Music Life

Do You Know - Jessica Simpson

2008-08-22T03:12:00.000-07:00

Do You Know (September 2008) - Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson will release her highly anticipated debut country album, "Do You Know", September 9, 2008 on Columbia Nashville. Produced by Brett James and John Shanks, Simpson co-wrote all but three of the tracks featured on the disc, including her current Top 25 hit single, “Come On Over.”

Simpson is certainly ready to come on over to country music. Recorded in Nashville, TN, this album gives listeners an inside look into the real Jessica Simpson. “Every single song is a piece of my heart … who I am,” comments Simpson. “I’m not what everybody thinks that I am. Believe it or not, I’m a simple country girl. I might buy expensive shoes,” she laughs, “But, I’m definitely a simple country girl and this album will hopefully give people a sense of who Jessica is again.”

Artist: Jessica Simpson
Released Date: September 9,2008
Origin: Sipping On History
Genre: Country
Year Active: 2006 - to the present
Label: Columbia Nashville

After the release of her 2006 pop album 'A Public Affair', Simpson repeatedly stated she wanted to go back to her roots and do country music. She wanted to do country music because she has been brought up around country music, and wants to give something back. She started her country move by appearing in the music video for 'You don't think I'm funny anymore', by country legend Willie Nelson. She then went to Nashville to start recording her album. Her debut country single, 'Come on Over' was leaked onto the internet on May 27th. It was received with mostly positive reviews. The single also made chart history by becoming the first debut country single by a solo artist to debut on the country chart at the position of 41. The single was released to digital downloads on June 24th, along with the physical release in July. She has noted Martina McBride and Shania Twain among her inspirations. She also worked with Dolly Parton on the album, recording a duet entitled 'Do You Know'. According to the official Jessica Simpson website, the album is said to be released on September 9th, 2008.

Track listing:

1. "Come on Over"
2. "Remember That"
3. "Pray Out Loud"
4. "You're My Sunday"
5. "Sipping on History"
6. "Still Beautiful"
8. "When I Loved You Like That"
9. "Might As Well Be Making Love"
10. "Man Enough"
11. "Do You Know" (featuring Dolly Parton)

Shogun - Trivium

2008-08-14T05:23:00.000-07:00

Shogun( September 2008 ) - Trivium

Shogun is the fourth studio album by American metal band Trivium. It is planned for release on September 30, 2008 by LO-MAX Records in Argentina and Peru and Roadrunner Records for the rest of the world. Work on the album is noted to have begun with producer Nick Raskulinecz in October 2007,[1] with the band stating that they chose not to work with Jason Suecof again due to the fact that they wanted to explore new ideas

Artist : Trivium
Released : September 30, 2008
Origin : Nashville, Tennessee
Genre : Thrash metal
Metalcore
Years Active : 2006 - to the present
Label : Roadrunner Records, LO-MAX Records

In feudal Japan, Shogun ruled the country, and does not have power over the emperor. The emperor chooses the shogun.Shogun was not the king nor the emperor but given this rank by Tenno, Japanese emperor. Shogun means general in the Japanese language. Its formal name was Seii Taishogun (Great General who fights against the Eastern savages and will win)

Members :

Matt Heafy – Vocals, Guitars
Corey Beaulieu – Guitars, Backing vocals
Paolo Gregoletto – Bass guitar, Backing vocals
Travis Smith – Drums, Percussion
Nick Raskulinecz – Producer

Track Listing :

1. "Kirisute Gomen"
2. "Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis"
3. "Down from the Sky"
4. "Insurrection"
5. "Into The Mouth Of Hell (We March)"
6. "Throes of Perdition"
7. "He Who Spawned the Furies"
8. "Of Prometheus and the Crucifix"
9. "The Calamity"
10. "Like Callisto to a Star in Heaven"
11. "Shogun"

Bonus tracks

12. "Upon the Shores"
13. "Poison, Knife, and the Noose"
14. "Iron Maiden"

Death Magnetic - Metallica

2008-08-14T04:52:00.000-07:00

Death Magnetic (September 2008) - Metallica

Death Magnetic is the upcoming ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is scheduled for release on September 12, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records. The album will be the band's first to feature current bassist Robert Trujillo, and the first to be produced by Rick Rubin. It will also be their first studio album released through Warner Bros., although they still remain with Warner Music Group, which also owns Elektra Records, the band's previous label.
Death Magnetic, at least the title, to me started out as kind of a tribute to people that have fallen in our business, like Layne Staley and a lot of the people that have died, basically — rock and roll martyrs of sorts. And then it kind of grew from there, Thinking about death… some people are drawn towards it, and just like a magnet, [and] other people are afraid of it and push away. And the concept that we're all gonna die sometimes is over-talked about and then a lot of times never talked about — no one wants to bring it up; it's the big white elephant in the living room. But we all have to deal with it at some point.

