Dreams

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I was a little girl alone in my little world who dreamed of a little home for me.
I played pretend between the trees, and fed my houseguests bark and leaves, and laughed in my pretty bed of green.

I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.

Long walks in the dark through woods grown behind the park, I asked God who I'm supposed to be.
The stars smiled down on me, God answered in silent reverie. I said a prayer and fell asleep.

I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest tree.
I had a dream.

Now I'm old and feeling grey. I don't know what's left to say about this life I'm willing to leave.
I lived it full and I lived it well, there's many tales I've lived to tell. I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.

I had a dream

A charmant singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, harmonica, ukelele, even kazoo from time to time), Priscilla Ahn was raised in rural Bernville, PA. She started playing guitar at the age of 14 and performed in choirs and musical productions throughout high school. Following graduation, the burgeoning songwriter began playing open mics in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey while keeping her home in Bernville. Driving upwards of eighty miles for every show proved tiresome, however, and Ahn soon moved to L.A., where she became friends with fellow musician Joshua Radin after sharing a bill with him at the Hotel Café. Radin soon signed with Columbia Records and enlisted Ahn to tour with him, although she took time off to record a self-titled EP with producers Joey Waronker and Gus Seyfrett. In 2007, she played a showcase in New York City for Blue Note Records and was promptly signed to the label, which released Priscilla Ahn's full-length debut, Good Day, in June 2008.

How You Love Me

Led by powerhouse vocalist Cassadee Pope, Hey Monday lace their infectious emo-pop with alt-rock guitars and slick studio production. The band formed in West Palm Beach, FL, where Pope was first discovered at a regional music conference. Although still in high school, the singer drew attention from A&R execs with her vocals, which recalled the radio-ready wails of Avril Lavigne and Paramore's Haley Williams. She then formed a band with fellow teenagers Jersey Moriarty (bass), Elliot James (drums), and guitarists Mike Gentile and Alex Lipshaw. Shedding their original name (Blake) in favor of Hey Monday, the group won over A&R exec Jay Harren, who signed the band to Columbia Records. Hey Monday then entered the recording studio with S*A*M & Sluggo, the production team behind albums by Metro Station and the Academy Is..., and readied the release of their debut record. Hold on Tight arrived in October 2008 under a joint partnership with Columbia and Pete Wentz's vanity label, Decaydance. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide Led by powerhouse vocalist Cassadee Pope, Hey Monday lace their infectious emo-pop with alt-rock guitars and slick studio production. The band formed in West Palm Beach, FL, where Pope was first discovered at a regional music conference. Although still in high school, the singer drew attention from A&R execs with her vocals, which recalled the radio-ready wails of Avril Lavigne and Paramore's Haley Williams. She then formed a band with fellow teenagers Jersey Moriarty (bass), Elliot James (drums), and guitarists Mike Gentile and Alex Lipshaw. Shedding their original name (Blake) in favor of Hey Monday, the group won over A&R exec Jay Harren, who signed the band to Columbia Records. Hey Monday then entered the recording studio with S*A*M & Sluggo, the production team behind albums by Metro Station and the Academy Is..., and readied the release of their debut record. Hold on Tight arrived in October 2008 under a joint partnership with Columbia and Pete Wentz's vanity label, Decaydance. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide

Actual Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFmpvcNNSOw

Can't Find The Truth, Can't Speak My Mind.

I've been losing my mind
I've been living a lie
I've been running away
For so long
I try to put on a face
And cover my heart
But I'm needing it now
So bad

I don't know
How I feel
Maybe I'm mad
Or maybe I'm proud
Can't find the truth
Can't speak my mind
Don't know what Ill say
I'm just thinking out loud
Thinking out loud

No, no I cant explain
What's happened to me
I feel like I'm right
And wrong
Inside everything's upside down
Everything's spinning around
And it's freaking me out

I don't know
How I feel
Maybe I'm mad
Or maybe I'm proud
Can't find the truth
Can't speak my mind
Don't know what Ill say
I'm just thinking out loud

