"Ghost" - Howie Day
I take it back. The Red Balloon Floats Up is amazing and you're a fool to let it go. You're a fool to let a lot of things go. By the way, I bought a new cord for my iPod and although it fits, it's still a little too big to plug in the charger at the same time. Argh...I knew this would happen too. I knew it before I bought it, but I was already there. I stood in the store absolutely clueless, staring at the wrong cords when the sales guy came to my rescue. He was so sweet and informative and I bought it. I'm a sucker for service even if it's what I don't want. And you know that I know that I'll take forever to exchange it. So, back to the cds I go.
Before I get too ahead of myself, here's the story behind the story. I listened to Flies High and Falls Down feeling nothing more and nothing less than eh. I filed them back into the cd case and was getting ready to switch to my iPod since I obviously had what I needed to make it work in my car. Low and behold, it was completely dead, hence how I found out about the charger not working at the same time. I was parked uphill in Elysian Park, extremely frustrated. I yanked out the cord, plugged in the charger and brought out my cds. When I opened it again, I realized there were 2 cds in one sleeve. Insert Floats Up, press play:
1) "Hyper-Ballad" - Bjork
2) "Amie" - Damien Rice
3) "False Alarm" - KT Tunstall
4) "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac
5) "Playing Favorites" -Starting Line
6) "Half-Right" - Jimmy Eat World
7) "My Blue Heaven" - Taking Back Sunday
8) "Ohio is for Lovers" - Hawthorne Heights
9) "Zombie" - The Cranberries
10) "Criminal" - Fionna Apple
11) "Original Sinsuality" - Tori Amos
12) "Don't Bring Me Down" - Sia
13) "I Am on Your Side" - Hawthorne Heights
14) "Ghost" - Howie Day
15) "This Ruined Puzzle" - Dashboard Confessional
16) "The Power of Orange Knickers" - Tori Amos
17) "Divine Intervention" - Taking Back Sunday
18) "All is Full of Love" - Bjork
I remember this compilation the most because I made it with care. These aren't just songs to me. Each one played a part in telling my love story and most of it was so sad. I didn't understand it then. I thought, "Love isn't supposed to be sad..." So I made other cds to change the perception of it all, yet those are the ones that did nothing for me. This one; however this one hurt to hear again, but not because I was heartbroken. It hurt because it was honest.
I love like this. Ups, downs and with all that I am and all that I have. This is how it's done. It's real. It's inconvenient. It's overwhelming and distracting. It's difficult to take in sometimes, but it doesn't fade and it doesn't quit. I never love the same and with the same degree because it changes with the people in my life. No script, no clue, no catch 22's. You just run with it. You run out of breath with it...take a breather and keep running.
I picked this song to write about because it's what made me feel that rush again. The urge to run.
Lyrics:
Lately I've been thinking
Lately I've been dreaming with you
I'm so resistant to this type of thinking
Oh, now it's shining through
I was alone for the last time
Before my night's vacation with you
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
I know there's little use in crying
It's more wide awake and dying then I'm used to
I thought we'd walk these streets together
Now I'm hoping that I'll never have to meet you
Step aside from all this anger
And somewhere in between I can feel you
Ask me should we try again
I'm thinking no
Y'know, it's not what I believe in
It's not what I believe in
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, wanna taste you, love
No I...no I
No I, just wanna taste you, love
Standing in your shoes
I turn and now
You're standing bare in my doorway
I only wish that I had been prepared
I'm gonna have to go along with your way
Just take the plastic camera out
It's the pants you borrowed in the driveway
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
Make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, wanna taste of love
No I...
I was alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/howieday/ghost.html
http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/4488/howie-day-the-perfect-time-for-day-part
I take it back. The Red Balloon Floats Up is amazing and you're a fool to let it go. You're a fool to let a lot of things go. By the way, I bought a new cord for my iPod and although it fits, it's still a little too big to plug in the charger at the same time. Argh...I knew this would happen too. I knew it before I bought it, but I was already there. I stood in the store absolutely clueless, staring at the wrong cords when the sales guy came to my rescue. He was so sweet and informative and I bought it. I'm a sucker for service even if it's what I don't want. And you know that I know that I'll take forever to exchange it. So, back to the cds I go.
Before I get too ahead of myself, here's the story behind the story. I listened to Flies High and Falls Down feeling nothing more and nothing less than eh. I filed them back into the cd case and was getting ready to switch to my iPod since I obviously had what I needed to make it work in my car. Low and behold, it was completely dead, hence how I found out about the charger not working at the same time. I was parked uphill in Elysian Park, extremely frustrated. I yanked out the cord, plugged in the charger and brought out my cds. When I opened it again, I realized there were 2 cds in one sleeve. Insert Floats Up, press play:
1) "Hyper-Ballad" - Bjork
2) "Amie" - Damien Rice
3) "False Alarm" - KT Tunstall
4) "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac
5) "Playing Favorites" -Starting Line
6) "Half-Right" - Jimmy Eat World
7) "My Blue Heaven" - Taking Back Sunday
8) "Ohio is for Lovers" - Hawthorne Heights
9) "Zombie" - The Cranberries
10) "Criminal" - Fionna Apple
11) "Original Sinsuality" - Tori Amos
12) "Don't Bring Me Down" - Sia
13) "I Am on Your Side" - Hawthorne Heights
14) "Ghost" - Howie Day
15) "This Ruined Puzzle" - Dashboard Confessional
16) "The Power of Orange Knickers" - Tori Amos
17) "Divine Intervention" - Taking Back Sunday
18) "All is Full of Love" - Bjork
I remember this compilation the most because I made it with care. These aren't just songs to me. Each one played a part in telling my love story and most of it was so sad. I didn't understand it then. I thought, "Love isn't supposed to be sad..." So I made other cds to change the perception of it all, yet those are the ones that did nothing for me. This one; however this one hurt to hear again, but not because I was heartbroken. It hurt because it was honest.
I love like this. Ups, downs and with all that I am and all that I have. This is how it's done. It's real. It's inconvenient. It's overwhelming and distracting. It's difficult to take in sometimes, but it doesn't fade and it doesn't quit. I never love the same and with the same degree because it changes with the people in my life. No script, no clue, no catch 22's. You just run with it. You run out of breath with it...take a breather and keep running.
I picked this song to write about because it's what made me feel that rush again. The urge to run.
Lyrics:
Lately I've been thinking Lately I've been dreaming with you
I'm so resistant to this type of thinking
Oh, now it's shining through
I was alone for the last time
Before my night's vacation with you
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
I know there's little use in crying
It's more wide awake and dying then I'm used to
I thought we'd walk these streets together
Now I'm hoping that I'll never have to meet you
Step aside from all this anger
And somewhere in between I can feel you
Ask me should we try again
I'm thinking no
Y'know, it's not what I believe in
It's not what I believe in
You take yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, wanna taste you, love
No I...no I
No I, just wanna taste you, love
Standing in your shoes
I turn and now
You're standing bare in my doorway
I only wish that I had been prepared
I'm gonna have to go along with your way
Just take the plastic camera out
It's the pants you borrowed in the driveway
Alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
Make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
You make yourself a photograph and laugh at me
Please
No I, wanna taste of love
No I...
I was alive from the first
Now I'm denied by the ghost of you
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/howieday/ghost.html
http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/4488/howie-day-the-perfect-time-for-day-part
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