Artist : Metallica
Released : September 12, 2008
Origin : Los Angeles, California
Genre : Heavy metal
Years Active : 2007 - to the present
Label : Warner Bros.

Norway's Platekompaniet claims that METALLICA is planning to release a deluxe box Set of their new album, "Death Magnetic," in September, which will include the "Death Magnetic" digi, ten-track demo CD, making of "Death Magnetic" DVD, Death Magnetic flag, Death Magnetic plekter, t-shirt, USB memory stick (enabling digital download of Death Magnetic) and more. Apparently there will also be a five LP version released as well.

Members:

James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
Robert Trujillo – bass guitar, backing vocals

Track listing:

1. "That Was Just Your Life"
2. "The End of the Line"
3. "Broken, Beat & Scarred"
4. "The Day That Never Comes"
5. "All Nightmare Long"
6. "Cyanide"
7. "The Unforgiven III"
8. "The Judas Kiss"
9. "Suicide & Redemption"
10. "My Apocalypse"

The Musical - Nina Sky

2008-08-11T04:52:00.000-07:00

The Musical (October 2008) - Nina Sky

“The Musical” aims to keep Nina Sky listeners in tune with the duo's journey since their first album. It takes just one listen to their new album—a savvy mix of R&B songs heavily influenced by hip-hop, classic rock and soul supported by intriguing, ethereal vocals—to understand why Polo Grounds/J Records signed the twin team. Besides arranging vocals, Nicole and Natalie penned each track on the album, at times testing their work of art on eager audiences before it was officially ready.
Nicole and Natalie Albino (born March 13, 1986) are identical twin sisters who sing under the stage name "Nina Sky". Their parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico and were divorced when the girls were younger. They were born in Queens and grew up in both Queens and Roosevelt Island sections of New York. Because their stepfather worked as a DJ, the twins were influenced by different types of music. When the sisters were only 7 years old, they wrote their first song, "Sisters", and by the time they were 10, they already knew that they wanted to become singers. The twins' parents were very supportive of their daughters' ambitions. Their stepfather even gave them guitar and drum lessons. They were taken to auditions and, on some occasions, they even performed on some showcases. The sisters wanted to devise a name of their own. In using the first two syllables of their names ("Ni" and "Na"), they came up with Nina. They then added Sky, which for them represented "the sky's the limit".
They continued to go to school and, in their spare time, worked as DJs. In the year 2000, they met The Jettsonz (Elijah Wells and Lionel Bermingham), a pair of music producers who helped them develop their own sound.

Artist: Nina Sky
Origin: Queens, New York, United States
Genre: R&B, hip-hop, reggaeton, latin hip hop, reggae
Years active: 2004 – present
Label: Universal and Polo Grounds / J

Members:
Nicole Albino
Natalie Albino

The Musical (2008) Track Lists:
01. Nina Sky Is... (Album Intro)
02. Move Ya Body
03. You Deserve
04. Turnin' Me On
05. Let It Go
06. Goodbye (Interlude)
07. Your Time
08. Runaway
09. In a Dream [Remix]
10. Surely Missed
11. Temperature's Rising (Prelude)
12. Temperature's Rising
13. Holla Back
14. Faded Memories

Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp

2008-02-19T02:36:00.000-08:00

Seventh Tree Album 2008 - Goldfrapp

Singer, composer, & keyboardist Alison Goldfrapp hails from Bath, England. She began exploring music as a part of her studies as a Fine Art Painting major at Middlesex University, mixing sound, visuals, and performances in her installation pieces.
After signing to Mute in 1999, Goldfrapp delivered their debut album, "Felt Mountain", in autumn 2000. The album went on to near universal acclaim and spawned several singles, including "Utopia", which was released twice, once in late 2000, and a different version under the title "Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" in mid-2001.
Goldfrapp have described the album Seventh Tree as a "sensual counterpoint to the glitterball glamour of Supernature", their last studio album from 2005. The album's first single, "A&E", was released on February 11, 2008 and is already in the top 10 of the UK singles charts.

