You Need to be Nicer

Sit. Good dog. Stay. Bad dog. Down. Roll over.

Well here's a good man and a pretty young girl
Trying to play together somehow
I'm wasting my life, you're changing the world
I get drunk and watch your head grow

It's the good times that we shared
And the bad times that we'll have
It's the good times
And the bad times that we've had

Well it's been a long, slow collision
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog

So I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer
For the good times and the bad times
That we'll have

Sometimes we talk over dinner like old friends
Till I go and kill the bottle
I go off over any old thing
Break your heart and raise a glass or ten

To the good times that we shared
And the bad times that we'll have
To the good times
And the bad times that we've had

Well it's been a long, slow collision
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog

So I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer
For the good times and the bad times
We know will come, yeah

I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer
You need to be nicer, you need

For the good times and the bad times that we had
Sit

Good times, bad times
Sweet wine, bad wine
Good cop, bad cop
Lapdog, bad dog
Sit

("I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to be Nicer" - The Cardigans)

Teenage Invasion

Another 16-year-old, another catchy tunes.

Watch your back, Lorde.

He Does What The Night Does To The Day

"I've been feeling foolish, you should try it

She came and substituted the peace and quite for

Acrobatic blood, flow concertina

Cheatin' heartbeat, rapid fire.."

('She's Thunderstorms' - Arctic Monkeys)

Crawling Back To You

Have you got colour in your cheeks?Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift the tidethat sticks around like something in your teeth?Hiding some aces up your sleeveHave you no idea that you're in deep?I've dreamt about you nearly every night this weekHow many secrets can you keep?Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeatUntil I fall asleepSpilling drinks on my settee

(Do I wanna know?)If this feeling flows both ways(Sad to see you go)Was sorta hoping that you'd stay(Baby we both know)That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

Crawling back to you

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?Cause I always doBaby I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody newNow I've thought it through

Crawling back to you

So have you got the guts?Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shutsSimmer down and pucker upI'm sorry to interrupt it's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss youI don't know if you feel the same as I doBut we could be together if you wanted to

(Do I wanna know?)If this feeling flows both ways(Sad to see you go)Was sorta hoping that you'd stay(Baby we both know)That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

Crawling back to you

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (calling when you've had a few)'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)Baby I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody newNow I've thought it through

Crawling back to you

(Do I wanna know?)If this feeling flows both ways(Sad to see you go)Was sorta hoping that you'd stay(Baby we both know)That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day(Yeah)

(Do I wanna know?)Too busy being yours to fall(Sad to see you go)Ever thought of calling down?(Baby we both know)Do you want me crawling back to you?
('Do I Wanna Know' - Arctic Monkeys)
After tough times of only listening through the badquality videos taken at their gigs.Finally. An official video.Heavier, sexier tunes. Whoa they've grown so much.Been lovin' the 'new' AM since 'R U Mine?'and this is the answer to my unrequited love.Currently on repeat. ♥

Monkey Business

"Baby I'm too busy being yours

To fall for somebody new

Now I've thought it through

Crawling back to you.."

('Do I Wanna Know' - Arctic Monkeys)

Screwed Up & Brilliant

"You said I was the most exotic flower
Holding me tight in our final hour

I don't know how you convince them and get them, but
I don't know what you do, it's unbelievable
And I don't know how you get over, get over
Someone as dangerous, tainted and flawed as you

One for the money, and two for the show
I love you honey, I'm ready, I'm ready to go
How did you get that way? I don't know
You're screwed up and brilliant,
Look like a million dollar man,
So why is my heart broke?

You got the world but baby at what price?
Something so strange, hard to define

It isn't that hard boy to like you or love you
I'd follow you down down down,
You're unbelievable
If you're going crazy just grab me and take me
I'd follow you down down down, anywhere anywhere

One for the money, two for the show
I love you honey, I'm ready, I'm ready to go
How did you get that way? I don't know
You're screwed up and brilliant,
Look like a million dollar man,
So why is my heart broke?

One for the money, two for the show
I love you honey, I'm ready, I'm ready to go
How did you get that way? I don't know
You're screwed up and brilliant,
Look like a million dollar man,
So why is my heart broke?

