The Langhe (Langa from old dialect Mons Langa et Bassa Langa) is a hilly area to the south and east of the river Tanaro in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, northern Italy.
It is famous for its wines, cheeses, and truffles—particularly the white truffles of Alba. The countryside as it was in the first half of the 20th century features prominently in the writings of Beppe Fenoglio and Cesare Pavese, who was born here, in Santo Stefano Belbo.
DOC and DOCG wines produced in this area include:
Cesare Pavese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzaɾe paˈveːze]) (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. He is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country.
Cesare Pavese was born in Santo Stefano Belbo, in the province of Cuneo. It was the village where his father was born and where the family returned for the summer holidays each year. He started infant classes in San Stefano Belbo, but the rest of his education was in schools in Turin. His most important teacher at the time was Augusto Monti, writer and educator, whose writing style was devoid of all rhetoric.
As a young man of letters, Pavese had a particular interest in English-language literature, graduating from the University of Turin with a thesis on the poetry of Walt Whitman. Among his mentors at the university was Leone Ginzburg, expert on Russian literature and literary critic, husband of the writer Natalia Ginzburg and father of the future historian Carlo Ginzburg. In those years, Pavese translated both classic and recent American and British authors that were then new to the Italian public.
Florin Stoian (born 1979, Bucharest), better known under the stage name of Florin Salam and (previously) Florin Fermecătoru, is a Gypsy singer of manele from Romania. He is one of the best known and appreciated manele performers.
Stoian has been singing since he was a child; his first contact with music took place at age of four. His father and uncle were well-known lăutari. He debuted in 2002 with help from bandleader Dan Bursuc. His first hit single was "Ce gagică şmecherită" (Romanian: "Such a picky chick"). He played an important part when the smash hit "Of, viaţa mea" (Romanian: "Oh, my life") was released in 2000, sung by Adrian Minune and Costi Ioniţă. In 2002 Florin Stoian changed his stage name from Fermecătoru (Romanian: "The Glamorous") to Salam (Arabian: "peace", cf. Hebrew "shalom", and Romanian: "salami" ).
In 2008 he performed a song together with pop singer Paula Seling and the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra. The show host described their performance as a reconciliation between manele and mainstream pop music; in the same respect, the song's lyrics raised the problem of ethnic intolerance.
A second, a minute, an hour, a day goes by
I'm hopin' just to be by your side
I'm turnin' the handle, it won't open
Don't make me wait 'cause right now I need your smile
Knock, knock
When life had locked me out I turned to you
So open the door
'Cause you're all I need right now, it's true
Nothin' works like you
Little louder, little louder
Little louder knockin'
Little louder, little louder
A warm bath, a good laugh, an old song that you know by heart
I've tried it but they all leave me cold
So now I'm here waitin' to see you
My remedy for all that's been hurtin' me
Knock, knock
When life had locked me out I turned to you
So open the door
'Cause you're all I need right now, it's true
Nothin' works like you
You seem to know the way
To turn my frown upside down
You always know what to say
To make me feel like everything's okay
Little louder, little louder
Little louder knockin'
Little louder, little louder
Little louder knockin'
Little louder, little louder
Little louder knockin'
Little louder, little louder
When life had locked me out I turned to you
And you open the door
And you're all I need right now, it's true
Nothin' works like you
When life had knocked me down I turned to you
And you open the door
And you're all I need right now, it's true
Nothin' works like you
Nothin' works like you
When life had locked me out I turned to you
And you open the door
And you're all I need right now, it's true
Nothin' works like you
Oh, got to see, got to know right now
What's that riding on your everything?
It isn't anything at all
Oh, got to see, got to know right now
What's that writing on your shelf
In the bathrooms and the bad motels?
No one really cared for it at all
Not the gravity plan
Early, early in the morning
It pulls all on down my sore feet
I want to go back to sleep
In the motions and the things that you say
It all will fall, fall right into place
As fruit drops, flesh it sags
Everything will fall right into place
When we die, some sink and some lay
But at least I don't see you float away
And all the spilt milk, sex and weight
She moved in to the house next door
Said she'd never been in love before
Tried the best she could to hide herself away
But every time she turned the lights down low
He thought he heard a voice calling out so slow
Come and take me away from all this pain
And he said
I see you sitting there at the window sill
Looking for shooting stars
I wanna get closer and closer still
I wanna take over your heart
You will be mine, mine
Over time, time
You're gonna find, find
I'll make you mine, mine
Every morning when she came outside
He tried to be the one to catch her eye
But she would only turn away and hide
He started to concoct a plan
To get her to return the feelings that he had
To show her how he thought they were entwined
I see you sitting there at the window sill
Looking for shooting stars
I wanna get closer and closer still
I wanna take over your heart
You will be mine, mine
Over time, time
You're gonna find, find
I'll make you mine, mine
Little love letters written in red
Folded up, put away next to the bed, oh
Little crushed hopes every day
You and me will be lying side by side
Forever, forever
Underneath this adolescent sky
Together, together
And you will hold my heart inside your hand
And you'll be the one to tell me
Oh we've got a long, long way to go
To get there
We'll get there
But oh, if there's one thing that we know
It's that we will not grow old
You made me swear that our hearts will never die
No never, no never
'Cause no one seems to believe that we can fly
Forget them, forget them
Oh..you told me
Oh we've got a long, long way to go
To get there
We'll get there
But oh, if there's one thing that we know
It's that we will not grow old (x2)
Oh how could we know that day, it came with age
That oh, the feeling would fade...
