Bread and wine

Posted on May 9, 2013 by grayciebay

I was wrong. Everybody needs someone.

Josh Garrels

Posted on April 17, 2013 by grayciebay

Yesterday we got in a white car and drove to Cincinnati to see Josh Garrels play live with Mason Jar music. I cried through a lot of it, sang along for most of it, and tried once to get clapping going (I succeeded). I think it was the best concert I have ever been to. They showed an hour long film where Josh talked about the music and they played it all over this beautiful Island. It was amazing. I may or may not have purchased the DVD. I was in awe the whole time. Captivated. The show also rooted up a lot of things in my heart and that was a little emotionally discouraging, and at the same time really encouraging. Anyway. It was just amazing. If you ever have the chance to see this man live, jump on it.

Here is a clip from the dvd I bought …

Fix my eyes

Posted on March 22, 2013 by grayciebay

Hey, after the last two posts, why not? You all know its now stuck in your head. 🙂 I mean, it is pretty much one of the best songs ever written…

Still here

Posted on March 2, 2012 by grayciebay

Still here. By John Mark Nelson. I just. I can’t stop listening to this. I want the CD.

http://johnmarknelson.bandcamp.com/album/still-here

Dream little one, see the world just begun

Posted on December 30, 2011 by grayciebay

Shoot a dream in your arm
and sleep away

It’s not the stuff that kills you,
that keeps your life at bay
Every crash
pulls you in reach
Of a watershed of signal flares
that cover your beach

These are just placebos
to make us feel all right
Illusions in our pockets make our feather
float us high
For a second I thought I saw you eyelids rise
A moment, something restless caught you by surprise,
Surprise, surprise

We are so beautiful
when we sleep
Hearts of gold and eyes so
deep, deep, deep
But love won’t cure the chaos
And hope won’t hide the loss
And peace is not the heroine
that shouts above the cause
And love is wild for reasons
And hope though short in sight
Might be the only thing that
wakes you by surprise
Surprise, surprise

Dream little one
See the world just begun

Love is wild for reasons
And hope feels short in sight
Might be the only thing that wakes you by surprise
For a moment I thought I saw your eyelids rise

Surprise, surprise, surprise…

Hold on

Posted on November 16, 2011 by grayciebay

I, I can’t promise you
that I won’t let you down
And I, I can’t promise you
that I will be the only one around
when your hope falls down

But we’re young, open flowers in the windy fields
of this war-torn world
And love, this city breathes the plague
of loving things more than their creators

I ran away
I could not take the burden of both me and you
It was too fast
Casting love on me as if it were a spell I could not break
When it was a promise I could not make

But what if I was wrong?

But hold on to what you believe in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight

And now this land means less and less to me
without you breathing through its trees
At every turn the water runs away from me
and the halo disappears
and the hole when you’re not near

So what if I was wrong?

But hold on to what you believe in the light
When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight

So hold on to what you believed in the light

Learning How to Die

Posted on October 23, 2011 by grayciebay

I’m gonna miss you
I’m gonna miss you
When you’re gone
She says, I love you
I’m gonna miss you
And your songs

And I said, please
Don’t talk about the end
Don’t talk about how
Every living thing goes away
She said, friend

All along I thought
I was learning how to take
How to bend not how to break
How to live not how to cry
But really
I’ve been learning how to die
I’ve been learning how to die

Hey everyone
I’ve got nowhere to go
The grave is lazing me
He takes our body slow

And I said, please
Don’t talk about the end
Don’t talk about how
Every living thing goes away
I said, friend,
All along I thought
I was learning how to take

How to bend not how to break
How to live not how to cry
But really
I’ve been learning how to die
I’ve been learning how to die
Die, die
I’ve been learning how to die
I’ve been learning how to die

Lemonade

Posted on September 18, 2011 by grayciebay

So go ahead and ask her
For happy ever after
‘Cause nobody knows what’s coming
So why not take a chance on loving
Come on, pour the glass and tempt me
Either half-full or half-empty
‘Cause if it all comes down to flavor
The glass is tipping in my favor

Life gave me lemonade and I can’t imagine why
Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky
I live life without pretending
I’m a sucker for happy endings
Thanks for the lemonade
Thanks for the lemonade!

Now take your time to answer me
For the beauty of romancing
Is to calm your trembling hand with mine
While begging love to fill your eyes
I can hardly breathe while waiting
To find out what your heart is saying
And as we’re swirling in this flavor
The world is tilting in our favor

I’ve got it made
Rest in the shade
And hold my love
While God above
Stirs wiith a spoon
We share the moon
Smile at the bees
More sugar please
He really loves us after all
We’re gonna need another straw!
We’re gonna need another straw!