I don't know,
You're screwed up and brilliant,
Look like a million dollar man,
So why is my heart broke?"
('Million Dollar Man' - Lana Del Rey)

Dreams, Dreams

"Sometimes I find myself sittin' back and reminiscing Especially when I have to watch other people kissing And I remember when you started calling me your Mrs. All the play fightin', all the flirtatious dishes I'd tell you sad stories about my childhood I don't know why I trusted you but I knew that I could We'd spend the whole weekend lyin' in our own dirt I was just so happy in your boxers and your tshirt
Dreams, dreams of when we had just started things Dreams of you and me It seems, it seems that I can't shake those memories I wonder if you have the same dreams too
The littlest things that take me there I know it sounds lame but it's so true I know it's not right but it seems unfair The things are remindin' me of you Sometimes I wish we could just pretend Even if only for one weekend So come on tell me Is this the end?
Drinkin' tea in bed, watching DVDs When I discovered all your dirty grotty magazines You'd take me out shopping and we'd buy is trainers As if we ever needed anything to entertain us The first time that you introduced me to your friends And you could tell that I was nervous so you held my hands When I was feeling down, you made that face you do There's no one in the world who could replace you
Dreams, dreams of when we had just started things Dreams of me and you It seems, it seems that I can't shake those memories I wonder if you feel the same way too
The littlest things that take me there I know it sounds lame but it's so true I know it's not right but it seems unfair The things are remindin' me of you Sometimes I wish we could just pretend Even if only for one weekend So come on tell me Is this the end?"
Still one of Lily's best. ♥

My Name Is Adam, I'm Your Biggest Fan

"You're a part-time lover and a full-time friend

The monkey on your back is the latest trend

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you

Here is the church and here is the steeple

We sure are cute for two ugly people

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you

We both have shiny happy fits of rage

I want more fans, you want more stage

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you

You're always trying to keep it real

And I'm in love with how you feel

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you

I kiss you on the brain in the shadow of the train

I kiss you all starry-eyed, my body's swingin' from side to side

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you
 

The pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive me

So why can't you forgive me?

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you

Do do do do do do do

do do do

Do do do do do do do

do do do do

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else

But you.."

('Anyone Else But You (The Moldy Peaches cover)' - Michael Cera & Ellen Page)

Nothing

"He's everything you want

He's everything you need

He's everything inside of you

That you wish you could be

He says all the right things

At exactly the right time

But he means nothing to you

And you don't know why.."

('Everything You Want' - Vertical Horizon)

A Swedish Icon

How to get your music through everybody's ears?
Simple lyrics, catchy tunes.
Just like this Swedish duo does.

"They say 'You're a freak' when we're having fun
Say 'You must be high' when we're spreading love
But we're just living life that we'll never stop
We got the world.."

"You love my love you're never gonna find a better love
(And I don't want you to)
You hate my love because you're dead without it
(You got me good for you)
You love my love you know you'll never find a better love
(And I don't want you to)
You hate my love, you couldn't live without it
(You got me good for you)"

"Come and stay in this minute now
We gonna flip this place back upside down, oh oh oh
Nights like this, you will never be alone
Never gonna let it go
Tomorrow we will die to press rewind, oh oh oh
Nights like this, you will never be alone!
You will never be alone.."

"You're in a different road

I'm in a milky way

You want me down on Earth

But I am up in space

You're so damn hard to please

We gotta kill this switch

You're from the 70's

But I'm in 90's, bitch."

Uncommon Ghost

This LA-based trio surely knows how to play some tune.
And to stroll around the city of angels.
Currently on repeat. ♥

Did You?

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
And you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Somebody
(I used to know)Now you're just somebody that I used to know
 (Somebody That I Used To Know - Walk Off The Earth (Gotye Cover)  

When You See Me Walkin' Around With Him

Current most-played tracks in my playlist.

Can't get enough of the 80s groove in 'My Boo' and
the beat in 'I'm His Girl'.
No wonder it's on the most-played track in London Fashion Week Day 1.

"Sit Next To Me Before I Go"

(Some people might find this video too explicit. Well, feel free to skip this post.)

