOD, but it's even more appropriate for BBM -- it sounds so much like Jack talking to Ennis that it gives me chills and/or makes me cry every time I listen to it. Aside from being by a British band, it would fit perfectly into the movie.
Anyway, I told Front-Ranger and EDelMar that I'd repost it, so here it is.
Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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There's a new song called "Home" that is just being released, by the country/pop duo "Somebody's Darling". I don't have the lyrics but Here is a link (http://www.warnerknask.no/somebodys_darling/) to the musicvideo for the song, and if you watch it you'll probably realize why it reminds me of BBM! :)
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Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
That is a beautiful song!! Thanks!!
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There's a new song called "Home" that is just being released, by the country/pop duo "Somebody's Darling". I don't have the lyrics but Here is a link (http://www.warnerknask.no/somebodys_darling/) to the musicvideo for the song, and if you watch it you'll probably realize why it reminds me of BBM! :)
I googled for the lyrics. I didn't find them, but the second result google offered was Larry McMurtry :o!
I was quite surpised. He wrote a novel called Somebody's Darling, that's why he came up as a result. Everything keeps coming back to our boys... 8).
Oh, and the video: If only...
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Today a line from a song on the radio caught my attention:
Watch my life,
Pass me by,
In the rear-view mirror
Immediately this came to my mind:
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/IconRevMirror.png?t=1168521791) (http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/IconJackBruise.png?t=1168521651)
The song is What's Left of Me by Nick Lachey and here are the lyrics:
Watch my life,
Pass me by,
In the rear view mirror
Pictures frozen in time
Are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day
Stuck in the shadow of my mistakes
Yeah...
[Chorus]
Cause I want you,
And I feel you,
Crawling underneath my skin
Like a hunger,
Like a burning,
To find a place I've never been
Now I'm broken,
And I'm faded,
I'm half the man I thought I would be:
But you can have what's left of me
I've been dying inside,
Little by little,
No where to go,
But going out of my mind
In endless circles,
Running from my self until,
You gave me a reason for standing still
[Chorus]
It's falling faster,
Barely breathing,
Give me something,
To believe in
Tell me: It's not all in my head
Take what's left
Of this man
Make me whole
Once again
[Chorus]
I've been dying inside you see
I'm going out of my mind
Out of my mind
I'm just running in circles all the time
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left of me?
Just running in circles in my mind
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left of me?
btw: I forgot where I took the icons from and therefore can't give credit for them.
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The only song that ever really made me think of the film (and wasn't in it) is Desperado by the Eagles. It's on the play list of BBM radio, which if you're not listening to, you should be...you will get your fill of songs that remind you of BBM.
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late
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The only song that ever really made me think of the film (and wasn't in it) is Desperado by the Eagles. It's on the play list of BBM radio, which if you're not listening to, you should be...you will get your fill of songs that remind you of BBM.
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late
This has always been one of my favorite songs.. its goes perfect with Brokeback Mountain.
Its all about Ennis and Jack. Ya know why? Because it was too late for Ennis. Why couldnt he just let himself be who is was...a man deeply in love with another man. 'Riding fences'
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The only song that ever really made me think of the film (and wasn't in it) is Desperado by the Eagles. It's on the play list of BBM radio, which if you're not listening to, you should be...you will get your fill of songs that remind you of BBM.
Desperado is surely THE classic in this department. It bears repeating.
There's even a good German version of it, sung by Udo Lindenberg. Mostly I dislike German versions of songs in a foreign language. And I'm not much of a Lindenberg fan, but he made some good songs in his younger times and his Desperado is worth listening.
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The following is a traditional Irish song, I decided to post both the original lyrics in Irish and the English translation after each stanza. This is actually one of my favourite songs ever.
Tá mé mo shuí (I am sitting)
Tá mé mo shuí ó d`éirigh`n ghealach aréir
Ag cur tein-e síos-go buan is á fadó go géar
Tá bunadh a` tí `na luí is tá mise liom féin
Tá na coiligh ag glaoch `san saol `na gcodladh ach mé
I am sitting up since the moon arose last night
Putting down a fire again and again and keeping it lit
The family is in bed and here am I by myself,
The cocks are crowing and the country is asleep but me.
`Sheacht mh`anam déag do bhéal do mhala is do ghrua
Do shúil ghorm ghlé-gheal fár thréig mé sionnach na lúb
Le cumha do dhiaidh ní léir dom an bealach a shiúil
Is a charaid mo chléibh tá na sléibhte `dul idir mé`s tú
I love your mouth, your eyebrows and your cheeks
Your bright blue eyes for whose sake I stopped hunting the wily fox
In longing for you I cannot see to walk the road
Friend of my bosom, the mountains lie between me and you.
