Savannah Jaye

Gregory Alan Isakov | All There Is

How the lights will change
Coming back into the city
Driving homeward slow

Shimmer like you do to me
We laugh at all those changing trees
Autumn is falling down again

Out of this blue Sunday dream

Come to me with your smoky mouth
Raindrops fall on this old town
It’s been me and you’ve been falling round

Well I lied to you when I knocked upon your door
See I was nowhere near your neighborhood

But if this all in our mind
If this is all just in our minds
Honey would you mind
Getting out of mine

This is all just in our head
And now it’s screming red
Watching the leaves fall down and laugh at us instead

This has been an incredibly long year, and not for a second could I have ever predicted where I would be today or what I would have experienced over the past 366 days. I wouldn’t change any of it, though. I’ve valued each of those days and the lessons they have taught me. In that same way, I’m excited to see what the rest of this spring and summer have in store for me.

James Vincent McMorrow - And If My Heart Should Somehow Stop

the wind changed, the first day that you came through
cut the corn, washed it clean
now everything that’s ever gone before, is like a blur
and it’s all because of you
and now i find, this cities like a stranger to me
I once was fooled by cadillacs and honey
but no one feels like you
not like you
not like you
not like you
not like you

cause even though the flower fades something takes it’s place
a marching band on a sunny day, two pretty eyes or a a pretty face
chorus

then in the forest i made my home
lay down on hard and ancient stone
then if my heart should somehow stop
I’ll hang on, to the hope
that you’re not too late
that you’re not too late

and there are times I know when I will have to chase you
the further from my side you go, the longing grows
and though I hate this, I’ll still want you,
I will hate it, but I’ll still want you around.

even though the flower dies somethings by it’s side
a helping hand or a kiss goodbye, to ease it on it’s way 

then in the forest i made my home
lay down on hard and ancient stone
then if my heart should somehow stop
I’ll hang on, to the hope
that you’re not too late
that you’re not too late

then in the forest i made my home
lay down on hard and ancient stone
then if my heart should somehow stop
I’ll hang on, to the hope
that you’re not too late
that you’re not too late

I listened to a lot of James Vincent McMorrow over the summer, and decided to take a break from his music a few months ago, and meanwhile definitely forgot how phenomenal his music is. Probably all I’ll be listening to for the next few weeks, sorrynotsorry. If you’ve never had the privilege of listening to his music before, I suggest you check him out. 

P.S. His by-line on Twitter is “Live every week like it’s shark week.” If you weren’t convinced before, then I highly encourage you to reconsider.

The Willow & The Builder — Rosaline

Got your picture, Rosaline 
The hardest part of leavin’ 
Maybe somewhere on some city street 
She’s waitin’, she’s waitin’ 
And prayin’ lord 
Bring him back to me 
But I ain’t comin’ 
I ain’t comin’, no 

Carved our names in 
The willow tree 
To prove that we been livin’ 
‘Cause this ain’t no life that’s permanent 
Now is it? Now is it? 
‘Cause roots rip up and turn to walkin’ feet 
Believe it, believe it 

‘Cause every day’s gettin’ harder still 
I can’t forget it and probably never will 
‘Cause I left my heart across that river wide 
On the Brooklyn side 

Give me sunlight, give me sympathy 
No soul goes unforgiven 
Oh sweet sorrow hangin’ over me 
I need you, I need you 
You help me write all these songs I sing 
I love you, I love you 

Rosaline, oh Rosaline 
You’re still in that willow right there next to me 
So if you see that girl, tell her I’m standin’ by 
On the Brooklyn side 

Rosaline, oh Rosaline 
I did what I done so I could set you free 
And you can find my heart in that river tide 
On the Brooklyn side

This entire album is fantastic and available for free download right now on Bandcamp. If you don’t download it you’re silly and we probably aren’t friends in real life.