Your love is like a studded leather headlock

Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain

You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock

And those other girls are just postmix lemonade

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Jigsaw women with hollow movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I'm a fool for you

I poured my aching heart into a pop song

I couldn't get the hang of poetry

That's not a skirt, girl, that's a sawn-off shotgun

And I can only hope you've got it aimed at me

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Jigsaw women with hollow movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I'm a fool for

Blue girls from once upon a Shangri-La

How I often wonder where you are

You have got that face that just says

"Baby, I was made to break your heart"

Suck it and see, you never know

Sit next to me before I go

Go, go, go

Jigsaw women with hollow movie shoes

Be cruel to me 'cause I'm a fool for you 

("Suck It And See" - Arctic Monkeys)

A(.) Turner

"I think you should know
you're his favorite worst nightmare.."

Don't Read; It's About You

"You say I only hear what I want to.
You say I talk so all the time so.

And I thought what I felt was simple,
And I thought that I don't belong,
And now that I am leaving,
Now I know that I did something wrong 'cause I missed you.
Yeah, I missed you.

And you say I only hear what I want to...
I don't listen hard,
I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running
Or to anyone, anywhere,
I don't understand if you really care,
I'm only hearing negative... no, no, no.

So I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up,
And this woman was singing my song...
The lover's in love, and the other's run away,
The lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay.

Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
Dying since the day they were born.
Well, this is not that...
I think that I'm throwing, but I'm thrown.

And I thought I'd live forever, but now I'm not so sure.

You try to tell me that I'm clever,
But that won't take me anyhow, or anywhere with you.

You said that I was naive,
And I thought that I was strong.
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave."
But now I know that I was wrong, 'cause I missed you.

You said, "You caught me 'cause you want me and one day you'll let me go."
"you try to give away a keeper, or keep me 'cause you know you're just so scared to lose.
And you say, "stay."

You say I only hear what I want to.."

(Stay (I Missed You) - New Found Glory [Lisa Loeb Cover])

It's funny how one can stay in mind for, like, ever ever after. It's weird how one can change the whole things up. It's awesome how one's voice can still be echoing through the room...or mind? But it's fair to know that you're doing okay...even if it's without me. Go, Kiddo :)

At The End

"Think of all the things I do
And I still hold the thought of you
With someone else I know its true
So far away

And I can only hold my breath
And start to die a lonely death
With you and me and all the rest
So far away

Don't say I told you so
One thing you'll never know

You're not the same
You've changed
I don't need you anyway
You're not the person that I believed in yesterday (X2)

I can't hold it back you see
I know it all comes back to me
You must have practiced hard to be
So far away

Never wanted me to show
Just write me off I let you go
And now there's more for you to know
So far away

Don't say I told you so
One thing you'll never know

You're not the same
You've changed
I don't need you anyway
You're not the person that I believed in yesterday

You're not the same
You've changed
Something's missing anyway
You're not the person that I believed in yesterday

Don't say I told you so
One thing you'll never know

You're not the same
You've changed
I don't need you anyway
You're not the person that I believed in yesterday (X2).."

(Not The Same - Bodyjar)

You're not the same. You've changed too much. You've moved too fast. You've grown up too soon. You've forgotten too much but you remember too little. Bye ... for good.

I've Got No Time For Feeling Sorry

"We still live in the same town, well don't we?
But I don't see you around anymore
I go to all the same places, not even a trace of you
Your days are numbered at 24

And I'm getting bored waiting 'round for you
We're not getting any younger
And I won't look back cause there's no use
It's time to move forward

I feel no sympathy, you live inside a cave
You barely get by, the rest of us are trying
There's no need to apologize
I've got no time for feeling sorry

I try not to think of what might happen
When your reality, it finally cuts through
Well as for me I got out and I'm on the road
The worst part is that this could be you

And you know it too
You can't run from your shame
You're not getting any younger
And time keeps passing by
But you wave it away
It's time to roll over

And all the best lies
They are told with fingers tied
So cross them tight, won't you promise me tonight
If it's the last thing you do you'll get out

I feel no sympathy, you live inside a cave
You barely get by, the rest of us are trying
There's no need to apologize
I've got no time for feeling sorry.."

(Feeling Sorry - Paramore)

i never get the point of revenge and i never put any vengeance in everyone. i swear its true. the thing is i just never forget about whatever people do to me, whether its good or bad. and this one; its for you who wasted me away twice and now you're in vain. the whole damn world knows you are gone have moved on but they'll just never forget your past ... just like i do. may you sleep well in every night of yours cause we all know you're having your karma.
(note that i'm not cursing, complaining or whatsoever in this post. i'm only writing.)