Deiridh lucht léinn gur claoite an galar an grá
Char admhaigh mé é is é `ndiaidh mo chroí istigh a chrá
Aicid ró-ghéar, faraor nár sheachain mé í
Is go gcuireann sí arraing is céad go géar trí cheart-lár mo chroí
Learned men say that love is a fatal sickness
I never admitted it until now that my heart is broken:
It's a very painful illness, alas, I have not avoided it,
And it sends a hundred arrows through the core of my heart.
Casadh bean-tsí dom thíos ag Lios Bhéal Ath
D`fhiafraigh mé di an scaoilfeadh glas ar bith grá
Is é dúirt sí gos íseal i mbriathra soineannta sáimh
An grá a théid fán chroí ní scaoiltear as é go bráth
I met a fairy woman by the Faityrath near Ballina
I asked her would any key unlock the love in my heart
And she said in soft simple language
When love enters the heart it will never be driven from it
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The song by nickelback on the radio now, "Far Away" fits perfectly. I'll try and post the lyrics. ;)
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The following is a traditional Irish song, I decided to post both the original lyrics in Irish and the English translation after each stanza. This is actually one of my favourite songs ever.
Oh WOW!
That song is beautiful Michela! Thanks so much for posting it. :)
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Oh WOW!
That song is beautiful Michela! Thanks so much for posting it. :)
I knew you would have loved it!
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Here are the lyrics to Far Away, when I hear it it reminds me of Brokeback.
This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there’s just one left
‘Cause you know,
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you’ll be with me
and you’ll never go
Stop breathing if
I don’t see you anymore
On my knees, I’ll ask
Last chance for one last dance
‘Cause with you, I’d withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I’d give it all
I’d give for us
Give anything but I won’t give up
‘Cause you know,
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you’ll be with me
and you’ll never go
Stop breathing if
I don’t see you anymore
So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
‘Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
‘Cause I’m not leaving
Hold on to me and
never let me go
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Another beautiful traditional song:
The Snows They Melt The Soonest
The snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing
The corn, it ripens fastest as the frosts are settling in
And when the young man tells me that my face he'll soon forget
Before we part, I'll wage a crown he'll be fain to follow yet
The snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing
The swallow flies without a thought as long as it is spring
But when springtime goes and winter blows, my love then you'll be free
With all your pride to follow me across the stormy main
The snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing
The bee that flew in summertime, in winter cannot sting
I've seen the young man's anger melt between the night and morn
It's surely not a harder thing to melt a young man's scorn
So never bid me farewell, for no farewell I'll receive
You will lie with me, my love, and kiss and take your leave
I'll wait here 'til the woodcock calls, and the marten takes its wing
For the snows, they melt the soonest when the winds begin to sing
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The song by nickelback on the radio now, "Far Away" fits perfectly. I'll try and post the lyrics. ;)
Have you already seen the video on youtube? BBM clips with the music from Far Away. It's one of the classic BBM clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aufONlPihQU&search=brokeback%20mountain%20far%20away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aufONlPihQU&search=brokeback%20mountain%20far%20away)
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Hi,
No I haven't seen the video yet, but am heading there right now, thanks so much!
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Just watched, oh my oh my too good for words, thanks again so much.
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Just watched, oh my oh my too good for words, thanks again so much.
You're welcome. Glad you liked it.
There's a thread around where people posted their favorite BBM videos on youtube. I liked a lot of them. I'll look for it and insert the link here when I'm lucky to find it.
Edit:
I found two threads with youtube video recommendations:
'My favorite YouTube videos of all!' http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,4110.0.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,4110.0.html)
'Youtube.com Torture' http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6938.0.html (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6938.0.html)
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We also have posted a nice comprehensive list of all Youtube videos featuring songs on BBM Radio in our new JANUARY BBM RADIO NEWSLETTER. :D :D :D
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,7512.0.html
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Bumpeteebump....
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When is the next radio show going to be, Eric?
Is there going to be another one? If so, when?
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When is the next radio show going to be, Eric?
Is there going to be another one? If so, when?
We've got lotsa things in the works. What kind of radio show are ya wantin' ta hear? :D
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We've got lotsa things in the works. What kind of radio show are ya wantin' ta hear? :D
One like we heard last month, Eric.