Underoath—Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape

I heard a voice through the dischord
Of a deluge of passers-by
I saw one gaze frozen in time
Watching me passing by
I swear I’ll know your face in the crowd
And I’ll hear your voice so loud
When you’re whispering

Hey, unfaithful, I will teach you
To be stronger, to be stronger
Hey, ungraceful, I will teach you
To forgive one another

Here’s my kiss to betray
Desperate to brush the lips of grace
Do you feel hollow when you think of how I’ve lied?
Oh, sweet angel of mercy, with your grace like the morning
Wrap your loving arms around me
Oh, sweet angel of mercy, with your grace like the morning
Wrap your loving arms around me

Hey, unfaithful, I will teach you
To be stronger, to be stronger
Hey, ungraceful, I will teach you
To forgive one another
Hey, unfaithful, I will teach you
To be stronger, to be stronger

Hey, unloving
I will love you
I will love you
I will love you

And Jesus I’m ready to come home!
Jesus, I’m ready.
I’m ready to come home, home, home, home.
I’m ready to come.
Hey unfaithful, hey ungraceful, hey unloving
I will love you
Hey unloving (hey unloving!)
I will love you

I honestly think that this will forever be one of my top ten favorite songs. If you can listen to this song without getting goosebumps, you are probably not a real human.

Phoenix | Love Like A Sunset Pt. 1 & 2

I’ve decided that I want to live a life awesome enough that it is worthy of a movie being made about it.

And, that I want this song to be my theme music.

Stars | Dead Hearts

Tell me everything that happened.
Tell me everything you saw.
They had light inside their eyes.
They had light inside their eyes.

Did you see the closing window?
Did you hear the slamming door?
They moved forward, and my heart died.
They moved forward, and my heart died.

Oh please, please tell me what they looked like,
Did they seem afraid of you?
They were kids that I once knew.
They were kids that I once knew.

I could say it but you won’t believe me.
You say you do but you don’t deceive me.
It’s hard to know they’re out there.
It’s hard to know that you still care.

I could say it but you won’t believe me.
You say you do but you don’t deceive me.
Dead hearts are everywhere.
Dead hearts are everywhere.

Did you touch them?
Did you hold them?
Did they follow you to town?
They make me feel; I’m falling down.
They make me feel; I’m falling down.

Was there one you saw too clearly?
Did they seem too real to you?
They were kids that I once knew.
They were kids that I once knew.

I could say it but you won’t believe me.
You say you do but you don’t deceive me.
It’s hard to know they’re out there.
It’s hard to know that you still care.

I could say it but you won’t believe me.
You say you do but you don’t deceive me.
Dead hearts are everywhere.
Dead hearts are everywhere. 

I could say it but you won’t believe me.
You say you do but you don’t deceive me.
It’s hard to know they’re out there.
It’s hard to know that you still care.

I could say it but you won’t believe me.
You say you do but you don’t deceive me.
Dead hearts are everywhere.

They were kids that I once knew.
They were kids that I once knew.
Now they’re all dead hearts to you.
Now they’re all dead hearts to you.

They were kids that I once knew.
They were kids that I once knew. 
Now they’re all dead hearts to you.

Oh my goodness; so many thoughts. I just finished watching Like Crazy for the first time, and it was…real.  I’ve been trying to find a place to watch it since it was released (I missed the showing at the Savannah Film Festival), and there is nowhere near Savannah, GA or Tennessee for me to watch it.  After the movie ended, I immediately called my friend Kody who had already seen it and just asked him, “Is that really how it ends?” His response was simply “You knew all along that was how it had to end.”  And, it’s true—the last twenty minutes especially.  It honestly gives me a lot to think about, because I went into watching it wanting at least some glimmer of hope for relationships/humanity, and now I’m just left terribly afraid that my life is going to end up just like this movie.

Bon Iver | I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt Cover)

I’ve been so many places in my life and time
And I’ve sung a lot of songs, I’ve made some bad rhymes
I’ve acted out my life in stages, ten thousand people watching
But we’re alone now and I’m singing this song to you

I know your image of me is where I hope to be
I treated you unkindly, darling, can’t you see
There’s no one more important to me, darling, darling, can’t you just see through me?
We’re alone now and I’m singing this song to you

Tell you what, darling
Turn down the light
Turn down the bed
Go on, turn down these voices
They’re inside my head
Lay down with me
Go on, tell me no lies, no lies
Just hold me close
And don’t patronize me
Don’t patronize me

‘Cause I can’t make you love me, darling
If you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel
Something it won’t
Oh, here in the dark
In these final hours
I will lay down my heart
If you feel the power, but you won’t
Oh, you don’t

‘Cause I can’t make you love me
If you don’t
If you don’t find love, darling
Oh, on your own
‘Cause you know that I found love, darling
On my own, on my own, on my own
I found love, darling, darling
Right, right, right in the knick of time

I found love, darling
I found love, darling
I found love, darling, darling, darling, darling, darling
Love in the knick of time

Ingrid Michaelson | Twitter Song

Do (do)
Do (do)
Do (do)
Do (doo)

Is that you recording me?
Oh
I can’t hear the snare
Count me in…
Twitter!

