Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere

"Radio Nowhere"

I was tryin' to find my way home

But all I heard was a drone

Bouncing off a satellite

Crushin' the last lone American night

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

I was spinnin' 'round a dead dial

Just another lost number in a file

Dancin' down a dark hole

Just searchin' for a world with some soul

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

Is there anybody alive out there?

I just want to hear some rhythm

I just want to hear some rhythm

I just want to hear some rhythm

I just want to hear some rhythm

I want a thousand guitars

I want pounding drums

I want a million different voices speaking in tongues

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

Is there anybody alive out there?

[Instrumental]

I was driving through the misty rain

Yeah searchin' for a mystery train

Boppin' through the wild blue

Tryin' to make a connection with you

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

Is there anybody alive out there?

I just want to feel some rhythm

I just want to feel some rhythm

I just want to feel your rhythm

I just want to feel your rhythm

I just want to feel your rhythm

I just want to feel your rhythm

I just want to feel your rhythm

I just want to feel your rhythm

The Last

Let me look at you in the eyes just for this day

Let me hear every thought you have for today

And as I slowly sink in to your mind,

May I, the deepest emotions in you, find.

Let me watch every little thing that you do today

The smile, the wrinkle in those eyes while you look my way

Let me feel the joy of being with you once again

And cherish each precious moment while we still can.

Let me hug you tightly one last time just for this day

And feel my heart beat for you as we gently sway

With the soft music that only our hearts can hear,

Hold me tight so I could somehow forget all my fears.

Let me touch your face softly with my hands this way

As I softly whisper in your ears how you make my day

Watch me close my eyes as teardrops start to fall,

And know that through these years, you are still my all.

Let me feel your hands along with mine lastly for today

Let no one else distract us nor ever get in our way

As I tell you gently how much you’ve always meant to me

And break down as I whisper that we could never be.

~ Myrtle Glo Oliquino

Rỗng.

Hình như là mình mệt... Quá mệt...

Lâu lâu mới quay về "nhà" (blogspot) mà lần nào mình cũng có tâm trạng u ám...

Chắc đó cũng là lý do mình chẳng muốn viết bất cứ cái gì...

Rong chơi bên Fb đã quá lâu nay về "nhà" cảm giác dễ chịu một chút...

Cập nhật tin tức của những người theo dõi qua đây, học đc nhiều điều thú vị.

Thế giới thật rộng lớn... Giá mà mình có thể ôm nó vào lòng...

Mình đang lạc lối... Cứ đi mà chẳng biết đang đi đâu, làm gì...

Mất niềm đam mê, sự tin tưởng vào mọi thứ xung quanh...

Lơ đãng, ngơ ngác, dại khờ, tổn thương, yếu mềm...

Và thời gian cứ trôi...

Dòng người bon chen, ồn ào, đúng là đời!

Giá mà mình vô hình và tự do như một cơn gió :)

Tháng mười hai.

Tháng mười hai.

Thành phố không biết lạnh.

Ấy vậy mà mùa đông vẫn lặng lẽ qua tim.

Em cấu chặt tay mình.

Sợ khóc.

Sợ những hoang hoải trốn chạy, xổ tung

Lúc nhìn thấy anh, an yên trước mặt.

Tháng mười hai.

Người trên phố lang thang buồn đến lạ.

Không ai còn nhớ nổi lần cuối cùng được hạnh phúc.

Chỉ thấy kí ức là một mảng trống lớn lao

Cuốn hiện tại đan thành nỗi cô đơn dăng dẳng...

Tháng mười hai.

-Phan Ý Yên-

Far far - Yael Naim

Far far, there's this little girl
she was praying for something to happen to her
everyday she writes words and more words
just to spit out the thoughts that keep floating inside
and she's strong when the dreams come cause they
take her, cover her, they are all over
the reality looks far now, but don't go

How can you stay outside?
there's a beautiful mess inside
how can you stay outside?
there's a beautiful mess inside
oh oh oh oh

Far far, there's this little girl
she was praying for something good to happen to her
from time to time there are colors and shapes
dazzling her eyes, tickling her hands
they invent her a new world with
oil skies and aquarelle rivers
but don't you run away already
please don't go oh oh

Chuyến phiêu lưu diệu kỳ của Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo

Ngày xưa, ôi thật diệu kỳ ngày xưa ấy, có một chú thỏ đã tìm được đường về nhà.

