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Music Review : The Script

i know that the title of this blog greatly suggests that i'm a music fanatic but you don't see much reviews or rather any reviews at all. well, all of that's gonna change today. cos i think this band deserves my time and a write-up on my blog. it's the script. this band hails from dublin, ireland & consists of 3 people. Danny O'Donoghue as the lead vocalist and keyboardist, Mark Sheehan the guitarist (vocals too) and Glen Power the drummer (vocals too). the band was released in august 2008 and already have 3 hit singles :-

(i) we cry (24/04/08)

Together we cry...
Together we cry...

Jenny was a poor girl
Living in a rich world
Named her baby Hope when she was just fourteen
She was hoping for a better world
For this little girl
But the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree

Well she gets that call
Hope's too far gone
Her baby's on the way
But nothing left inside
Together we cry!

What about the junk head
Could have gone the whole way
Lighting up the stage trying to get a deal
Now he's lighting up the wrong way
"Something for the pain!"
Man you wanna see this kid he was so fuckin' unreal
When he gets that call
He's too far gone
To get it together to sing one song
They weren't here tonight
The words of a lullaby

Together we cry...
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Together we cry...
Whoa oh whoa oh whoa
Together we cry...
Oh we cry we cry we cry
Together we cry...
Oh we cry we cry
Whoa oh whoa oh whoa

Oh... Mary's ambitious
She wanna to be a politician
She been dreaming about it since she was a girl
She thought that she'd be the one who could change the world
Always trying to pave the way for women in a... man's world
But life happened, house, kids, 2 cars, husband hits the jar, checks that don't go very far now
Now she in it can't change it, she keeps her mind on her wages
The only rattling cages are her own!

Together we cry
Together we cry

There's so much sad gonna flood the ocean
We're all in tears for the world is broken
Together we cry!

There comes a time when every bird has to fly
At some point every rose has to die
It's hard to let your children go
Leave home
Where they go?
Who knows!
Getting drunk
Getting stoned
All alone
Teach a man to fish
You'll feed him never lie
You show your kids the truth
Hope they never lie
Instead of reading in a letter that they've gone to something better
"Bet your sorry now! I won't be coming home tonight"

I'm sick of looking for those heroes in the sky
To teach us how to fly
Together we cry, we cry!

Together we cry
Together we cry

There's so much sad gonna flood the ocean
We're all in tears for the world is broken
Together we cry
Together we cry

(ii) the man who can't be moved (25/07/08)

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Some try to hand me money they don't understand,
I'm not...broke I'm just a broken hearted man,
I know it makes no sense, but what else can I do,
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Policeman says son you can't stay here,
I said there's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year,
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows,
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go.

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

People talk about the guy
Who's waiting on a girl...
Oohoohwoo
There are no holes in his shoes
But a big hole in his world...
Hmmmm

and maybe I'll get famous as man who can't be moved,
And maybe you won't mean to but you'll see me on the news,
And you'll come running to the corner...
Cos you'll know it's just for you

I'm the man who can't be moved
I'm the man who can't be moved...

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.
[Repeat in background]

So I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

I'm not moving...
I'm not moving.

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag not I'm not gonna move.

(iii) breakeven (21/11/08)

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just prayin' to a god that I don't believe in
Cos I got time while she got freedom
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even

Her best days will be some of my worst
She finally met a man that's gonna put her first
While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven... even... no

What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you,
And what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're ok
I'm falling to pieces, yeah,
I'm falling to pieces

They say bad things happen for a reason
But no wise words gonna stop the bleeding
Cos she's moved on while I'm still grieving
And when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven even... no

What am I gonna to do when the best part of me was always you,
And what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're ok
I'm falling to pieces, yeah,
I'm falling to pieces, yeah,
I'm falling to pieces
(One still in love while the other ones leaving)
I'm falling to pieces
(Cos when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven)

Oh you got his heart and my heart and none of the pain
You took your suitcase, I took the blame.
Now I'm try'na make sense of what little remains ooh
Cos you left me with no love and no love to my name.

