Necromancy: This Blog Needs It

Yes, this blog actually died. I think it's safe to say that after two and a half months of no posts, this blog died. But it isn't completely dead, just mostly dead, and it will come back! Not yet... this is just a precursor. As usual, the main reason for the dearth of posts is laziness; but this time there is also more going on. It's been major life crisis for me lately, and while I keep personal stuff to a minimum on this blog, there will be a few details in a forthcoming post.

For now, I just want to share some music that's been getting me through the tough times, since I tend to express myself better with music than in words. I'm not going to elaborate much if at all here, just share the music and the lyrics, with my favorite lines in bold print, that is all. Enjoy, and if you are tempted to skip a song because you don't like the band, please at least give it a shot. I didn't like some of these bands the first time I heard them, either, and now they're some of my favorites. For example, this new(ish) song from Metallica, which is my new favorite from them:



The Unforgiven III by Metallica:

How could he know this new dawn's light
Would change his life forever?

Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
by the light of golden treasure;

Was he the one causing pain
With his careless dreaming?
Been afraid, always afraid
Of the things he's feeling;

He could just be gone;
He would just sail on;
He'll just sail on.

How can I be lost, if I've got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it's got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive;
And how can I blame you, when it's me I can't forgive?

These days drift on Inside a fog,
It's thick and suffocating;
His sinking life, outside it's hell;
Inside, intoxicating;

He's run aground, like his life;
Water much too shallow
Slipping fast, down with his ship!
Fading in the shadows

Now a castaway;
They've all gone away,
They've gone away.

How can I be lost, if I've got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it's got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive;
And how can I blame you, when it's me I can't forgive?

Forgive me, forgive me not;
Forgive me, forgive me not;
Forgive me, forgive me not;
Forgive me, forgive me,
Why can't I forgive me?

(Guitar Solo)

Set sail to sea, but pulled off course
By the light of golden treasure;
How could he know this new dawn's light
Would change his life forever?

How can I be lost, if I've got nowhere to go?
Search for seas of gold, how come it's got so cold?
How can I be lost? In remembrance I relive;
And how can I blame you, when it's me I can't forgive?


And now, quite possibly my new favorite song by Muse, for both the awesome piano part and especially the lyrics:



Hoodoo by Muse:

Come into my life,
Regress into a dream;
We will hide,
Build a new reality,
Draw another picture
Of the life you could have had;
Follow your instincts,
And choose the other path.

You should never be afraid,
You're protected from trouble and pain;
Why, why is this a crisis in your eyes again?

Taught to be,
How did it come to be,
Tied to a railroad!
You'll have to set us free;
Watch our souls fade away,
Let our bodies crumble away;

Don't be afraid,
I will take the cold for you.

And I've had recurring nightmares
That I was loved for who I am,
And missed the opportunity
To be a better man.


One more from Metallica before I finish with the song that I most identify with right now:



No Leaf Clover by Metallica:

And it feels right this time,
On his crash course with the big time;
Pay no mind to the distant thunder,
New day fills his head with wonder, boy;

Says it feels right this time,
Turned it 'round and found the right line;
"Good day to be alive, sir,
Good day to be alive," he says;

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way;
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way;

Don't it feel right like this?
All the pieces fall to his wish;
"Sucker for that quick reward, boy,
Sucker for that quick reward," they say;

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way;
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way;
It's coming your way!

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way;

Then it comes to be,
Then it comes to be.


And finally, the song that has most often been in my head the past few months, from the Canadian band Stars. The quote at the beginning has nothing to do with anything, it's the video right after it and the song that are so amazing. If you give no other song in this post a shot, please listen to this one, because it is so well done:



Your Ex-Lover Is Dead by Stars:

God, that was strange to see you again,
Introduced by a friend of a friend;
Smiled, and said "Yes, I think we've met before,"
In that moment, it started to pour;

Captured a taxi, despite all the rain,
We drove in silence across Pont Champlain;
And all that time, you thought I was sad,
I was trying to remember your name.

This scar is a fleck on my porcelain skin,
Tried to reach deep, but you couldn't get in;
Now you're outside me, you see all the beauty,
Repent all your sin;

It's nothing but time, and a face that you lose,
I chose to feel it, and you couldn't choose;
I'll write you a postcard, I'll send you the news,
From the house down the road from real love.

Live through this, and you won't look back;
Live through this, and you won't look back.

There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave:
You were what I wanted, I gave what I gave;
I'm not sorry I met you, I'm not sorry it's over,
I'm not sorry there's nothing to save;

I'm not sorry, there's nothing to save.



I don't know what these songs will mean to anyone listening to them beyond just good music, but they are songs I felt the need to share, especially that last one. Hopefully I will be able to get over this hump and get this blog rolling again, but until then, enjoy this music.