Hand In My Pocket by Alanis Morissette

I remember hearing this song on the radio while getting ready for school, 1st year high school as i remember it... it played for what seems to be a month along with the Bilanggo song by Rizal Underground. I have no idea this was a BIG song back then, placing Alanis Morissette among music elite. She would have other hits from the Jagged Little Pill album, but this is the only one placed in my videoke list :)

I'm broke but I'm happy I'm poor but I'm kind I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby
What it all comes down to Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I'm sober I'm young and I'm underpaid I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless I'm here but I'm really gone I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby
What it all comes down to Is that everything's gonna be quite alright I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is flicking a cigarette
And what it all comes down to Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is giving the peace sign
I'm free but I'm focused I'm green but I'm wise I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing I'm brave but I'm chickenshit I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
And what it all boils down to Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet I've got one hand in my pocketAnd the other one is playing the piano
And what it all comes down to my friends Is that everything's just fine fine fine I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is hailing a taxi cab

Nobody Like You by Limp Bizkit

YES! I listened to Limp Bizkit and is proud to say that i am and still is a fan of their work. 'Nobody Like You' is not one of their famous works but it stands out for me. Not because Jon Davis sings with Fred Durst on this, I like this because of the mood and the vibe it gave me, during my less happier times. It's an angry song i guess.

I'm convinced that you hate me
You like to see me cry
Its already a proven fact
And you wait and wait on me to die

Its all scary
I find it hard to confide
I will make you see it my way
You give
I take
You say
You want to be away from me

You make me
I've got a reason and I want to know
You take me down I've got a reason and I want to know

I'm convinced that you fucked me real good
You did (you did)
But I wont let her go
I've got my reasons
And I'm not leavin
So I'll wait on you to die

Please take this time for me to be unforgiven
I give my life to you
I lay my life on the line for you

You make me
I've got a reason and I want to know
You take me down I've got a reason and I want to know

I got no reason
I got no reason
I got no reason
I got no reason

New Deep by John Mayer

I was not actually a fan of John Mayer from the start. I remember my buddy of mine DRIS, talking about this guy as sort of the 'IN' thing happening in the world of rock. While I bought my Creed 'My Own Prison' CD, he was giddy about listening to John Mayer's 'Room for Squares' wearing a smirk in his face as he put down P450 in the record bar's counter. This song is from John Mayer's 2nd album (3rd if you're too much of a prick). What endeared me to John Mayer's music?!? Well this particular song was used in a video that was prepared for the 10th yr reunion of my elementary class. The INTRO's not bad either!

I'm so alive
I'm so enlightened
I can barely survive
A night in my mind
I've got a plan
I'm gonna find out just how boring I am
And have a good time

Cause ever since I tried
Trying not to find
Every little meaning in my life
It's been fine
I've been cool
With my new golden rule

Numb is the new deep
Done with the old me
And talk is the same cheap it's been

Is there a God?
Why is he waiting?
Don't you think of it odd
When he knows my inner dwellings?
And look at the stars
Don't it remind you just how feeble we are?
Well it used to, I guess

Cause ever since I tried
Trying not to find
Every little meaning in my life
It's been fine
I've been cool
With my new golden rule

Numb is the new deep
Done with the old me
And talk is the same cheap it's been

I'm a new man
I wear a new cologne and
You wouldn't know me if your eyes were closed
I know what you'll say
'This won't last longer than the rest of the day'
But you're wrong this time

Numb is the new deep
Done with the old me
I'm over the analyzing
Tonight

Stop trying to figure it out
Deep will only bring you down
You know, I used to be the back porch poet with a book of rhymes
Always open knowing all the time I'm probably
Never gonna find the perfect rhyme
For 'heavier things'

Blue on Black by Kenny Wayne Shepherd

I actually never have been fond of the music genre they called 'blues' back then. My misconception is that blues is boring and sang by old black folks. Oh boy, I realized i was dead wrong when i encountered this song on TV. The music video featured a pretty girl (which actually got my attention). I really love the guitar solo on this one, and the tone is what i would like to emulate.

