You Carried Me

You Carried Me
Unknown Artist

It's only when I look back
And traced the way
My crooked path has wandered
I see the footprints in the sand
And I realized You were there beside me
Every single day

You carried me through all of my trials
You carried me when I was troubled and alone
When my strength had gone
Couldn't get along without You

You carried me so I wouldn't stumble
You carried me just when I needed someone there
Who would be a friend
And I reached the end
Because He carried me

And now as I turn to face the narrow way
With shadows growing longer
I know my Savior's by my side
Always there for me
And He'll care for me
When the enemy draws near

He carried me through all of my trials
He carried me when I was troubled and alone
When my strength had gone, couldn't get along without Him

He carried me so I wouldn't stumble
He carried me just when I needed someone there
Who would be a friend
And I reached the end because He carried me

You carried me through all of my trials
You carried me when I was troubled and alone
When my strength had gone, couldn't get along without You

You carried me so I wouldn't stumble
You carried me just when I needed someone there
Who would be a friend
And I reached the end because You carried me

When You Look Me In The Eyes

When You Look Me In The Eyes
Jonas Brothers

If the heart is always searching,
Can you ever find a home?
I've been looking for that someone,
I'll never make it on my own.
Dreams can't take the place of loving you,
There's gotta be a million reasons why it's true.

When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.

How long will I be waiting,
To be with you again?
Gonna tell you that I love you,
In the best way that I can.
I can't take a day without you here,
You're the light that makes my darkness disappear.

When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.

More and more, I start to realize,
I can reach my tomorrow,
I can hold my head up high,
And it's all because you're by my side.

When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
And when I hold you in my arms,
I know that it's forever
I just gotta let you know,
I never wanna let you go, cause

When you look me in the eyes.
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright, (it's alright)
When you're right here by my side. (by my side)
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven. (oh)
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.

Jottings:
Have you ever heard how bias people can get about songs when they were affected in the past, and those songs never fail to bring to surface the past right before their eyes, causing them to relive the torment and fear - all over again?

Perhaps that is so for me.

I realized that many songs written these days are of the surface values. Songs that speak of being okay when a special someone is beside; but is that really true?

Perhaps I am bias because there was a certain past when I had experienced something like that - believing that things will be okay when a special someone was by my side to support me. Little did I care to realize that it was actually my foolish eyes that refused to see the selfishness both in me and that special someone; we both want our dreams, which clashed terribly.

I suppose that is part of growing up - when you experience hurt and love both at the same time.

Well, to scrutinize this song, the lyrics are really fantasy-like. Chord progressions are simple in imitating, as well as the tag. But all in all, catchy and pleasing to the ears.

However, I do not just go for the feel of the music; I go for the lyrics too.

I suppose my biasness is properly displayed. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against this song.

Sober

Sober
Kelly Clarkson

I don’t know
This could break my heart or save me
Nothing’s real
Until you let go completely
So here I go with all my thoughts I’ve been saving
So here I go with all my fears weighing on me

Three months and I’m still sober
Picked all my weeds but kept the flowers
But I know it’s never really over

And I don’t know
I could crash and burn but maybe
At the end of this road I might catch a glimpse of me
So I won’t worry about my timing, I want to get it right
No comparing, second guessing, no not this time

Three months and I’m still breathing
Been a long road since those hands I left my tears in but I know
It’s never really over, no

Wake up

Three months and I’m still standing here
Three months and I’m getting better yeah
Three months and I still am

Three months and it’s still harder now
Three months I’ve been living here without you now
Three months yeah
Three months I hurt

Three months and I’m still breathing
Three months and I still remember it
Three months and I wake up

Three months and I’m still sober
Picked all my weeds but kept the flowers

Someone's Watching Over Me

Someone's Watching Over Me
Hilary Duff

I found myself today
Oh, I found myself and ran away
But something pulled me back
A voice of reason, I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it’s written in the sky tonight

[Chorus:]
So I won’t give up
No, I won’t break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I’m standing in the dark I’ll still believe
Someone’s watching over me

I’ve seen that ray of light
And it’s shining on my destiny
Shining all the time
And I won’t be afraid
To follow everywhere it’s taking me
All I know is yesterday is gone
And right now I belong
To this moment, to my dreams

[Chorus]

It doesn’t matter what people say
And it doesn’t matter how long it takes
Believe in yourself
And you’ll fly high
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself and follow your heart

So I won’t give up
No I won’t break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I’m standing in the dark I’ll still believe...