Oh we've got a long, long way to go
To get there
We'll get there
But oh, if there's one thing that we know
It's that we will not grow old (x2)
Two, now that I'm with you
Another point of view
Instead of what I knew
Oh two, whatever will do
I don't see a way through
But your the one I choose
I never knew what double could do
But things are better, so much better
Hold me closer never let me go
I don't want any other, baby
Two is the one, two is the one
I was lonely never had nobody
But now I've got double, baby
Two is the one, two is the one for me
One, never had so much fun
Staying up till sun
Bangin' on my own drum
One, Always looking for love
And ending up with none
Made come true undone
I never knew what double could do
But things are better, so much better with two
Chorus
Two, a couple not a few
Well this is something new
If a can deal with it then so can you
I never knew what double could do
Trouble he will find you no matter where you go, oh oh
No matter if you're fast, no matter if you're slow, oh oh
The eye of the storm or the cry in the mourn, oh oh
You're fine for a while but you start to lose control
He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe, oh oh
And no matter what I feed him he always seems to grow, oh oh
He sees what I see and he knows what I know, oh oh
So don't forget as you ease on down the road
He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh
So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win, but I'm a sucker for his charm
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
Oh how I hate the way he makes me feel
And how I try to make him leave, I try
Oh oh, I try!
He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh
So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win, but I'm a sucker for his charm
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
Ooo, oh ooo, ooo ahh
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why
Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to pop
'Cause it's too much, yeah it's a lot to be something I'm not
I'm a fool out of love 'cause I just can't get enough
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
The sun is hot in the sky just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the signs and synchronize in time
It's a joke nobody knows, they've got a ticket to the show
Yeah, I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show, just enjoy the show
I want my money back, I want my money back
I want my money back, just enjoy the show
I want my money back, I want my money back
I want my money back, just enjoy the show
You move
A little closer
You feel
The force of nature
We touch
And something charges
The air
You look into my eyes
And you
Can't look away
It's no surprise
I planned it
Out this way
And now I know
Ah, a-whoo
You're
Completely bewitched
Caught under my spell
Ah, a-whoo
Completely bewitched
Your body
Will tell you
What to do
It's sorcery the way
I draw you to me
So don't try
To struggle
You are captured
In my web
Just like
A voodoo doll
I make you move
'Cause I know
What I like
And I like you
Ah, a-whoo
You're
Completely bewitched
Caught under my spell
Ah, a-whoo
Completely bewitched
Your body
Will tell you
What to do
Ah, a-whoo
You're
Completely bewitched
Caught under my spell
Ah, a-whoo
Completely bewitched
Your body
Will tell you
What to do
Now close your eyes
And surrender
To the moment
Reach out your hand
And touch me
I am your gravity
Ah, a-whoo
You're
Completely bewitched
Caught under my spell
Ah, a-whoo
Completely bewitched
Your body
Will tell you
So tired of feeling blue such a heavy weight on you
So shake it off and make your way
To somewhere different, to somewhere different
Oh now you're leaving me, oh what will you do?
All alone in the big bad world but I'm not worried, no
'Cause you're gonna skip along quite merrily baby
You're gonna revel in hating what's going on
And you're like a sugar bomb and no harm will come
No harm will come if you just skip along
Acting oblivious comes natural to us
Keep smiling knowing all the while the world will fall apart
The world will fall apart
So we're gonna skip along quite merrily baby
We're gonna revel in hating what's going on
And you're like a sugar bomb and no harm will come
No harm will come if we just skip along
Wouldn't it be lovely to be home, home?
Safe and sound with no one round
To bring us down but that's so far away
So I'm gonna skip along quite merrily baby
I'm gonna revel in hating and what's going on
And I'm like a sugar bomb and no harm will come
No harm will come if I just skip along
Yeah, we're gonna skip along quite merrily baby
We're gonna revel in hating what's going on
And you're like a sugar bomb, bomb, bomb and no harm will come
No harm will come if we just skip along
Skip along, skip along
Ah ah oh
Ah ah oh
Just when you think that it will never get you
It comes and throws a lightening bolt right at you
Before you know and now your pulse is racin'
And now your blood in runnin' hot like crazy
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that ya got
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that you've got
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
Into love
It's waiting for you right around the corner
It doesn't have the decency to warn ya
It comes along taps you on the shoulder
You fall into the arms that now will hold ya
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that ya got
Oh oh oh ah ah oh
Give it everything, everything that you've got
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
Ah ah oh
Into love
Ah ah oh
Electricity
Shoots from you to me
Electricity
Shoots from you to me
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
No, I never knew that I could feel this way (Feel this way)
No, I never had it running through by veins (Through my veins)
No, I never thought that it could be enough
Suddenly you, you shock me into love
Ah ah oh
Into love
Ah ah oh
Don't tell me you wanna be
The kind of girl who's drowning
And don't go holding on to anything
That's gonna keep you frowning, darling
Everyone's compelled to look into the mirror
When they're crying
Just because your tears are pretty
Doesn't mean they'll get you by
Sing me a sad song and make me feel better
Sing me a happy song and I might start to cry
Because everything feels like it's going around in circles
And everyone knows that the world is upside down
You were once a little baby
Full of optimistic wonder
So what got into you to make you think
That it could pull you under, honey
Could it be that we were under
The impression life was perfect?