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just prayin' to a god that I don't believe in
Cos I got time while she got freedom
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break
No it don't break
No it don't break even no

What am I gonna do when the best part of me was always you and
What am I suppose to say when I'm all choked up that you're ok
(Oh glad your okay now)
I'm falling to pieces yeah
(Oh I'm glad your okay)
I'm falling to pieces yeah
(One still in love while the other ones leaving)
I'm falling to pieces
(Cos when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven)

Oh it don't break even no
Oh it don't break even no
Oh it don't break even no

if you've already fallen in love with the lyrics, you've got to listen to the music and then you'll know why 'the script' should be one of your favourite artistes. well, at least for 2009 *wink*

check back for more music reviews in time to come!

meanwhile, keep that music coming on your radio/ipod/mp3 all day & all night :)

fave song of the day : miranda cosgrove - about you now

At The Beginning

We were strangers, starting out on a journey
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

by donna lewis & richard marx

yes, i noe it's a little too late 2 be having a post talking about the beginning ...
1st january passed by ages ago ...
but still, i figured as the 1st post of 2009 ...
it shud still be a beginning post ...

lotsa ppl have been asking me wat have i been up to since i got back ...
well, u've gotta noe one thing ...
you noe life is good, when u're sprawled out on the couch watching mtv cribs ...
eating a pint of baskin robbins straight fr the tub ....
and ur dad comes up 2 you & gives you money 4 spending ...
how good is that?!?
totally awesome :)

hahahah, these are the updates ...
the really small pics were stolen off fb *grin*

my first weekend back, pengchui & jinfoong got married ...
i was just in time 4 their wedding ...
amie & i at the wedding dinner ...

2 weeks l8er, i joined the fellow yf-ers to camp in the highlands ...
it was my 1st time coming back 2 yf as a helper ( you get kicked outta yf @ 19yrs of age) ...
and let me tell you, it was a life-changing experience ...
things din go according 2 plan ...
i found myself in charge of a grp of lost 15-17yr olds who just had so many things going on with their lives ...
they were such an inquisitive yet confused bunch ...
at the end of camp i was glad and really amazed at the way god works *serious nod*
jialing, xianjing & me in the camp shirts ...
you wanna noe an amazing fact?
the age difference btw me & them is 7yrs!

then 2 weeks l8er, it was christmas!
the time 2 eat turkey & have gift exchanges?
well yeah, that's wat happens but there's another side of it ...
this yr was also my 1st yr not being in the choir ...
and so i had the privilege of sitting back & enjoying the whole service like everyone else ...
christmas has nvr been so real to me until that day ...
i luvved the msg the speaker delivered that morn ...
it was so clear cut ...
not buttered up or creamed 2 make an individual feel good ...
christmas 08 was really good!
joseph, me, jeeleng & suming with the backdrop ...

rite after christmas, my family went travelling ...
we went state-hopping on christmas eve & the day after ...
so on christmas eve i was in perak & pahang ...
the day after, i was in kelantan & penang ...
so in penang, i met up with sandra ...

and i also met up with jim ...

i came back 4 new yr & met up with jaemie ...

then brendan calls & says he's in kl, so i brought him out with my frens ...

and then i went to singapore & met up with him ...
i also met up with michael & jonathan ...

next week is gonnabe cny ...
so my family's gonnabe on the road again, hahahah ...

i'm definitely missing val & our rommie times ...
us being nosy bout our neighbours fighting downstairs ...

and i definitely miss strangling morni's pig who sumhow alwaz winds up in our room ...

so yeah, that's wat i've been up to ...
as 2009 continues to unfold b4 me, i hope it's gonnabe a gr8 yr ...
and i can alredi tell it's gonnabe the beginning of alot of new things ...
*wink*

fave song of the day : david archuleta - crush