Practice Makes Perfect

"So sweet I can hardly speak due to such trauma in my teeth
But your body language is telling me that you're worth the pain
So weak I can hardly keep, shaky legs holding up my feet
But your body language is telling me that I'm not to blame

Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense

I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son
And I have done a few things I regret
But practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense to me

Wake up, first light hearing you calling out
For your criminal clothing that fled the scene upon being ripped free
Conversation ensued
And I wanna do so many things to you
Sip after sip, you insist you're a hit.
Sip after sip, yeah I swear I can feel it.

Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense

I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son
And I have done a few things I regret
I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son
And I have done what a mother wouldn't want, what a mother wouldn't want in a son

Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense
Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense

I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son
And I have done a few things I regret
I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son
And I have done what a mother wouldn't want, what a mother wouldn't want in a...
Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense
Practice makes perfect
Practice makes perfect sense to me.."

yeah, lirik lagu. lagi. jujur, saya agak ketinggalan karena baru ngedownload lagu ini (Practice Makes Perfect by Cute Is What We Aim For), soalnya saya juga baru cek draft message HP saya. (FYI, saya biasa nyatet judul lagu yang baru saya denger di radio ato di TV untuk kemudian saya tindak lanjuti [baca: download]) kebetulan waktu itu saya lagi nganggur berat, jadi saya memutuskan untuk ngeburn CD berisi lagu-lagu yang pernah saya niatin untuk didownload.
lanjut, kenapa saya bahas lagu ini? kenapa bukan lagu yang laen, semacam lagu dari The Pretty Reckless, band nya Taylor Momsen (si Little J di Gossip Girl)? oke, saya bahas lagu ini karena saya sedikit terkesiap sewaktu denger kalimat pertama dari lirik lagu ini. dalam hati saya, "omigod! jadi itu teks lagu??"
yeah, seseorang pernah berkata "so sweet i can hardly speak due to such trauma in my teeth" pada saya di SMS, dan ternyata itu adalah lirik lagu. kecewa? nggak juga.. bukankah ia sudah biasa seperti itu?
beberapa waktu yang lalu waktu masih jaman nya eFeS (Friendster, -red), dia juga pernah nulis shout out (yang nggak ngerti ditujukan buat siapa, ato mungkin cuma sekedar nulis aja?) "She's a backseat driver, a drama provider, an instant update of the world. She's a firstclass liar, a constant forgetter, she's attractive but bitter! Did you scream enough to make her cry? Did you turn around, turn around baby, dont return to me.." yang ternyata adalah lirik lagu She's a Lady nya Forever The Sickest Kids.
lanjut lagi. sewaktu saya ulang tahun, dia memberi saya sebuah kado (yang baru diberikan 5 bulan kemudian) yang disertakan dengan selembar kertas bertuliskan kata-kata ... yang ternyata lirik lagu Hopeless Love nya Daphne Loves Derby. kemudian, sewaktu kami bertengkar dalam suatu hubungan, dia nulis 2 buah notes di Facebook nya yang keduanya adalah lirik lagu. pertama lagunya Our Last Night yang Message Without a Meaning, yang kedua lagu Me Vs. The World nya Madina Lake yang sangat saya hafal mati. kecewa? nggak juga.. hanya ... *chuckles*
oke, tolong dicatat bahwa saya tidak sedang mengkritik, menyindir atau berniat menyakiti siapapun dalam blog ini. hanya membahas...

Konstantine

"I can't imagine all the people that you know

And the places that you go

When the lights are turned down low

And I don't understand

All the things you've seen

But I'm slipping in between

You and your big... dreams

it's always you in my big dreams

And you tell me

That it's over

Wake up lying in a patch of four leaf clover

And you're restless

And I'm naked

You've got to get out

You can't stand to see me shaking

no, could you let me go

I didn't think so

and you don't want to be here in the future

So you say

the present's just a pleasant

Interruption to the past

And you don't want to look much closer

'Cause you're afraid to find out all this hope

You had sent into the sky by now had... crashed

and it did because of me

And then you bring me home

Afraid to find out that you're alone, no

And I'm sleeping in your living room

But we don't have much room

To live

I had these dreams, in them I learned to play guitar

Maybe cross the country

Become a rockstar

And there was hope in me

That I could take you there

But damn it you're so young

But I don't think I care

and if I hurt you then i'm sorry

please don't think that this was easy

And then you bring me home

'Cause we both know what it's like to be alone, no

And I'm dreaming in your living room

But we don't have much room

To live

And Konstantine is walking down the stairs

Doesn't she look good

Standing in her underwear?

