you said that hill looks far too steep.

(what better photo for this song than the most perfectly matched on/off couple ever?)

so we've put an end to it this time.
i'm no longer yours and you're no longer mine.
you said this hill looks far too steep
if i'm not even sure it's me you wanna keep.
and it's been ten days without you in my reach,
and the only time i've touched you is in my sleep.

but time has changed nothing at all -
you're still the only one that feels like home.
i've tried cutting the ropes and
i let you go but you're still the only one
that feels like home.

you won't talk me into it next time,
if i'm going away your heart's coming too.
cos i miss your hands i miss your face
when i get back let's disappear without a trace.

cos it's been ten days without you in my reach,
and the only time i've touched you is in my sleep.
but time has changed nothing at all -
you're still the only one that feels like home.
i've tried cutting the ropes,
tried letting go but you're still the only one
that feels like home.

so tell me, did you really think...
oh tell me, did you really think
i had gone when you couldn't see me anymore?
when you couldn't...

cos baby time has changed nothing at all -
you're still the only one that feels like home.
and i've tried cutting the ropes,
i let you go but you're still the only one
that feels like home
yeah you're still the only one that feels like home,
you're still the only one i've gotta love.

it's easy to say, but harder to feel.

digging a hole & the walls are caving in behind me
air's getting thin but i'm trying i'm breathing in
come find me

it hasn't felt like this before
it hasn't felt like home before you

& i know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel
this way
& i miss you more than i should
than i thought i could
can't get my mind off of you

i know you're scared that i'll soon be over it
that's part of it all
part of the beauty of falling in love with you
is the fear you won't fall

it hasn't felt like this before
it hasn't felt like home before you

& i know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel
this way
& i miss you more than i should than i thought i could
can't get my mind off of you

& i hate the phone
but i wish you'd call
thought being alone
was better than was better than

& i know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel this way
& i miss you more than i should
than i thought i could
can't get my mind off of you
can't get my mind off of you

i know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel
this way
& i miss you more than i should
than i thought i could
can't get my mind off of you

& i know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel this way


the fear you won't fall
joshua radin & ingrid michaelson

+ bonus
sky, also by them

band i love: kings of convenience

kings of convenience are my go-to band when i want mellow, chilled-out music to calm me down.
they're described as an indie folk pop duo from norway, & if you've heard the whitest boy alive that's Øye's side-project.
a lot of the stuff on their album riot on an empty street reminds me of quieter simon & garfunkel, which is not a bad thing.
one of my favourite tracks is homesick.


i'll lose some sales & my boss won't be happy
but i can't stop listening to the sound
of two soft voices
blended in perfection
from the reels of this record that i've found.

every day there's a boy in the mirror asking me
what are you doing here?
finding all my previous motives
growing increasingly unclear.

i've traveled far & i've burned all the bridges
i believed as soon as i hit land
all the other options held before me,
would wither in the light of my plan.

so i'll lose some sales & my boss won't be happy
but there's only one thing on my mind
searching boxes underneath the counter
on a chance that on a tape i'd find
a song for someone who needs somewhere to long for.

homesick
because i no longer know where home is.

download here

i think that i might break.

help i have done it again
i have been here many times before
hurt myself again today
& the worst part is there's no one else to blame

be my friend
hold me
wrap me up
unfold me
i am small
& needy
warm me up
& breathe me

ouch i have lost myself again
lost myself & i am nowhere to be found,
yeah i think that i might break
lost myself again & i feel unsafe

be my friend
hold me
wrap me up
unfold me
i am small
& needy
warm me up
& breathe me

sia, breathe me

i love my friends because they care when i'm sad & drive 45 minutes to see me for only half an hour & give me cuddles & listen to me talk shit all the time & dedicate posts to me on my birthday & call/msg me to check i'm okay & love me no matter what.

a wish.

i wish to feel smaller under your sheets
i wish for the whole truth every time you speak
& i'm thinking bout how you care half as much for me
as i watch you arise, smoke cigarettes, sleep

& i guess it doesn't matter what i say or what i seem
you stuck what i felt for you in the pocket of your jeans
ygnoring me the morning after isn't enough
& i swear i'm gonna cry, i'm sick of trying to be tough

& my blood won't stick to the confines of my veins
& your heart is gonna tear mine away

& i wish to feel smaller under your hands
though you seem satisfied as you slip mine down your pants
& i'm thinking bout how you care half as much for me
as you lift up my shirt after asking politely

& i guess it doesn't matter what i am or pretend to be
cause it's her you'll always love
& it's her i'll always envy
wanna end this now so dreams of you won't keep me up
& i swear i'm gonna cry, i'm sick of trying to be tough

& my blood won't stick to the confines of my veins
& your heart is gonna tear mine away

& it's hard to find what i want
when it's buried beneath the biggest rock
i could pay lots of money to help lift it with machines
but i'm not sure you'd cooperate, not sure you'd come clean

& i wish to feel smaller under your sheets
i wish for the whole truth every time you speak
& i'm thinking bout how you care half as much for me
as i watch you arise, smoke cigarettes, sleep