Do you plan on having another show like the one back in January?
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One like we heard last month, Eric.
Do you plan on having another show like the one back in January?
As in the Campbell Scott reading or the Slideshow? The slideshow was fun and very emotional, wasn't it. I don't think I've recovered from the carpel tunnel from that one yet. :laugh:
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As in the Campbell Scott reading or the Slideshow? The slideshow was fun and very emotional, wasn't it. I don't think I've recovered from the carpel tunnel from that one yet. :laugh:
You have no idea the thoughts that just ran through my sick and filthy mind
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You have no idea the thoughts that just ran through my sick and filthy mind
Muwahahaha :laugh:
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As in the Campbell Scott reading or the Slideshow? The slideshow was fun and very emotional, wasn't it. I don't think I've recovered from the carpel tunnel from that one yet. :laugh:
The slideshow, Eric. You and Milli both did a brilliant job with it! :D
And I do realize it took a lot of work! Thanks for doing it for us. :)
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OK, I will throw in another song!
Ricky Lee Jones - The Horses
We will fly
Way up high
Where the cold wind blows
Or in the sun
Laughing having fun
With the people that she knows
And if the situation
Should keep us separated
You know the world won't fall apart
And you will free the beautiful bird
That's caught inside your heart
Can't you hear her ?
Oh she cries so loud
Casts her wild note
Over water and cloud
That's the way it's gonna be, little darlin'
We'll be riding on the horses, yeah
Way up in the sky, little darlin'
And if you fall I'll pick you up, pick you up
You will grow
And until you go
I'll be right there by your side
And even then
Whisper the wind
And she will carry up your ride
I hear all the people of the world
In one bird's lonely cry
See them trying every way they know how
To make their spirit fly
Can't you see him ?
He's down on the ground
He has a broken wing
Looking all around
That's the way it's gonna be, little darlin'
You go riding on the horses, yeah
Way up in the sky, little darlin'
And if you fall I'll pick you up, pick you up
Can't you hear her ?
Oh she cries so loud
Casts her wild note
Over water and cloud
I'll pick you up darlin' if you fall
Don't worry 'bout a thing little girl
Because I was young myself not so long ago
And when I was young
When I was young
And when I was young, oh I was a wild, wild one.
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That song "The Horses" was recorded in the 70's here by an ausralian group called "Sherbet"......its on limewire if you are interested....and it has got great words.
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That song "The Horses" was recorded in the 70's here by an ausralian group called "Sherbet"......its on limewire if you are interested....and it has got great words.
Yeah, it does have great words and yes, I will look it up on Limewire, thanks!
I love this:
That's the way it's gonna be, little darlin'
We'll be riding on the horses, yeah
Way up in the sky, little darlin'
And if you fall I'll pick you up, pick you up
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I have refrained from sharing this one song in this particular thread, as the sentiments conveyed are distinctly heterosexual, and in that sense do not bring Jack and Ennis to mind. But this Thin Lizzy classic (from their 1976 LP Jailbreak) is about the myth and the romance of the cowboy, which is what Ennis and Jack always wanted to be, and what they saw in each other, and from this angle I think this wonderful song is quite apt here. The lyrics alone don't adequately convey the robust, bittersweet beauty of this work, which is one of my very favorite songs in the rock canon, and is my single favorite Thin Lizzy song. So here it is, from 1976, Thin Lizzy's 'Cowboy Song':
I am just a cowboy, lonesome on the trail
A starry night, a campfire light
The coyote call, the howling winds wail
So I ride out to the old sundown
I am just a cowboy, lonesome on the trail
Lord, I’m just thinking about a certain female
The nights we spent together riding on the range
Looking back it seems so strange
Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning till I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Running free with the buffalo
I was took in Texas--I did not know her name
Lord, all these Southern girls, they seem the same
Down below the border in a town in Mexico
I got my job busting broncs for the rodeo
Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning till I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Riding in the rodeo
Roll me over and set me free
The cowboy’s life is the life for me
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This is a song I heard in the first week or so after my initial exposure to beautiful Brokeback Mountain in February 2006. The song is "Magic Power", a track from the 1981 LP Allied Forces by Triumph (which I just learned today was Canadian--up to now I had somehow thought they were Swedish!), so I had heard the song before back in my high-school days. But with the film so fresh in my mind, it was colored anew with those swirling emotions engendered thereby. It made me think of Alma Junior (one could imagine this as the song heard on the car radio at the end), and of the hopeful optimism in front of her young life. Conversely, it also made me think of the lost youth of Ennis, of how he no longer had that optimistic promise of that vanished summer of 1963...and no longer had Jack.