That I won’t give up
No I won’t break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even when it all goes wrong
When I’m standing in the dark I’ll still believe...

That someone’s watching over,
Someone's watching over,
Someone's watching over me
(Yeah yeah, oh oh...)
Someone's watching over me

Jottings:
It's 4.30am now as I type this. I've just finished a major portion of my heavy assignments. Though it seems as if I'm done, I have to admit that the journey of frustrations and mental blockage has just begun.

But just as I was listening to some songs while doing up my assignment, this song just caught my attention. No doubt, the melody was catchy; but what made me search for the lyrics was the bits and pieces I hear in the song. Inspiring it is.

I just realized that in every person, be they strong or weak emotionally, there will always be a part within that desires companionship. Though many mask this need (which I don't think it foolish, for it is a defensive mechanism), they fail to experience the care and love they desperately need.

Yet, should they do otherwise, there will be a huge possibility they be hurt; and should such continue, they would withdraw to self-pity, solitude...

We need somebody to love. We need somebody to care. We need somebody to continually tell us that we are loved and treasured - no matter how rusted we are.

But face the truth, nobody out there will specially do such a benevolent philanthropic thing for us, because they are experiencing the same thing too.

At the end of the day, it boils down to this: how much do we love ourselves. If we knew how to cherish ourselves, if we knew how to love ourselves, if we knew how important we are to ourselves, then we wouldn't first seek comfort from others; we would be assured that we are loved, because we first love ourselves.

Love, then, begins from ourselves.

Let us conquer our worse enemies - ourselves.

Finally

Finally
Fergie

Ever since I was a baby girl I had a dream
Cinderella theme, crazy as it seems
Always knew that deep inside
That there would come that day
That I would have to wait
Make so many mistakes
I couldn't comprehend as I watched it unfold
This classic story told, I left it in the cold
Walking through unopened doors that led me back to you
Each one unlocking more of the truth

I finally stopped tripping on my youth
I finally got lost inside of you
I finally know that I needed to grow
And finally my mate has met my soul

[chorus]
Finally
Now my destiny can begin
Though we will have our differences
Something strange and new is happening
Finally
Now my life doesn't seem so bad
It's the best that I've ever had
Give my love to him finally

I remember the beginning you already knew
I acted like a fool, just trying to be cool
Fronting like it didn't matter, I just ran away
Put on another face,
Was lost in my own space
Found what its like to hurt selfishly
Scared to give up me
Afraid to just believe
I was in a jealous, insecure, pathetic place
Stumbled through the mess that I had made

Finally got out of my own way
I've finally started living for today
I finally know I needed to grow
And finally my mate has met my soul

[chorus]
Finally
Now my destiny can begin
Though we will have our differences
Something strange and new is happening
Finally
Now my life doesn't seem so bad
It's the best that I've ever had
Gave my love to him Finally

Mmmm....
Finally, finally

[chorus]
Finally
Now my destiny can begin
Though we will have our differences
Something beautiful is happening, is happening
Finally
Now my life doesn't seem so bad
It's the best that I've ever had
Give my love to him finally

Oooh oh
Finally, finally
Finally

Jottings:
Beautiful vocals, with a tad of reverb.

And I just realized how difficult it is achieve a good recording. Lots to look into.