And when the bubble burst
We understood that every part of it hurts
Sing me a sad song and make me feel better
Sing me a happy song and I might start to cry
Because everything feels like it's going around in circles
And everyone knows that the world is upside down
I'm going to color my glasses rose
And I'm going to follow where the rainbow goes
And my pot of gold will be waiting
So sing me a sad song and make me feel better
Sing me a happy song and I might start to cry
Because everything feels like it's going around in circles
And everyone knows that the world is upside down
(Roll, roll with the punches)
(Roll, roll with the punches)
That really hurts me like a fist to the face
I wasn't ready to be knocked out of place
Suddenly everything I was sure of
Is sinking below the depths of the surface
It's unexpected, it usually is
When you're rejected or you take a hit
Suddenly everything's thrown a spin
No time to grow a thicker skin
What kind of situation am I in now?
When life tries to knock all the wind out of you
You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
If all life offers is black and blue
You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
Little weapons over the phone
They like to threaten the life that I know
They say, get over here and get into the ring
Bit I'm not really much of a fighter
My mechanisms of defense are down
And my resistance is out on the town
I was alarmed by your attack
This isn't a boxing match
But I'll be damned if I ever let you win
When life tries to knock all the wind out of you
You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
If all life offers is black and blue
You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
Oh, when all I want is a little stability
Some time without any bruises
You go and tell me the things that I don't wanna hear
Putting your fists into my ears
Filling me up with the dread and the fear
Leaving me all in pieces
Suddenly everything's thrown in a spin
No time to grow a thicker skin
What kind of situation am I in now?
When life tries to knock all the wind out of you
You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
If all life offers is black and blue
You've got to hold, hold, hold your head up high
Yeah, when life tries to knock all the wind out of you
You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
If all life offers is black and blue
One of these days you'll be under the covers
You'll be under the table and you'll realize
That all of your days are numbered, all of them one to one hundred
All of them millions, all of them trillions
So what are you gonna do with them all?
You can not trade them in for more, no, no
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all you can do, use what's been given to you
Gimme a reason to fight the feeling
That there's nothing here for me
'Cause none of it's easy, I know it wasn't meant to be
I know it's all up to me, it's all up to me
So what am I gonna do with my time?
I'll take every moment, I know that I own them
It's all up to you to do whatever you choose
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do, use what's been given to you
All of the moments you didn't notice gone in the blink of an eye
And all of the feelings you can't help feeling no matter how you try
Take every moment, you know that you own them
It's all up to you to do whatever you choose
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
It's all you can do, use what's been given to you
Live like you're dying and never stop trying
I can't forget you when you're gone
You're like a song that goes around in my head
And how I regret, it's been so long
Oh, what went wrong? Could it be something I said?
Time, make it go faster or just rewind
To back when I'm wrapped in your arms
All afternoon long it's with me the same song
You left a light on inside me, my love
I can remember the way that it felt to be
Holding on to you
I can't forget you when you're gone
You're like a song that goes around in my head
And how I regret, it's been so long
Oh what went wrong? Could it be something I said?
Time, make it go faster or just decide
Heart skips a beat, my heart skips a beat
My heart is playing tricks on me
And it's building bricks on me
I can't break through and I can't face you
My world is turning slowly now
But it's burning up somehow
I need some time to know what's right
'Cause it's only in the quiet that I feel some relief
I'm trying hard not to resist the joy
Don't listen to me, I'm being paranoid
I might try hard but it's too hard to avoid
My heart skips a beat, my heart skips a beat
My heart is always first to know
And as the feeling grows, I can't deny
Push those thoughts aside
My world is full of loveliness
But I focus on the stress, my heart says, "Go"
But my brain says, "No"
And it's only in the quiet that I hear myself breathe
I'm trying hard not to resist the joy
Don't listen to me, I'm being paranoid
I might try hard but it's too hard to avoid
My heart skips a beat, my heart skips a beat
My heart skips a beat, my heart skips a beat
Oh, I know this time 'cause it's physical
My blood has stopped and I am breathless as well
But I need a minute to convince myself
'Cause it's only in the quiet that I know what to feel
I'm trying hard not to resist the joy
Don't listen to me, I'm being paranoid
I might try hard but it's too hard to avoid
My heart skips a beat, my heart skips a beat
I'm trying hard not to resist the joy
Don't listen to me, I'm being paranoid
I might try hard but it's too hard to avoid
My heart skips a beat, my heart skips a beat
I don't know anymore
I don't know what I've been fighting for
But something inside me won't go quietly
And I could be anywhere
'Cause we're all breathing the same air
It goes inside and makes me feels alive
And all I can say is, all I can say
I am here and I will be
Following my own way forever and a day
I am here and I'm here to stay
Oh, we are here and we will be
Following our own way no matter what you say
We are here and we're here to stay
We are here to stay
No matter where you roam
Anywhere you lay your heart's your home
Stand your ground if they push you down
Because all you can say is, all you can say
We are here and we will be
Following our own way, no matter what you say
We are here and we're here to stay
Oh, we are real and we feel it
When you deny us or when you get tired of us
We are here and we're here to stay
We are here to stay
I never knew when enough was enough
Or whether to stay when the going was tough
But I won't let a little heart be afraid
And all I can say is, all I can say
I am here and I will be
Following my own way forever and a day
I am here and I'm here to stay
Oh, we are here and we will be
Following our own way no matter what you say
We are here and we're here to stay
We are here to stay
We are here to stay
We are here to stay
Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just need someone to say everything's okay
Woke my weary head
Crawled out of my bed
And I said "oh, I can't go on" OR ("oh, how do I go on"?)