Khi Phương Huyên đang dịch cuốn này, trên blog chị ấy đăng một trích đoạn của Chương 4, lấy tựa là Câu chuyện không có tình yêu. Trong câu chuyện ấy có một nàng công chúa không yêu ai cả. Cuối cùng nàng bị một mụ phù thủy biến thành lợn lòi và bị xẻ thịt. Người kể chuyện, bà Pellegrina, kể với đứa cháu gái Abilene và chú thỏ bằng sứ tinh xảo yêu quí của cô bé – Edward. Một câu chuyện khủng khiếp. Nhưng bà Pellegrina kết luận: Thế đấy, một câu chuyện không thể kết thúc có hậu khi không có tình yêu.

Đó là lời tiên báo cho chuyến phiêu lưu lạ lùng của Edward – một con thỏ bằng sứ tinh xảo, được mặc những bộ lễ phục đẹp đẽ, được cô chủ yêu thương vô vàn, nhưng bản thân chú lại không yêu cô nhiều như vậy. Edward là một chú thỏ cao ngạo, thích ngắm nhìn những vì sao, không thích nghe những người xung quanh mình nói chuyện, và chỉ biết đến chính bản thân mình. Và như thế thì câu chuyện của Edward sẽ kết thúc rất bi thảm, như nàng công chúa nọ. Đó sẽ là một câu chuyện của cô đơn, của lạc lối, và cuối cùng là tuyệt vọng. Chấm hết.

Thế rồi trong cuốn sách nhỏ mà giàu cảm xúc này của Kate Dicamillo, Edward đã phải trải qua một hành trình vĩ đại, để từ một chú thỏ không có trái tim đến một chú thỏ có trái tim rộng mở. Từ một Edward sang Susanna bị vất trong bãi rác, sang Malone lang thang bị hất ra khỏi tàu lửa, sang Clyde bị đóng đinh trên cọc làm bù nhìn đuổi quạ, trở thành Jangles nhảy múa cho một cô bé trước lúc em qua đời, và bị ném vào tường một quán ăn, chiếc đầu sứ vỡ ra làm hai mươi mốt mảnh. Rồi lại được ghép lại, rồi lại tìm được đường về nhà, với Abilene.

Chuyến đi của Edward trải dài từ đáy đại dương đến những nẻo đường lang thang du mục, đến những vùng quê hẻo lánh đầy quạ, rồi cả trên những con phố Ai Cập náo nhiệt có những tiệm đồ chơi tinh xảo. Đó là cuộc hành trình học cách yêu thương và trân trọng việc được yêu thương. Ngày xưa Edward không biết thế nào là yêu, như cô công chúa trong câu chuyện của bà Pellegrina. Nhưng cuộc hành trình kỳ diệu nọ đã cho Edward có cơ hội gặp được Lawrence, Nellie, Bull, cô chó Lucy, Bryce và Sarah Ruth. Họ đã dần dần giúp Edward hiểu thế nào là nỗi đau khi đánh mất đi những gì mình yêu quí. Rồi Edward, ở tận cùng của sự tuyệt vọng, với một trái tim tan vỡ, lại một lần nữa được sửa sang từ thân thể đến tâm hồn, và lại tìm được đường về nhà.

Như cô búp bê cổ trong tiệm đồ chơi đã nói với một Edward với trái tim tan vỡ :

“Hãy mở rộng trái tim”, cô khẽ khàng nói, “Ai đó sẽ tới, ai đó sẽ tới vì anh. Nhưng trước hết anh phải mở rộng trái tim mình đã.”

Câu chuyện của Edward biến đổi từ không có tình yêu đến tràn đầy yêu thương. Đó là sự khơi nguồn không ngừng nghỉ những tâm tư kín đáo và bản năng nhất của tình cảm con người, đó là hành trình dạy cho chúng ta về việc làm thế nào để học cách yêu thương người khác, và do đó từ đáy sâu, Edward lại được tìm thấy.

Đây là một cuốn sách kỳ diệu của Kate DiCamillo, một chuyến du hành vượt qua những giới hạn của sự sống và cái chết theo dạng thức thuần dị và trong sáng nhất, và làm bật ra những hy vọng không bao giờ tắt của việc yêu và được yêu. Bút pháp giản dị hàm chứa ý nghĩa nhân văn sâu sắc, nỗi cảm thương dai dẳng về sự mất mát cùng tông màu lúc nào cũng hơi trầm xuống u uẩn. Một cuốn sách có thể khiến bạn rơi nước mắt chỉ vì những dòng đơn giản nhất, khiến trái tim bạn run rồi cuối cùng vỡ òa ra. Đã có những câu chuyện dài, rất dài, cũng rất tuyệt vọng khi nói đến những nỗ lực để yêu thương người khác. Những câu chuyện mà đọc xong chúng ta chỉ có thể đặt ra nghi vấn “tại sao?” chứ không hề được lý giải. Nhưng Chuyến phiêu lưu diệu kỳ của Edward Tulane chính là cuốn sách cho chúng ta mọi câu hỏi “tại sao?” ấy kèm mọi lời giải đáp. Một chú thỏ sứ có thể đi đến đâu? Chú ta học cách yêu như thế nào? Tình yêu có vị gì? Nếu là vị đau, Edward có nên tiếp tục yêu thương? Như chúng ta, những trái tim còn trẻ, nếu tình yêu có vị đau, chúng ta có nên tiếp tục mở lòng ra mà yêu thương?