Artist: Goldfrapp
Origin: London, England
Genre: Electropop, Electronic music, Synthpop, Ambient, Glam rock
Years active: 1999–present
Label: Mute Records

Goldfrapp Members:

Alison Goldfrapp
Will Gregory

Seventh Tree Track list:

All tracks written and composed by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

1. "Clowns" - 4:10
2. "Little Bird" - 4:26
3. "Happiness" - 4:18
4. "Road to Somewhere" - 3:53
5. "Eat Yourself" - 4:08
6. "Some People" - 4:42
7. "A&E" - 3:19
8. "Cologne Cerrone Houdini" - 4:27
9. "Caravan Girl" - 4:07
10. "Monster Love" - 4:22

Bonus tracks:
All bonus tracks appear on the U.S. iTunes Store edition of Seventh Tree.

11. "You Never Know" (Live in London)
12. "Clowns" (Instrumental) (Pre-order only)

Bonus DVD:

1. Goldfrapp Documentary
2. "A&E" music video
3. Alison & Will Q&A

Albums:
2000: Felt Mountain
2003: Black Cherry
2005: Supernature
2006: We Are Glitter (Remix Album)
2008: Seventh Tree

Lyrics:
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A&E Lyrics
Artist: Goldfrapp
Album: Seventh Tree

It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, hey hey
And the pain is starting to slip away, hey hey

I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward that's shining
Think I wan't you still
But there may be pills at work

Do you really wanna know how I was dancing on the floor?
I was trying to phone you when I'm crawling out the door
I'm amazed at you, the things you say that you don't do
Why don't you wreck?

I was feeling lonely, feeling blue
Feeling like I needed you
Like I'm walking up surrounded by me

A&E

It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, hey hey
And the pain is starting to slip away, hey hey

I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward that's shining
Think I wan't you still
But there may be pills at work

How did I get to accident - emergency?
All I wanted was you to take me out high
And I was feeling lonely, feeling blue
Feeling like I needed you
Like I hope'd you'd call and hope'd you'd see me
A&E

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Happiness Lyrics
Artist: Goldfrapp
Album: Seventh Tree

Join our group and you will find
Harmony and peace of mind
Make it better
We're here to welcome you

We're all on a journey to
finding the real inner you
Make it better
We're here to welcome you

Time
Stops too when
You've lost love
Happiness
How do you get to be
Happiness
How you get to find love
Real love

Floating in the magic world
Donate all your money
We'll make it better(Make it better)
We're here to welcome you

We can see your trouble soon
Give us all your money
We'll make it better (Make it better)
we're here to welcome you

Time
Stops too when
You've lost love love
Happiness
How'd you get to be
Happiness
How'd you get to find love
Real love

We'll be swimming in the sea
Of wisdom and sereniy
Make it better

Happiness
How'd you get to be
Happiness
How'd you get to find love
Real love

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Caravan Girl Lyrics
Artist: Goldfrapp
Album: Seventh Tree

What is Her Name
That Carvan Girl
What is Her Name?

You like the Sun
A Hazy Day
What is Her Name

We're Just Talkin'
Like There's Somthing
Like you Know
Don't you Know
Don't you Know

Runaway, Runaway You, You Get away and
Bring on Back
Runaway, Runaway You, You Get away and
Bring on Back

The Food and Game
That Stranger on the Hill
What is Her Name

You like the Sun
A Lazy Day
Have you no Name

Don't Stop Talkin'
There's Just Somthing
Like you Know
I Liked to Know

You Should
or Should I Go
It's Long, Long
Way to Go
I want to Know
Yeah
I want to Show

Runaway, Runaway You, You Get away and
Bring on Back
Runaway, Runaway You, You Get away and
Bring on Back

