I'm not exactly sure how long this will last, but click this link and listen to "Don't Walk Away" by Ryan Levine:

Don't Walk Away

The song is beautiful, and the singer has this kind of haunting loneliness in his voice, in the way he sings it. 

I never knew exactly what I'd find
Looking down the road of another life
And I never really meant to leave your side
Looking down the road of another life

There is such an intense longing in the lyrics.

No, don't walk away
Tell me all the steps I need to take
No, don't walk away
I know what a fool I've been, and I'll clean the mess I've made

Desperation, and sadness.  But the music is soft and beautiful, like his voice.

I heard this song on Numb3rs, my new love affair, and I'm thrilled I heard it.  It has made me cry more than once today.

But I'm OK with that.

Supernaturalville had this summer hiatus challenge going on where you wrote three points of view on the fire in Sam's nursery. I wasn't going to enter it at first, because we all know it takes everything I have to actually write anything these days. But I was talking to Petra, and we came up with a great idea for the points of view. So I wrote it.

Drabble length, mostly because I can't write more than 500 words anymore. Lame, I know.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural and there are spoilers for all four seasons.



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Just a little Psych fun.

Disclaimer: I do not own Psych.

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http://songza.com/~6q3a7z

Click that and listen and DIE.

I can't even blog about this properly.  This song, and his voice, and the fact that I've had it for a long time and didn't even REALIZE.

Just listen to it.  And then listen to anything else you can by him, because his voice will blow you away!

Talk about SOUL.

Lynam. Found these guys completely by accident, flipping through mom and dad's satellite radio channels when I was visiting one weekend. And since then, they never let me down.

The thing I love about this band is they have such a unique sound. It's kind of like reinvented old school rock, and every now and again they mix it up with a hint of bluegrass. Two of my favorite things.

I chose "It's All in Your Head" because I'm in a rocking kind of mood today :-P I love the way this song starts, and true to Lynam fashion, they completely rock the guitar.

There are some songs I listen to and love the lyrics so much that I end up loving the song more. And then there are some songs I listen to and the music trumps the lyrics. The lyrics to this song are somewhat forgettable, not anything thought-inducing, in my own opinion, but the music is just plain awesome that it doesn't even matter.

And speaking of awesome? That guitar. Wait until you're about 2/3 in, and you'll know what I'm talking about. These guys know how what they're doing. And if you doubt their guitar playing skills, check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JultSpWdhQc

That kid knows how to play.

I also highly recommend their songs "Save My Soul" and "Just Say Anything".

My little sister is going to love me for this one:




I promise I'm not only going to be posting about these powerful epic songs all the time, but I had to put up one of my favorite Nightwish songs.

Caitlin thinks I only listen to Nightwish's Once album (my all time favorite), but it's not my only favorite.

But onto the song. "Over the Hills and Far Away" is just plain amazing. One of my favorite things about Nightwish (besides Tarja Turunen) is the fact that their songs, such as this one, tell stories. Their lyrics are really simple stories, but they make such an impact. They take me to a completely different universe, so to say, because their songs/stories have this fantasy, mythical vibe that make you think of heroes and magic and all that fun stuff.

Tarja Turunen, the singer of this song, is no longer a part of Nightwish. She's the lead on most of the albums they have out, but they've since replaced her with Annette Olzon (I think in 2005 or something like that). Annette is a strong, decent singer, but she doesn't hold a candle to Tarja. Really, not many do. The woman is an incredible vocalist, which you can plainly hear if you listen.

I'm definitely a fan of this symphonic metal stuff, and this song has all the things I like in an epic song: Amazing singing, awesome lyrics, and a powerful chorus. One of the things I love most is a song that's going along and you're interested, you're thinking "Okay, I can get behind this", and all of a sudden you hear the chorus and it blows your socks off.

That's what this song does for me.

My favorite part of this song? 3:24, and you'll know why.

I heard Blitzen Trapper's "Furr" watching the TV show "Chuck" one night (watch it, it's awesome). As soon as it started, I knew I was going to be looking for this one.

So how do you describe this band? It's a little different, like mixing Folk music with Rock music. And it's a pretty awesome combination. Not only are the lyrics great, but there's just so much to listen to in this song. And not the overwhelming kind of "so much", we're talking the Goldie Locks "Just right" kind. I mentioned I'm not much of a country fan, but I do love Folk music and I'm a big fan of bluegrass because, if you're good, then you really know how to incorporate the right amount of instruments without sounding like you're trying too hard.

It's a pretty easy going song. They have more upbeat ones, but that's for another day.

Oh, and their harmonizing skills are masterful. It makes me squee, it's so awesome.

I don't plan on these being very long. I just like to get right to the point: the music. I don't want to bore you with these, so just give a listen if you feel like it.





I've talked to some people about Coheed & Cambria and it usually goes either way; they love them, or they just don't.

It's usually the same argument when they don't: "I don't like the lead singer's voice."

And who am I to argue with that? There are plenty of songs I'm put off by because the singer just doesn't do anything for me. Most country songs, for example. The singing just makes me go, "Eh."

But I'm going to defend Claudio Sanchez, lead singer of this incredibly awesome band, because as much as I love a deep, raspy voice...This man can sing

"Welcome Home" is one of my favorites. It just rocks. The guitars are amazing, the drums, the background vocals...it's epic. I love epic music. But the thing that does it for me is Sanchez. The first time I heard him, I thought, "Oh now that's different." His voice is higher than I usually like when it comes to good, blood-pumping rock music. But the more I listened, the more in love I fell. His voice is absolutely beautiful, and it's like he can do anything with it. Paired with such poetic lyrics, as pretty much all of their songs have, they're everything I love about a band. Easily one of my favorites at the moment.

I'll probably post a lot of their songs. I'm in love. <3

I feel like I'm going to do this often, posting about songs. As my computer permits, of course.

nontimebotree recommended this band to me, and I quickly fell in love. Not unusual, as I tend to die over pretty much everything.

Hurt is harder rock. This song, "Wars", is pretty typical these days, lyrics-wise. It's about war (duh, right?). We've all seen these songs popping up more and more, but this one is definitely something. If you can make it past the bleak lyrics (and come on, who doesn't want a good depressing song to brood over every now and again?), just keep your ear on the music itself.

I don't know much about music, I just know what I like. And these guitars are sweet. Not to mention the beautiful arrangement during the chorus.

And did I mention his voice is raspy and gravelly and makes me pretty much swoon? I think some of us know how I feel about raspy voices.

I wrote this one and posted on Supernaturalville for their Halloween challenge.  I'm fond of it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or the title that I stole from The Spill Canvas.


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This was a very fun fic to write :)


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Here is the second (and last) chapter.



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