“Sophia” – The Butterfly Explosion

I thought you might sway
Closer each day
All I wish I could say
But you shy away

Our eyes engage but I can't see who's nearer
As clouds embrace you pull away I fear
I'm here, I'm here

Find a way to make me stay so near
Find a way to make me stay so near
I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, so near...

The Butterfly Explosion Site
The Butterfly Explosion no MySpace

“Strange Things Will Happen” – The Radio Dept.

Today was a pretty day
No disappointments
No expectations on your whereabouts
And oh, did I let you go?
Did it finally show that strange things will happen if you let
them?

Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
You can't reach me cause I'm way beyond you today

Today was a pretty day
Autumn comes with
These slight surprises where your life might twist and turn
Hope to unlearn
Strange things will happen
If you let them come around and stick around

Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
Today I didn't even look to find
Something to put me in that peace of mind
You can't touch me cause I'm way beyond you today

The Radio Dept. MySpace / Site

Kwoon - Tales and Dreams

Um dia o pai conta para o seu filho a história da sua vida. Conta-lhe sobre o lugar que um dia conheceu, onde tudo está em constante transformação. Um lugar cheio de ilusões que se tornam desilusões, onde o bem se torna o mal. Agora o pai conta a seu filho que a vez de ele partir para aquele lugar chegou. Chegado lá ele deve seguir os seus pensamentos, lutar pelo que deseja e nunca desistir perante as adversidades. Assim ele se tornará forte e capaz de sobreviver naquele lugar por vezes tão cruel e hostil, e encontrar a paz.
Cansado e impotente perante o desvanecer de suas pernas, seu pai aceita com natural humildade que o fim havia chegado para ele. A impossibilidade de não mais poder acompanhar seu filho e a certeza que deixou um legado assinalam o acto de submissão. Orgulhoso, ele vê seu filho voar, voar livremente comandado por seus sonhos.

“I Lived on the Moon” foi o primeiro single retirado do álbum “Tales and Dreams”, editado em 2006, dos franceses Kwoon.

Dear little lad

Here's the story of my life

I lived on the moon (2x)

Grey flying snakes along

Mountains of destiny while

The three tailed monkeys

Were drawing the stars

Light from the Sun and I

Hide myself on the dark side, alone

I've run so far

To find my way

Then I dream again...alone

Dear little boy, listen

To voices of your soul

It showed you the way of

Silence and peace

Follow your thought and fly

Choosing all the things that you desire

Giant waves, fireflies...

Your dream will be your only shell

Your secrets, your hiding place, my son

Don't let them try

To crush your brain

Let you go far

...my son

Tracklist

1 - Intro

2 - I Lived on the Moon

3 - Blue Melody

4 - The Beast

5 - Eternal Jellyfish Ballet

6 - Tinklëh

7 - Tinklëh Skofa

8 - The Door

9 - Kwoon

Kwoon site

Kwoon no MySpace

“Pulling on a line” - Great Lake Swimmers

“Pulling on a line” é o primeiro single do novo álbum, “Lost channels”, dos canadianos Great Lake Swimmers. Muito bom!



The line runs through like a train in a book,
Or metres underwater, ending with a hook
It sways in the air when there's wind enough to lift,
The fine ones are boundaries when there is a rift

I'm just pulling on a line, on a line, I'm just pulling on a line
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line, and sometimes it pulls on me

The line, it inks across the freshly fallen snow,
Where only those embracing coldness would go
It whistles and it whispers, and sometimes it howls,
It sings to me sweetly from the trees and in vowels

I'm just pulling on a line, on a line, I'm just pulling on a line
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line, and sometimes it pulls on me

The line, it writes itself across the dark sky,
In the electric flushes ending with a sigh
It weaves itself into a fabric so true,
and flows just like the river, graceful and blue

I'm just pulling on a line, on a line, I'm just pulling on a line
I'm just pulling on a line, on a line, and sometimes it pulls on me