If only for a day
I could be free
I bet you'd feel the same
If you were me
I'm gonna spit it out
Just let go.
I've been losing my mind
I've been living a lie
I've been running away
For so long

I don't know
How I feel
Maybe I'm mad
Or maybe I'm proud
Can't find the truth
Can't speak my mind
I don't know what Ill say
I'm just thinking out loud
I'm thinking out loud
Thinking out loud
Can't find the truth
Can't speak my mind
I don't know what Ill say
I'm just thinking out loud

Fall Apart Again

Long is the day, take it away
Hold it up and you don't let it fall
Cause devils play, was yesterday
And I don't care about that at all

I just smile, once in a while
Because I don't want the lines on my face
I sit right here, holding the years
And I count all the stars in space

You fall apart again and you can find a friend
Don't turn to someone else because they won't understand...

Self respect, goes unexpressed
I don't dream because I cannot sleep
And I think the world of myself
But the world doesn't think much of me
As long as the day is full of time, there will always be room
for your hand in mine

You fall apart again and you can't find a friend
Don't turn to someone else because they won't understand
I don't want to hear
You say that you miss yesterday
If you don't like what you see
That means nothing to me

No one's home I'm alone with my music and my tv
And I still say that yesterday is best when left to sleep

You fall apart again and you can't find a friend
Don't turn to someone else because they won't understand
I don't want to hear
You say that you miss yesterday
If you don't like what you see
That means nothing to me

I'm Not Broke, I'm Just A Broken Hearted Man...

I fell in absolute love with this band the first moment I heard them. The lyrics of this particular song have stuck with me. I think it is about time I shared them with you. Please enjoy!

Original Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlR3aMRDick

The Script are a three-piece Irish pop rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are currently based in London after signing to RCA Label Group imprint Phonogenic, and their multi-platinum selling debut album The Script was released in August 2008.
Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan met when they were in their late teens in a club in James's Street area of inner-city Dublin, near the Guinness brewery, gravitating to each other through a shared obsession with music, and in particular a love of American black music. "At that time, MTV only came on in Dublin after midnight, it was the fuzzy channel, and for my generation black culture was just a wave through us all," explains Sheehan. "It wasn't about gangs and guns; it was fashion and fun, singing and dancing. "

The Script released their debut single We Cry on the 24th of April 2008.[4] "We Cry" received "Single of the Week" on RTÉ 2FM, Today FM and by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, where many radio presenter heavily supported the band, somehow.[5] It was Kevin Hughes' tune of the week on GCap Media's The One Network show Music Control. and entered the UK Singles Chart at number thirty before rising and peaking at number 15 the next week,[6] giving the band their first top twenty single. The track also performed well on the Irish Singles Chart by reaching the top ten, peaking at number nine giving them their first top ten single in their home country.[7]

Their second single, "The Man Who Can't Be Moved," was released on the 25th of July 2008.[8] This single proved to be their international breakthrough hit and their most successful single to date. After debuting at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart, it rose twenty seven places to land at number three, making it their first top three single in the UK. It would peak at number two, being held off the top spot by Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl". It has spent twenty one weeks in the Top 40 to date. The song performed well on the Irish Singles Chart. After a top ten debut, the single peaked at number two, again being held off the top spot by "I Kissed A Girl". The song was also popular in Denmark, peaking at number two. The Man Who Can't Be Moved has been used extensively on the hit CBS drama, Ghost Whisperer.

