Maroon 5 have two good songs on their new album

As opposed to the first album, where every song was gold.

  

Wondering if I really tried everything I could. Not know if I should try a little harder. 

This one sounds like Sellotape.

All the pain you try to hide shows through your mascara lines as they stream down from your eyes. And let them go. Let them fly. Holding back won't turn back time.

And that one sounds like that Billionaire song.

A quiet rage about the media before I whoosh off to school

Or more specifically, Herald Sun. Or even more specifically, their little black box underneath the Sam Stosur article which said "watch Rafa's fall from grace."

Fall from grace? Really? One of two things: either stupidity and ignorance, leading to them not knowing what the phrase means, or, more likely, disgusting use of hyperbole.

Wikipedia says: "To fall from grace is an idiom referring to a loss of status, respect, or prestige." He had a cramp, as you do when you've been running around playing tennis for a few hours every two days.

I don't even know where I'm going with this. I had angry words planned out in my head before...they seem to have disappeared.

Long story short, they portrayed my idol rather negatively, and that annoys me. A lot. I can see why people get annoyed at journalists. When Noel had his press conference about his new album, he started with "let the battle commence," in his amusing accent.

This is sort of ironic because I'm applying for a reporting program thing in my local area, or at least I'm hoping to. I don't hate all media. It's just that this small section annoyed me a little. Yes, I know it's their job, that they are trying to pull readers. I just don't particularly like the way they said it.

Now, off to school, and back to my quiet, un-opinionated existence.

7:23pm

I'm avoiding work

So much French and other random stuff to do.

Set me free. Leave me be. I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity. Here I am, and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be. You're neither friend nor foe, though I can't seem to let you go. Something always brings me back to you. It never takes too long.

Can't embed video. So here is a nice live version, and here is the official video, albeit in dodgy quality.

I saw her play this at the Maroon 5 concert. It was amazing. It was a top gig.

Can we not stray?

I'm sick. Again. Sorta. Trying to fight it off with water, Xergic, honey and...asian stuff which is called Nin Jiong Pei Pa or something like that. Nommy. 

You said you wish you did not love me anymore. You left your flowers in the back seat of my car. The things we said may have left permanent scars. I've been lying in the dark no sunshine. She cries, "this is more than goodbye, when I look into your eyes you're not even there." You may not believe me but I gave you all I had.

This song off the new album. One of few good ones. How is quite good too. Maroon 5. Nom nom nom.

My nose hurts.

Fairy Tail. Makes me happy. Yay for Gray.

M5 on M5, being Maroon 5 on the fifth of May (also known as the fifth of the fifth)

Yeah, they're very big on their fives and stuff.

Amazing. Being on the floor increased the atmosphere ten-fold from when we went to see Usher. I could actually see Adam Levine's face. It was amusing. He's rather metro. What an incredible front man. He reminds me of Chris Martin, with all the energy he brings onto the stage with him. For some reason, my thoughts jump to Liam, and as much as I love him and his odyssey of idiocy, he's a pretty fail front man. Noel at least has emotion when he sings, even if he does look rather bored playing the guitar...but Liam, as compared to someone like Adam Levine? Just...yeah. He was brilliant. He was so into it.

Such a bromance going on with James Valentine (from here on in known as Jimmy V, cause that's what Adam Levine calls him. When he first said it, I was all like "what? who?") They're such kids. They're all like "we're so in sync that we'll jump down on the last chord of the song cause we've been bffls since we were teenagers".

And his hair. It's ridiculous. Look at it go. 

My brother thought a girl had replaced him...awks. 

I once again bought an over-priced t-shirt (although five dollars cheaper than Usher - yay! Massive win), with pretty triangles and everything. My mother had forbidden me from buying one before we left last night, but then I called her and used my mega persuasion skills over the phone once we got to Rod Laver. 

The conversation went something like this:

"Hi, why are you calling?"

"...can I buy a t-shirt?" 

She relented. But only after we told her that cloaking had been free. Savings of two dollars. 

I was listening to She Will Be Loved today. Just re-realised how amazing it is. A cause of me not having realised (sort of) was that I never heard the last lines the way they were. I always heard it as something weird and funky. But now, it all fits, and it's even more suited than I ever intended it to be. 

Please don't try so hard to say goodbye

It sorta hit me last night, how amazing it would be to be up on that stage. I get such a high from performing just in an ensemble where I in no means play an important part (pardon me if that made no sense, I'm rather tired). Could you imagine the feeling of over ten thousand people watching you? 

By the way, our little digital camera is a freakin beast.

They played a fair bit of their old stuff, which was very enjoyable. Nothing tops Songs About Jane.

Support acts were also rather decent, unlike for Usher (seriously, Trey Songz? "I am single and lonely ladies. Ladies, I'm single. By the way, I'm single. And lonely. I'm looking for love. Cause I'm lonely. And single.) First there was this Ry Cuming guy who no one knew, so it was slightly awks. However, his voice was quite nice, as were his songs.

