My youngest daughter Andy, who's 9 years old, is such a huge fan of Taylor Swift.  I am so glad because from what I have been reading on her, this girl is a good role model for kids.  And I'm also glad because Andy used to be a tomboy telling me before that she's "half-boy, half-girl", but now, she's looking up to Taylor.  Andy is also into Lady Gaga, who I find uhm.. rather weird.  But that's ok, it just may be a phase.  Lately, Andy is watching the musical series "Glee" over and over again.  Singing along with it.  And with the correct lyrics. 

I'm playing Taylor Swift's White Horse now.  Nice message.

White Horse Lyrics

Say you're sorry
That face of an angel comes out
Just when you need it to
As I pace back and forth all this time
'Cause
I honestly believed in you
Holdin' on,
The days drag on
Stupid girl
I should've known, I should've known

That I'm not a princess
This ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now its too late for you and your White Horse,
To come around.

Maybe I was naïve,
Got lost in your eyes
I never really had a chance.
My mistake I didnt know to be in love
you had to fight to have the upper hand.
I had so many dreams about you and me
Happy endings;
Now I know

I'm not a princess
This ain't a fairytale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood,
This is a small town
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down.
Now its too late for you and your White Horse,
To come around.

And there you are on your knees
Begging for forgiveness,
Begging for me
Just like I always wanted,
But I'm so sorry

Cause Im not your princess
This aint a fairytale
Im gonna find someone, Some day
Who might actually treat me well.
This is a big world,
That was a small town
There in my rearview mirror,
Disappearing now.
And it's too late for you and your White Horse,
Now its too late for you and your White Horse
To catch me now.

Oh whoa whoa whoa-oh
Try and catch me now
Whoa-Oh
It's too late
To catch me now.

I have read a lot about Susan Boyle and her stint with Britain's Got Talent.  Frankly speaking, I was quite impressed by what she achieved and of course, impressed by her talent, that is, based from what I read.  So I was fortunate to stumble upon this video of hers, showing her first audition.  And yes, I was awed.  Soothing voice.  Good song choice.  Nice rendition.  I was moved by this song that now I want to listen to the Les Miserables playlist.  "On My Own" is top of the list to search.

And for now, this is "I Dreamed A Dream", from Les Miserables.

Lyrics:

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

Sad, isn't it.


 

I have always been a fan of the Freestyle band.  Love the voice of the lead singer.

Half Crazy
Freestyle

'know I haven't slept a week at all
since you've been gone
and my eyes are kinda tired
from crying all night long

know i've never been too good at cooking
just for one
it's so lonely here without you baby
come back home

coz i'm half crazy
feelin' sorry for myself
half crazy
worried you'd find someone else to love

know life hasn't been much fun at all
since you've been gone
and my eyes being to feel
each time I hear a song

i spent every minute asking myself
what went wrong
can't we try to talk it over baby
come back home

coz I'm half crazy
i'm feelin' sorry for myself
half crazy
worried you'd find someone else to love

but baby there is no one else
half crazy
for everything you saying
half crazy
no one else could love you like i do

so i'm half crazy
feelin' sorry for myself
half crazy
i'm worried you'd find someone else to love
but baby there is no one else

half crazy
for everything you saying
half crazy
no one else could love you
and no one else could ever be

half crazy
feeling sorry for myself
and I'm worried you'll find someone else
half crazy
feeling sorry for myself to love baby

Someday you're gonna realize
One day you'll see this through my eyes
By then i won't even be there
I'll be happy somewhere
Even if i can't

I know
You don't really see my worth
You think you're the last guy on earth
Well I've got news for you
I know I'm not that strong
But it won't take long
Won't take long

Chorus

Coz someday, someone's gonna love me
The way, i wanted you to need me
Someday, someone's gonna take your place
One day I'll forget about you
You'll see, i won't even miss you
Someday, someday

But now
I know you can't tell
I'm down, and I'm not doin' anyway
But one day these tears
They will all run dry
I won't have to cry
Sweet goodbye

Chorus

Coz someday, someone's gonna love me
The way, i wanted you to need me
Someday, someone's gonna take your place
One day I'll forget about you
You'll see, i won't even miss you
Someday, I know someone's gonna be there...
Someday...

With all the heartaches and pain I'm going through, it wouldn't hurt to think positive everytime.  So this is what's in mythoughts:  "positive, positive, positive, positive, positive..."

With matching song pa. ...But it's an old and slow song, it makes me even sadder.  I think this is a bad idea.   Next time I'll look for a more upbeat tune.  For now, let me just sit and mope.

Basil Valdez is one of the great singers I grew up to.  Although in my younger years I didn' t really sang much of his songs... and then... now that I'm old, whenever I hear his songs, I feel like I'm transported to those good old days.  But then again, when you dig deep into the meanings of his songs, it's another story altogether.  For adults lang talaga pala siya.

Click here to listen to "Minsan Pa Nating Hagkan Ang Ating Nakaraan".

I am so in the mood to listen to jazz music today.  Makes me feel relaxed and soothed.  Just right for the state of being I am currently at. 

This is the jazz radio station I recently discovered online.  Love it.

I don't know what's with me these days.  Feeling kinda gloomy, senti and hmm cheesy. 

Click the photo to listen to Martin's song.  It's so.. so... nakakasenti.

End of February 2006. 
Around 3:00 AM. 
The day she said goodnight.

It was sooo weird.  There he was, Kris Allen with his dreamy eyes and singing to me.  But the weirder part was that he was singing a Chris Daughtry song, "Home".  Anyway, I really couldn't forget how Kris Allen was looking at me.  But yeah, only in dreams.

It's Kris vs. Chris.  Oh, I love love them both.

Here's Chris Daughtry singing "Home".