Oh how do I go on?
(Nothings going right
Shadows took the light
And I said 'how do I go on'?)
Oh, how do I go on?
Sometimes I need a little sunshine
And sometimes, I need you
Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this messy life I've made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little
Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just someone to say everything's okay
*Everything's okay*
I gave my hope to you
When your nearly through
And you said "oh I can't go on"
Well now I need it back
'Cause I have got a lack of what's good
And I can't go on
Yeah sometimes I just need a little sunshine
And sometimes I need you
Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this messy life I've made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
I just need someone to say everything's okay
Everything's okay
Everything's okay
Everything's okay
Everything's okay
Sometimes I just need a little sunshine
And sometimes I need you
Keep giving me hope for a better day
Keep giving me love to find a way
Through this messy life I've made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little
Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this messy life I've made for myself
Heaven knows I need a little...
Hope for a better day
A little love to find a way
Through this heaviness I feel
As sly as a fox, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quite as a mouse, as big as a house
All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything
As mean as a wolf, as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite, as dark as the night
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong
As long as a road, as ugly as a toad
As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as day, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a whale
All I wanna be, oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything, everything at once
Everything at once, oh, everything at once
As warm as the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the sea
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as sugar and everything nice
As old as time, as straight as a line
As royal as a queen, as buzzed as a bee
As stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glider
Pure as a melody, pure as I wanna be
All I wanna be, oh, all I wanna be, oh
At the end of the world
I will be there with you
And we'll throw a party to celebrate
The things we used to do
Like living life, breathing air
Running your fingers through my hair
Oh, this isn't fair
At the end of the world
I will hold you so close
So we won't notice the destruction
Of all we used to know
We will close our eyes
As the waters rise
We'll float away and you will say
"Oh, isn't this nice?"
Ah, at the end of the world
We'll be together, be together
Ah, if I can spend it with you
Then the end of the world don't matter at all
At the end of the world
We will kiss for the last time
And we won't feel the earth collapse into
A mess of flood and fire
We'll be making love
As the sky above falls down over us
We'll be the luckiest ones
At the end of the world
I will be there with you
And we'll throw a party to celebrate
The things we used to do
At the end of the world
I will be there with you
And we'll throw a party to celebrate
Underneath the moon, underneath the stars
Here's a little heart for you
Up above the world, up above it all
Here's a hand to hold on to
But if I should break, if I should fall away
What am I to do?
I need someone to take a little of the weight
Or I'll fall through
You're just the one that I've been waiting for
I'll give you all that I have to give and more
But don't let me fall
Take a little time, walk a little line
Get the balance right
Give a little love, gimme just enough
So that I can hang on tight
We will be alright, I'll be by your side
I won't let you down
But I gotta know no matter how things go
That you will be alright
You're just the one that I've been waiting for
I'll give you all that I have to give and more
But don't let me fall, don't let me fall
Underneath the moon, underneath the stars
Here's a little heart for you
Up above the world, up above it all
Here's a hand to hold on to
You're just the one that I've been waiting for
I'll give you all that I have to give and more
But don't let me fall
You'll be the one that I'll love forever more
I'll be here holding you high above it all
It's difficult to see from the surface
But everything goes in
And it stings like a spider
Hits you deep inside and
I know that you are just like me oversensitive
We're an ordinary breed
Taking everything for much more than it means
Well, it's dangerous and it's sweet
Cut us and we bleed
All these words we speak casually
Well, maybe I'm just weak, but it hurts me
Everything you said, everything you said
Everything you said, well it cuts like a knife
It hurts me deep inside and
I know that you are just like me oversensitive
We're an ordinary breed
Taking everything for much more than it means
Well, it's dangerous and it's sweet
Cut us and we bleed
I should put on my armor the next time I see you
So I won't be harmed
But I know I can shoot my own arrows, I'm sorry I hurt you
I know that like me you can be oversensitive
I know that you are just like me oversensitive
We're an ordinary breed
Taking everything for much more than it means
Well, it's dangerous and it's sweet
Yeah, it's dangerous and sweet
Don't you know it's dangerous and it's sweet?
I won't let this burden bring me down
So here we are again
Staring at the end of what we made and who we are
Never knowing when
One of us will break apart and walk the other way
Love, I don't know what to say
Love, I don't know how to stay
When you won't let me be the person that I am
The writing's on the wall, there's nothing to say anymore
So I'll leave before I fall apart right back into your arms
The writing's on the wall, you gave nothing and I gave it all
But I want something better and I won't let this burden bring me down
What are we to do?
What are we to say to one another now we're through?
Thanks for being you
Thanks for being all the things I had to say goodbye to
I'm over being lied to
I'm over being pushed into the
Person that you want me to become
The writing's on the wall, there's nothing to say anymore
So I'll leave before I fall apart right back into your arms
The writing's on the wall, you gave nothing and I gave it all
But I want something better and I won't let this burden bring me down
Where did we go wrong?