Great Lake Swimmers

“The nurse who loved me” - A Perfect Circle

Say hello to the rug's topography
It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it
Say hello to the shrinking in your head
You can't see it but you know its there so don't neglect it

I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white
She's got everything I need pharmacy keys
She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys

Say hello to all the apples on the ground
They were once in your eyes but you sneezed them out while sleeping
Say hello to everything you've left behind
It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it

I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white
She's got everything I need some pills in a little cup
She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys

She's got everything I need pharmacy keys
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys

Say hello to the rug's topography

A Perfect Circle

"Young adult friction" - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Esta música é viciante. "Young adult friction", novo single dos The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, retirado do álbum homónimo editado no início deste ano.



Between the stacks in the library
Not like anyone stopped to see
We came they went, our bodies spent
Among the dust and the microfiche

Dark winters wear you down
Up again to see the dawn
In your worn sweatshirt
And your mothers old skirt
Its enough to turn my studies down

Now that you feel, you say its not real

I never thought i would come of age
Let alone on a moldy page
You put your back to the spines
And you said it was fine if theres nothing really left to say

You are taking toffee with your vicodin
Something sweet to forget about him

If you go your own way i will go my own way
And well never speak of it again

Don’t check me out

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

“Lessons learned” - Matt & Kim

Da da da-da-da-da, da da da
Da da da-da-da-da
(repeat)

Tape holds things that cannot stick
and keep leftovers in the fridge
while lessons learned go down the drain
I can't believe in everything
All the bad names gone
And the good ones were all wrong

And so I stayed up all night
Slept in all day
This is my sound
Thinking about tomorrow won't change how
I feel today

Da da da-da-da-da, da da da
Da da da-da-da-da
(repeat)

Never let your mark erase
'cause broken legs can be replaced
two steps to the finish line
three sips till I finish mine
a straw will always suck it out
close your eyes and use your mouth
And tell me about your song

And so I stayed up night
Slept in all day
This is my sound
Thinking about tomorrow won't change how
I feel today

Da da da-da-da-da, da da da
Da da da-da-da-da
(repeat)

Matt & Kim

“In the aeroplane over the sea” - Neutral Milk Hotel

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me

What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anne's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
And now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

Neutral Milk Hotel

"Comforting Sounds" - Mew

Já lá vão alguns anos desde que em 2003 esta música passava vezes sem conta nos Spots publicitários da Optimus. Como é sempre bom recordar, aqui fica "Comforting Sounds"...e os Mew.



I don't feel alright
In spite of these comforting sounds
You make
I don't feel alright
Because you make promises
That you break
Into your house
Why don't we share our solitude?
Nothing is pure anymore but solitude
It's hard to make sense
Feels as if I'm sensing you
Through a lens
If someone else comes
I'll just sit here listening to the drums
Previously I never called it solitude
And probably you know
All the dirty shows I've put on
Blunted and exhausted like anyone
Honestly I tried to avoid it
Honestly
Back when we were kids
We would always know when to stop
And now all the good kids are
Messing up
Nobody has gained or
Accomplished anything.

Mew

“All fires” - Swan Lake

You have a father
There is another
You have a sister
There are no brothers.

You have good friends
You have a lover
When friendships end
You will still love her
But it's Teresa they love the best.

There was a flood
A world of water
The mason's wife
Swam for her daughter.

One thousand people
Did what they could.
They found the steeple
And tore out the wood.

Five hundred pieces
Means five hundred float.
One thousand people means
Five hundred don't.
And it's Teresa they love the best.

I've said it before,
And I'll say it again.
All fires have to burn alive.
All fires have to burn alive.

From near his heart,
He took a rib.
All fires have to burn alive to live.
From near his heart,
He took a rib.
All fires have to burn alive to live.
So it's Teresa that I love the best.

Swan Lake

“Don't save us from the flames” - M83

Tina!
Tina!
Tina!
Tina!

Out of the flames
A piece of brain in my hair
The wheels are melting
A ghost is screaming your name

Tina!
Tina!