Night
falls, I'm alone
Skin, yeah, chilled me to the bone
You, turned and you ran,
Oh, slipped right from my hand

Hey
Blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on Jack, Match on a fire
Cold on ice, its a dead man's touch.
Whisper on a scream, doesn't change a thing
Don't bring you back
Blue on black

Blind, oh,
now I see
truth, lies, and in between.
Wrong, can't be undone
Oh Slipped,
from the tip of your tongue

Hey
Blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on Jack, Match on a fire
Cold on ice, its a dead man's touch.
Whisper on a scream, doesn't change a thing
Don't bring you back
Blue on black


Blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on Jack Match on a fire
Cold on ice, its a dead man's touch.
Whisper on a scream, doesn't change a thing
Don't bring you back,
Blue on black
oh yeah
Blue on Black

Blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on Jack, Match on a fire
Cold on ice its a dead man's touch.
Whisper on a scream,
doesn't change a thing
Doesn't bring you back
Blue on black
blue on black
blue on black
blue on black

Stateline by Butch Walker

What i really love about Butch Walker's "Letters" album, is that it actually feels like one, a series of letters, a sort of confession to the listening fans, most of which could feel the same heartfelt emotion he feels while singing his songs.

A bonus track from the said album, Stateline is the perferct encore. I would suggest you listen to the song and you'll get what i mean.

Seven Hours till the moon sleeps
I Lose my mind as I drive away
Your Cigarettes are in the back seat
I cant bring myself to throw away

All of the film in the camera that took
all the pictures of the images in my mind

So I'll drive a straight line
Right across the state line
Out on to the ocean, in a moment I'll be gone
Then you wont have to feel torn

Pass the churches filled with guilted faith
They send there hangovers from last night
Wont do me any good to pray, cause even god knows
that you were right

And I was wrong and yeah it kills me
that my kid will never know me, with another man by his side

So I'll drive a straight line
When I cross the state line
Out on to the ocean, in a moment I'll be gone
Then you wont have to feel torn

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So I'll drive a straight line
When I cross the state line
Out on to the ocean, in a moment I'll be gone

So I'll drive a straight line
When I cross the state line
Out on to the ocean, in a moment I'll be gone

You wont have to feel torn
Have to feel torn

Thinking of you with my last breathe

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World by Prince

I'm addicted to Prince as of late and this song rocks in a different way. Probably the best compliment you could give to a girl. I never really gave a damn about this song before, but man, you could tell Prince was really smooth with the girls. I like the part wherein he goes from falseto to a really deep voice. Cool!

Could U be the most beautiful girl in the world?
It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl

When the day turns into the last day of all time
I can say I hope U are in these arms of mine
And when the night falls before that day I will cry
I will cry tears of joy cuz after U all one can do is die, oh

Could U be the most beautiful girl in the world?
Could U be?
It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl
Oh, yes U are

How can I get through days when I can't get through hours?
I can try but when I do I see U and I'm devoured, oh yes
Who'd allow, who'd allow a face 2 be soft as a flower? Oh
I could bow (bow down) and feel proud in the light of this power
Oh yes, oh

Could U be (could U be) the most beautiful girl in the world?
Could U be?
It's plain 2 see U're the reason that God made a girl
Oh, yes U are

And if the stars ever fell one by one from the sky
I know Mars could not be, uh, 2 far behind
Cuz baby, this kind of beauty has got no reason 2 ever be shy
Cuz honey, this kind of beauty is the kind that comes from inside

Could U be (could U be) the most beautiful girl in the world?
So beautiful, beautiful
It's plain 2 see (plain 2 see) U're the reason that God made a girl

Oh yeah! (Oh, yes U are)
Girl (Could U be?)
U must be... oh yeah!
(Could U be?)
U're the reason... oh yeah
(Could)

Fantasy by Mariah Carey

I remember this song, 3rd year High School i think. My brother came home with a Mariah Carey cassette and i tried to listen to it. This is the song that made an instant impression, probably as i was mostly into MTV and hip-hop then. A classic by my lowly standards. Just bought a copy of the daydream CD too for a measly 100 pesos. cool huh?

