If I Were You

HOOBASTANK
If I Were You

You seem to find the dark when everything is bright
You look for all thats wrong instead of all thats right
Does it feel good to you to rain on my parade
You never say a word unless its to complain
Its driving me insane

If I were you
Holding the world right in my hands
The first thing I'd do
Is thank the stars for all that I have
If I were you

Look what surrounds you now
More than you ever dreamed
Have you forgotten just how hard it used to be
So whats it going to take
For you to realize
It all could go away in one blink of an eye
It happens all the time

If I were you
Holding the world right in my hands
The first thing I'd do
Is thank the stars above
Tell the world I love that I do
If I were you

So whats it going to take
For you to realize
It all could go away in one blink of an eye
It happens all the time

If I were you
Holding the world right in my hands
The first thing I'd do
Is thank the stars above
For the world I love
Take a breath and enjoy the view
Live the life that I've wanted to
If I were you

When the Wrong One Loves You Right

When the Wrong One Loves You Right
(click button to play song)
Celine Dion

Don''t care, what they think
How they feel, or what they say
You''re everything, I never knew
I always wanted, baby
I''ve been warned, so many times
They tell me I''ve ignored the signs
But nobody knows you like I do
The only one for me is you

I can''t stop, can''t fight, can''t resist it
When the wrong one loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-yeah)
Can''t run - can''t hide - can''t say no
When the wrong ones loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh oh)
When the wrong ones loves you right

Getting tired, of hearing that
You''re dangerous, but they won''t stop
Until I leave, they won''t believe
That being with you won''t break my heart
So worried ''bout, the road ahead
They can''t see that, you''re my best friend
They''re never gonna take me away from you
There''s nothing they can do

I can''t stop, can''t fight, can''t resist it
When the wrong one loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-yeah)
Can''t run - can''t hide - can''t say no
When the wrong ones loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh oh)
When the wrong ones loves you right

How can I walk away
When the feeling''s so strong
I know you''re where I belong
They say I let my heart
Make up my mind
That''s why I''ll never say goodbye

I can''t stop, can''t fight, can''t resist it
When the wrong one loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-yeah)
Can''t run - can''t hide - can''t say no
When the wrong ones loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh oh)
When the wrong ones loves you right
I can''t stop, can''t fight, can''t resist it
When the wrong one loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-yeah)
Can''t run - can''t hide - can''t say no
When the wrong ones loves you right
(Oh-oh-oh oh)
When the wrong ones loves you right

I was searching around Limewire trying to look for live performances when I came across this file entitled "Celine Dion with Destiny's Child - Emotions & When the Wrong One Loves You Right - Live". The first song title(Emotions), I knew...but I didn't know about the second one. After the file finished downloading, I immediately played the 65-MB *.mpg clip and feasted on the live performance by two of my fave artists. The first song they performed as mentioned earlier, was Emotions, a remake originally done by The Beegees. After the first song, came When the Wrong One Loves You Right. It's the first time fo me to hear this Celine Dion track and I when the first hitting of the drums came, I knew I'd like the rest of which that I'd hear. It's a beautiful track. Not only because I could relate to it(ehem...heheh!!) but also because it has this wonderful message that tells us we don't need to have our so-called "right one" to be happy. When we love, we just can't run, can't hide and can't say no to the feeling...even if we think it's the wrong one we're loving. Fact is...there's no right one or wrong one...when it comes to love. Hmm...just a thought...

Anyways...I'm right now watching the rest of the video clips that I've downloaded. I just watched a live performnce of Natural Woman by no less than Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey together with the song's writer, Carole King. Boy, it's great to watch the pros get together on stage. Whew! Watching them never fails to amaze me greatly...they give me goosebumps all the time.

It's always been my hobby to watch live performances. It is in these situations wherein genuineness of talents are shown(not in music videos...that's just edited, the artist lip-syncs and all). I'm so much into award shows or anniversary specials because it is in these types of shows wherein arrays of amazing performances from super talented artists are shown.

Hmm...so much for the blah blah's...hehe..I'll end this here...enjoy the song..the title is linked to a file which happens to be the song itself...LoL!

Au revoir! Enjoy!

How Can I Not Love You

How Can I Not Love You. A song about a love that exists but can never be. Quite depressing. Love the melody, though...

This one's a soundtrack from the '99 Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat film Anna and the King. Wonderful movie! Full of adventure and wit and life. Foster was magnificent!

HOW CAN I NOT LOVE YOU
Joy Enriquez

Can not touch
Can not hold
Can not be together

Can not love
Can not kiss
Can not have each other

Must be strong
And we must let go
Can not say
What our hearts must know

How can I not love you
What do I tell my heart
When do I not want you
Here in my arms

How does one waltz away
From all the memories
How do I not miss you
When you are gone

Can not dream
Can not share
Sweet and tender moments

Can not feel
How we feel
Must pretend it's over

Must be brave
And we must go on
Must not say
What we've known all along

How can I not love you
What do I tell my heart
When do I not want you
Here in my arms

How does one waltz away
From all the memories
How do I not miss you
When you are gone

Must be brave
And we must go on
Must not say
What we've known all along

For Mom

One song always comes to mind whenever I think of Mother's Day...Mama by the Spice Girls.

So here goes the video & lyrics to that wonderful track. This one's dedicated to you, Ma! Mooowah! ;) Love you.

Mama
SPICE GIRLS

She used to be my only enemy and never let me free,
Catching me in places that I know I shouldn't be,
Every other day I crossed the line,
I didn't mean to be so bad,
I never thought you would
become the friend I never had.

Back then I didn't know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all that you did was love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
My friend

I didn't want to hear it then but
I'm not ashamed to say it now,
Every little thing you said and did was right for me,
I had a lot of time to think about,
about the way I used to be,
Never had a sense of my responsibility.