We let it be so long
But now there's no point turning back, let's face the facts
The writing's on the wall, there's nothing to say anymore
So I'll leave before I fall apart right back into your arms
The writing's on the wall, you gave nothing and I gave it all
But I want something better and I won't let this burden bring me down
I won't let this burden bring me, I won't let this burden bring me down
I came home and nothing was right
It's been a while since a fight
Well, maybe tonight my need for love
Can blind my sight
And I say things out of spite
Or I push you aside
No, I don't know how to fix it
I am falling apart and I am breaking your heart
Help me to see
'Cause I am blinded by love, blinded by love
And help me to be the one to guide us
Through the dark things we do
Now I know I can be tough sometimes
My words come out like knives
Cutting the space between us
And you try, yeah, I know you try
To just let things slide
But what good is that to us?
Oh, oh, I don't know
I am falling apart and I am breaking your heart
Help me to see
'Cause I am blinded by love, blinded by love
And help me to be the one to guide us
Through the dark things we do
Oh, I don't know what possibly changed
We were so good, so good
And where is the light at the end of this tunnel
I will never be, I will never be tall, no
And I will never be, never ever be sure of it all
Oh, why's the world so cruel to me?
When all, all I ever wanna be is anything I'm not
Gimme a break, a little escape
I am so tired of being me
I wanna be free, I wanna be new and different
Anything I'm not, I'm not
I will never be, I will never be you, no
I will always be, I will always be me, that I know
But oh, even though I'm happy being me
I want to get away from all this harsh reality, oh
Gimme a break, a little escape
I am so tired of being me
I wanna be free, I wanna be new and different
Anything I'm not
Yeah, gimme a break, a little escape
I am so tired of being me
I wanna be free, I wanna be new and different
Anything I'm not, anything I'm not
Oh, anything I'm not
Gimme a break, a little escape
I am so tired of being me
I wanna be free, I wanna be new and different
Anything I'm not
Yeah, gimme a break, a little escape
I am so tired of being me
I wanna be free, I want to be new and different
Anything I'm not, anything I'm not
Anything I'm not, anything I'm not
Once I woke up, I could see the dream was real
Once I woke up, I could see the dream was real
The key fit the lock and then all that I could feel
Was the moon shining bright on the midnight trees
And I'm sailing along on the deep blue seas
So, bring your heart to the party
I wanna dance all night in the darkness, darling
Bring your heart to the party
I wanna dance like I hope tomorrow will never come
And fall like a star that knows its time is gone
As it toss through the air burning all the way
And I'm saying I cry for the shine and day
Just close your eyes
Here will be alright
Just close your eyes
And bring your heart to the party
I wanna dance all night in the darkness, darling
Bring your heart to the party
I wanna dance all night in the darkness, darling
Bring your heart to the party
I wanna dance all night in the darkness, darling
Darling, darling
You stay just where you are
While I'm away from home
But I take you in my heart
Just like a placebo, oh
It's not enough, no
To fill me up
I need you by my side
To speed the lonely night
Yeah, oh
Things go faster, faster with you...
And though the thread is long
That holds us together
Well it's flexible and strong
But it slows us down, oh
Time flies, it's true
But just when I'm with you
Yeah I need you by my side
To speed the lonely night
Yeah, oh
Things go faster, faster, oh
As I try... (As hard as I try...)
I can't seem to shake the feeling
That you're all that I require
And yeah so I try
To imagine that you're with me, oh
Things go faster...
Things go faster...
You're like a honeybee
Bringing me something sweet
But why do you have to sting me?
'Cause all my skin is fragile when you're near
But I am feeling numb without you here
So don't you lose your way
Follow the light of day
Navigate the radio waves
And let the wind bring you back to me
Oh I'm like a hummingbird
Humming away the hurt
But it won't be long before I fall to the earth
Because oh I'm feeling numb without you here
So don't you lose your way
Follow the light of day
Navigate the radio waves
And let the wind bring you back to me
Do you know you bring me so much pain?
Does the way you show you love me feel the same?