 Then there was Sara Bareilles (whose last name I read as Beret until she introduced herself last night).

I was never really that into her, but man, she was good.

I am now very tired. Had this brief, split-second dream state before while doing spec. My brother asked me a question, and I just blanked out momentarily. You know that state of a dream where you believe that you're somewhere, but you know that you're not? That's what happened. For a brief, brief moment, I thought I was somewhere else. I have no idea where. But yeah. The point is, I'm very tired and my knees hurt. But oh, it was worth it.

 It was incredible. 

Driving slow on Sunday morning, I never want to leave

Songs about Adam Levin's ex-girlfriend. Therefore, songs about a girl.

8:35pm
Finally done. So rewind this to about an hour ago and it'll make more sense.

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Sitting here listening to Songs About Jane. Cause it’s just such an awesome. And there seem to be many lines which speak to me at the moment.

Oh, it’s pouring. Again. It poured as I walked out of school. Got drenched. On the day I didn’t bring a proper umbrella. It never rained that hard when I walked out of school during winter, when I had my umbrella most of the time. Was usually pathetic drizzling though. So it decided to absolutely bucket on me when I walked out. Was ridiculous.

And of course, sunshine when I was on the train. Then started raining again at 3:30; hometime for the little primary school ones.

So I shall stick a song line from every song here. In album order. So this is gonna take a while. I expect this post up in an hour, because going through the album’s probably gonna take about an hour. I have no idea of how long it actually is, cause I have some doubles and different versions of things. The time is currently 7:46pm. I am listening to This Love. Which I have already listened to; doubles, see?

Maybe several songlines from some songs. Cause some need them.

How dare you say that my behaviour’s unacceptable? “So condescending, so unnecessarily critical”.

You drain me dry and make me wonder why I’m even here; the double vision I was seeing has finally cleared. 

When it gets cold outside and I got nobody to love. You’ll understand what I mean when I say there’s no way we gonna give up.

Is there anyone out there? Cause it’s getting harder and harder to breathe.

What you were doing was screwing things up inside my head. You should know better, you never listen to what I said.

- Harder To Breathe

I went to laugh, but cried instead

Making use of all this time, keeping everything inside. Closed my eyes and listened to you cry.

“This is not goodbye,” she said. “It’s just time for me to rest my head.” She does not. Well, she runs instead.

There’s only so much I can do for you, after all the things that you put me through

- Must Get Out

When you refuse me you confuse me

I would do anything to end your suffering. But you would rather walk away.

- Not Coming Home

Everyone has a secret, but can they keep it? I don’t think so.

- Secret

 Alright, so that one spoke to me less. But I couldn't just exclude it could I?

He was always there to help her; she always belonged to someone else

It’s not always rainbows, and butterflies. It’s compromise. It moves us along.

- She Will Be Loved

You build me up, you knock me down. Provoke a smile and make me frown. You are the queen of runaround; you know it’s true. You chew me up, you spit me out. Enjoy the taste I leave in your mouth. You look at me, I look at you. Neither of us know what to do. There may not be another way into your heart, so I guess I better find a new way in. And I shiver when I hear your name, think about you but it’s not the same. Won’t be satisfied ‘til I’m under your skin. Immobilised by the thought of you, paralysed by the sight of you, hypnotised by the words you say; not true but I believe them anyway.

- Shiver

And I cannot remember what life was like through photographs

Sometimes it’s a sad song. But I cannot forget, refuse to regret, somehow I met you and take my breath away, make every day worth all of the pain that I have gone through. And momma I’ve been crying cause things ain’t how they used to be, she said, “the battle’s almost won. And we’re only seven miles from the sun.” Now moving along, down my street, see people I won’t ever meet.

- The Sun

I would gladly hit the road, get up and go if I knew that someday, it would lead me back to you.

- Sunday Morning

Where you are seems to be as far as an eternity

- Sweetest Goodbye

Sometimes I wonder if I disappear would you ever turn your head and look? See if I’m gone. Cause I fear there is nothing left to say to you that you want to hear, that you wanna know. I think I should go; all the things I’ve done are way too shameful. And I’ve done you so wrong, treated you bad, strung you along, oh shame on myself. I don’t know how it got so tangled.

- Tangled

So hard to keep her satisfied; kept playing love like it was just a game

- This Love

Can you see me? Floating above your head as you lay in bed thinking about everything that I did not do, cause saying “I love you” has nothing to do with meaning it. And I don’t trust you. Cause every time you’re here, your intentions are unclear I spend every hour waiting for a phone call that I know will never come.

Now I’m sick of thinking anything at all.

And how long has it been since someone you let in has given what I gave to you?

- Through With You

And while I was playing the outro to The Sun, Restaurant City music started invading it. It was fading away nicely. Then I was greeted by bloo doom. Bloo doom. Boom, bloo doom.

