iTunes Shuffle 8/23/13

1. Okkervil River - "April Anne" (John Phillips cover)
2. BT feat. Tori Amos - "Blue Skies (Paul Van Dyk's Erinnern Indigo Mix)"
3. Shania Twain - "I Won't Leave You Lonely"
4. Lucy Wainwright Roche ft. Colin Meloy - "Seek And Hide"
5. Greg Laswell - "The One I Love"
6. Freelance Whales - "Locked Out"
7. Tori Amos - "Precious Things"
8. José González - "Heartbeats" (The Knife cover)
9. Future Carnivores - "Twice"
10. A.A. Bondy - "A Slow Parade"

I think my iTunes was trying to prove just how much beautiful music it contains this week. Okkervil River is one of my favorite bands of the moment, as is Freelance Whales. The Lucy Wainwright Roche song and the Greg Laswell song are both breathtaking. Tori is just Tori, and she turned 50 yesterday, and both "Precious Things" and her collaboration with BT are among my favorite things. The José González and A.A. Bondy songs are just as pretty as the Okkervil River. And so on. Really a good mix.

she let an easy rider share her bed
but she chose the drunken gigolo instead...

i'm walking and
crawling and
so tired i'm insane

blue skies are in my head
blue skies are up ahead...

This song is a fish out of water among the others. It features Shania Twain mangling both French and Spanish pronunciations. Enjoy!

I fell in love last year
It's not a thing I do a lot
Pack up my lonely habits
And give it all I got

(...)

This little city has the winter on its side
Took one last chance to seek and hide
It's hiding still

And if you make it back to visit you will see
I will be waiting patiently
You know I will...

I'm all packed up now early in the morning
I'll take my leave
I'll bring your words along with me
Maybe one day they will mean something

For now they buzz and crumble down
A little bit too easily
From a time that I am not quite over
What the hell is wrong with me?

I might be gone a little while
I guess we'll see
I gotta make a home outta somewhere
And you're all over this city

And it'll take a flight to figure out
Where I'm gonna finally land
And the time it takes for me to get there
I'll be one to start again

But I should probably say that I'm unsure why I'm running
Running away from the only thing I want
Yeah, I should probably say that I'm unsure why I'm running
Running away from the one I love

oh my eyes are open so wide I can see the
stars connected in the sky animals running
through the emptiness they sprint
these melting creatures
bringing meaning from afar
like gems on pillows

these precious things
let them bleed
let them wash away
these precious things
let them break their hold over me

One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away
Both under influence
We had divine scent
To know what to say
Mind is a razorblade

Twice now I've won you over
Twice now I've had to give you up
Three times is two too many
Can't make the same mistakes again...

The tide will bring and tide will take
Find another horse to break
Just a rider on a wheel
In a dream where love was real...