Music for “Bastard of Arundale Hall”

I finally found the theme song for one of the characters in my work in progress. Simon Ormand makes an appearance in both “Witch of Arundale Hall” and “Christmas at Arundale Hall”. He’s one of the main characters in “Bastard of Arundale”. And he’s pissed.

Give me the flammable light
I’m cold as a match, ready to strike
So here I go

Here lies a city on fire
Singing along
The arsonist choir
Now here I go

It’s started with a spark
And burn into the dark
Now here I go

There is a river I’ve found
Into the wild
Under the ground
So here I go

A button on a string
And I heard everything
Now here I go

Oh sweet ignition be my fuse
You have no choice you have to choose
Bid farewell to yesterday
Say goodbye I’m on my way

But in the end we all
Come from what’s come before
So here I go

Oh sweet ignition be my fuse
You have no choice you have to choose
Bid farewell to yesterday
Say goodbye I’m on my way

I threw it all away because
I had to be what never was
Been so hungry I could lie
Took my word, I took your wine

And held you in my bloody hands
These rattled bones and rubber bands
Washed them in the muddy water
Looking for a dime and found a quarter

But you can’t make me change my name
They’ll never make me change my name
Pay no mind now ain’t that’s something
Fuck it all I came from nothing

I’m something from nothing
You are my fuse
I’m something from nothing
You are my fuse

It goes oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
It goes oh, oh, oh
All rise!

No you can’t make me change my name
You’ll never make me change my name
Pay no mind no wait that’s something
Fuck it all I came from nothing

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Happy Veteran’s Day!

Normally, I’d be really serious but to celebrate Veteran’s today, here’s my favorite fun video that makes me love the men and women who serve our country.

The Final Masquerade by Linkin Park

Tearing me apart
With words you wouldn’t say
Suddenly tomorrow’s
Moment washed away
Cause I don’t have a reason
And you don’t have the time
We both keep on waiting
For something we won’t find

The light on the horizon
Was brighter yesterday
Shadows floating over
Skies begin to fade
You said it was forever
But then it slipped away
Standing at the end of
The final masquerade

All I ever wanted
Secrets that you keep
All you ever wanted
The truth I couldn’t speak
Cause I can’t see forgiveness
And you can’t see the crime
And we both keep on waiting
For what we left behind

The light on the horizon
Was brighter yesterday
Shadows floating over
Skies begin to fade
You said it was forever
But then it slipped away
Standing at the end of
The final masquerade

Final masquerade
Standing at the end of the final masquerade

The light on the horizon
Was brighter yesterday
Shadows floating over
Skies begin to fade
You said it was forever
But then it slipped away
Standing at the end of
The final masquerade
Standing at the end of
The final masquerade
Standing at the end of
The final masquerade

Amir Sulaiman “We Must Win”

With everything that’s going on in Ferguson and L.A., I’ve decided it doesn’t what I think about it.  So here’s what I think matters.  What’s said here.

 

Disguise by Lene Martin

Have you ever felt some kind
Of emptiness inside?
You will never measure up
To those people you
Must be strong
Can’t show them that you’re weak

Have you ever told someone
Something that’s far from the truth?
Let them know that you’re okay
Just to make them stop
All the wondering
Questions they may have

I’m okay, I really am now
Just needed some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come

Have you ever seen your face
In a mirror? There’s a smile
But inside you’re just a mess
You feel far from good
Need to hide
‘Cause they’d never understand

Have you ever had this wish?
Being somewhere else
To let go of your disguise
All your worries too
And from that moment
Then you see things clear

I’m okay, I really am now
Just needed some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come

Are you waiting for the day
When your pain will disappear?
When you know that it’s not true
What they say about you?

You couldn’t care less about the things
Surrounding you, ignoring all the voices from the walls

I’m okay, I really am now
Just needed some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come

I’m okay, I really am now
Just needed some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come

Still we don’t know what’s yet to come
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come

Thirteen From My Favorites Videos

I don’t favorite a video on YouTube unless I plan to watch it a lot. So here’s a few that I’ve added to the list recently.