& i guess it doesn't matter what i say or what i seem
you stuck what i felt for you in the pocket of your jeans
ignoring me the morning after isn't enough
& i swear i'm gonna cry, i'm sick of trying to be tough
yeah i swear i'm gonna cry, i'm sick of trying to be tough

& my blood won't stick to the confines of my veins
& your heart is gonna tear mine away
is gonna tear mine away

gregory & the hawk
(youtub)

you are perfecting circular breathing

you loomed up slowly on the horizon
blocking the sun like an ocean liner
when i discover i'm living in your shadow
it always comes as a surprise

but way up here
i'm spinning around a lamppost in the rain
way up here, i remember rain
& i'm whispering directly into your ear

you are perfecting circular breathing
i can't always tell when you're inhaling
so you make it look like you're always giving
but you're always storing little bits away
you're a bit away

but way up here
i'm dancing around a lamppost in the rain
way up here
it's pouring down
& i'm saying right into your ear

what does it take?
to stop getting carried away by the force of my love
you take my breath away
i'm starting to suffocate
break the outline of my body
break where i end & you begin
break, you came too far in
& out & in, & doubt & din again

every time we breathe out
we let out a little bit of ourselves
it'd be alright if we could exchange
but you don't want to
& i don't blame you
but i'm gonna wanna learn to play the didgeridoo too

because way up here
i'm dancing around that lamppost in the rain
way up here
rain on down
& I'm screaming, I'm shouting into your ear
& out & in, & doubt & din.

& it's okay if you have to go away.

i love pretty much every mraz song EVER, but this has been close to my number-one favourite for many many years.

my favourite version is off the tonight, not again live album, which was the first of his that i ever heard.
the man writes some of the most incredible lyrics, & even though he's a bit of a crazy hippie now, i still adore him.
the thing i love most is just how prolific a songwriter he is- he has at least 50 unreleased songs that have only ever been played live.
i find that amazing.

was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
oh things are gonna happen naturally
oh taking your advice i'm looking on the bright side
& balancing the whole damn thing
but often times those words get tangled up in lines
& the bright lights turn to night
until the dawn it brings
another day to sing about the magic that was you & me

cause you & i both loved
what you & i spoke of
& others just read of
others only read of the love, the love that i love.

see i'm all about them words
over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
more words than i had ever heard & i feel so alive

you & i, you & i
not so little you & i anymore
& with this silence brings a moral story
more importantly evolving is the glory of a boy

cause you & i both loved
what you & i spoke of
& others just dream of
& if you could see me now
well i'm almost finally out of
i'm finally out of
finally deedeedeedee
well i'm almost finally, finally
well i'm free, oh, i'm free

& it's okay if you have go away
oh just remember the telephone works both ways
& if i never ever hear them ring
if nothing else i'll think the bells inside
have finally found you someone else & that's okay
cause i'll remember everything you sang

cause you & I both loved what you & i spoke of
& others just read of & if you could see now
well i'm almost finally out of
i'm finally out of, finally, deedeeededede
well i'm almost finally, finally, finally out of words.

cosa sei disposto a perdere

la vertigine non é paura di cadere ma voglia di volare



my favourite favourite quote at the moment.

it's from the song mi fido di te by italian rapper/singer jovanotti.
(download here.)

translated, it means "vertigo is not fear of falling but the desire to fly"

but it sounds way better in italian.

for all you taylor swift haters out there.

I'm not usually this way but
You pull me in and I'm a little more brave
It's the first kiss,
It's flawless,
Really something,
It's fearless.


i'm not a huge fan of her personally, but boy do i love her music.
the above quote is just one reason why.

romeo & juliet

a lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade
laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
says something like "you & me babe, how about it?"

juliet says "hey it's romeo. you nearly give me a heart attack"
he's underneath the window, she's singing "hey la, my boyfriend's back"
"you shouldn't come around here, singing up at people like that...
anyway, what you gonna do about it?"

juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
& i bet, & you exploded into my heart
& i forget i forget the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong?
juliet

come up on different streets, both were streets of shame
both dirty, both mean, yes & the dream was just the same
& i dreamed your dream for you & now your dream is real
how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals?

& you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold
you can fall for pretty strangers & the promises they hold
you promised me everything, you promised me thick & thin yeah
now you just say "oh romeo, yeah, you know i used to have a scene with him"

juliet, when we made love you used to cry
you said "i love you like the stars above, i'll love you til i die"
& there's a place for us, you know the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong?
juliet

i can't do the talk like they talk on tv
& i can't do a lovesong like the way it's meant to be
i can't everything, but i'll do anything for you
can't do anything except be in love with you

all i do is miss you & the way we used to be
& all i do is keep the beat & bad company
& all i do is kiss through the bars of a rhyme
juliet i'd do the stars with you anytime you like

juliet, when we made love you used to cry
you said "i love you like the stars above, i'll love you til i die"
& there's a place for us, you know the movie song
when you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong?
juliet

& a lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade
laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made
find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
says something like "you & me babe, how bout it?"

dire straits




not sure if this is the original filmclip or not but it's pretty hilarious.
download here.


as covered by the killers.
download here.