Wanna Runaway
(LA LA LA LA LA)
Wanna Runaway
(LA LA LA LA LA)
And Bring on Back
(LA LA LA LA LA)
Wanna Runaway
(LA LA LA LA LA)
Wanna Runaway
(LA LA LA LA LA)
And Bring on Back
(LA LA LA LA LA)
Wanna Runaway
(LA LA LA LA LA)
Wanna Runaway
(LA LA LA LA LA)
And Bring on Back

A Twist In My Story - Secondhand Serenade

2008-02-19T02:10:00.000-08:00

A Twist In My Story - Secondhand Serenade 2008 Album

Nearly a year after the release of his debut album, Awake, Secondhand Serenade is back with his much-anticipated follow-up, A Twist In My Story. Rightfully titled, the album finds Secondhand Serenade; real name John Vesely, adding onto his signature raw vocals and guitar with the use of orchestration and a full band.
A Twist In My Story is a new chapter for Secondhand Serenade, taking you through the highs and lows of love and life. John Vesely is a modern day storyteller following a path all to his own while putting a new twist on his timeless tale.

Artist: Secondhand Serenade
Origin: Menlo Park, California, USA
Genre: Acoustic rock / Emo
Years active:2004–present
Label: Glassnote Records

A Twist In My Story Track list:

1. "Like A Knife"
2. "Fall For You"
3. "Maybe"
4. "Stranger"
5. "Your Call"
6. "Suppose"
7. "A Twist In My Story"
8. "Why"
9. "Stay Close, Don't Go"
10. "Pretend"
11. "Goodbye"

Lyrics:

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Fall For You Lyrics
Artist: Secondhand Serenade
Album: A Twist in My Story

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you i'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start
Ohhhh

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day

I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
'Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When you're asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

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Goodbye Lyrics
Artist: Secondhand Serenade
Album: A Twist in My Story

It's a shame that it had to be this way
It's not enough to say I'm sorry
It's not enough to say I'm sorry

Maybe I'm to blame
Or maybe were the same
But either way I can't breathe
Either way I can't breathe

All I had to say is goodbye
Were better off this way
Were better off this way

I'm alive but I'm losing all my drive
Cause everything were been through
And everything about you
Seemed to be a lie
A guiltless twisted lie
It made me learn to hate you
Or hate myself for letting it pass by

All I had to say is goodbye
Were better off this way
Were better off this way
All I had to say is goodbye
Were better off this way

Were better off this way

And every, everything isn't only
What it seemed so hold these
Words that you never told me
Its time to say goodbye
Its time to say goodbye
Its time to say goodbye
Goodbye

Bye

Take my hand away
Spell it out
Tell me I was wrong
Tell me I was wrong

Take my hand away
Spell it out
Tell me I was wrong
Tell me I was wrong

Take my hand away
Spell it out
Tell me I was wrong
Tell me I was wrong

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Twist in My Story Lyrics
Artist: Secondhand Serenade
Album: A Twist in My Story

Think of the times that make you.
Want to stay.
Run away.
Make this the first time you questioned everything.

Swallow.
When was the last time you questioned anything?

Run away.
Think of the times that make you.
Want to stay.
Run away.
Make this the first time you questioned everything.
Swallow.
Swallow.
Swallow.
Swallow.
Run away, run away.
When was the last time you questioned anything?

Life Underwater - Across Five Aprils

2008-02-19T01:54:00.000-08:00

Life Underwater 2008 Album - Across Five Aprils

Origin: Chattanooga, TN, USA Flag of the United States
Genre: Metalcore / Post-Hardcore
Years active: 2001 - Present
Label: Victory Records / Indianola Records

Current Members:
Brandon Mullins - Vocals
Steve Wooteon - Drums
Josh Dycus - Bass
Zak Towe - Guitar
Adam Nordmeyer - Guitar

Life Underwater Track list:

1. "The Darkest Of Roads"
2. "Faith Shaped Pills"
3. "Life Underwater"
4. "This Means Not Welcome"
5. "I Am The Polar Bear"
6. "Dreamers Disease"
7. "In Photographs"
8. "Snape Kills Dumbledore"
9. "Naivety Scene"
10. "Pray For Rain"
11. "My Sins Stacked To Heaven"

Lyrics:
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Life Underwater lyrics
Artist: Across Five April
Album: Life Underwater

My light has been extinguished, NOW.
The light inside no longer burns bright.

I’ll be cold everyday.
I’ll wash it, I’ll wash it away.

