Just Kidding, I'm not that crazy, yet. However, by the end of these next two weeks I may just be. I have 4 papers, a fundraising trip to the middle of California, and an entire week of play practice capping off with 2 performances at the end of next week.
Yep, busy as ever. So, I thought I would give you some more music for you listening pleasure: Straight No Chaser!
I love these guys! They are an a capella singing group from Indiana. They met in college and now sing professionally. They sing in 5 to 10 part harmony. They have amazing voices and do some great covers of songs. So, without further ado: Straight No Chaser! (Here is a mix of what they have been doing including their title song, and their latest work "Like a Prayer")
With eyes like lead and a lot of reading to do,
TI
This Week's installment of music comes from the band OneRepublic. The song "Secrets" was the key song for the Disney movie, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." It gained huge popularity through it's use during the movie being the uniting song for the main couple in the movie. Honestly, I just think it's a cool song. The lines of the Chorus, the thing the songwriter hits on time and again are
Tell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
I'm sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm Gonna give all my secrets away
He seems to have contradictory statements, but see that his Chorus is not a plea for patching this over as much as it is a call for honesty. He doesn't care if he is lambasted for what he says, he just wants to speak the truth and break down the wall between him and the woman he is singing to.
This relationship was founded with no purpose. Now he is attempting to ask the questions that will give a purpose to their relationship. He is taking off the masks and revealing who he truly is, a sinful human being. Relationships don't grow from being fake with one another. They grow from being honest and communicating that honesty openly. Many of the relationships I had in the past both I and my former significant other would either put on masks or change to accommodate the other person. I never wanted that, but it happens anyway. We think, "S/He will like me better if I do/am like (insert blank)." Instead of being with the person you fell in love with, you are now with a person that has put up a shell. It is only through the acceptance of the true human underneath, can we ever truly love one another.
To put it simply: Be yourself. Living a lie does nothing but cause tears.