Where do I go when I don’t have a friend?
Where do I go at another day’s end?
Nobody loves me, somebody loves me on…
Twitter!

I think I’m a big big loser
Then I go to my computer
Turn it on, and I feel grand
All because of…
Twitter!

Damn right, message me
Please, please message me
Or at least reply to my…
Twitter!

Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet
Tweet, tweet, tweet
Tweet, tweet, tweet…
Twitter!

That’s right everyone, I finally signed up for Twitter!  Follow me!

Danger & The Steel Cut Oats | Eye Of The Storm

This is the end,
But you never knew it would come
And it came so soon. 
Letter reads she’s been missing you,
And she asks if you’ve missed her too 

We were born inside the eye of the storm.
Sent from the garden by the angel of the lord 
And we can’t go back to the kids we were before.
All of the dreams we had,
We don’t dream them anymore. 

And this is now,
But it seems so strange.
The love you found,
It found a way to change. 
The months have passed since when you first met.
And happiness is a seldom friend.
And the truth, it won’t set you free.
So whisper lies as she falls asleep. 

We were born inside the eye of the storm,
Kept from the garden by the angel’s flaming sword. 
And we once walked there in the cool part of the day,
We were naked
But we knew no other way. 

I said I’d love you till the day that we both died.
All my promises they make such perfect lies 
Things are hard now, and they’ll never be the same.
The fruit of knowing
Is the knowledge of our pain. 

This begins like it always does.
A pretty face and you fall in love. 
She’s the one, and you know it’s true.
Forever comes cause she’s perfect for you.

This song reminds me of home.

Both the Tennessee soul that I’m yearning to rejoin (less than a week!).
And also that metaphysical sense of place that keeps me wandering. 

Telekinesis | Dirty Thing

I was young and,
You were older.
We had some fun times,
Sooner or later.

I could have told ya’ you were the one and,
I fell fast and, you fell faster.

It wasn’t true love,
Just like that,
It was a disaster.
Now you’re on the run!

I remember, we were driving.
It was a warm day,
I can bet you can’t remember
The things I tried to say.

Just last week I brushed your shoulder,
On the busy street,
It’s no wonder you didn’t even blink.
Oh, what a dirty thing.

Sometimes I wonder what I’ve become.
Sometimes I wonder, and I think I’m gonna have no fun,
Since I saw her.

Sometimes I wonder what I’ve become.
Sometimes I wonder, and I think about where you are,
Since I saw her.

I can bet you can’t remember the things I tried to say.

I always leave too many things unsaid that I mean.
I always say too much that I don’t mean.
I don’t make much sense these days.

Sometimes I wonder what I’ve become.

Emery | The Ponytail Parades

Three sleepless nights,
This isn’t how it’s supposed to be.
But you’re so good at taking your time
To get back to me.

I will wait for you forever,
If you would just ask me.
I thought that I could change you,
But you changed me.

But it doesn’t feel right
Holding someone else’s hand.
Together on phone lines,
And living at two opposite ends.

It scares me to think that you could find takers
Other than me and better than me.
But your head is elsewhere
And I’m talking enough for both of us.
When will you see it’s not so easy for me.

You careless and whispered,
Insulting and bruising,
And I thought that you said
Things were improving.
These laces are untied,
But my feet are walking away.
(I fall from your eyes. Your eyes I trusted. You said forever)

I never thought you could say these words,
Is this really happening?
(Don’t say that we can still be friends)

Erase my name from this page.
How can you take all these days,
(What is inside me, what have I done)
And throw them away?
(Is this the only way that you will notice me)
As I sit here waiting for you,
(Dead words for closed ears, all this is sung for you)
I stay up nights
(If you are still pretending this is what’s right)
Until stars leave the sky
(Why can you look at me can you only see)
Knowing what my dreams can take away.
(Sides, your side, can take away)

Walk away from me,
This night is done.

Found an old mixed cd from my sophomore year of high school in my (new) car today. This was on it.
Seemed appropriate.