Bleeding all around
Liquid metal through my veins
The radio's burning
A ghost is screaming your name

Tina!
Tina!
Tina!
Tina!

M83

“Nightly cares” - Múm

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir é, nesta música, a menina que nos faz sonhar com a sua voz delicada e susurrante, que chega até por vezes a roçar o infantil. O instrumental electrónico é muito minimalista e quase hipnótico.
Para ouvir de olhos fechados, “Nightly cares”.



(Lalalalala...)
(Help...)
(Lalalalala...)
(Help...)
Skar, the fire son
Pet, the smiling one
Woo, the sleeping one
Rura, the crying one

Hú hviss (hú hviss), my little one
Ró-ró, my crying one
Ligg-ligg, my weeping one
Rura, rura, sleeping one

Touch or feel, you blinding must
Soft the skin
Of the warmest rust
Cause nothing blows in the faraway
I go, go away
Past the hills, past the day

Touch or feel, you blinding must
Soft the skin
Of the warmest rust
Cause nothing blows in the faraway
I go away, go away
Past the hills, past the day

Múm

“The contractor and the assassin” - Logh

Façam uma vénia a esta música!



Oh, the demise of the empire!
Receded and dark its walls began to fall

The alliance, no one saw it die
The scene of the crime was not checked for evidence
Now it is all gone

The theory seems all too easy
You see, the thesis is said to be dead and so are you

Name the contractor and the assassin
Memorize the face and the plates and the prayer

Throw your oars overboard

Logh

“The rat” - The Walkmen

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
I know we've been through this before
Can't you hear me, I'm calling out your name?
Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
Can't you hear me, I'm bleeding on the wall?
Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

Can't you hear me when I'm calling out your name?

When I used to go out, I would know everyone that I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
I'm sure we've been through this before
Can't you hear me, I'm beating on your wall?
Cant you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

The Walkmen

“La ballade of lady and bird” - Lady & Bird

“…juntos experimentam em vão chamar atenção dos adultos. Sem a consciência de não se fazerem ouvir decidem saltar de uma ponte, inocentes de que não conseguiam ver ninguém…um salto infantil…no fundo tudo está na nossa cabeça…será bom ou será mau, é um sentimento tão gelado…ou arrebatador e belo?”, in Lady & Bird - Lady and Bird por SonsUrbanos.



Bird :
Lady?

Lady :
Yes Bird?

Bird :
It's cold

Lady :
I know

Lady :
Bird...
I cannot see a thing

Bird :
It's all in your mind

Lady :
I'm worried

Bird :
No one will come to see us

Lady :
Maybe they come but we just don't see them
What do you see?

Bird :
I see what's outside

Lady :
And what exactly is outside?

Bird :
It's grown-ups

Lady :
Well maybe if we scream they can hear us

Bird :
Yeah, maybe we should try to scream

Lady :
Ok, Bird

Lady & Bird :
Heeeelp, Heeeelp
Can you hear us now ?
Hello !
Help !
Hello it's me
Hey
Can you see
Can you see me
I'm here
Nana come and take us
Hello
Are you there
Hello

Lady :
I don't think they can hear us

Bird :
I can hear you lady

Bird :
Do you want to come with me lady

Lady :
Will you be nice to me Bird

Lady :
You're always be nice to me because you're my friend

Bird :
I try but sometimes I make mistakes

Lady :
Nana says we all make mistakes

Bird :
Maybe we should scream more

Lady :
Yes, Bird let's scream more

Lady & Bird :
Help ! Help us ! Come on ! Help
Hello !
Help
Hello !
We're lost

Lady :
I don't think they cannot see us

Bird :
Nobody likes us

Lady :
But they all seem so big

Bird :
Maybe we should just jump

Lady :
What if we fall from the bridge and then nobody can catch us

Bird :
I don't know let's just see what happens

Lady :
Okay

Bird :
Come with me

Lady :
Shall we do it together

Bird :
Yeah

Lady & Bird :
1 2 3....Aaaaaaah

Bird :
Lady?