So don't you lose your way
Darling, follow the light of day
Navigate the radio waves
And let the wind bring you back to me
And let the wind bring you back to me
You're the star of your own movie
And I am the star of mine
You play the part, sing the tune and speak the dialogue
And you write every storyline
And you wrote me out
Let it be said, it's all in my head
And you will forget about me
I never got through
Try playing with you
But I am not in your story
Ooh, I don't know, I don't feel anything, anymore
I am not here, and I am not there
'Cause I am not in your story
Ooh oh oh oh oh oh
I should have seen it coming
By the way that you looked at me
With those eyes distracted by the lonely life you live
Well, I am not welcome clearly
Yeah you wrote me out
Let it be said, it's all in my head
And you will forget about me
I never got through
Try playing with you
But I am not in your story
Ooh, I don't know, I don't feel anything, anymore
I am not here, and I am not there
'Cause I am not in your story oooh
I was so blind to think that you'll be mine
And I could be yours
But now it's time that I stopped to write my own story
And I will not write a part for you
Ah-oo
Let it be said, it's all in my head
And you will forget about me
I never got through
Try playing with you
But I am not in your story
Let it be said, it's all in my head
And you will forget about me
I never got through
Try playing with you
But I am not in your story
Ooh, I don't know, I don't feel anything, anymore
I am not here, and I am not there
When the rain is falling down
And there are snowflakes on your cheeks
When your heart is frozen over
And there is a sea lost sun in weeks
Just remember, just remember,
After the winter comes the spring
That is when the blue birds starts to sing
And you can always count on this
After the winter comes the spring
When the trees have lost the color
And the sky is full of fears
When you feel you are going under
And your eyes are full of tears
When the bells are all hiding
And you are hiding too
Oh, darling just remember
That everything will soon be new, because
After the winter comes the spring
That is when the blue birds
Start to use their wings
And you can always count on this
After the winter comes the spring
Just remember, just remember,
Just remember, just remember,
After the winter comes the spring
That is when the blue birds
Starts to sing
And you can always count on this
After the winter comes the spring
There's a space in the world
Where you used to be
And it will never, never, never be filled
When death called your name
And it took you from me
You should never, never, never believe
That I could I go on alone
'Cause now that you are gone
I've got nothing but the rain
And I've got nothing but the grey
I've got nothing but the same old memories that we made
And there's nothing I can do
To keep my hold on you
And nothing will ever take your place
And nothing will be the same again
There's a hole in my heart
Where you used to be
And it will never never never be filled
And I don't know what they say
They are spirits set free
And you will never never never feel
The pain of this world but who are we
To ask you not to leave
When we've got nothing but the rain
We've got nothing but the grey
And we've got nothing but the same old memories that we made
And there's nothing we can do
To keep our hold on you
And nothing will ever take your place
And nothing will be the same again
I've got nothing but the rain
And I've got nothing but the grey
I've got nothing but the same old memories that we made
And there's nothing I can do
To keep my hold on you
And nothing will ever take your place
And nothing will be the same again
Mistletoe and holly
Deck the halls
But you
Don't come around
And you don't call
Well
It's just
Like the season
To be lonely
And my heart
Is beating
For you only
Take my heart
This Christmas
And wrap it
In a ribbon
And a bow
Take my heart
This Christmas
Take it
Where ever you go
Everybody
Has someone to hold
Nestle by the fire
In from the cold
But I don't hear
The carols
They are singing
And I've only
Got one thing good
For giving
So take my heart
This Christmas
And wrap it
In a ribbon
And a bow
Take my heart
This Christmas
Take it
Where ever you go
All my bells
Are ringing
Just for you
And I got
No desire
For someone new
So take my heart
This christmas
And wrap it
In a ribbon
And a bow
Take my heart
This Christmas
Take
Where ever you go
Take it
Lyin under, sad in sand
The day is done, my heart is one
We hold each other
Friends or lovers
High above, there's nothing here but you and me
We'll never be poor
Innocent like heaven-sent
But undercover, dyin together
Move forever.
There's nothing here but...
Love, sweet love
It's all we know so can I show you?
Love, sweet love
Take time to grow, there's nothing here but love
Take me where the days are fun
Where everyone knows everyone
We'll love together, live together
We will never be like them
Oh you will see it's meant to be
We're living life, we're wild and free
We're falling under, well from under
Oh my darling there's nothing but...
Love, sweet love
It's all we know so can I show you?
Love, sweet love
Take time to grow, there's nothing here but love
Can you whisper into my ear
The words that I love to hear?
Love, sweet love
It's all we know so can I show you?
Love, sweet love
Take time to grow, there's nothing here but love
Love, sweet love
It's all we know so can I show you?
Love, sweet love
Take time to grow, there's nothing here but love
Don't afraid of what's under the bed
Its just all those memories
you've tryn' to forget
those feelings of shame
and the ones of regret
No, don't be afraid of what's under the bed
Don't be afraid of what's behind the curtain
It's just all those times
When you taught you were certain
Then your ... gave way to the ...
No don't be afraid of what's behind the curtain
Don't be afraid of what's on the wardrobe
It's all of the times when the one that you chose
Come back to heart you and make you feel old
No, don't be afraid of what's on the wardrobe
Here I am in my oasis
Here I am, my private stasis
Waking up in darkness
Making my own consciousness
Here I am in my perfection
I wait for my new direction
Wait until the time is right
Like a fruit tree grow and ripe
You made me out of love
Here I am, a part of
You and ... heart
You made this light to spark
Two heartbeats, one body
Two heartbeats, one body
Two heartbeats, one body
Two heartbeats, one body
Two heartbeats, one body
Two heartbeats, one body
Here I am in my oasis
Here I am, my private stasis
Waking up in darkness
Healthy is the heart that goes on,
Even when everything feels so wrong
Turn of your sun sets
And let go of all those defenses
You built up so strong
Lucky is the one who breaks free
Free from himself, and his hopes and his fears
Take from your shoulder
The weight that you don't need to hold
Anymore cause I'm here
I'll be my protection,
Darling, nothing will harm you tonight
All of your darkness will turn into white
Your shadows will fly away
Your ships will sail away
No nothing will harm you tonight
Happy is the heart that goes on
Onto the knowledge that it won't belong
Until I'm back in your arms
That you make like a guardian into the dark
You'll be my protection
Darling, nothing will harm you tonight
All of your darkness will turn into white
Your shadows will fly away
Your ships will sail away
No nothing will harm you tonight
Crumble like ashes
Away from the fire
I'm here to catch you
And hold you awhile
I'll just hold you awhile
Nothing will harm you tonight
All of your darkness will turn into white
Your shadows will fly away
Your ships will sail away
No nothing will harm you tonight
Nothing will harm you tonight
To set the record straight
My head will be a library
Where you'll find me
To let it slip away
Would be a tragedy
'Cause that is where you'll find me
I'll meet you at the top of memory lane
And we'll be fine if you'll recall my name
I'll meet you at the top of memory lane
To fall a little more into what we learned before
Now, in the early hours
To call it what it's called
A moment to remember
Way back when
I'll meet you at the top of memory lane
I'll meet you at the top of memory lane
And all the doors you could open and see what's behind them
And all the ways that you could show her why you feel beneath her
And all the time to cover up the truth I've hidden in there
And all the things you learned so why don't you forget ...