(Shoe do do do do do do do)
(Shoe do do do do do do yeah)

Oh, when you walk by every night
Talking sweet and looking fine
I get kinda hectic inside
Mmm, baby I'm so into you
Darling, if you only knew
All the things that flow through my mind

(But it's just a) sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
(On and on and on)
So deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby

(Shoe do do do do do do do)
(Shoe do do do do do do yeah)


Images of rapture
Creep into me slowly
As you're going to my head
And my heart beats faster
When you take me over
Time and time and time again

(But it's just a) sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
(On and on and on)
So deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby

(Shoe do do do do do do do)
(Shoe do do do do do do yeah)

(It's just a) sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
(On and on and on)
So deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby

I'm in heaven
With my boyfriend
My laughing boyfriend
There's no beginning
And there is no end
Feels like I'm dreaming
But I'm not sleeping

(It's just a) sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
(On and on and on)
So deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby

Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
When I close my eyes
You come and you take me
(On and on and on)
So deep in my daydreams
But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby

Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby
(Shoe do do do do do do do)

Eager Angels by Session Road

Whoah... i think the title is a cliche. Easy on the lyrics... super simple. I dont like the speech part of the song really. But the hook's a killer. It did it's job... it hooked me on this song.

See you walking in
hurting from what have been
as your face draws back
and open up a sigh
i hate to break it in you
it’s the hardest thing she had to
but her words meant baby
everything is through
nanananana…nanananana…
nanananana…nanananana…

I watched upon the heavens
wait till you believe our moment is true


Like eager angels falling from heavens
i’d give it all up to share the pain with you
like eager angels falling from heaven
undaunted cause your love
will see me through

How can I make you feel
how i want to hold you near
i ache to feel your hand caress my soul
i’m standing next to you
my days no longer blue
i’d shed my wings to offer what is true
nanananana…nanananana…
nanananana…nanananana…

I watched upon the heavens
wait till you believe our moment is true


Like eager angels falling from heavens
i’d give it all up to share the pain with you
like eager angels falling from heaven
undaunted cause your love
will see me through


I still can taste the scent of your voice on my lips
every moment i close my eyes and breath you
it was a moment that would linger on in my stubborn disbelief
in the magic that was woven…stolen

Like eager angels …
like eager angels …
you’re my angel …
you’re my angel …

Out of Reach by Rivermaya

I remember owning a copy of this album... a cassette tape during high school. I really didn't like the album at first... but it really grew on me.

The song's about a guy... admiring a girl from afar. This is my story.

You are the best
That I’ve ever seen
Out from your apartment
And into my dreams
Up on the rooftop
The comets and me
One of ‘em tells me
You’re out of reach

Don’t turn your head this way.
I need a magic potion
To make you feel the same
Way that I feel

O, static photograph
(The one that you wouldn’t give to me)
Stolen from your best friend’s diary
(The one that I stole from her)
Talk to me
Talk to me!!!!

Beautificent scenery from seventeen rows behind you
I whisper a thought pretending you would hear

I was never gonna ever call you!
Was never gonna waste my time
Was never gonna see you
But I just changed my mind

Unemployed Boyfriend by Everclear

'nuff said!

[Answering machine:] “Hi, this is Peggy. Leave me a nice message or I'll kill ya."

“Hey Peggy, it's me. You are never going to believe what happened to me today. I'm sittin' at the unemployment office, waitin' on my loser of a caseworker, in one of those nasty chairs, when from out of nowhere, this total stranger walks right up to me, sits down, then leans over and says something like, ‘This is gonna sound a little obsessive.'"

This is gonna sound a little obsessive
This is gonna sound a little bit strange
I have one thing to say
Before I turn and I walk away

This is gonna sound a little impulsive
This is gonna sound a little insane
I know you don't know me yet
But you and I, we will be together someday
Someday
I know, I know, I sound like I'm on drugs
Listen to me when I say

That ever since when I first saw you
Sittin' on your car outside
You asked for a cigarette
I couldn't stop starin' at your eyes

Ever since when I first saw you
Looking bored in that plastic chair
With the lights of the office around you
Those blond streaks, they look so pretty in your black hair
You look cool and alternative with that disaffected stare
Yeah you want people to think that you just don't care

Hey you can be with me
Yeah 'cause I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you're perfect
Who will always make you come
Hey you can be with me
Yes I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend

“Can you believe he said that to me? To me, of all people! I can't even remember the last time a guy took me out on a date and actually paid for it!”

