Tim Kasher - Strays

from The Game of Monogamy

I’ve been thinking I should write some kind of love song for you   

To prove to you I do

It shouldn’t be too hard to write
I’ll just think of that time I first saw you in Omaha
You were stranded on Jackson with a bus fare to who know’s where
I took you in, right, then and there
And life took on a new form
No more stayin out all night
No more killing ourselves just to make ourselves feel alright
No more sleepin with stranger’s and those awkward goodbyes
I never had much family, never had too many friends
Then you came wandering through
And pompously, I took you for granted
That’s why I gotta write this little, this little love song for you
I’ll sing about those Denver mornings you’d wake up ballin about a long lost kid
Your maternal instincts were kicking in
As the sun dazzled bright upon the peaks
You brought home a dog you found in the alley
You said "Can we keep her?" I said "Well, what kind of man would I be?"
So you bought her a collar and you called her your family
Right is a selfish, right is an egotist
I’m afraid I’m as bad as it gets
I keep forgettin to sensor the truth
That’s why I better write some, some kinda love song for you
We’re driving cross country in a U-Haul on the hunt for our new home
High a top Eagle Rock, we found a house with a big back yard
So we picked up another mutt from the Crenshaw Pound
Sipping coffee on the porch while the dogs wrestle on the lawn
I’m sorry I’ve had my doubts…
We're a family of strays but together we’ve been found
We're a family of stray’s but together we’ve been found

and i'll gamble away my fright

wow, what a beautiful video:

well it's been a long time, long time now
since i've seen you smile
and i'll gamble away my fright
and i'll gamble away my time
and in a year, a year or so
this will slip into the sea
well it's been a long time, long time now
since i've seen you smile

nobody raise their voices
just another night to mourn to
nobody raise their voices
just another night to mourn to

sufjan craze

sufjan stevens - enchanting ghost

from all delighted people EP

tell me what you saw in me

and i'll try to replicate it with a scene

mm-mmm

if it troubles you to breathe,

wait a moment, i could change the scenery

don't carry on carrying efforts, oh no oh oh oh

somewhere there's a room for each of us to grow

and if it pleases you to leave me, just go oh oh oh oh

stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost

mm-mmm

it's only that i meant to bring

love and liveliness to your breast on the scene

mm-mmm

did you cut your hands on me?

are my edges sharp? am i a pest to feed?

 

don't carry on carrying regrets, oh no oh oh oh

somewhere there's a room for us to speak alone

and if it grieves you to stay here, just go oh oh oh oh

for i have no spell on you it's all a ghost

mm-mmm

i still have the things you gave me

four anointing oils, the paper weight you made

mm-mmm

for should i haven't carried them?

or buried them in the name of your ghost, my friend?

don't carry on carrying efforts. don't go! no oh oh oh

stay with me until i sleep within your host

or if it pleases you to leave me, just go oh oh oh oh

stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost

mm-mmm

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preface

hello there!

i made my old blog (ma vie a déplié) private because it contained a lot of personal information that i now prefer to keep to myself. however, i created this space so that i can continue participating in photoblog projects and sharing lyrics, artists & their artwork, scientific factoids, etc.

i've been on a do make say think craze, which is what inspired the username (soul-and-onward). here, check out the song on youtube:

also, if you're curious about the title of this blog ('pensando en ti' = spanish for 'thinking about you'), it was inspired by devendra banhart's song 'santa maria da feira.'  

te digo todo aqui va bien / conmigo de no dormir / amigo, te suplico, te lo pido / que me ayudes a mi, a mi (i tell you that everything's alright with me without sleep / friend, i plead, i ask that you help me, help me)