At any rate, here are the lyrics to this, my favorite Triumph song:
Something's at the edge of your mind, you don't know what it is
Somethin' you were hopin' to find but you're not sure what it is
Then you hear the music and it all comes crystal clear
The music does the talkin' says the things you want to hear
I'm young, I'm wild and I'm free
I got the magic power of the music in me
I'm young, I'm wild and I'm free
I got the magic power of the music in me
She climbs into bed, pulls the covers overhead and turns her little radio on
She's had a rotten day so she hopes the DJ's gonna play her favorite song
It makes her feel much better, brings her closer to her dreams
A little magic power makes it better than it seems
She's young now, she's wild now, she wants to be free
She gets the magic power of the music in me
If you're thinkin' it over but you just can't sort it out
Do you want someone to tell you what they think it's all about
Are you the one and only who's sad and lonely, reachin' for the top
Well the music keeps you goin' and it's never gonna stop
Never gonna stop
Never gonna, never gonna, never gonna stop
The world is full of compromise, and infinite red tape
But the music's got the magic, it's your one chance for escape
So turn me on - turn me up - it's your turn to dream
A little magic power makes it better than it seems
I'm young, I'm wild and I'm free
I got the magic power of the music in me...
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I'm stealing this song from Rouxby, who noted how perfectly it fit for Ennis. It's Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow:
God, I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I'd be the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my man?
Nothing's true and nothing's right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you can't change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?
Lie to me
I promise I'll believe
Lie to me
But please don't leave
I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
Just try and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?
When I've shown you that I just don't care
When I'm throwing punches in the air
When I'm broken down and I can't stand
Will you be MAN ENOUGH to be my man?
Lie to me
I promise I'll believe
Lie to me
But please don't leave
Thanks Roux!!
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I'm on a huuuuge Amy Winehouse kick, her album Back To Black is amazing. But this song also stands out for the kind of pain and yearning it conveys, and it makes me think of Ennis, even though I think the chorus relates to him best. The vocals, the ghostly backup, the production, wow. It's called Wake Up Alone:
It’s okay in the day I’m staying busy
Tied up enough so I don’t have to wonder where is he
Got so sick of crying
So just lately
When I catch myself I do a 180
I stay up clean the house
At least I’m not drinking
Run around just so I don’t have to think about thinking
That silent sense of content
That everyone gets
Just disappears soon as the sun sets
This face in my dreams seizes my guts
He floods me with dread
Soaked to the soul
He swims in my eyes by the bed
Pour myself over him
Moon spilling in
And I wake up alone
If I was my heart
I’d rather be restless
The second I stop the sleep catches up and I’m breathless
There's this ache in my tears
As my day is done now
The dark covers me and I can run now
My blood running cold
I stand before him
It’s all I can do to assure him
When he comes to me
I drip for him tonight
Drowning in me we bathe under blue light
His face in my dreams seizes my guts
He floods me with dread
Soaked to the soul
He swims in my eyes by the bed
Pour myself over him
Moon spilling in
And I wake up alone
And I wake up alone
And I wake up alone
And I wake up alone
Ah Amy.....
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The Flame - Cheap Trick
Another night slowly closes in,
And I feel so lonely.
Touching heat freezing on my skin,
I pretend you still hold me.
I'm going crazy, I'm losing sleep.
I'm in too far, I'm in way too deep over you.
I can't believe you're gone.
You were the first, you'll be the last.
Wherever you go, I'll be with you.
Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.
Whenever you need someone to lay your heart and head upon -
Remember: After the fire, after all the rain,
I will be the flame -
I will be the flame.
Watching shadows move across the wall,
I feel so frightened.
I wanna run to you, I wanna crawl,
But I've been hit by lightning.
Just can't stand up for fallin' apart.
Can't see through this veil across my heart
over you.
You'll always be The One.
You were the first, you'll be the last.
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You were the first, you'll be the last.
This says it all in a nutshell, doesn't it?
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This says it all in a nutshell, doesn't it?
