i get the strangest feeling you belong

warm me up & breathe me: an edward and bella mix

why does it always rain on me ~ travis

"i cant sleep tonight."

you're all i have ~ snow patrol

"there is a darkness deep in you,

a frightening magic i cling to."

losing my religion ~ nina persson

"every whisper,
of every waking hour,
i'm choosing my confessions."

here with me ~ dido

"i didn't hear you leave,
i wonder how am i still here.
and i don't want to move a thing,
it might change my memory."

creep ~ radiohead

"you're just like an angel,

your skin makes me cry."

into dust ~ mazzy star

"i could possibly be fading,

or have something more to gain;

i could feel myself growing colder,

i could feel myself under your fate."

but not tonight ~ depeche mode

"and i haven't felt so alive in years."

shake the disease ~ hooverphonic

"here is a plea,
from my heart to you,
nobody knows me as well as you do.
you know how hard it is for me,
to shake the disease,
that takes hold of my tongue in situations like these.
understand me."

roads ~ portishead

"regardless of what they say."

hide & seek ~ imogen heap

"spin me round again,
and rub my eyes;
this can't be happening."

clocks ~ coldplay

"confusion never stops,
closing walls and ticking clocks;
gonna, come back and take you home,
i could not stop that you now know."

breathe ~ sia

"warm me up,
and breathe me."

love will tear us apart ~ honeyroot

"do you cry out in your sleep,
all my failings expose?
get a taste in my mouth,
as desperation takes hold.
is it something so good,
just cant function no more?"

delicate ~ damien rice

"we might live like never before."

the engine driver ~ the decemberists

"i am tortured,

ever tortured."

what if you ~ joshua radin

"so, for tonight,
i'll stay here with you."

honey & the moon ~ joseph arthur

"if you weren't real i would make you up."

lovesong ~ the cure

"whenever i'm alone with you,

you make me feel like i am young again."

i will follow you into the dark ~ death cab for cutie

"i'll follow you into the dark."

claire de lune ~ claude debussy

zipped

dreams gave me away

"if i could dream at all, it would be about you, and i'm not ashamed of it."

twilight ~ edward cullen

you were in my dream

"i think last night,
you were driving circles around me."

not nearly any sleep at all, and yet when my eyes finally flutter shut, i dream.

paper dreams, honey

"but uh oh, i love her because she moves in her own way;
but uh oh, she came to my show just to hear about my day.
but uh oh, i love her because she moves in her own way;
but uh oh, she came to my show just to hear about my day."

oh my stars, these boys are so infectious and adorable. i want to carry them around in my pocket and have them sing to me when i'm blue. because truly it is impossible to not smile while listening to this song; not just smile, but skip and dance a little jig down the summer sidewalks. it makes me want to be hopeful, to think that tomorrow will be better. skirts that spin and brightly colored halter tops, pig tails and red lipstick, dancing around and laughing.

this is such a summer song to me, probably why i included it here - my soundtrack this july.

ghosts

"who wants to see life as it is? it's the three gorgons in one. you look in their faces and turn to stone. or it's pan. you see him and you die--that is, inside you--and have to go on living as a ghost."

long day's journey into night ~ eugene o'neill

all the stars explode tonight

"oceans of angels,
oceans of stars;
down by the sea,
is where you drown your scars."

happy birthday, courtney.

thank you for the music and for your spirit. thank you for the hope of I, and for one of my favorite los angeles songs.

soul mates

keep art alive; art by audrey kawasaki

"“people think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. but a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that’s holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. a true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. but to live with a soul mate forever? nah. too painful. soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank god for it.”

eat, pray, love ~ elizabeth gilbert

my mercury's in retrograde

mercury ~ bloc party

"i'm sitting in soho,
trying to stay drunk."

addictive, dramatic, cinematic, fantastic. i cannot wait until the album is released. have a listen to the new single by bloc party, mercury, debuted on the zane lowe show today.

i love it.

what exactly do you do for an encore?

"you are hardcore,
you make me hard.
you name the drama and i'll play the part.
it seems i saw you in some teenage wet dream.
i like your get up if you know what i mean.

i want it bad.
i want it now.
oh can't you see i'm ready now.

i've seen all the pictures,
i've studied them forever.
i wanna make a movie so let's star in it together.
don't make a move 'til i say, "action."

oh, here comes the hardcore life.

put your money where your mouth is tonight.
leave your make-up on & I'll leave on the light.
come over here babe & talk in the mic.
oh yeah i hear you now.
it's gonna be one hell of a night.

you can't be a spectator.
oh no.
you got to take these dreams & make them whole.

oh this is hardcore - there is no way back for you.
oh this is hardcore -this is me on top of you
& i can't believe that it took me this long.
that it took me this long.

this is the eye of the storm.
it's what men in stained raincoats pay for,
but in here it is pure.
yeah.

this is the end of the line.
i've seen the storyline played out so many times before.
oh that goes in there.
then that goes in there.
then that goes in there.
then that goes in there.
& then it's over.

oh, what a hell of a show.
but what i want to know:
what exactly do you do for an encore?

'cos this is hardcore."

what you want

keep art alive; photograph by fabrizio sciami

"nobody knows what you want except you. and nobody will be as sorry as you if you don’t get it. wanting some other way to live is proof enough of deserving it. having it is hard work, but not having it is sheer hell.”

~ lillian hellman

quote found here.