Quirk(y) Queer

“Measuring Cups” - Andrew Bird

Get out your measuring cups and we’ll play a new game
Come to the front of the class and we’ll measure your brain
We’ll give you a complex and we’ll give it a name

“Into The Wild” — L.P.

Somebody left the gate open

You know we got lost on the way

Come save us a runaway train

Goin insaane

How do we

How do we not fade

How do we how do we how do we not fade away

How do we how do we ooooh

Into the wild

How we are living

“Marching Bands of Manhattan” — Death Cab for Cutie

I Wish We Could Open Our Eyes
To See In All Directions At The Same Time
Oh, What A Beautiful View
If You Were Never Aware Of What Was Around You
And It Is True What You Say
That I Live Like A Hermit In My Own Head
But When The Sun Shines Again
I’ll Pull The Curtains And Blinds To Let The Light In

Radical Face “Glory”

I hope for the best but nothing changes, I’m sorry
But I was blessed with bad eyes
There’s a lot that I missed but I don’t mind, I’m not that old
I’ll find out what broke me soon enough

“Iridescent” — Linkin Park 

And in the burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of temper grace falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up all the failures all you’ve known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.

“Fix You” — Cold Play

And high up above or down below
When you’re too in love to let it go
But if you never try you’ll never know
Just what you’re worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down on your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down on your face
And I…

“Comes and Goes” — Greg Laswell

This one’s for the faithless
The ones that are surprised
They’re only where they are now regardless of their fight

This one’s for believing if only for it’s sake
Come on friends get up now
Love is to be made

“Home” - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

-sometimes a random dance break is needed-

Rosi Golan and William Fitzsimmons “Hazy”

“The Cave” — Mumford and Sons

So make your siren’s call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it’s meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won’t let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I’ll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I’ll know my name as it’s called again

“The Prayer” — Josh Groban and Charlotte Church

Personal Note: I’m not really religious. Actually, I identify as Agnostic. But I believe in the power of belief (in whatever form you package it and find solace). For me the holiday season isn’t complete without a raspberry hot chocolate and this song at some point (along with Greensleeves…).

To all of you this season, I wish you love. I wish you hope. I wish you peace within your own skin. Most of all, I give you my respect and my thoughts.

….Imagine where we’d be if everyone just gave their respect and a thought.

Happy December.

On the Radio — Regina Spektor

This is how it works
You’re young until you’re not
You love until you don’t
You try until you can’t

You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took

And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else’s heart
Pumping someone else’s blood

And walking arm in arm
You hope it don’t get harmed
But even if it does
You’ll just do it all again

“Winter Song” — Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson 

First frost of my fall in the US and I find the ice is kind of comforting. I love the fall but I’m ready for the winter this year.

“People Running” — Jack’s Mannequin 

We are just these people 
Happy, tangled lives 
We are only chemical and skin 
Barely strapped in for this air-conditioned drive

We are tired of waiting 
Still, we stand in line 
Yeah, this is all addition by subtraction 
A simple chain reaction of the mind

Yeah, we are just these people running around 
And I am in no hurry to figure it out 
Yeah, we are just like old ships running aground 
In search of water

Band of Horses — “Our Swords”

Open your mouth sounds of breathing found it spilling from your face
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Count on us all follow our own swords tonight

Eric Hutchinson — “Rock and Roll”

‘Cause If she wanna rock she rocks 
If she wanna roll she rolls 
She can roll with the punches 
Long as she feels like she’s in control 
If she wanna stay she stays 
If she wanna go she goes 
She doesn’t care how she gets there 
Long as she gets somewhere she knows oh no 
ah na na na na na na na na na na na 

Amos Lee — “Arms of A Woman”

What Makes Me “Quirk(y)” : When I load my iPod for road trips, I section the songs into the time of day/landscape I’m driving through. Amos Lee is always on my sunset mix.