Streets On Fire

[Chorus: Matthew]
Death is on the tip of her tongue and dangers at the tip of her fingers
Streets
Are
On
Fire
To-
Night

Death is on the tip of her tongue and dangers at the tip of her fingers
Streets
Are
On
Fire
To-
Night

[Verse 1: Lupe]
Disease the virus is spreading in all directions
No safe zone no cure and no protection
No symptoms to find or signs of an infection
No vaccines remedies and no corrections
Quarantines the dreams and cut off our connections
Don’t let em in not a friend not a reflection
Everybody’s got it and want you to have it next and
Don’t accept em if you wanna stay as an exception
No pill
Can heal
The ill of this
Sickness some are still in doubt of it’s existence
Some call it forgiveness and some call it the vengeance
Some say it’s an exit and some say it’s an entrance
The poor say the rich have the cure
The rich say the poor are the source
Revolutionaries say it’s psychological war
Invented by the press
Just to have something to report
Some say the first case came from a maternity ward
Some say a morgue, some say the skies, some say the floor
Whores say the nuns, nuns say the whores
And everybody is sure

The scientists said it only infects the mind
The little boy said it only infects the girls
The Preacher man said it’s gonna kill off the soul
A bum said it’s gonna kill the whole wide world

[Chorus: Matthew]
Death is on the tip of her tongue and dangers at the tip of her fingers
Streets
Are
On
Fire
To-
Night

Death is on the tip of her tongue and dangers at the tip of her fingers
Streets
Are
On
Fire
To-
Night

[Verse 2: Lupe]
Believe some say the neon signs
Might allow speakers repeating
And everything is fine
A subtle silence
Could demolish the troubled conscious
Of a compass with no knowledge
And every freedom denied
Every dream is designed and broadcasted
From the masters to the masses
From the antennas on top of the trine
As far as the receiving planet during a panic is shorted
It reports back everything in your mind
Everything is lying
Everything is dying
Everything is a rule
And everything is a crime
Everything was healed
And everything rewinds
And new weather burn a feathers off everything’s line

[Matthew]
And she likes it
And she loves it

[Lupe]
The savage
The madness
The bad shit
The lavish
The fastness
To clashes the ashes
To ashes everything in to twine
My femme fatale my darling fongoling angel
Once caught her changing her batteries in her halo
Receipt for her wings and everything that she paid for
And the address to the factory where they made those

The scientist says she all inside mind
The little boy said “What happened to all the girls?”
The preacher man says she gonna kill off the souls
The dope boy said it’s the whole wide world

[Chorus: Matthew]
Death is on the tip of her tongue and dangers at the tip of her fingers
Streets
Are
On
Fire
To-
Night

Death is on the tip of her tongue and dangers at the tip of her fingers
Streets
Are
On
Fire
To-
Night

- Lupe Fiasco

Need

And I feel a little tired,
Would you please be a little quiet,
Would you love me a little bit more,
This heart is a little sore,

All I need is all of that before,
Just like desire free, can’t I have all I adore,

Mind at peace, days of ease, won’t you follow,
Free of all, care for none,
All I need is all of that before,
Just like desire free, can’t I have all I adore,

Residence, song-a-twelve, won’t you please me,
A million words, all I’ve heard,
Mind at peace, days of ease, won’t you follow,
Free of all, care for none,

And won’t you give all of,
All of these things,
What about what I want,
What will you bring,

Won’t you give all of,
All of these things,
What about what I want,
What will you bring,

What will you bring x3

- Reza Salleh

Sweet

You’re so sweet and beautiful,
You’re so sweet and beautiful,

You’re in my head and I can’t get you out,
You’re on my mind,
I see your face and time slows down,
My heart’s held by your eyes,
Your eyes.

Hold me back I can’t take no more,
Please let me out,
I feel my mind in your arms once more,
My heart’s held by your eyes,
Your eyes x2

When the sun shines through curtains,
Maybe I’ll find your body next to mine,
And I’ll see your smile,
And your eyes,
Your smile,
And you’re mine.

What’s stopping you, what’s holding the door,
Come and find me, I’ll show you much more,
You’re one of a kind, you’ve made me blind,

When the sun shines through curtains,
Maybe I’ll find your body next to mine,
And then I’ll you smiling next to me.

