Wes’s Life

“She Is” by The Fray

Do not get me wrong I cannot wait for you to come home
For now you’re not here and I’m not there, it’s like we’re on our own
To figure it out, con­sider how to find a place to stand
Instead of walk­ing away and instead of nowhere to land

This is going to break me clean in two
This is going to bring me close to you

She is every­thing I need that I never knew I wanted
She is every­thing I want that I never knew I needed

It’s all up in the air and we stand still to see what comes back down
I don’t know where it is, I don’t know when, but I want you around
When it falls in place with you and I, we go from if to when
Your side and mine are both behind it’s indi­ca­tion

This is going to bring me clar­ity
This’ll take the heart right out of me

She is every­thing I need that I never knew I wanted
She is every­thing I want that I never knew I needed

This is going to bring me to my knees
I just want to hold you close to me

She is every­thing I need that I never knew I wanted
She is every­thing I want that I never knew I needed

Some­times I wonder what I do dif­fer­ently to make my life better. I always hear people com­plain­ing about their lives around here and pretty much any­where. What is the dif­fer­ence between us? It might just be their par­a­digm, maybe they are pes­simists or even optomists, maybe its a matter of the music I listen to… Who knows really. All I know is that I am in a very happy mood. I don’t think I could ask for any­thing at this moment.

Heres a song thats making me happy at the moment:

No Self Con­trol by The Planet Smash­ers

I was told I had my senses, I was doing fine
But that’s all changed, no rec­ol­lec­tion
Those days I left behind.
You’re in my head, it’s worse when you’re in front of me
When I see you I can’t do any­thing
Your so drop dead I loose all my motor skills
You see me falling are you laugh­ing?

Self Con­trol no self con­trol need no moti­va­tion
Self Con­trol no self con­trol need no provo­ca­tion

Can’t stop my thoughts, they follow you every­where
You move so fast that I get dizzy
And now I trip when I walk next to you
How can I manage this afflic­tion that you’ve given me
You’re in my brain, swirling like a chem­i­cal
You leave me on the floor sput­ter­ing
The ther­mo­stat is use­less when I’m with you 98 degrees and I’m still trem­bling!!!

I can’t move for­ward
I can’t look back
I’ve been crip­pled by your love attack
It’s deep within me it’s like a dis­ease
Your burned into my brain I’m losing all my Self Con­trol

Some songs manage to describe exactly how I’m feel­ing.

Every­thing Shines by Great Big Sea

All we loosers stand in line,
just wait­ing for our time
Broken angel take that plane
And finger paint the sky
Till every­thing shines
Every­thing shines
Every­thing shines
Every­thing shines

Theres a whole bunch of crap that hap­pened between Catch 22 and Street­light Man­i­festo. Street­light Man­i­festo spawned from an amaz­ingly tal­ented band — Catch 22 — when some bick­er­ing came to be or some­thing else…I’m not sure. Any­ways, they are both good bands with sim­i­lar sounds.

Yet, Street­light Man­i­festo went where it should not have gone. They are releas­ing an album called “Keasby Nights” which will be a DIRECT copy of the orig­i­nal “Keasby Nights” by Catch 22. I don’t care who sounds better or if the lead singer from Catch 22 left for Street­light Man­i­festo in the mess, this is utter crap. I like punk and ska covers of songs because its a dif­fer­ent twist. This album is not a col­lec­tion of covers, its a directo copy of an album.

My rec­om­men­da­tion to people would be to NOT buy Street­light Manifesto’s ver­sion of the album, but to go buy Catch 22’s, which hap­pens to be the orig­i­nal. It’s a great album, but don’t buy the copy, buy the orig­i­nal.

Appar­ently this was meant to be a remas­ter­ing of the album because they didn’t like the qual­ity of record­ing. My opin­ion on the matter is, make new music and leave what is good alone.