I'll meet you at the top of memory lane
And we'll be fine if you'll recall my name
You are wrapped in a cocoon
While I'm blowing kisses at the moon
All of the secrets that you hold
Will disappear in one rainy afternoon
Don't be a foolish,
Don't be a foolish,
Don't be a foolish,
I will find a way to you,
And will peel the way
Peel away the letters
That you built around you
I don't feel the way
I'm suppose to feel
When you push me away the way you do
I will tunnel straight for your heart
And I will blow this whole thing apart
Don't be a foolish,
I will find a way to you
You are hidden in your shelf,
While I'm throwing coins at the wishing well
If you think you'll get away with this
Just look into my eyes and see that I am serious
No, don't be a foolish,
I will find a way to you
I will peel the way
Peel away the letters that you built up around you
I don't feel the way
I'm suppose to feel
When you push me away the way you do
I will tunnel straight for your heart
And I will blow this whole thing apart
Don't be a foolish,
I will find a way to you
It isn't easy explaining every date
That I will find a way to you
You have your reasons to be
Hided in a way that I have my reasons too
I will peel the way
Peel away the letters that you built up around you
I don't feel the way
I'm suppose to feel
When you push me away the way you do
I will tunnel straight for your heart
And I will blow this whole thing apart
Don't be a foolish,
I will find a way to you
You are wrapped in a cocoon
Maybe I love you maybe I do
Maybe this feeling inside me is true
And if I love you and if I do
Then maybe baby maybe you love me too
I knew I liked you I knew I cared
And I knew that something was brewing in the air
But I don't fall easily to many betrayed me
But maybe I love you maybe I do
Maybe this feeling inside me is true
And if I love you and if I do
Then maybe baby maybe you love me too
I wasn't feeling quite like myself
And something inside me was sitting on the shelf
But then you swam into my heart
And now the good steps starts
Oh~~woo~~~
Yea, maybe I love you
Maybe I do
Maybe this feeling inside me is true
And if I love you and if I do
Oh then maybe baby maybe you love me too
Wow~~~
How can I know for sure
That you and I are meant for something more
And I oh
I have to go on is this feeling inside
And I hope and I and I hope
That I am right
Maybe I love you
Maybe I do
Maybe this feeling inside me is true
And if I love you
And if I do
Oh then maybe baby maybe you love me
Maybe baby maybe you love me
You ask me why I never come around
Been 12 years since I left this town
And if you could see me now
Would you be proud?
Never meant to go so far away
Swept up by the winds of change
But I left this town
Can you be proud?
Don't hate, don't blame, don't be ashamed
Cause one day it'll be too late
Remember when you sang those words to me
Little girl who 'turns around' and leaves
Well she never cried
It was just her time
Don't hate, don't blame, don't be ashamed
Cause one day it'll be too late
Just be proud
Oh say it outloud
Cause one day it'll be too late
Once again it's gone away
It's a shame that nothing stays the same
The leaves change color, green to red
Dark hair turned grey
Time's wicked wand casts a spell that not even God can undo
Time out
I'm not playing
If I have to be 'it' I'm going home
I'm just saying that these aren't the rules
No one's supposed to feel this
Outside the window children play
And you reminisce on your yesterday
Swing sets and bike rides, spelling bees
Roller coasters...
Time turns the world over like a kickball game
Time out
I'm not playing
If I have to be 'it' I'm going home
I'm just saying that these aren't the rules
No one's supposed to feel this
My arms are folded
My face a scowl
I stomp my feet and pout
Cause I'm gonna stay right here
Right here right now
Right now
Pick up sticks and fireflies
Camping trips and lullabies...
Here we go, on our own
We'll make our own path, we won't look back
5am for a drive
The Monday sunrise makes us smile
In the moment we're free
of all the bad things, little lovethieves
Here we go!
I won't let you go
I like it here
For the first time I am happy
I feel alive
So let's drive
The simple things that we do
make me thankful that I met you
Even when we get tired
we stay up talking or go out walking
With the wind in our face
we're so alive, we're so awake
Here we go!