1. Tony And Ziva

2. Cameleon

3. Submissive

4. Torn To Pieces by Pop Evil

5. I Believe by Christina Perri

6. Will Wheaton being his usual brilliant self

7. Karuk Brush Dance Song

8. Run To You by Pentatonix

9. The Bullying Experiment

10. Eclipse 6 Santa Rap

11. Xmas Flash Mob Museum of Fine Arts Boston

12. Beautiful Girl by Sara Bareilles

13. Unconditional by Katy Perry

Thirteen Awesome Poems

1. Submissive” by Lauren Zuniga

2. “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan

3. “I Will Not Let An Exam Decide My Fate” by Suli Breaks

4. “Shrinking Woman” by Lily Myers

5. “Slip of the Tongue” by Adriel Luis (Film by Karen Lum)

6. “Self-Hatred Soliloquy” by Adriel Luis

7. “Chameleon” by Rudy Francisco

8. “Parents Are The Hardest People To Please” by Suli Breaks

9. “Small Enough To Fit: by Lauren Zuniga

10. “Confessions of an Uneducated Queen” by Lauren Zuniga

11. “Benediction” by Lauren Zuniga

12. “They’ll Never Break Me” by Lamont Carey

13. “Love Poem” by Rudy Francisco

“Blindfolded” by Kris Allen

I was watching one of my favorite videos by someone I’m susbscribed to on YouTube and someone recommended a song by Kris Allen. I discovered this song. Wow. I love it.

Walking through this strange and crowded place
Imagining your face, fighting my way through
Oh I feel you getting close with every step
With all that I have left
I’m reaching out for you
If I was blindfolded
If my memory was erased
If every sign pointed to another place
I’d still find you
I will still find you
I’d still find you
If I was blindfolded
My fingers trace the outline of your shape
And recognize the way you pull me into you
Oh you’re calling out to me not saying a thing
You’re everything I need
And all that I could never ever lose
If I was blindfolded
If my memory was erased
If every sign pointed to another place
I’d still find you
I will still find you
I’d still find you
You’re the gravity that’s taken hold of me
Every time I lose my way
It’s the chemistry more than eyes can see
And no matter where I am
I will still find you
I will still find you
If I was blindfolded
If my memory was erased
If every sign pointed to another place
I’d still find you
I will still find you
I’d still find you
If I was blindfolded
If my memory was erased
If every sign pointed to another place
I’d still find you
I will still find you
I’d still find you
If I was blindfolded

Hymn of Acxiom by Vienna Teng

Read the words. With the music? It’s….kind of deeply disturbing. It’s definitely a statement and it’s BEAUTIFUL.

Somebody hears you. you know that. you know that.
Somebody hears you. you know that inside.
Someone is learning the colors of all your moods, to
(say just the right thing and) show that you’re understood.
Here you’re known.

Leave your life open. you don’t have. you don’t have to
Leave your life open. you don’t have to hide.
Someone is gathering every crumb you drop, these
(mindless decisions and) moments you long forgot.
Keep them all.

Let our formulas find your soul.
We’ll divine your artesian source (in your mind),
Marshal feed and force (our machines will)
To design you a perfect love—
Or (better still) a perfect lust.
O how glorious, glorious: a brand new need is born.

Now we possess you. you’ll own that. you’ll own that.
Now we possess you. you’ll own that in time.
Now we will build you an endlessly upward world,
(reach in your pocket) embrace you for all you’re worth.

Is that wrong?
Isn’t this what you want?
Amen.

Level Up by Vienna Tang

OMG! SUCH AN AWESOME SONG!!!!

so come out.
you have been waiting long enough.
you’re done with all the talk talk talk with nothing on the table.
it’s time to come on out.
there will be no sign from above.
you’ll only hear the knock knock knock of your own heart as signal.
if you are afraid, come out.
if you are awake, come out.
come out and level up.
begin again.
dynamite the dam on the flow.
your body feels the tock tock tock of time as it hammers.
lord we are all cinders
from a fire burning long ago,
but here it is the knock knock knock of your own heart that matters.
if you are afraid, come forth.
if you are alone, come forth now.
everybody here has loved and lost,
so level up and love again.
call it any name you need.
call it your 2.0, your rebirth, whatever –
so long as you can feel it all,
so long as all your doors are flung wide.
call it your day #1 in the rest of forever.
if you are afraid, give more.
if you are alive, give more now.
everybody here has seams and scars.
so what. level up.
let your faith die.
bring your wonder.
yes, you are only one.
no, it is not enough
but if you lift your eyes, I am your brother.
and this is all we need.
and this is where we start.
this is the day we greet.
this is the day, no other.