Lady :
Yes Bird

Bird :
It's cold

Lady :
I know

Lady :
Bird...I cannot see a thing

Bird :
It's all in your mind

Lady & Bird

“Young and old” - Gregor Samsa

How long, how long
Until I see you?
And when, and when does
The light come shining through?
Remember days when we were so young and
Remember days when we were so young and
We were so young and old

Gregor Samsa

“Say valley maker” - Smog

With the grace of a corpse
In a riptide
I let go
And I slide slide slide
Downriver
With an empty case by my side
An empty case
That's my crime

And I sing (Say Valley Maker)
To keep from cursing
Yes I sing (Say Valley Maker)
To keep from cursing

River Oh
River End
River Oh
River End
River Go
River Bend

Take me through the sweet valley
Where your heart blooms
Take me through the sweet valley
Where your heart is covered in dew

And when the river dries
Will you bury me in wood
Where the river dries
Will you bury me in stone

Oh I never really realized
Death is what it meant
To make it on my own

Because there is no love
Where there is no obstacle
And there is no love
Where there is no bramble
There is no love
On the hacked away plateau
And there is no love
In the unerring
And there is no love
On the one true path

Oh I cantered out here
Now I'm galloping back

So bury me in wood
And I will splinter
Bury me in stone
And I will quake
Bury me in water
And I will geyser
Bury me in fire
And I'm gonna phoenix

I'm gonna phoenix

Smog

“Barro e lama em mão alheia” - Peixe : Avião

Só num pé testei o equilíbrio
Duma corda que molhada ardeu
Andei pela muralha de um quintal
Caí numa falha falsa de um degrau
Pudera saber levitar e assim fugir
Desta casca que sufoca

Deitei-me debaixo do teu arfante paladar
Um viciado eleito que nada pôde fazer
Fui lacrado em vinil por beijos de embalar
Uma ratoeira cega
Prende sem olhar a quem seja

Na ponta da língua mel em chama
Bifurcada solta enganos mil
Tenho linha e um botão a mim cosidos
Que me prendem e não me soltarão

Quero de volta o pulso e a alegria de escutar uma palavra solta
Adocicada e cruel
Fui lacrado em vinil por beijos de enganar
Acorrentado e preso fico quieto e sempre à espera
Como barro em mão alheia
Lama de moldar

Peixe : Avião

“Pleasure songs” - The Mary Onettes

You said that you need it
But I have another deer for you now

You said that you love it
But you know your heart has left it all

Did you forget it?
Or was it hard to realize the truth?

Head in pain
From the search for something in your heart

My dream, I never left it.
I have another gift for you
Don't say that you will give it back

Cause I've heard it in your pleasure songs
But I will turn to dust
Yeah, I've seen it in your pleasure songs

Cause I've heard it in your pleasure songs
But I will turn to dust
Yeah I've seen it in your pleasure songs

You say it's forever
But don't give in for something you can't leave

And give me something to forget
Ask your heart. It's something you should feel

Some faith, I know you left it.
I have another gift for you
Don't say that you will give it back

Cause I've heard it in your pleasure songs
But I return to dust
Yeah, I received it in your pleasure songs

Cause I've heard it in your pleasure songs
And I will turn to dust
Yeah I've seen it in your pleasure songs.

You won't need me before your pleasure songs.
That I will turn to dust
Yeah I've seen it in your pleasure songs

The Mary Onettes

“Human” - Sol Seppy

Hello, my name is human
And I come from love
Here on earth it's easy
To forget our home

We all remember
From time to time

Bring forth the beauty of your heart
This unending love is who you are

Don't look down
To reasons on the ground
Love will lift you home
To unbelief

We all remember
From time to time

Bring forth the beauty of your heart
This undying love is who you are

Don't look down
You are not alone
Love will lift you home
Love will make us home

Love will lift you out
Love will make us home

Sol Seppy