Never surrender; never let them get into your head.
It’s my light. It’s my light.
It’s my light, remember better than them.

I will remember.

I’ll be cold everyday.
I’ll wash it, I’ll wash it away.

Never surrender; never let them get into your head.
It’s my light. It’s my light.
It’s my light, remember better than them.

It’s my light. It’s my light.
I can burn bright or douse it.

I SAID, It’s my light. It’s my light.
You can, you can f*****g remember.

Life underwater. Life underwater.

Never surrender, always look for the answer.

I’m not thirsty anymore.
I’m stronger than I was before.
I’m not thirsty anymore.
Too far gone, can’t see the shore.
I’m not thirsty anymore.
I’m stronger than I was before.
I’m not thirsty anymore.

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The Darkest Of Roads lyrics
Artist: Across Five Aprils
Album: Life Underwater

I’ve been away so long, seems like all we do is wrong.
You feed on the weak, but I swallow the strong

It’s all I know, to walk the road that I call home (it’s all I know).
So off you go to roam alone in the unknown.

I’ve been away so long, seems like all we do is wrong.
You feed on the weak, but I swallow the strong.

It’s all I know, to walk the road that I call home (it’s all I know).
So off you go to roam alone in the unknown.

So far away from home,
This is the only road that I’ve ever been, I’ve ever BEEN.

It’s all I know, to walk the road that I call home.
So off you go to roam alone in the unknown.

The road I call home

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Faith Shaped Pills lyrics
Artist: Across Five Aprils lyrics
Album: Life Underwater

Think of the times that make you.
Want to stay.
Run away.
Make this the first time you questioned everything.

Swallow.
When was the last time you questioned anything?

Run away.
Think of the times that make you.
Want to stay.
Run away.
Make this the first time you questioned everything.
Swallow.
Swallow.
Swallow.
Swallow.
Run away, run away.
When was the last time you questioned anything?

Heretic Pride - The Mountain Goats

2008-02-19T01:23:00.000-08:00

Heretic Pride Album - The Mountain Goats

Artist: The Mountain Goats
Years active: 1991-present
Genre: Folk rock, Lo-fi music, Singer-songwriter

Members:

John Darnielle - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Peter Hughes - Bass
Jon Wurster - Percussion

Heretic Pride Track list:
1. "Sax Rohmer #1" - 3:41
2. "San Bernardino" - 3:19
3. "Heretic Pride" - 3:43
4. "Autoclave" - 3:34
5. "New Zion" - 2:55
6. "So Desperate" 3:21
7. "In the Craters on the Moon" 3:32
8. "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" - 3:49
9. "Tianchi Lake" - 3:20
10. "How to Embrace a Swamp Creature" - 3:27
11. "Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident" - 3:21
12. "Sept 15 1983" - 3:43
13. "Michael Myers Resplendent" - 2:52

Catch The Mountain Goats in their Upcoming Tour:

February:
19 - Anchorage, AK
22 - Vancouver, BC, Richard's on Richards
23 - Seattle, WA, Neumos
25 - Portland, OR, Doug Fir
26 - Portland, OR, Doug Fir
27 - Eugene, OR, WOW Hall
29 - San Francisco, CA, Bimbo's

March:
1 - San Francisco, CA, the Independent
2 - San Francisco, CA, Bottom of the Hill (matinee)
4 - Los Angeles, CA, the Troubadour
5 - Los Angeles, CA, the Troubadour
13 - Northampton, MA, Pearl Street
14 - Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts
15 - Boston, MA, The Middle East
18 - New York, NY, Webster Hall
19 - Brooklyn, NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg
20 - Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian
22 - Washington, DC The Black Cat

April:
5 - Perth, The Rousemount
6 - Adelaide, Fowlers Live
8 - Melbourne, Billboard
9 - Hobart, The Republic Bar
11- Newcastle, The Cambridge
12 - Sydney, Manning Bar
15 - Brisbane, The Zoo
17 - Sunshine Coast, Lake Kawana Community Centre

American Gothic - The Smashing Pumpkins 2008 Album

2008-02-16T03:26:00.000-08:00

American Gothic (Extended Play Album)2008 - The Smashing Pumpkins

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Released: January/February 2008
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre: Alternative rock
Years active : 1988–2000, 2006–present
Label: Caroline, Virgin, Constantinople, Reprise