Back then I didn't know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all that you did was love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend, My friend

But now I'm sure I know why,
why you were misunderstood,
So now I see through your eyes,
all I can give you is love,
Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
My friend

Mama I love you, Mama I care,
Mama I love you, Mama my friend,
You're my friend

(repeat previous verse and fade)

A Not So Familiarly Great Track

I don't think a lotta people have heard this very nice track. I've never even heard it being played on the radio. You may wonder where I've heard of it...well, I found the lyrics written on a Judith McNaught novel entitled Perfect (synopsis here scroll a lil bit down to the FROM THE PUBLISHER area) which I really really like! In fact, it's one of my favorite novels. Plot is great. Characters are awesome. This also involves hollywood, which makes it twice as enticing and enthralling.

Gosh, McNaught just holds me captive from page to page. And this piece is no exception to that.

Anyway...bout the song...it was played in one of the dance scenes in the novel. The lyrics kinda intrigued me and made me wonder if the song really did exist(coz after all, it was fiction...what I was reading). So I searched for it over limewire. Typed the title with Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson in the artist text field...and whoa..there it was...the song file! So there...I downloaded it and listened to it. And in the first few seconds of playing the song...I knew I was gonna love the whole track...

Here goes the lyrics. (You may download the file as well...I'll give ya the link at the bottom.)

NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO
Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson

Like a candle burning bright
Love is glowing in your eyes
A flame to light our way
That burns brighter ev'ry day
But, now, I have you
Nobody loves me like you do

Like a leaf upon the wind
I could find no place to land
I dreamed the hours away
And wondered every day
Do dreams come true?
And nobody loves me like you do

What if I'd never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
You've touched my heart in places
That I never even knew
'Cause nobody loves me like you do

I was words without a tune
I was a song still unsung
A poem with no rhyme
A dancer out of time
But, now, there's you
Babe, nobody loves me like you do

What if I'd never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
You've touched my heart in places
That I never even knew
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me like you do
Nobody loves me like you do

(click button to play)[download song]

A Beautiful McCain Track

I love this Edwin McCain song entitled I Could Not Ask For More...

No reason in particular...I just love it...

Check it out...(gonna give you a link to its mp3 file, too)

"I Could Not Ask For More"

Edwin McCain

Lying here with you
Listening to the rain
Smiling just to see the smile upon your face
These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
These are the moments I'll remember all my life
I found all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
Looking in your eyes
Seeing all I need
Everything you are is everything to me
These are the moments
I know heaven must exist
These are the moments I know all I need is this
I have all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more

[Chorus]
I could not ask for more than this time together
I could not ask for more than this time with you
Every prayer has been answered
Every dream I have's come true
And right here in this moment is right where I'm meant to be
Here with you here with me

These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
These are the moments I'll remember all my life
I've got all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more

[Chorus]

I could not ask for more than the love you give me
'Coz it's all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
I could not ask for more

I just looove this track. It's also music fom the motion picture Message in a Bottle (which also is a Nicholas Sparks novel).

(click button to play song)[download song]

So Sick...Not Really...

I'm not really sick of love songs(don't think I ever will)...but I really love the beat and feel of this track by Ne-Yo...it's called So Sick. Feel it! ;)

So Sick
Ne-Yo

Yea

Do (8X)

Oh Yea


Gotta change my answering machine

Now that Im alone
Cus right now it says that we
Can�t come to the phone.
And I know it makes no sense
Cus you walked out the door
But it�s the only way I hear your voice any more


Its ridiculous
It�s been months
For some reason
I just can�t get over us
And Im stronger than this
Enough is enough
No more walkin' round wit my head down
Im so over being blue
Crying over you


Chorus:
And im so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done wit wishing you were still here
Said Im so sick of love songs
So sad and slow
So why can�t I turn off the radio?


Gotta fix that calendar I had
Thats marked July 15th
Because if there�s no more you
There�s no more anniversary
Im so sad up wit my thoughts of you
And your memory
And now every song reminds me of what used to be


And that�s the reason

Im so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done wit wishing you were still here
Said Im so sick of love songs
So sad and slow
So why can�t I turn off the radio?


Ooohh

Leave me alone
Stupid love songs
Don�t make me think about her smile
Bout having my first child
Im letting go
Turning off the radio


Cus Im so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done wit wishing she was still here
Said Im so sick of love songs
So sad and slow
So why can�t I turn off the radio?


And im so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done wit wishing she was still here
Said Im so sick of love songs
So sad and slow
So why can�t I turn off the radio?


And im so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done wit wishing you were still here
Said Im so sick of love songs
So sad and slow
So why can�t I turn off the radio?
Why can�t I turn off the radio?
So why can�t I turn off the radio?

New PCD Track

Here's a new track by The Pussycat Dolls entitled Buttons...loooove it!

Inaugural Instinct

Another rant pit, this has to be. Not just any rant pit, though...for it covers up a great deal about something I've always loved...music.

Music has always been(and would always be) a big chunk of my life...of myself. I mean, wow I just couldn't imagine a world without music, yah know. The silence would probably be so deafening. And the empty world would seem emptier. Whew! Well...duh...wouldn't have to worry bout that.

Music isn't merely entertainment for me. It's also a sanctuary where I find solace in troubling times...a rescue from my solitude...a magical carpet which takes me wherever I wish to go. Truly, music is a huge part of my being. I'm glad to have found a place where I could express how it has influenced my life and touched my soul.

In this blog, you'll find me talking about anything at all about music. I'd be posting lyrics, react to a song, talk about my favorite artists...and do everything else that I haven't thought of just yet. LoL! Can't wait! See y'all then. ;)