Khi đọc cuốn sách này trên một chuyến đi, tựa như lần đọc Bắt Trẻ Đồng Xanh, tôi đều có cảm giác được phát ngộ. Tôi nhận ra rất nhiều thứ về cuộc sống, trách nhiệm, sự chân thành và lòng yêu thương. Tôi nghĩ đó chính là những cuốn sách đích thực, diện mạo chân phương nhất của văn học : bằng cách đơn giản nhất và thẳng thắng nhất, chúng giúp chúng ta yêu cuộc sống của chính mình hơn.

Hãy đọc cuốn sách này, bạn sẽ tìm ra tất cả. Và một câu chuyện có tình yêu sẽ được viết ra cho bạn, chỉ cho bạn mà thôi.

P.s: Ảnh minh họa cho sách rất đẹp. Tông màu trầm, nhã nhặn, tinh tế và giàu chất thơ mộng cổ tích. Nhưng có những bức vẽ thật là buồn. Những bức tranh đi cùng chuyến du hành của Edward, đã gợi mở trong lòng tôi rất nhiều suy niệm. Ngay cả dòng thơ mở đầu cũng thế, trái tim tan vỡ rồi tan vỡ, cần phải ra đi, ra đi.

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Quỳnh Như@Reading~Cafe

Tony Bennett, Norah Jones - Speak Low

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

Speak low when you speak love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart too soon

Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near,
Tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, oh darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, ev'rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon

Jasmine Flower II - Kenny G

"Lovely Advice"

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2010.
7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
8. Sleep for 7 hours.
9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

1. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
3. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
6. Dream more while you are awake.
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more.
14. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

1. Call your family often.
2. Each day give something good to others.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
7. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

1. Do the right thing!
2. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
3. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
4. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
5. The best is yet to come.
6. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Hope ft. Jason Mraz - Love Love Love

I Wonder / Forbidden Fruits - Single - Susan Justice

Goodbye girl - Rumer

All your life you've waited
for love to come and stay
and now that i have found you
you must not slip away
I know it's hard believing
the word's you've heard before
but darling you must trust them
just once more

Cos Baby, Goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you
Goodbye doesn't mean
we'll never be together again.

If you wake up and I'm not there
I won't be long away
Cos the things you do my Goodbye Girl
Will bring me back to you

I know you've been taken
afraid to hurt again
You fight the love you feel for me
instead of giving in

But I can't wait forever
helping you to see
That I was meant for you
and you for me

Cos baby, Goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye
doesn't mean we'll never be together again

Though we may be so far apart
you still will have my heart
So forget your past my Goodbye Girl
cos now you're home at last

Let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean forever

Who says - Selena Gomez

Wouldn't wanna be anybody else, hey.

You made me insecure,
Told me I wasn't good enough.
But who are you to judge,
When you're a diamond in the rough.
I'm sure you got somethings,
You'd like to change about yourself.
But when it comes to me,
I wouldn't wanna be anybody else

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

I'm no beauty queen,
I'm just beautiful me.

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

You've got every right,
To a beautiful life.
Come on!

Who says,
Who says you're not perfect,
Who says you're not worth it,
Who says you're the only one that's heard it,
Trust me,
That's the price of beauty,
Who says you're not pretty,
Who says your not beautiful,
Who says.

It's such a funny thing,
How nothings funny when it's you.
You tell me whatcha you mean,
But they keep widing out the truth.
It's like a work of art,
That never gets to see the light.
Keep you beneath the stars,
Won't let you touch the sky.

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

I'm no beauty queen,
I'm just beautiful me.

Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

You've got every right,
To a beautiful life.
Come on!

Who says,
Who says you're not perfect,
Who says you're not worth it,
Who says you're the only one that's heard it,
Trust me,
That's the price of beauty,
Who says you're not pretty,
Who says your not beautiful,
Who says.

Who says you're not star potential,
Who says you're not presidential,
Who says you can't be in movies,
Listen to me, listen to me,
Who says you don't past the test,
Who says you can't be the best.
Who said,
Who said,
Would you tell me who said that,
Yeah~

Who says,
Who says you're not perfect,
Who says you're not worth it,
Who says you're the only one that's heard it,
Trust me,
That's the price of beauty,
Who says you're not pretty,
Who says your not beautiful,
Who says.