Band Members:
Billy Corgan - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, producer
Jimmy Chamberlin - drums, producer
Lisa Harriton - touring keyboardist, bonus tracks
Ginger Reyes - touring bassist, bonus tracks
Jeff Schroeder - touring guitarist, bonus tracks

Track Lists:
1. "The Rose March" - 4:32
2. "Again, Again, Again (The Crux)" - 3:44
3. "Pox" - 3:38
4. "Sunkissed" - 5:10

UK Tour Edition Bonus Tracks
5. "Lily (My One and Only)" (live) - 3:48
6. "That's the Way (My Love Is)" (live) - 3:48
7. "1979" (live) - 3:48
8. "Perfect" (live) - 3:48

Lyrics:

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Again Again Again [The Crux] Lyrics
Album: American Gothic (2008)
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins

i love you, i don't even care
if it takes my life from heaven unaware
sin for sin, i let you in
and still i'm cursed
so put my heart on your chopping block
(feed me ...)
don't let go, hey don't let go, don't let go

again, again, again
when will i see you again
before the world should end
when will i see you again
when will i see you again

struck deeply, some never healed
caught beyond the reason i could seal
judgment day comes every day to us all
so fall in love, oh if you must
[Again Again Again [The Crux] lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

but don't let go, hey don't let go, don't let go

again, again, again
when will i see you again
before the world should end
when will i see you again

it never stops the starting up
the atrophy, the cruel enough
the vision of oblivion, and when it ends it all begins
start again and then you're in
so grab my hand should you believe in destiny

when will i see you again
when will i see you again, again, again
when will i see you again
before the world should end
when will i see you again

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Sunkissed - lyrics
Album: American Gothic 2008
Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins

To make thee mine
I cast a net as wide as I am free
Line by line
Erase the schemes that I'm drawn to believe
There's no fear anymore
Crystalline the truth, assumes to bleed
There's no fear anymore
Burn the bridge outside

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you
If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

If I can't live without you
I feel alone
Walking home
All by myself
I've never chased
A brighter sun
Than you'll become

I mistook you for a trust
Invocations I must dust off
Fresh bouquets to playfully collect

Even though
You've seen the show
I've saved the best for last
A cannonball
Shot stern to bow
To warn the crowd
I fall in love
From my guts
My arms are twined to switch
And in repose
[Sunkissed lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

A silent rose
Burns the bridge outside

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you
If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you
If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

To make thee mine
I call upon the wisdom of my age
Blow by blow
Chase the bees of the death song's wings
There's no crying anymore
Crystalline, the bridges burn outside
Stitches will all come undone

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

What comes must all come out at once
Of us

If I'm gonna live
If I'm gonna live
Without you

I've never chased
A brighter sun
Than you'll become
What comes with all
The breaking dawn
But I'm on its side

Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe Album

2008-02-16T02:23:00.000-08:00

Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe Album

Artist: Raymond Douglas Davies
Born: June 21, 1944 (age 63)
Origin: Fortis Green, London England
Music Genre: Rock / Rock 'n' Roll
Occupation: Singer-songwriter
Albums:

Return to Waterloo (1985)
The Storyteller (1998)
Other People's Lives (2006)
Working Man's Café (2007)

You can take the boy out of Britain—and, apparently, a good deal of Britain out of the boy. Ray Davies, the once (and future?) Kinks frontman, has long been among rock's most strident social commentators, with a decidedly British flip to his characters and observations. But on his second proper solo album, Davies drops any sense of U.K. jive and draws on a residential tenure in New Orleans earlier this decade for what is decidedly the most "American" work of his more than four decades of recording. "Vietnam Cowboys" bursts forward with a gritty shuffle and ruminations about the impact of the global economy on these shores. "Hymn for a New Age" is an Americana-styled anthem calling for spiritual overhaul, while "Imaginary Man" has a rootsy richness that echoes Muscle Shoals. The net result is smart, personal and potent.

Working Man's Cafe Track List:

Vietnam Cowboys
You're Asking Me
Working Man's Café
Morphine Song
In A Moment
Peace In Our Time
No One Listen
Imaginary Man
One More Time
The Voodoo Walk
Hymn For A New Age (bonus track)
The Real World (bonus track)