What are you listening to today?

Oh yeah, Iron & Wine is good, good stuff.

His cover of Postal Service's Such Great Heights is really good, too.
 
Iron & Wineeeeee! *Gasms more.* You guys are my people.

5 minutes of awesomeness, right here. You'll like.

Ben Howard - Oats in the Water.


Go your way,
I'll take the long way 'round,
I'll find my own way down,
As I should.

And hold your gates
As coke in the midas touch
A joke in the way that we rust,
And breathe again.

And you'll find loss
And you'll fear what you found
When weather comes
Tear him down

There'll be oats in the water
There'll be birds on the ground
There'll be things you never asked her
Oh how they tear at you now

Go your way,
I'll take the long way 'round,
I'll find my own way down,
As I should.

And hold your gates
As coke in the midas touch
A joke in the way that we rust,
And breathe again.

And you'll find loss
And you'll fear what you found
When weather comes
Tear him down

There'll be oats in the water
There'll be birds on the ground
There'll be things you never asked her
Oh how they tear at you now
 
I was going to post that song yesterday! But I did Ryan Adams instead. Loved it on Walking Dead.
 
Fleetwood Mac- Rhiannon

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
and wouldn't you love to love her?
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight
and who will be her lover?
All your life you've never seen
woman, taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
She is like a cat in the dark
and then she is the darkness
she rules her life like a fine skylark
and when the sky is starless
All your life you've never seen
woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
will you ever win?
Will you ever win?
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
She rings like a bell through the night
and wouldn't you love to love her?
She rules her life like a bird in flight
and who will be her lover?
All your life you've never seen
woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
will you ever win?
Will you ever win?
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Oooooh
Taken by
Taken by the sky
Taken by
Taken by the sky
Taken by
Taken by the sky
Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind
 
Set Me On Fire - Bella Ferraro.

Take me back to your place,
Show me how to dance
Let’s go watch the sunset
With me in your hands

Fly me on a jetplane,
Take me to the moon,
Wherever you go,
I’ll follow

Never really meant to start a spark
But this love
This love is like arrows through our hearts
I’m dreaming

Set me on fire,
With endless words
To show my worth
You take me to a place I’ve never known

Set me on fire,
With silent kisses like the sunset
Darkness is our playground we call home,

Take me in your mustang,
Let’s go cruise the streets,
We’ll stay young forever,
Cos love knows my beat

Running free in the daylight,
Feeling safe in the night time,
With your eyes beside me,
This love I won’t fight

Never really meant to start a spark
But this love
This love is like arrows through our hearts
I’m dreaming

Set me on fire,
With endless words
To show my worth
You take me to a place I’ve never known

Set me on fire,
With silent kisses,
Like the sunset
Darkness is our playground we call home

Storms they may come
But I’m here to stay
Cause this heart is my anchor
No I won’t drift away

Fearlessly in love,
With all of your ways
Shoot an arrow through my heart
With your love and embrace

Set me on fire,
With endless words
To show my worth
You take me to a place I’ve never known

Set me on fire,
With silent kisses,
Like the sunset
Darkness is our playground we call home
 
Destrophy - We Are Alive

A dream that they'll remember us
Long after we have turned to dust

We are the pulse that beats with life
We are the beaten and the blind
A feeling in our hearts
They've come across that line - now we
We are - Forgiven
This is the sign we're waiting for

And now we know the time is right

We fight (the struggle of our lives)
We fight (determined in our eyes)
This time we know it's right
We'll let them know
We Are Alive

They wonder what's become of us
No memory of the dream that was

We are the fires that burn tonight
We are the boldest of our kind
This beating of our hearts
Will never stop this time, now we
We are - Forgiven
This is the sign we're waiting for

And now we know the time is right

We fight (the struggle of our lives)
We fight (determined in our eyes)
This time we know it's right
We'll let them know
We Are Alive

We fight (the struggle of our lives)
We fight (determined in our eyes)
This time we know it's right
Which side will win this fight?
Before we fall tonight
We'll let them know
We Are Alive
 
Macklemore & Ryan
It's a mini concert, but the first song is my favorite.

Same Love

[Verse 1: Macklemore]
When I was in the 3rd grade
I thought that I was gay
Cause I could draw, my uncle was
And I kept my room straight
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like, "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-K"
Trippin', yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she
A bunch of stereotypes all in my head
I remember doing the math like
"Yeah, I'm good at little league"
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think its a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition
Playing God
Ahh nah, here we go
America the brave
Still fears what we don't know
And God loves all His children
And somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written
3,500 hundred years ago
I don't know

[Hook: Mary Lambert]
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm [x4]

[Verse 2: Macklemore]
If I was gay
I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
"Man that's gay"
Gets dropped on the daily
We've become so numb to what we're sayin'
A culture founded from oppression
Yet, we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call each other faggots
Behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate
Yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Gender and skin color
The complexion of your pigment
The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins
Human rights for everybody
There is no difference
Live on! And be yourself!
When I was in church
They taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service
Those words aren't anointed
And that Holy Water
That you soak in
has been poisoned
When everyone else
Is more comfortable
Remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans
That have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same
But that's not important
No freedom 'til we're equal
Damn right I support it
[Trombone]
I don't know

[Hook: Mary Lambert]
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm [x4]

[Verse 3: Macklemore]
We press play
Don't press pause
Progress, march on!
With a veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
'Till the day
That my uncles can be united by law
Kids are walkin' around the hallway
Plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful
Someone would rather die
Than be who they are
And a certificate on paper
Isn't gonna solve it all
But it's a damn good place to start
No law's gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever god you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love
About time that we raised up

[Hook: Mary Lambert]
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm [x4]

[Outro: Mary Lambert]
Love is patient, love is kind

Love is patient (not cryin' on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays) [x5]
 
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out To Get Us

Thinking outrageously I write in cursive
I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers
I see my own breath on the face of the door

Oh I am not quite sleeping
Oh I am fast in bed
There on the wall in the bedroom creeping
I see a wasp with her wings outstretched

North of Savanna we swim in the palisades
I come out wearing my brother's red hat
There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
He runs washing his face in his hands

Oh how I meant to tease him
Oh how I meant no harm
Touching his back with my hand I kiss him
I see the wasp on the length of my arm

Oh great sights upon this state! Hallelu-
Wonders bright, and rivers, lake. Hallelu-
Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelu-
trusting things beyond mistake. Hallelu-

We were in love. We were in love.
Palisades! Palisades! Palisades
I can wait. I can wait.

Lamb of God, we sound the horn.
Hallelujah!
To us your ghost is born.
Hallelu-

I can't explain the state that I'm in
The state of my heart, he was my best friend
Into the car, from the back seat
Oh admiration in falling asleep
All of my powers, day after day
I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed
Deep in the tower, the prairies below
I can tell you, the telling gets old
Terrible sting and terrible storm
I can tell you the day we were born
My friend is gone, he ran away
I can tell you, I love him each day
Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged
I can tell you I love him each day
Terrible sting, terrible storm
I can tell you...​
 
Paris (Ooh La La) - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

You got me down on the floor
So what'd you bring me down here for?
You got me down on the floor
So what'd you bring me down here for?

If I was a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I was a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Ooh la la la la la la la [4x]

You got me up on your swing
So when you gonna shake that thing?
You got me up on your swing
So when you gonna shake that thing?

If I was a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I was a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Ooh la la la la la la la [4x]

If I was a man I'd make my move
If I was a blade I'd shave you smooth
If I was a judge I'd break the law
And if I was from Paris
If I was from Paris
I would say
Ooh la la la la la la la
 
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