And I was thinking, what I was thinking

But we've been drinking

And it doesn't get me anywhere

My Konstantine came walking down the stairs

And all that I could do

Was touch her long blonde hair

And I've been thinking
It hurts me thinking

That these nights when we were drinking

No they never got us anywhere, no

This is because I can spell konfusion with a K

And I can like it

It's to dying in another's arms

and why i had to try it

It's to jimmy eat world

and those nights in my car

when the first star you see

may not be a star

I'm not your star

Isn't that what you said?

what you thought this song meant

And if this is what it takes

just to lie with my mistakes

and live with what I did to you

All the hell I put you through

I always catch the clock it's 11:11

And now you want to talk

it's not hard to dream

You'll always be my Konstantine

My Konstantine

They'll never hurt you like I do

No, They'll never hurt you like I do

No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No

This is to a girl who got into my head

with all the pretty things she did

Hey, You know, you keep me up in bed

This is to a girl who got into my head

with all these fucked up things I did

Hey maybe baby, you could keep me up in bed

My Konstantine

Spin around me like a dream

We played out on this movie screen

And I said,

Did you know I miss you

Did you know I miss you

Did you know I miss you

Did you know I miss you

Did you know I miss you

Did you know I miss you

Did you know I miss you

I miss you

And then you bring me home

And we'll go to sleep but this time not alone, no

No,And then you'll kiss me in your living room, oh

I know you miss me in your living room

Cause these nights I think maybe that I miss you in my living room

We don't have much room

I said, does anybody need that room?

Because we all need a little more room

To live

...My Konstantine."

its one of my favorite song ever. its Konstantine by Something Corporate. the first thing made me fall in love with this song is the piano playing which is really beautiful. and it was played by the vocalist himself. and the second one is that this song is the longest song ive ever heard so far. its 9:35 minutes length. even Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day is only 9:10 length, if im not mistaken. a friend of mine who gave me a listen to this song told me about the background story of it, which made me fall for the song more. i even googled it! okay, let me share..

the band's frontman, named Andrew McMahon, had a girlfriend named Krystal whom he cheated on. the relationship was when the girl was still in high school and he hadnt signed to any labels yet. but one day she got him f**king some other girl while he was drunk (check out the part "you've gotta get out, you cant stand to see me shaking") and then they broke up. he wished he was lucky enough that they could get back together anymore ("wake up lying in patch of four leaf clover"). he got signed to Drive-Thru records and wished that he could take her on the tour ("become a rockstar. and there was hope in me that i could take you there"), but he couldnt because she was still in high school ("but dammit, you're so young").
well, some people said that they got back together once, but for another breaking-up. and then Andrew was diagnosed of cancer, almost at the same time as the girl got married with another guy. that was why it put him in a great guilt that he wrote the song, because he thought if he never cheated on her then he might be the one who would be standing under the bell with her. it made him always regretting ("they'll never hurt you like i do").
the good thing about him is that he never tried to go any further in their relationship because he thought she was too young and he really loved her that he didnt want anything more (based on the part "doesnt she look good standing in her underwear? ... and all that i could do was touch her long blonde hair")
this song is like playing on words, actually. like Konfusion with a K, Konstant with a K (but it might be more bacause the girl named Krystal with K, its usually written with C anyway), that some people think constant is a thing he wishes their relationship was, because they broke up quite a few times.
and for the title Konstantine, some assumed that maybe its because of the girl who was a religious one (hence he never tried to go further with her), because Constantine is the name of a Roman king who was very religious.
about the 11:11 clock, its to show that he really hoped he could get back together with her because there's a belief that on 11:11 is when the angels come showing up to listen to your wishes and then make them come true.
well, people assumed this and that about the song, so i dont really know the real story behind it. but i think the infos ive got are more than enough to explain..