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Radiohead
Ceremony
(New Order cover)




This is why events unnerve me 
They find it all, a different story 
Notice whom for wheels are turning 
Turn again and turn towards this time 
All she ask's the strength to hold me 
Then again the same old story 
Word will travel, oh so quickly 
Travel first and lean towards this time 

Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown 
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time 
Watching her, these things she said 
The times she cried
Too frail to wake this time 

Oh, I'll break them down, no mercy shown 
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time 
Avenues all lined with trees 
Picture me and then you start watching 
Watching forever, forever 
Watching love grow, forever 
Letting me know, forever 

weekend loot: birthday edition

My birthday's not until the 29th but I got a really awesome pre-birthday weekend! The boyfriend surprised me with FOUR NEW RECORDS!! And the Orla Kiely book that I've been... ehem... browsing since forever in Powerbooks. I got a 15% discount on it too because of some minor damages to the cover and it being the last one on their shelf.

I took photos of the sleeves and tried to edit them using pixlr.com/o-matic. Tell me if I overdid it, ok? :)

 (1) So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star
 (2) Pains of Being Pure at Heart
 (3) Belong - Pains of Being Pure at Heart
 (4) Among My Swan - Mazzy Star
 (5) Pattern by Orla Kiely

My turntable would be pleased!
This is turning to be one of the best birthdays everrrrrrr!!!

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Dresden Dolls
Girl Anachronism




1, 2, 3, 4

you can tell
from the scars on my arms
and the cracks in my hips
and the dents in my car
and the blisters on my lips
that I'm not the carefullest of girls

you can tell
from the glass on the floor
and the strings that are breaking
and i keep on breaking more
and it looks like i am shaking
but it's just the temperature
then again
if it were any colder i could disengage
if i were any older i would act my age
but i don't think that you'd believe me
it's not the way I'm meant to be
it's just the way the operation made me

and you can tell
from the state of my room
that they let me out too soon
and the pills that i ate
came a couple years too late
and I've got some issues to work through
there i go again
pretending to be you
make-believing
that i have a soul beneath the surface
trying to convince you
it was accidentally on purpose

i am not so serious
this passion is a plagiarism
i might join your century
but only on a rare occasion
i was taken out
before the labor pains set in and now
behold the world's worst accident
i am the girl anachronism

and you can tell
by the red in my eyes
and the bruises on my thighs
and the knots in my hair
and the bathtub full of flies
that I'm not right now at all
there i go again
pretending that i'll fall
don't call the doctors
they've seen it all before
they'll say just
let her crash and burn, she'll learn
(the attention just encourages her)

and you can tell
from the full-body cast
that you're sorry that you asked
that you did everything you could
(like any decent person would)
but i might be catching so don't touch
you'll start believing you're immune to gravity and stuff
don't get me wet
because the bandages will all come off

you can tell
from the smoke at the stake
that the current state is critical
well it is the little things, for instance:
in the time it takes to break it she can make up ten excuses:
please excuse her for the day, its just the way the medication makes her...

i don't necessarily believe there is a cure for this
so i might join your century but only as a doubtful guest
i was too precarious removed as a cesarean
behold the worlds worst accident
I AM THE GIRL ANACHRONISM
(I'M THE GIRL ANACHRONISM)
I AM THE GIRL ANACHRONISM
(I'M THE GIRL ANACHRONISM)
I am the girl ...
I am the girl ...
I am the girl ...
I AM THE GIRL ANACHRONISM

weekend loot: "for the love of sarah" edition

I can't believe he talked me into walking/finding Johnny Air in Makati. I think it was more or less (probably more) 10 blocks from our office and he decided that we should walk there from work. Good thing it wasn't hot and the sun was a bit friendly that day so I said let's go and off we went on our little adventure.

The boyfriend purchased these 7 inch goodness from ebay a few months ago. We picked up his loot last Saturday.

It was nice to see him all smiley and excited with his loot. Haha! I mean, cmon, he just got his Field Mice and Northern Picture Library vinyls!! 

It was worth the walk, I realized. We stayed at home that weekend and just listened to these all day. 

Aaaaaaaaand that's just half of it. ;)
Stay tuned for weekend loot part 2: for the love of moz edition!

when you're lucid you're the sweetest thing

Camera Obscura is one of the many bands that can make me sing (and dance) in the shower. My first album would be Let's Get Out of This Country which is a gift from the boyfriend. I would always point it to him when we go to record stores. Not really hinting (no really. haha!). My latest acquisition is this vinyl of My Maudlin Career which is my most favorite album of the band. We waited for this (along with other vinyls of his) for months since it will be coming from UK, I think. I was so ecstatic when we finally got the package; this being my first vinyl and all. 