Sure enough. :(
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Juan, here's a video of Sheryl Crow singing "Strong Enough". This song featured prominently in the car trip to the "I Did Once" Lake. Very fitting.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acr5uqIj82c[/youtube]
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Asking Us to Dance (words by Hugh Prestwood, sung by Kathy Mattea)
There's a full moon up and rising and there's a whisper of a breeze
Blowing through the tangled silver hanging from the cypress trees
There's a river made of moonlight flowing clear across the lake
And there's a million stars just waitin' to fall for any wish we make
Darling tonight I am reminded how much these two hearts need romance
You know it isn't all that often we get this kind of chance
Why don't we get caught in this moment be victims of sweet circumstance
Tonight I feel like all creation is asking us to dance
There'll be time enough tomorrow to get back to our daily bread
But there's something 'bout this evening that put this notion in my head
That heaven and the earth are meeting tonight upon this very spot
And all the things on earth worth having are things that we've already got
Darling tonight I am reminded...
Why don't we get caught in this moment...
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It Might Be You (Theme from 'Tootsie') [1982], written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Dave Grusin, performed by Stephen Bishop (this song served as soundtrack to a recent Jack-and-Ennis-forever dream of mine):
Time... I've been passing time watching trains go by
All of my life...
Lying on the sand, watching seabirds fly
Wishing there would be
Someone waiting home for me...
Something's telling me it might be you
It's telling me it might be you...
All of my life...
Looking back as lovers go walking past...
All of my life
Wondering how they met and what makes it last
If I found the place
Would I recognize the face?
Something's telling me it might be you
Yeah, it's telling me it might be you
So many quiet walks to take
So many dreams to wake
And we've so much love to make
I think we're gonna need some time
Maybe all we need is time...
And it's telling me it might be you
All of my life...
I've been saving love songs and lullabies
And there's so much more
No one's ever heard before...
Something's telling me it might be you
Yeah, it's telling me it must be you
And I'm feeling it'll just be you
All of my life...
It's you..
It's you...
I've been waiting for all of my life...
Maybe it's you...
Maybe it's you...
I've been waiting for all of my life...
Maybe it's you...
Maybe it's you...
I've been waiting for all of my life...
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Beautiful song...captures to perfection the warm, safe feeling of being close and drawing closer to someone very dear to your heart:
Feels So Right (lyrics and music by Randy Owen)
Whisper to me softly three words upon my skin
No ones near and listenin', so please don't say goodbye
Just hold me close and love me
Press your lips to mine
Mm, feels so right, feels so right
Lying here beside you, I hear the echoes of your sighs
Promise me you'll stay with me and keep warm tonight
So hold me close and love me
Give my heart a smile
Mm, feels so right, feels so right
Your body feels so gentle and my passion rises high
You're lovin' me so easy
Your wish is my command
Just hold me close and love me
Tell me it won't end.
Mm, feels so right, feels so right, feels so right
Aw, you feel so right baby...
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I can't believe I never thought of this one before. And I find it hard to believe no one else here has, either, so if it's a repeat, I apologize. But I heard this on the radio on the way home from work - hadn't heard it in years and always loved it, so I cranked it up. And said, "Wow."
Hold On To The Night ~ Richard Marx
Just when I believed
I couldn't ever want for more
This ever changing world
Pushes me through another door
I saw you smile
And my mind could not erase
The beauty of your face
Just for a while
Won't you let me shelter you?
Hold on to the night
Hold on to the memories
I wish that I could give you something more -
That I could be yours
How do we explain
Something that took us by surprise?
Promises in vain -
Love that is real, but in disguise
What happens now?
Do we break another rule -
That all lovers play the fool?
I don't know how
To stop feeling this way
Hold on to the night
Hold on to the memories
If only I could give you more...
Well I think that I've been true to everybody else but me
And the way I feel about you makes my heart long to be free
Every time I look into your eyes, I'm helplessly aware
That the someone I've been searching for is right there
Hold on to the night
Hold on to the memories
If only I could give you more
Hold on to the night.
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What beautiful words.....and oh my god, yes.......Ennis and Jack are definately there........
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This is a traditional hymn that was sung at an Ash Wednesday service I attended this week. I started choking up at the second verse, and couldn't help but think of lonely but stoic Ennis (especially in the last verse). My sister Cathy, who was in attendance with me, described the song as a "cowboy hymn":
Jesus walked this lonesome valley.
He had to walk it by Himself;
O, nobody else could walk it for Him,
He had to walk it by Himself.
We must walk this lonesome valley,
We have to walk it by ourselves;
O, nobody else can walk it for us,
We have to walk it by ourselves.
You must go and stand your trial,
You have to stand it by yourself,
O, nobody else can stand it for you,
You have to stand it by yourself.
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Isn't this song called "Wayfaring Stranger" moremojo? Moremojo, are you there, friend?