Monthly Mix :: June 2011 :: I Believe in Kings and Queens
June
I believe in kings and queens
And everything stuck inbetween
THE SILENCE - AVALANCHE CITY
'Cause all my life I've heard of the
Dreams of the organized
To be the best in the company
To win the awards, but that's not me
'Cause all my life all I ever wanted
Was a love that lasted longer than the silence
ANNIE WAITS - BEN FOLDS
Headlights crest the hill
Shadows pass her by and out of sight
Annie sees her dreams:
Friday bingo, pigeons in the park
Annie waits for the last time
Just the same as the last time
THE MAGIC OF US - BIM
I hold your hands like ornaments
And all I meant was to be kind
And all I meant was to be kind
I pull your heartstrings tighter
And play my song as loud as I can
I'll sing my heart out for you
RAISE YOUR GLASS - DARREN CRISS
Slam, slam, oh hot damn
What part of a party don't you understand?
Wish you'd just freak out
Can't stop, coming in hot
I should be locked up right on the spot
It's so on right now
Party crasher, panty snatcher
Call me up if you're a gangsta
Don't be fancy, just get dancy
Why so serious?
(The lyrics to this song crack me up so much. Ugh, this song, such a guilty pleasure. I prefer this version because, 1. It's Darren Criss, 2. It's not Pink, and 3. It doesn't have all the F-words in it, which I always thought was unnecessary to the song, and it made it sound more trashy.)
TINY VESSELS - DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
All I see are dark grey clouds
In the distance moving closer with every hour
So when you ask "was something wrong?"
That I think "you're damn right there is but we can't talk about it now.
No, we can't talk about it now."
So one last touch and then you'll go
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
But it was vile, and it was cheap
And you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
SONS & DAUGHTERS - THE DECEMBERISTS
These currents pull us
Across the border
Steady your boats, arms to shoulder
Until tides are pulled, hold our grounds
Making this cold harbor now home
Take up your arms
Sons and daughters
We will arise from the bunkers
By land, by sea, by dirigible
We'll leave our tracks untraceable now
TWO DOVES - DIRTY PROJECTORS
Geranium killer
Throat of soil and mind like stone
Please don't defend a silver lining
Around the halo of what is already shining
When all the planets are aligning
For an afternoon that's never ending
Call on me, call on me, call on me
UNFORTUNATE FEW - THE DITTY BOPS
Bubbling thoughts I've been thinking a lot
But I don't write them down with a smile
More of a frown as I'm looking down
No pen in my pocket no pockets to fill
Far too long ago my chances were slim
I'm knocking the door but they won't let me in
Configuring what takes the whimsy from whim
You're all blocking the door won't you please let me in
GREY WEATHER - GREGORY AND THE HAWK
Grey weather, just fool me, just tell me I'm right
Despite the careless words you say, I'm always keeping faith
Chart the numbers, see a trend... we are moving in place
Despite your lack of blowing over, I'm always keeping faith
And you'd say, this is not the time for goodbyes
It's too late
SADIE - JOANNA NEWSOM
This is an old song, these are old blues
And this is not my tune, but it's mine to use
And the seabirds where the fear once grew
Will flock with a fury and they will bury what'd come for you
And down where I darn with the milk-eyed mender
You and I, and a love so tender
Stretched on a hoop where I stitched this adage:
"Bless our house and its heart so savage"
GOOD DAY - JUKEBOX THE GHOST
Jump into that water and see for yourself
Take a deep breath and hold it in, hold it in
She's got a secret and she wants to tell
But I made a promise to hold it in, hold it in
Baby I'm in love and maybe it's not to tell
Only thing that I can do is hold it in, hold it in
NEOPOLITAN DREAMS - LISA MITCHELL
You go on I'll be okay
I can dream the rest away
It's just a little touch of fate
It'll be okay
It sure takes its precious time
But it's got right and so have I
I turn my head up to the sky
I focus one thought at a time
I do not let the litte theives
Under my tightly buttoned sleeves
You couldn't be a longer time
I feel like I am walking blind
I have nowhere I'll have time
ROMEO AND JULIET - LISA MITCHELL
Well, you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
And now you say, "Oh, Romeo, oh yeah, you know
I used to have a scene with him"
But Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, "I love you like the stars above, I love you 'till I die"
And there's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, that it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
ONE HUNDRED MILLION YEARS - M. WARD
This river that we ride
Will roll on when we die
O my soul one hundred million years
And this love, this light
Between you and I
Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky
And the gale that fills our sails
SIMPLIFY - MARINA & THE DIAMONDS
Life became complicated
When modern times arrived
Board games are underrated *
I want a different life
They say, well get out of the city
We say, well there's no such thing
As a house in the country (in the country)
WINDY - PAGE FRANCE
I will sing a circus song
About the birds and lion hearts
But please if I forget to stop
Remind me who I am and what you are
'Cause when our eyes close we're the same
'Cause when our eyes close we're the same
I believe in kings and queens
And everything stuck in between
UP & UP (ACOUSTIC) - RELIENT K
Yesterday is not quite what it could have been
As were most of all the days before.
But I swear today, with every breath I'm breathin' in
I'll be trying to make it so much more.
'Cause it seems I get so hung up on the history of what's gone wrong
That the hope of a new day is sometimes hard to see.
But I'm finally catching on to it.
Yeah, the past is just a conduit and the life there at the end is where I'll be.
IN THE SUN - SHE & HIM
It's hard to be ignored
When I look at you
You look so bored
My baby, my darling
I've been taking a beating
Well all right
It's okay
We all get the slip sometimes every day
I'll just keep it to myself
In the sun
DON'T LOOK BACK - SHE & HIM
Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone
But I never had yours
I followed you back to the end of the path
But I never found the door
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can't let go
Oh, oh, but you have to know
Don't look back
All you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day
But I just want to know you're there
LINGERING STILL - SHE & HIM
And the world's like a science
And I'm like a secret
And I saw you lingering still, still
I saw you lingering still
It's all just news to me
Don't really care if it hurts
Because if I knock it I won't know it
Then I know that it will only get worse
He was different at first
But then he won't understand
Because he's never going to know me
If he doesn't want to just shake my hand
RED FLAGS - SONDRE LERCHE
My vision was blurry as dawn faded in
But I saw you on the roof tonight
I wouldn't just sat this to mess with your head
I saw you on the roof tonight
And so it goes
You remain unattainable
I'm high and low
But tell me just how did you know my weakness, honey?
How do you walk the line?
NEVERMIND THE TYPOS - SONDRE LERCHE
Nevermind the typos, I quit reading when
Writers started riffing with a poisonous pen
Up there in the attic cooking up a storm
Heating on the log just to keep yourself warm
Keep yourself warm
Keep yourself warm
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