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mvansand76

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #290 on: November 26, 2006, 06:58:54 pm »
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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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #291 on: November 27, 2006, 07:26:12 am »
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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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #292 on: November 27, 2006, 05:42:39 pm »
"So Close"........I agree...beautiful words.......thanks for sharing
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« Reply #293 on: December 18, 2006, 08:10:43 pm »
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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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #294 on: December 19, 2006, 06:18:59 am »
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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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #295 on: December 19, 2006, 07:06:12 am »
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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It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfection

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #296 on: December 20, 2006, 02:22:15 am »
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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It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfection

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #297 on: December 22, 2006, 01:03:37 am »
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)
If I take that aspirin....then I took it
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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #298 on: December 22, 2006, 04:39:05 am »
Check out our new BBM Radio Newsletter  :D :

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=6966.0

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Re: A song that makes me think of Brokeback Mountain
« Reply #299 on: December 22, 2006, 12:04:02 pm »
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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