We listened to this and other vinyls we found stashed in the house (Bread, some Carpenters) this past V-day. It was the sweetest V-day I can remember. :)

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Morrissey
Moon River






Moon River, wider than a mile, 
I'm crossing you in style some day. 
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker, 
wherever you're going I'm going your way. 
Two drifters off to see the world. 
There's such a lot of world to see. 
We're after the same rainbow's end-- 
waiting 'round the bend, 
my huckleberry friend, 
Moon River and me.

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Ivy
These Are The Things About You



You can really stare.
You can stare a thousand miles 
And yet still I know exactly what you see.
You can really care.
You can care about the things that happen 
To the strangers that you never meet.

These are the things about you.
These are the things about you.
These are the things about you I know.

There is so much here.
There is so much that defines you
In the things you keep inside and never show.
It is really clear.
There is more behind that smile
As you're walking down the driveway in the snow.

These are the things about you.
These are the things about you.
These are the things about you I know 

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The Lucksmiths
Sunlight in a Jar



We’ve never been much chop at all that sensual stuff
One of us always seems to stop before the other’s had enough
Like a self-help manual that’s been written in Braille
It seems the more that we touch, the more we learn about our failings

I’m struck speechless by the nape of your neck
But your requests and suggestions have a similar effect
A litany of prettiness and pettiness too
I reckon every second second we come up with something new

I tried to write an opera for us
But I didn’t get that far
’Cause trying to sum you up in song
Is like catching sunlight in a jar

Complex, completely credible love
The kind that is made not handed to you from above
Is difficult to talk about and harder to write
Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of firelight

Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score
Could never contain the contradictions I adore
We can just be chaos and then something aligns
It’s so hard to contain, maintain it or define it

I tried to write another chorus
But I didn’t get that far
’Cause trying to sum you up in song
Is like catching sunlight in a jar
It’s like catching sunlight in a jar

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The Smiths
This Charming Man




A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet ?

When in this charming car
This charming man


Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?


I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"


A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things


I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...


A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things

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Camera Obscura
Suspended from Class




You’re such a beautiful writer 
that’s not all you are 
I’m sorry about making a pass 
It was subtle but I think that you grasped 
The meaning intended 
I can be a friend to you 
I won’t pretend 
I’m not interested in breaking a heart 
It’s not love no it’s nothing like that 
I’ll leave that to lookers like him 
Oh he’s such a delicate thing 
Now it’s such a fragile thing that we have 

I should be suspended from class 
I don’t know my elbow from my arse 
I should be suspended from class 
I don’t know my elbow from my arse 
We could go out dancing 
But, in truth it is the last thing that I have on my mind 
Please say if I’m way out of line 
I won’t need telling twice 
Now he wants to kiss 
Said he can’t resist 
You’re going to have to keep it hidden inside 
I’ve a feeling that pigs might fly, might fly 
I should be suspended from class 
I don’t know my elbow from my arse 
I should be suspended from class 
I don’t know my elbow from my arse 
You’re such a beautiful writer 
And that’s not all you are 
I’m sorry about making a pass 
It was subtle but I think that you grasped 
The meaning intended 

I should be suspended from class 
I don’t know my elbow from my arse 
I should be suspended from class 
I don’t know my elbow from my arse 

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The Cure
Pictures of You




i've been looking so long at these pictures of 
you that i almost belive that they're real i've 
been living so long with my pictures of you that 
i almost believe that the pictures are all i can 
feel 

remembering you standing quiet in the rain as 
i ran to your heart to be near and we kissed as 
the sky fell in holding you close how i always 
held close in your fear remembering you 
running soft through the night you were bigger 
and brighter than the snow and 
screamed at the make-believe screamed at the 
sky and you finally found all your courage to 
let it all go 

remembering you fallen into my arms crying 
for the death of your heart you were stone 
white so delicate lost in the cold you were 
always so lost in the dark remembering you 
how you used to be slow drowned you were 
angels so much more than everything oh hold 
for the last time then slip away quietly open 
my eyes but i never see anything 

if only i had thought of the right words i could 
have hold on to your heart if only i'd thought of 
the right words i wouldn't be breaking apart all 
my pictures of you 

Looking So long at these pictures of you but i 
never hold on to your heart looking so long for 
the words to be true but always just breaking 
apart my pictures of you 

there was nothing in the world that i ever 
wanted more than to feel you deep in my heart 
there was nothing in the world that i ever 
wanted more than to never feel the breaking 
apart all my pictures of you