The band released their debut album, The Script on the 11 August 2008. Following the success of The Man Who Can't Be Moved, the album entered the UK Singles Charts at number one with sales of 54,520 copies[9] where it stayed for two weeks. The album spent eight weeks in the top ten and was the twelfth best selling album in the UK of 2008.[9] The album also entered the Irish Album Chart at number one, holding the top spot for five weeks.[10] It had, of January 2009, spent twenty two weeks in the top ten. The Irish office of Sony BMG music presented the group with their first multi platinum award disc for over 600,000 sales of their debut album, ‘The Script’.[11]

The band's third single, Breakeven, was released in Ireland on 21 November 2008 and in the UK on 24 November 2008. The single was a slow burner on the Irish Singles Chart. After entering the chart at number forty nine, it spent ten weeks before entering the top ten at number ten giving the Script their third top ten single in Ireland. The single has, to date, spent thirteen weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 23. It was exclusively revealed that "Talk You Down" will be the fourth single to be released by the Script in March 2009.[12]

On 9 November The Script received an award at the World Music Awards for 'Best Selling Irish Act' of 2008. The band has confirmed that they plan to write a track for Leona Lewis's second album.[13] In December 2008, the band were confirmed to be supporting Take That at their concert at Croke Park on 13 June 2009.

The band played at the Cheerio's Childline concert on the opening night of Dublin's 02. They played among big stars Enrique Iglesias, Anatasia, Boyzone and many more.

The song "The End Where I Begin" appeared in FIFA 09.

In January 2009, it was announced that The Script were nominated for a number of awards at the 2009 Meteor Ireland Music Awards which will be announced on March 17, 2009 and in the same month it was also announced they are up for Best Album at the Choice Music Prize to be announced in early March.

The Script have been confirmed for Oxegen 2009 and also headlined the 50th Trinity Ball, on 8 May 2009. There was uproar from the student population when they were announced as the headliners of the ball which has previously featured Public Enemy and Jeff Buckley.

A 17 March 2009 US release of The Script self-titled debut album was announced by Epic Records/Sony Music on January 29. The band will also be featured in VH1's promotion You Outta Know.

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Freedom Of The Heart

You'll Never Know.

Have you ever denied yourself the chance to get to know someone because they were different from you and your friends? Did you mock someone so you could fit in with the in crowd? Was there an exception to every rule of kindness or courtesy? Were you ever the bully of someone, just because it was funny to everyone else, or because you thought you were stronger than they were. Well, I am here to tell you, it's the bullied who are strong. It's the taunted and the teased who rise above everyone else. It takes more courage to stand up to someone, or to stand up for someone. To defend your beliefs, and the heart of someone else. You will never know what you are missing when you push someone in to the dirt. That person you threw into a corner with words and fear has a specific purpose. They have a treasure within their heart, and you will never know what it is because you are too busy trying to fit in. Shame on the adults who let a child wind up bullied. Shame on the adults who bully. The way a child reacts, or acts is based upon the teachings of their parents. Whether that parent is too relaxed in their parenting and discipline, or they are the bully themself; they are responsible for the action of the children. We as adults are responsible for the teaching of the young minds. They are the future, and we are in charge of it. The child who grows to be a childhood bully is destined to be a bully throughout their entire life if they are not stopped, and taught, and loved. The bully who is shown love, and emotion, is no longer a bully. So shame on you who are afraid to love.

"Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak"

"Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey." -Akira Takei

"Remember, I`m the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I`ve never felt like I`m a big star at any level of my life." -Winona Ryder

Are you the little kid in your class? Are you different from the rest of your peers? Were you the odd man out, the last kid chosen, the punching bag? Stand up for yourself. The people around you don't need to use you as their welcome mat. It's alright to take a stand. There is a fine line between self defense and becoming a bully yourself, but there is a line to draw when you are being harrassed. You don't have to take it, and sometimes being the better person is telling someone to back off. Get adult help if you're a child. If you are and adult and being pushed around, I am sorry, but you are old enough to know you have the choice to stand up for yourself. It's hard, and it's frightening. I know. It's going to be okay. Just take that step forward, and let them know you aren't afraid. The minute they know you aren't scared of them, they'll go away. Courage is the only true defense you have. And, it's the only way to win the war. Remember, "Only the best are bullied. There is a light at the end of the tunnel but first you'll have to find the light switch and change the bulb before switching it on yourself. No problem, as targets of bullying are picked on for their competence and abilities."