Music Monday

I have been remiss in keeping up with my postings, and for that I sincerely apologize. Because I slept all of an hour last night and can foresee another bout of insomnia looming on the horizon, my brain is not functioning at it's highest capacity. So I will leave you with this playlist in an attempt to reinstate my Music Monday posts.

Goodbye Shadows...Lay Your Head On My Shoulder

1. Swim(Music Box)- Jack's Mannequin .... Thanks, R, for sending this to me. I have listened to it non stop and really did tear up when I first heard it. I'm glad we're best friends.
2. Little Lion Man- Mumford and Sons .... I only recently stumbled upon M&S while scouring iTunes for new music to add to my writing playlist. I love them and I really love this song.
3. For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti- Sufjan Stevens .... I was listening to this song as the moon grew brighter while I walked my dog. It was quiet and had just rained so the air smelled new. I was overcome by the most beautiful feeling of melancholia and had to breathe deep to remind myself to enjoy it.
4. Jar of Hearts- Christina Perry .... So sad but so pretty.
5. If You Can't Sleep- She and Him .... Thank you again, R, for giving me this gift. It has become my lullaby.
6. Re:Stacks- Bon Iver .... Simply perfect.
7. Collide (Acoustic)- Howie Day .... Love.

Sweet Dreams.
11:12pm

Music Monday

So it's Monday morning. Very early Monday morning. And in honor of everyone's least favorite day of the week, I am going to give it some little bit of goodness to make it better. Starting now, every Monday will be Music Monday. Well, every Monday that I remember to post something music related at the very least. So here are a few of the songs that have been playing on repeat on my iPod recently...
1. A Comet Appears- The Shins. (This song is pure poetry. Favorite line... "Every post you can hitch your faith on is a pie in the sky, chock full of lies, a tool we devised to make sinking stones fly".)
2. Heartbeats- Jose Gonzoles (Love.Seriously.So good.)
3. Swan Song- A Fine Frenzy (I really love this song. And Alison Sudol's musical talent)
4. Spring Awakening album- Original Broadway Cast (Literally the entire thing.)
5. Dark Blue- Jack's Mannequin (because it is in my top five from my very favorite band)
6. Hey, Soul Sister- Train (This song just makes me happy.)
7. Skinny Love- Bon Iver (A go to song of mine. Along with almost every other song
that comes out of Justin Vernon's mouth)
8. Revelry- Kings of Leon (I'm just in love with KOL right now)
9. Notion- Kings Of Leon (Case in point.)
10.Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby)- Jack's Mannequin (Because I really think Andrew
McMahon wrote it for me.)

Okay, I could go on forever because music is totally my Anti-Drug but I won't because that might border on excessive.

2:25 am