I won't let you go
I like it here
For the first time I am happy
I feel alive
So let's drive
It's a shame these things don't last forever
I'll never forget our time together
Don't know what happens in the end
I'm just glad i found a real friend
I'm sitting in the little room
watching you pretend that you don't love me like you used to
I can see the lies inside your eyes, I cry
cause I can't forget all the things that we've been through
When the walls come crumbling down
Dust replaces the magic that we found
What if I told you that once I leave I let go
Would you believe that I am stronger than you know
You wished it away now I can't stay
Remember in the little room
the time we thought we had something special no one else had
Well I don't understand how something so good,
something so good can turn out so bad
I know it hurts you even though you can't show it
I had to knock you down or I would have never known it
You wished it away now I can't stay
I miss you
I hate the way you've made me hate you
You couldn't say "stay"
I lived days & nights like you
Everyone just passing through
Take all I can get in one day
Cause tomorrow seems so far away
Bide your time and test your luck
A little white pill, another quick f*ck
In the whirlwind of street desire
You ponder your heart's own fire
Far away
Slick in the moment then predictably numb
Cross the street to another someone
You've had your high, you've had your fun
Crack a smile, what's done is done
It's always a thunderstorm in here
Without it the silence would hurt my ears
Best the lightning strikes my heart
Than for solitude to tear it apart
Far away
Through the chaos you're alone
A million miles away from home
And all that you've ever known
Seems so far away now
It seems so far away now
I'm getting good at letting go of things I used to love
These things happen, a quaint retraction of the girl I was
I'm going crazy!
Help! I'm falling down
It's getting hazy!
Help! I've hit the ground
I know how it feels to want to get the hell out of here
Chaotic places, scary faces
I just wanna disappear
You're getting good at letting go of things you once clung to
We pretend that no one leaves but we know we all do
You're going crazy!
Help! You're falling down
It's getting hazy!
Help! You've hit the ground
I know how you feel cause I've been there before
Escape the changes, perplexing stages
You just want to disappear
Lock the world out so they can't find you hiding in your bed
When they come knocking you feign madness as the wicked grin spreads
There's something in the way you look at me
A part of you you don't want me to see
Distracted by the voices in your head
You keep it cold
You'll never know
You're numb
All I wanna do is set you free
But I can't seem to make you run to me
I can't hold back and I can't let go
You make me feel alive
Open your eyes
There's something in the way that you can't see
The part of you attached to part of me
The life you choose to live with eyes closed
You think it works
Cause it doesn't hurt
But it doesn't hurt cause you're numb
If I could take away the memories
Of all the things I used to be
The price we pay for all the miles apart
An emptiness inside our heart
And I wait for love
But it's not enough
Too many words unspoken
The comfort fades
The silence breaks me down
A tragic type of sound penetrates my mind
I can't escape the killing time
And in my dream I saw you standing there
Your face a ghost, an empty stare
I never meant to shut you out of my life
Confused, I was a broken child
And I wait for love
But it never comes
Too many words unspoken
The comfort fades
The silence weighs upon
A tragic type of calm that invades our lives
We can't escape the killing time
I know there's no starting over, but what if we tried
One word at a time can breathe new life
So I wait
Don't wanna fight no more
Don't wanna win the war
I cannot make a dead rose golden
A penny for your time
O precious valentine
You hate me for the path I've chosen
Cause in the dark house you aren't dreaming
Sleeping alone
Still counting castles I am weeping
Leaving (home)
Eyes I don't recognize
Careen and criticize
A faith less lost than never known
O does it hurt to smile
I know it's been a while
The birds up here don't sing no more
Up in the dark house there's no morning
It's boring alone
The words of wisdom you're ignoring
Deploring your own
I wanna go where heaven flows like silver liquid in my hands
The magnet touch of purest love can save a man...
You change your mind all the time
and it's because of her
Can't you see what she puts you through
Turn around, up and down, go lay down
She says jump and then you do it
cause you don't know how to say it's through
But it's because of you, too
Uh oh
She comes around with a frown
We see it bring you down
She sucks the fun right from your sweet soul
Lose a friend, make amends, can you bend
a little more until the drama takes control
and rips you up in two
Half of who you once knew
Why can't you see
It's time to be free
Blame your heart
I blame your… I blame your...
Oh no Yoko go!
Another night, another fight
We see it in your eyes
Sunken treasure, hazy gray
Where'd you go, just say no, don't you know
She can't stop you if you want it
you can have it send her on her way
Today would be a good day
Why can't you see
It's time to be free
Blame your heart
I blame your… I blame your...
I sit on the edge of the magic bridge
Overlooking all of the carnage
Your innocence is my tourniquet
And I am still a masochist
When will this all be over?
We'll never be together
Why does the fire illuminate our future sorrow?
I see a reflection down below
Outline of a girl I hardly know
I throw a rock right at her face
Let the water take her place
When will this all be over?
We'll never be together
Why does the water saturate the dawn with sarcasm?
I feel the sun beating down on me
A scarlet dose of reality
Your shade not enough to save my skin
The burn a scar from my wicked sin
When will this all be over?
We'll never be together
I never thought I'd find my way
back to your front door
Black paint and broken picture frames
strewn across the floor
I tore the room apart to find your name
beneath the layers of the sane
You're so confused when we're apart
How clever is the man
who spends a lifetime counting cards
to never show his hand?
In the quiet I can feel your shame
A faint familiar barricade
I can't see you
I don't hear you call
What am I fighting for?
You know I wonder who you are
when I'm not around
A king, for queen, who plays a part
or loyal in your crown
Through the doorway I see nothing's changed
the shadow of the masquerade
I don't need you
It's just been so long
how did it all go wrong?
I guess it's how the story goes...
Don't come back, I need you
Go away, I'll leave you
Hide your heart, I'll cheat you
Don't false start, I'll beat you
Through the doorway I see nothing's changed