When the sun shines through curtains,
Maybe I’ll find your body next to mine,
And then I’ll you smiling next to me.

Oh won’t you please,

Find me x2
You’re so sweet x2

- Reza Salleh

The randomness that is he

It’s funny how you miss things… especially things you had and then forgot and then found again.

It’s strange… how comfortable you are talking about things you wouldn’t usually admit to anyone else.

It’s cool… that you can pick up where things left off (so to speak) and not have to over think things.

I don’t know why, but I just up-ed and agreed to go with him the other night  knowing well enough that it was just going to be the 2 of us. It was a rather good night - we hung out, laughed a bit, he played music, I played number 1 fan, we had drinks and then food  and we made plans.

It’s amusing how things come full circle. I’ll always have something for this one… and I’m glad that it’s a part of me that I’ll never loose.

Little Things

Have you heard the news?
Bad things come in twos
But i never knew
‘Bout the Little Things

Every single day
Things get in my way
Someone has to pay
For the Little Things

And I’m through with your stories
And I’m sick of my shoes
And the walking and the talking, it’s got nothing to do with
The final solution, it’s a box full of shit
And I’m through with repairs when there’s nothing to fix
When there’s nothing to fix
When there’s nothing to fix
And it all comes down to you

Let the headlines wait
Armies hesitate
I can deal with fate
But not the Little Things

Armageddon may
Arrive anyday
I can’t get away
From the Little Things

With a pile of cares
And a bucket of tears
I could look at the sunlight and feel no fear
With a mountain of maybes and some Icarus wings
And I’m armed with delusions and one Little Thing
And that one Little Thing
And that one Little Thing
And it all comes down to you

Have you heard the news?
Bad things come in twos
But i never knew
‘Bout the Little Things

Every single day
Things get in my way
Someone has to pay
For the Little Things

- Danny Elfman

Another tag…

I don’t normally do tag’s… but what the heck, it’s been a rather slow day. This one is thanks to Yaz… =P

Question 1: What were you doing 5 years ago?
Good question… I think I was sitting for exams and running a theatre company believe it o not.

Question 2: What were the 5 things on your to do list today?
1. Have car serviced (way…. waaaayyy… past due)
2. Take maid to dentist (hehehe…)
3. Meet Ryan about doing some writing for his magazine (still can’t believe he actually likes my writting)
4. Pick up Mikey’s birthday present (Yay! Mikey’s getting older)
5. Do some editing for the 3-in-1 MIFB Show Daily (ugh… work)

Question 3: What are 5 snacks that you enjoy?
1. Dark chocolate (well… duh)
2. Chocolate cake
3. Chocolate ice cream
4. Crème Brule
5. Fudge (*grin* I can’t help myself)

Question 4: What are 5 things that you would do if you were a billionaire?
1. Have my own desert chef who specialises in chocolate
2. Get a huge house and fill it with books and music
3. Fund research into alternative fuels
4. Buy pristine forests and turn them into permanent private reserves
5. Fund poverty eradication efforts

Question 5: What are 5 jobs you’ve had
1. General Manager of a theatre company (god it feels like it was years ago)
2. Production Manager
3. Stage Manager
4. Library Assistant (I miss the smell of new books so much…)
5. Student (… that’s gotta count for something)

Another goodbye

I had brunch with Matt today. He’s leaving for police boot camp on Wednesday and by the looks of it I’ll only see him next in about a year’s time. God I’m going to miss him so much. He’s the closest thing I have to an elder brother although he’s technically younger than me.

It seems like I spend most of my time just missing and worrying incessantly about people these days… This year really has been one for goodbyes. Everyone of significance has packed off for some place. But change happens and moving is inevitable.

Life takes care of its own. Doesn’t it?

Almost Lover

Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

Well, I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me

[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left, you kissed my lips
You told me you would never, never forget
These images

No

Well, I’d never want to see you unhappy
I thought you’d want the same for me

[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should’ve known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you’re gone and I’m haunted
And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that
Easy to walk right in and out
Of my life?

[Chorus]
Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I’m trying not to think about you
Can’t you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should have known you’d bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

- A Fine Frenzy