Sunday Serenade: Royals

I'm kinda late discovering and sharing this song.. it was all the craze in 2013... but better late than never, right? A great song by Lorde.. :) Enjoy!

Royals 
[Verse 1]
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

[Chorus]
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
[end of chorus]

[Verse 2]
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come for money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

[chorus]

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.

[chorus]





Have a good week ahead! Stay healthy!

Poetry Solace: of song

For this week, I'm sharing a poem by Allen Ginsberg.. Hope you'll like it.

Song

The weight of the world

          is love.

Under the burden

          of solitude,

under the burden

          of dissatisfaction

          the weight,

the weight we carry

          is love.

Who can deny?

          In dreams

it touches

          the body,

in thought

          constructs

a miracle,

          in imagination

anguishes

         till born

in human ---

looks out of the heart

          burning with purity ---

for the burden of life

          is love,

but we carry the weight

          wearily,

and so must rest

in the arms of love

          at last,

must rest in the arms

          of love.

No rest

          without love,

no sleep

          without dreams

of love ---

          be mad or chill

obsessed with angels

          or machines,

the final wish

          is love

--- cannot be bitter,

          cannot deny,

cannot withhold

          if denied :

the weight is too heavy

          --- must give

for no return

          as thought

is given

          in solitude

in all the excellence

          of its excess.

The warm bodies

          shine together

in the darkness,

          the hand moves

to the center

          of the flesh,

the skin trembles

          in happiness

and the soul comes

          joyful to the eye ---

yes, yes,

          that's what

I wanted

          I always wanted,

I always wanted,

          to return

to the body

          where I was born.

Have a fun-filled weekend! Be safe.

Sunday Serenade: let her go

This Sunday let's have a nice song from Passenger called 'Let her go'..  I like the lyrics..

Enjoy!

Let Her Go
Well you only need the light when it's burning low
[chorus]
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go
[end of chorus]

Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when it's burning low
[chorus]

Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
'Cause you loved her too much
And you dived too deep

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
[chorus]
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
Will you let her go?

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
[chorus]
'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
[chorus]







Have a productive week ahead! Take care!

Sunday Serenade: unconditionally

It will Valentine this Friday.. here's to all those who love and are loved... A beautiful song by Katy Perry..




Have a smooth week ahead! Stay healthy and maybe be a little bit romantic.. :)

Poetry Solace: footnote to a pretentious book

This week, I would like to share a poem by Amiri Baraka. He wrote this poem, footnote to a pretentious book, when he was known as Leroi Jones. This is one of the contemporary poems that I like. Hope you'll enjoy it..

Footnote to A Pretentious Book
Who am I to love
so deeply? As against
a heavy darkness, pressed
against my eyes. Wetting
my face, a constant trembling
rain.

     A long life, to you. My friend. I
tell that to myself, slowly, sucking
my lip. A silence of  motives / empties
the day of meaning.
                             What is intimate
enough? What is
beautiful?

     It is slow unto meaning for
any life. If I am an animal, there
is proof of my living. The fawns
and calves
of my age. But it is steel that falls
as a thin mist into my consciousness. As a fine
ugly spray, I have made
some futile ethic
with.

     "Changed my life?" As the dead man
pacing at the edge of the sea. As 
the lips, closed
for so long, at the sight
of motionless
birds.
     There is no one to entrust with
meaning. (These sails go by, these small
deadly animals.)
                         And meaning? These words?
Were there some blue expanse
of world. Some other
flesh, resting
at the roof
of the world . . .
                      you could say of me,
that I was truly
simpleminded.



Have a great weekend! Enjoy yourself and be safe!

Sunday Serenade: what if

"What if.." is something we all do, once in a while or ever so often... And when I found this song, it spoke to me.. it touched me.. so I'm sharing it here with all of you.. What If by Five For Fighting.

Listen (Read) carefully to the lyrics.. Enjoy!




Have a smooth week ahead! Be hopeful and stay healthy!