This is gonna sound a little bit out there
This is gonna sound a little insane
I keep having the same dream
You will be the mother of my children someday
Someday

I heard you sleep with that obnoxious guy
I know he is in that famous band
You look so sad when you are with him
Yes I never see him reach to hold your hand

Yeah you can be with me
Yes I will treat you like a queen
I will go to all those chick flick movies
That I really don't want to see
Yeah you can be with me
No I will never let you down
I will never make out with your girlfriend
When I know you're not around
Yes you can be with me
Yeah I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you're special
I will always make you come
You can be with me
Yes I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend

“Can you believe this? I mean, can this be for real?"

No!

"Then he takes my hand, writes down his number, and just walks away."

Whoa!

"I mean, wow. But you know, the weird thing is, he's actually kind of cute, in a really intense way. Kinda like Perry Farrell, you know. Intense, but sensitive. Anyway, I told my bitchy sister about it, and she just laughed at me. I told her I'm really excited about this! That I have a really good feeling about this guy! I told her, ‘This could be the guy.' I'm like..."

Pardon Me by Incubus

The song and the band that broke my musical barriers. It was summer of 2000 when I chanced upon the music video of Pardon Me. I was into rap-metal at that time with the likes of KORN and Limp Bizkit. I've read in a magazine the band's name being thrown around by local artists as if it a license to be cool. If you were in to rap-metal in those day's you'd instantly feel that the other bands' vocalists were sissies compared to Brandon Boyd. After watching that particular video, my life was changed.

A decade ago, I never thought I would be,
at twenty three, on the verge of spontaneous combustion. Woe-is-me.
But I guess that it comes with the territory;
an ominous landscape of never ending calamity.
I need you to hear, I need you to see
that I have had all I can take and exploding seems like a definite possibility
to me.


So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me....I'll never be the same.

Not two days ago, I was having a look in a book
and I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knees.
I said, "I can relate," cause' lately I've been thinking of combustication
as a welcomed vacation from the burdens of the planet earth.
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D...
and thinking so much differently.


So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me....I'll never be the same.

Missing Your Love by Jonny Lang

I was introduced to Jonny Lang through CNN back from the days when still have those Hollywood reports. The kids a guitar genius they say. Years after, I encountered his debut album... for P20 at that. Missing Your Love's your classic love song. Its just him, the guitar and his feelings. Remarkable considering that he was only 15 when he recorded this.

You lay me down, whisper in my ear
Well, it may be my name you call
But it's his name I hear

You promised me through thick and thin
You told me you loved me, you told me a lie
'cause you love him

And I'm missin' your love every day
I'm missin' your love every way
Though your here with me,
I'm still missin' your love

And when we talk, you look into my eyes
Your talkin to me but baby I can see
He's on your mind

And I'm missin' your love every day
I'm missin' your love every way
Though your here with me, I'm still missin' your love
I reach out for you and you turn away
It takes all I can do to make it through the day
And I'm missin' your love And I'm missin' your love every day
I'm missin' your love every way
Though your here with me, I'm still missin' your love

Crash Crash by Murderdolls

Whats the best about buying CDs? Finding a bargain and a new musical territory thats what. The Coldplay CD I bought turned out to be a lemon, and this is what I got in return 'The Heart of Roadrunner Records'. There's a lot of heavy music here but this one standsout. Murderdolls is a band of Joey Jordison, the Slipknot drummer. Crash Crash is straight on heavy metal without excuses... just in time for the new year!

I'm at the end of my noose,
I've got nothing to loose.
I'm digging my own grave,
And thats the truth.
My self esteem is low and I'm so high,
And I dont give a fuck if I live or die.
Just bury me in my self pity,
Can't even get myself to talk to me.
I'd kill myself, but it wouldnt help,
Can't someone put me out of my misery?
I'm going down I was born to die.
I'm going down, now I'll say goodbye.
[chorus]
Crash Crash
It's a hit, it's a bang, it's a smash.
Crash Crash
It's a hit, it's a bang, it's a smash.
Throw in the towel its over for me,
I fell right out of the ugly tree.
I cross my heart and I hope I die,
But I sure fucking hope, if I even try.
To dumb to die, to smart to live,
Those are the choices that I'm left with
Eeny - Meeny - Miney - Mo
Bombs away motherfuckers here I go.
I'm going down I was born to die.
I'm going down, now I'll say goodbye
Crash Crash
It's a hit, it's a bang, it's a smash.
Crash Crash
It's a hit, it's a bang, it's a smash.