Lovely riff.

And I also wish to quote: sick intro riff to Shiver.

words of wisdom

I just played the acoustic Forever and Always again. Closed iTunes cause it seems to be stuck in my head and it is just too depressing. Hurts...somewhere in my heart. And I don't know why.

And you feel so low you can't feel nothing at all

In other news, listening to excessive amounts of Maroon 5.

Wake you up in the middle of the night to say, "I will never walk away again. I'm never gonna leave this bed"

How annoying. He randomly wakes you up in the middle of the night when he could've told you in the morning.

Take it, take it all, take all that I have. Give it all away just to get you back.

In other other news, I got my red Aviators. They are very rock 'n' roll. In the extreme.

Hmm. Unreliable people in terms of birthday presents. Annoying. Always annoying when people are unreliable. But I shall be patient and understanding and tolerant...or I'll try.

BECAUSE

The point of this post is:

When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom, "let it be". And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom: let it be...and when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, let it be. 

I'm sorry I forgot that. So I hope you all fill your heads with images of me tossing some sort of dark rain cloud out of the window.

Or maybe just suppressing it like the Bolsheviks suppressed Russia, and eventually it'll evaporate. The rain cloud that is. Not Russia.

You pushed me. I don't have the strength to resist or control you; you cut me down.

Unlike:

Does it kill does it burn, is it painful to learn that it's me who has all the control?

Adam Levine, the one of many different personas. Then again, he's a musician. Come to think of it, then again, he's human.

Now I've got Harder To Breathe stuck in my head.

How dare you say that my behaviour's unacceptable? So condescending, unnecessarily critical. I have a tendency of getting very physical, so watch your step cause if I do you'll need a miracle. You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here. The double vision I was seeing has finally cleared. You want to stay but you know very well I want you gone, not fit to frickin tread the ground that I am walking on. When it gets cold outside and I got nobody to love.You'll understand what I mean when I say there's no way we gonna give up. Like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in a dream. Is there anyone out there? Cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe.

Such vengeance, Maroon 5 man.

you saw me start to believe for the first time

Francesca shivers from the cold and Will takes her hand and tucks it in his jacket pocket and for a moment Tom feels an ache of loneliness for whatever these two have that works for them

Also new Maroon 5 album out today. Has a nice cover of If I Ain't Got You on there. How is also quite nice. I haven't really listened to it, it was more listening in passing. I wish they would make another Songs About Jane. Such an awesome album.

I love how diverse his voice is. It can do edgy and rocky, then soft and mellow. He covered songs from The Beatles to Alicia Keys to Oasis. He also speaks in some weird sort of permanent falsetto.

4:13pm
I also just noticed how scary he looks right there.

le soleil

I cannot forget

Refuse to regret

That somehow I met you.

Take my breath away,

Make every day

Worth all of the pain that I have gone through.

And mama, I've been crying cause thing's ain't how they used to be.

She said, "the battle's almost won.

And we're only several miles from the sun." 

Also something else to do after year 12:  pick up watercolour again.
You know, I doubt I'll pick up even half of those. But I am genuinely interested in them.

I'm lifting you up, I'm letting you down. I'm dancin' til dawn. I'm foolin' around. I'm not giving up, I'm making your love. This city's made us crazy and we must get out.

Return of the King

NADAL'S BACK. 


Well, he's been back for a while, what with all his Masters victories and all those sorts of things, but now he's playing in a proper slam. Being a Grand one. Roland Garros, in le France. So yay, because Nadal's back, and I admire that kid in ridiculous amounts. 


Talking about France, French exchange is now speeding along. After months of no contact, we are now inundated daily by emails from Mr Sawaki sending us forms and other things, and we have met twice this week at lunch already, and are planning to meet once again tomorrow lunch. Excited. In extreme amounts, although it does feel slightly as though it's not real. I'm also confused because the form says that "the undersigned applicant (student) and her parents/guardians hereby agree that the applicant be permitted to travel to Japan as part of the Study Tour", so does that mean we're going to Japan as well? HOW COOL. Although I do get the feeling that that's a typo...I've never been anywhere overseas except for China, so pardon my ridiculous excitement. 


Restaurant City: the little alien thing that bobs around the restaurant once you get level 10 Zero Gravity Salad has now been labelled LIMITED. SO SEND ME FRUIT PEOPLE. I am not a gaming addict. I am just concerned about the state of my virtual hospitality empire. 


Current playlist:  


Where Did My Baby Go? - Once Again, John Legend

She Will Be Loved - Songs About Jane, Maroon 5

Wonderwall - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis

Speechless - The Fame Monster, Lady GaGa

Talk Tonight - The Masterplan, Oasis

By now you should've somehow realised what you've got to do...

...and all the roads we have to walk are winding. 

And all the lights that light the way are blinding...

Tap on my window

Knock on my door.

I want to make you feel beautiful.