& edwin mccain.
download here.

you know me, i love to lose my mind.

look down - the ground below is crumbling

look up - the stars are all exploding

it's the last day on earth
in my dreams
it's the end of the world
and you've come back to me
in my dreams

between the dust and debris
there's a light surrounding you and me

it's the last day on earth
in my dreams
it's the end of the world
and you've come back to me
in my dreams

and you hold me closer than i can ever remember being held
i'm not afraid to sleep now, if we can stay like this until

it's the last day on earth
in my dreams
it's the end of the world
and you've come back to me
in my dreams

in my head i repeat our conversations
over and over til they feel like hallucinations
you know me - i love to lose my mind
and every time anybody speaks your name i still feel the same
i ache, i ache, i ache inside

for my bambola.

kate miller-heidke
download here.
please do, it's absolutely gorgeous.

my favourite line:
in my head, i repeat our conversations
over & over til they feel like hallucinations

i can't fall in love with every single idiot i see

afraid of the neighbours out in the hall

i'm worried they'll hear us come through the wall

down in the car park, out in the street
out in the real world people are mean

i live in a shoebox, i live in a cell
and hearing my small talk
it's easy to tell that i don't belong here

just cause it works for you doesn't mean it works for me
i can't fall in love with every single idiot i see

i saw you with harry out on the town
did you ignore me, or the other way round?
yell over the music
can't find a seat
pushing past me
step on my feet

and this is a shoebox
this is a cell
feels like my skin belongs to somebody else
but I smile and suck it in

just cause it works for you doesn't mean it works for me
i can't fall in love with every single idiot i see

when i see i've had enough
and the seas are getting rough
i just need time
til everything is back to normal
and everything is as it should be
if everything is less than you hoped for
everything's okay by me


kate miller-heidke, shoebox

effing love this song.

& the only time i've touched you is in my sleep

so we've put an end to it this time.
i'm no longer yours and you're no longer mine.
you said this hill looks far too steep
if i'm not even sure it's me you wanna keep.
and it's been ten days without you in my reach,
and the only time i've touched you is in my sleep.

but time has changed nothing at all -
you're still the only one that feels like home.
i've tried cutting the ropes and
i let you go but you're still the only one
that feels like home.

you won't talk me into it next time,
if i'm going away your heart's coming too.
cos i miss your hands i miss your face
when i get back let's disappear without a trace

cos it's been ten days without you in my reach,
and the only time i've touched you is in my sleep.

cut time has changed nothing at all -
you're still the only one that feels like home.
i've tried cutting the ropes,
tried letting go but you're still the only one
that feels like home.

so tell me, did you really think...
oh tell me, did you really think i had gone
when you couldn't see me anymore?
when you couldn't...

cos baby time has changed nothing at all -
you're still the only one that feels like home.
and i've tried cutting the ropes,
i let you go but you're still the only one
that feels like home, yeah,
you're still the only one that feels like home,
you're still the only one i've gotta love.

missy higgins, ten days


been listening to a lot of missy lately, & found out the other day that she's playing at a festival soon that i'm going to. excitement!

current obsession

there was a guy at my school when i was in high school
we'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles
never even spoken or faced each other
but on the last hill we'd race each other

when we reached the racks we'd each go our own way
i wasn't in his classes, i didn't know his name
when we finally got to speak he just stared at his feet
and mumbled a sentence that ended with 'james'

i was young and caught in the crowd
i didn't know then what i know now
i was dumb, and i was proud
and i'm sorry
if i could go back, do it again
i'd be someone you could call friend
please please believe that i'm sorry

well he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet
when the kids called him weird he didn't try to deny it
every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself
round the boundary of the grounds til he heard the bell

well one day i found him, joined him on his walk
we were silent for a while until we started to talk
i told him my family were fighting in court
he said his step-dad and him always fought

we talked about music; he was into punk
told me all the bands that i liked were junk
i said i'd never heard the songs the sex pistols sang
i laughed back at him and then the bell rang

i was young and caught in the crowd
i didn't know then what i know now
i was dumb, and i was proud
and i'm sorry
if i could go back, do it again
i'd be someone you could call friend
please please believe that i'm sorry

it was after school in the afternoon
the corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms
three guys i knew pushed him into the cement
threw away his bag and said he had no friends

he yelled that he did and he looked around
tried getting up but they pushed him on down
that's when he saw me, called out my name
and i turned my back, and just walked away

kate miller-heidke, caught in the crowd


going to see her in concert next month, yay :)

rockstar, miley cyrus

sometimes i walk a little faster
in the school hallway just to get next to you
some days i spend a little extra time
in the morning just to impress you

guess you don't notice
guess you don't need this
sad you're not seeing what you're missing
on the outside shying away
on the inside dying to say

i'm unusual, not so typical
way too smart to be waiting around
tai chi practicing snowboard champion
i could fix the flat on your car
i might even be a rock star

sometimes i wish when the phone rings
that it would be you saying "let's hang out"
then you confess that there's something special between us
why don't we find out?

but you don't know me
guess you don't need me
sad you're not seeing what you're missing
on the outside shying away
on the inside dying to say