Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Persuasion

I have loved Jane Austen since I was a teen-ager.
I love her stories even more now that I am in my thirties.
Persuasion may not be as popular as the others,
but in this, her last published novel, Austen shows the true
depth and breadth of her ability as a story-teller.
This book will grip you and draw you in with such
subtlety and grace, that you will only realize you've been
led in when you're already silently rooting for the
unfortunate lovers and wondering, trying to anticipate
what will happen next.  It is an excellent depiction of what
happens when one lets others influence or control his/her
decisions.  Moreover, it is a portrait of how social standing
can oftentimes dictate the path that one's life can take -
if you let it, that is. Austen was a genius.
This book is living proof.

James and the Giant Peach

I just finished reading this book.
It's so wonderful.  Readers of any age will love it.
It's all about overcoming hardships without losing
one's optimism, good will, and faith in one's friends -
even if those friends happen to be giant insects.
Fun and adventure all around; as magical as a bag
of enchanted crocodile tongues.

For me, time seems to move so slowly.
Every day seems to be a replay, or a copy of the previous one.
Tomorrow will yet be another repeat of today, and of yesterday.
I feel so impatient to see what's next, what comes after this.
I wonder if anything will ever change?  Will it always be like this,
always waiting for something new, something different?
It's very tiresome to wait, and it seems I'll be perpetually waiting.
They say, "Time flies when you're having fun."
But my time seems to be flying in slow motion.  Very slow motion.
I must not be having fun.  How very sad.

Natsume Soseki - I am a Cat

I'm reading this book.
It's taking me a while to finish it, but it's been quite enjoyable so far.
I love the way the cat thinks.  His observations are honest and witty.
He's not at all shy about telling things as they are.  Humans could use
such a straightforward attitude themselves, no doubt about it.
Full of wit and wisdom, it's amazing how a book written so long ago
by a man from an entirely different culture as mine, could transcend 
all of these boundaries and impediments to strike straight into the true
nature of being human - from a cat's perspective no less.

Simply awesome.

Hyde - Season's Call

Karami tsuku kazeni sakarai
Ushinatta kisetsu wo sagashite iru
Wazuka demo mesasu houkou he
Azayakana kioku ga tsuki ugokasu

How many cuts should I repeat?
How many fates should I accept?
Does it have an end?

Itsumo karada juu wo kimi ga kake meguri afuresou
Dakara kowaku nai yo asu mo
Because I always feel you in me.

Kawaki kitta nodo he nagashita kimi no me de
Kokoro wo uruoshiteku
How many cuts should I repeat?
How many fates should I accept?
Does it have an end?

Haruka ano tori no you
Sora wo tobi koete yuketara
Itsumo tsutaetai iyou ai wo
Because I always feel you in me.

You taught me how to love. I feel.
I can do anything.
Yume ni egaku sekai wo kimi no me no mae ni hirogetai
Dakara kowaku nai yo asu mo
My beloved season calls me.
Because I always feel you in me.

Try - Nelly Furtado

All I know
Is everything is not as it's sold
but the more I grow the less I know
And I have lived so many lives
Though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow
The fewer the seeds the more I sow

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try

I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness
And all the real people are really not real at all
The more I learn the more I cry
As I say goodbye to the way of life
I thought I had designed for me

Then I see you standing there
Wanting more from me
And all I can do is try
Then I see you standing there
I'm all I'll ever be
But all I can do is try
Try

All of the moments that already passed
We'll try to go back and make them last
All of the things we want each other to be
We never will be
And that's wonderful, and that's life
And that's you, baby
This is me, baby
And we are, we are, we are, we are
Free
In our love
We are free in our love