The Ballad of Entanglement

The Ballad of Entanglement
Lyrics by Suit Lin and Jonathan Chu
Music by Jonathan Chu

[Cassandra]
Just one sign, just one sign
The dream I want can be mine
Just one sign, just one sign
The comfort I need I can find
Teach me how to carry on
Give me strength to go on
Just one sign, just one sign
The dream I want can be mine

[Bernardo]
Just one truth, just this truth
A hurt that keeps on coming

[Desiree]
But the truth, but this truth
Won't change who you are inside

[Bernardo (Desiree)]
Just this truth (but this truth)
Just this truth (but this truth)
Stops me from living (Won't push me aside)

[Bernardo & Desiree]
Cause of you, cause of you
We can find, we can find
Strength to triumph

[Anita]
Just one day, just one day
Give me a chance to say goodbye
Just one day, just one day
Help me give life one more try
Teach me how to carry on
Give me strength to go on
Just one day, just one day
Give me a chance to say goodbye

[Edmond]
Just one push, just one push
Her dreams and their lives I can crush
I can silence her sweet melody
I can have my sweet revenge
Though I see Clara in her...

Such foolishness I must be sober
Such foolishness I must be sober
Come what may, come what may
They will pay

[Anita]
Just one day

[Cassandra]
Just one sign

[Bernardo]
Just one truth

[Desiree]
But the truth

[Edmond]
Just one push

[Anita]
Just one day

[Cassandra]
Just one sign

[Bernardo]
Just one truth

[Desiree]
But the truth

[Edmond]
Just one push

[Anita]
Give me a chance to say goodbye

[Cassandra]
This dream I want is now mine

[Bernardo]
My past I can leave behind

[Desiree]
Who you are won't push me aside

[Edmond]
At last, vengeance will be mine!

[All]
Such is her atonement
Such is his lament
Such is their entanglement
Such is our entanglement
Our entanglement
Our entanglement!

Silence

Silence
Lyrics by Suit Lin and Jonathan Chu
Music by Jonathan Chu

[Bernardo]
Cassandra, Cassandra
I know you may think otherwise
And my words to you will never suffice
Perhaps to you everything I say is lies
Perhaps it may be too late to apologize

[Cassandra]
Silence, nothing but silence
Have you done anything for me
Have you done anything I can see
That you care for me
That you love me

Silence, nothing but silence
You left me here, entangled
Alone and in pain, entangled
In fear and in shame, entangled

[Bernardo]
Cassandra, Cassandra

[Cassandra]
Do you see the scars on my hands

[Bernardo]
What else can I say to convince you

[Cassandra]
Do you see entanglement in my hands

[Bernardo]
What I say you do not understand

[Cassandra]
What you say I can no longer understand

[Bernardo]
It is not that I don't care to make you understand

[Cassandra]
It's because you don't hear me

Anymore, anymore (2x)
Look at my entanglement
Can you see my pain
Can you feel my hurt

Maybe not, maybe not
Maybe it's better to be alone
You are and will always be silent

[Bernardo (Cassandra)]
You don't know (You don't know)
You can't know (You can't know)
You don't know
You can't know
My own entangled scars
I have my own pain
I have my own hurts
I have my own pain and hurts

The Three Hot Sisters

The Three Hot Sisters
Lyrics by Suit Lin
Music by Jonathan Chu

[Sings]
I am hot, sizzling hot
I'll make traffic stop
Set your heart in a frenzy
You'll begin to go crazy
We're pots, (as) vain as can be
Betcha can't find 'nother so pretty

[Speaks]
This place would be so dull without me
Like green pastures without water
Like the sky without its stars
Like a forest without its trees
Like the mountain without its breeze

[Sings]
I am hot, sizzling hot
I'll make traffic stop
Set your heart in a frenzy
You'll begin to go crazy
We're pots, (as) vain as can be
Betcha can't find 'nother so pretty

[Speaks]
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
Which speaks of my beauty
My charm makes men dizzy
My charm makes the world so tipsy
Better than any other drink in this county

[Sings]
I am hot, sizzling hot
I'll make traffic stop
Set your heart in a frenzy
You'll begin to go crazy
We're pots, (as) vain as can be
Betcha can't find 'nother so pretty

[Speaks]
Isn't it silly how my sisters are so vain
When I hear them I can easily faint
Their shameless boasting makes me insane
For one has to see someone like me
To separate the beauty from the beast!

[Sings]
I am hot, sizzling hot
I'll make traffic stop
Set your heart in a frenzy
You'll begin to go crazy
We're pots, (as) vain as can be
Betcha can't find 'nother so pretty
Pretty! Like me!

