Apologies and Letting Go

It has definitely been a lonnggggg time. For that I apologize, I hear music and have good intentions of posting but they never come to fruition. One I've been thinking of putting up is Apologies by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. It's a pretty song and I like her voice.
Hmmm. Oh yeah, my long estranged band of honorable mention came back to me. Passenger has a song called Let Her Go that I enjoyed listening to the other day as I chanced upon it.

On a more personal note I'm coming up on my two year anniversary! While in the grander scheme of things that isn't a long time, I'm grateful everyday for the amazing days and chances for more.

Pandora just started playing Look What You've Done -Jet, it is Throwback Thursday after all :p

Well, I'll probably think of some amazing song that I forgot and be back on here soon. À bientôt

A Drop in the Ocean -Ron Pope; Car crash+ Modern Love -Matt Nathanson

http://youtu.be/7hZpo1ZJDxM
I love this song! It comes on my pandora and I just dance.... Badly.... But still! :) His voice is exceptionally pretty, he could sing the Abc's and I'd be pretty happy. I hope you like him as much as I do!
I keep having Matt Nathanson songs come to my attention and these two are my favorites of the moment. I like car crash because even though its on a more melancholy note lyrics wise it still has a fast pace. Modern love cracks me up with the "watch your back- I'm nobody's girlfriend" line. I just really enjoy these two, they stick out from the crowd of music I've been listening to.
Hope you like them!

The Serpent

The rippling snake who once chained me has left me to my fate
There was a time when I called out for you,
As I was trying to escape.
But the serpent curled tighter around my ankle,
Shackling me to the ground.
I tried to scream and reach for you,
but could never utter a sound.
My strength was gone and mind was weary
When I felt the serpent leave.
I laid there with an enduring hope that he wouldn't come back for me.
I got up to leave and cried out in pain
When I saw you standing there
The snake around your waist.
He wrapped you up from ankle to neck
You had no plan of escape.
I cried for you and ran to your side,
But you had yet to be afraid.
I ran from you and tried to think that maybe even a serpent can change.
Day after day you grew weaker
As the snake constricted your middle.
I gave up hope and thought to myself that I would have rather it have been me
God forbid that I had led him to you with all of my meager pleas.
Misery shook me as I walked my own way,
Guilt like a knife cutting through.
Years later I came up to a woman that looked much like you.
I ran and found that your heart still could beat,
The serpent had relinquished you too.
I could only cry as I marveled at our lives,
Tortured but resilient too.
Alive we fight those who hinder our dreams
Dead we will see them through.
For today, I am rejoicing to see you renewed.

Drunk -Ed Sheeran

One of my best friends is obsessed with Ed Sheeran and its all her stereo blasted the whole time we were at her house. I really liked this song, it matched my mood at the time. I still really like it, it prevails above my ever changing moods. It does not prevail above my crappy youtube app though. But I trust that everyone is just as adept at using a search bar as I am.
"A house gets cold when you cut the heating, but without you to hold I'll be freezing."
His whole album is good and I was super excited today when So You Think You Can Dance was showing him some love. They were using his song as one of the choreography songs and I was bouncing up and down going Hey!  I know that song!!
Enjoy!

The Strong Ones

The strongest face their struggles much longer.

They have less time to aimlessly wander.

Great battles of strength and mind they must face,

They ardently run into every challenge or  race.

Risking what they hope is worth nothing,

Just in case it soon comes to nothing.

They desperately hope they will be remembered,

But also they hope that the memories don't linger.

A mournful burden isn't what they hope to provide

All the while sacrificing their lives.

They battle the thought of being remembered,

their foes, the elements and their mind all at work,

Complicating and tangling a picture

Making it hard for even the strong ones to survive

As they survive they are fighting much more

Making them all the more likely to not return from their last tour.

Near To You -A Fine Frenzy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O_CwkdXfAhg

I really like this song for the dramatic turn around and just how pretty it is!  I really like the dark

change that occurs in the middle because it adds a richness to the song that keeps it interesting. I have really liked this artist ever since I found her, 

I hope you feel the same!

Just the way you are -Boyce avenue cover

I heard this version on Pandora today and I really like the acoustic version. Plus all the talent going on :p That certainly helps! Its really looking like spring around here. It's strange to me that I can forget this transition period when it happens every year... But none the less, a pretty song for a pretty day.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GhFSgnvKqm4