Who says,
Who says you're not perfect,
Who says you're not worth it,
Who says you're the only one that's heard it,
Trust me,
That's the price of beauty,
Who says you're not pretty,
Who says your not beautiful,
Who says.

Get it right - Lea Michele (Rachel Berry)

What have I done?
I wish I could run,
Away from this ship going under
Just trying to help
Hurt everyone else
Now I feel the weight of the world is on my shoulders

What can you do when your good isn't good enough
And all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions
Keep making a mess of things,
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right, to get it right?

Can i start again, with my fate shaken?
'Cause I can't go back and undo this
I just have to stay and face mistakes,
But if I get stronger and wiser, I'll get through this

What can you do when you're good isn't good enough?
And all that you touch tumbles down?
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right?

So I throw up my fists, throw a punch in the air,
And accept the truth that sometimes life isn't fair!
Yeah, I'll send down a wish and I'll send up a prayer
And then finally someone will see how much I care

What can you do when you're good isn't good enough?
And all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things,
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right?

Loser like me - G L E E

(Lea Michele/Rachel)

Yeah, you may think that I'm a zero
But, hey, everyone you wanna be
Probably started off like me
You may say that I'm a freakshow (I don't care)
But, hey, give me just a little time
I bet you're gonna change your mind

All of the dirt you've been throwin' my way
It ain't so hard to take, that's right
'Cause I know one day you'll be screamin' my name
And I'll just look away, that's right

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the words you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me

(Cory Monteith/Finn)

Push me up against the locker
And hey, all I do is shake it off
I'll get you back when I'm your boss
I'm not thinkin' 'bout you haters
'Cause hey, I could be a superstar
I'll see you when you wash my car

All of the dirt you've been throwin' my way
It ain't so hard to take, that's right
'Cause I know one day you'll be screamin' my name
And I'll just look away, that's right

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the words you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me
A loser like me

Hey, you, over there
Keep the L up-up in the air
Hey, you, over there
Keep the L up, 'cause I don't care
You can throw your sticks, and you can throw your stones
Like a rocket, just watch me go
Yeah, l-o-s-e-r
I can only be who I are

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the words you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me
A loser like me

(Chorus)
Just go ahead and hate on me and run your mouth
So everyone can hear
Hit me with the words you got and knock me down
Baby, I don't care
Keep it up, I'm tunin' up to fade you out
You wanna be
You wanna be
A loser like me (A loser like me)
A loser like me (A loser like me)
A loser like me

Adele - 'Make You Feel My Love'

When the rain is blowing in your face,
And the whole world is on your case,
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love.

When the evening shadows and the stars appear,
And there is no one there to dry your tears,
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love.

I know you haven't made your mind up yet,
But I would never do you wrong.
I've known it from the moment that we met,
No doubt in my mind where you belong.

I'd go hungry; I'd go black and blue,
I'd go crawling down the avenue.
No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love.

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret.
Though winds of change are throwing wild and free,
You ain't seen nothing like me yet.

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true.
Nothing that I wouldn't do.
Go to the ends of the Earth for you,
To make you feel my love

Adele - "Someone Like You"

I heard that your settled down.
That you found a girl and your married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the lie.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

You'd know how the time flies.
Only yesterday was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summery haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over yet.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead", yay.

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regret's and mistakes they're memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

A Sweeter Season - Ruche Lookbook Spring 2011 vol.1

Pulse - Toni Braxton

I will never love you more - Soko

I will never love you more than the drummer of flaming lips
I will never love you more than Woody Allan movies
I will never love you more than the White album of the Beatles
I will never love you more than God only knows

I will never love you more than DVD's night with my girlfriend
And we talk about stupid things like feelings and men
I will never love you more than my boyfriend when I was 14
Even if he's now an asshole, I will never love you more

And you say, you love me more than everything
And compared to me everything is nothing...

I will never love you more than meeting Paul McCartney
And we asked him to play a song on my Ukulele
I will never love you more than Scandinavian Tour
Which was more than paradise we shall remember it too

I will never love you more than dancing to Phil Spektor
I will never love you more than my kesyington keyboard (?)
I will never love you more than Daniel Johnston himself
For me he's more than God, I will never love you more

And you say, you love me more than everything
And compared to me everything is nothing

Ohh this is sweet, I just wonder what it means

You say you love me more, than all the girls you have before
Even more than music, even more than yourself
Even more than everything, but it's just a lie
So I will never love you more, than anything

I will never love you more than singing in the shower
I will never love you more than my Mac computer
I will never love you more than having a daughter
I will never love you more than peanut butter

I will never love you more than kisses all day
I will never love you more than cuddles all night
I will never love you more than kissing girls lips when they're really pretty

I will never love you more
I will never love you more