Stay

Stay
Lyrics by Suit Lin
Music by Jonathan Chu

[Verse 1]
I saw you in my dream
We were walking by a stream
I saw your sweet face and I knew
That you would leave me
As fast as morning dew

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Dance with me in the morning sun
Watch it rise in the horizon
Hold me, hold me, before you go

[Verse 2]
I saw you again tonight
Like the star, you gave me light
I can't keep my eyes away
So that I can watch you smile another day

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Dance with me in the evening sun
Watch it across the horizon
Love me, love me, before I go

[Chorus]
Will you stay by my side
Until the fear subsides
Will you stay with me forever
And keep me safe with your laughter
I will stay with you
As long as I can
This - I promise you

[Bridge]
I must go, I must go
I cannot stay any longer
I must go
'cause staying would only make the hurt stronger
Let me go, let me go
Holding me will make it harder
Remember me (3x)
But live
Live your life for me

Ginger Soup Fight

Ginger Soup Fight
Lyrics by Suit Lin
Music by Jonathan Chu

(Sings)
Ginger soup, ginger soup
The freshest in town
Mama's own secret recipe
Nobody can make it
So tasty, so tempting
You'll ask for a second serving

(Speak)
Making ginger soup is a work of art
It's even better when served with a piece of tart
The genes from my mama to me
Gives me the intuition and inkling
To concoct the perfect delicious soup
More onions!

Making ginger soup is a method of science
It's precision only appreciated by someone less dense
The genes from my mama to me
Gives me the intelligence and wit
To concoct the perfect nutritious soup
2.548mg more cinnamon powder would rid the taste of extra onions!

(Sings)
Ginger soup, ginger soup
The freshest in town
Mama's own secret recipe
Nobody can make it
So tasty, so tempting
You'll ask for a second serving!

(Speaks)
Ginger soup is what makes the customers coming
From the sidewalk they hear the aroma calling
The scent sends their heart a flutter
The broth makes their mouth water
They'll always come back for another!

(Sings)
Ginger soup, ginger soup
The freshest in town
Mama's own secret recipe
Nobody can make it
So tasty, so tempting
You'll ask for a second serving!

Carry Me - Jars of Clay

January One, I got a lot of things on my mind
I'm looking at my body through a new spy satellite
I try to lift a finger but I don't think I can make a call
So tell me if I move 'cause I don't feel anything at all

So carry me
I'm just a dead man
Lying on the carpet
Can't find a heartbeat
Make me breathe
I wanna be a new man
Tired of the old one
Out with the old plan

I woke up from a dream about an empty funeral
But it's better than a party full of people I don't really know
Well, they've got hearts to break and burn, dirty hands to feel the earth
There's something in my veins but I can't seem to make it work
Won't work

So carry me
I'm just a dead man
Lying on the carpet
Can't find a heartbeat
Make me breathe
I wanna be a new man
Tired of the old one
Out with the old plan

Can you find a beat?
Inside of me?
Any pulse, getting worse
Any pulse, getting worse
Inside of me
In front of me

Carry me
I'm just a dead man
Lying on the carpet
Can't find a heartbeat
Make me breathe
I wanna be a new man
Tired of the old one
Out with the old plan

Carry me
I'm just a dead man
Lying on the carpet
Can't find a heartbeat
Make me breathe
I wanna be a new man
Tired of the old one
Out with the old plan

Apologize

Apologize
Timbaland (featuring One Republic)



Apologize Lyrics:
I’m holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I’m hearing what you say
But I just can’t make you sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down
But wait...
You tell me that you’re sorry
Didn’t think I’d turn around and say..

That it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late

I’d take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
(But that's nothing new)
Yeah yeah

I loved you with a fire red, now it’s turning blue
And you say
Sorry like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I’m afraid

It’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
Woahooo woah

It’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, yeah yeah
I said it’s too late to apologize, a yeah

I’m holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground...

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I've been listening to this song for more than five hours nonstop. It's beautiful - that I don't get bored of it after such long hours of listening.