„No” is just a word
That started echoing in my mind,
But there are no ears that hear it,
And now I’m deaf and blind.
I do want not to see,
And do want not to hear
Silences thrusting in my head,
Visions of past that left me dead,
All of the sounds that I am trying to forgive,
All of the things I did not dare to dream.
„No” is a word,
A distant memory,
Left everything that was inside
Just right outside of me.
Si stii ca mi-e greu sa plec,
Iar vorbele tale au gust de petale,
Si stii ca e usor sa-mi spui sa fug,
Si fug, si fug, si nu te-ajung.
Esti greu, departe si suspin,
N-am aer si iertare si scăpare.
Linişte e-n tot, nu sunt cuvinte,
Dragostea ta are aroma de morminte.
Orele trec încet, si timpul tot aleargă,
Îmbătrânesc tot asteptand, tot suspinând.
Fără putere lasi totul in mine,
Oras cu gust amar de suflet si ruine.
Inspiratie:
It was bound to happen. You know how much I love music and how much I obsess over stuff like that and a simple search on my blogs will reveal the ugly truth: I am so enamored.
I just love the tenderness and the sadness and the loneliness in Sam Smith‘s gorgeous, full voice, and his album is exquisite, at least for a debut album that came out of nowhere.
As someone who felt pain at some point in her life, this album is spot on. The lyrics have a maturity I am not able to express when talking about love, the music is this great combination of orchestra, jazz, blues, soul and sincerity, and Sam’s voice is so overwhelming, I can’t seem to listen to anything else. It’s been almost a month since the release of In The Lonely Hour and it’s still the only thing I listen to.
Money On My Mind is so dancey, omg! The RnB beat is strong with this one. The blue eyed soul voice of Mr. Smith does great justice to this awesome beast of a song. The lyrics are simple, of course, but the emotions are never anything but complicated with Sam Smith, so the song is a great start of an awesome album. (10/10)
Good Thing is the second song from In The Lonely Hour and, as much as I can say that Money On My Mind is a great opener, and that I dislike La La La with all my ears, this one is the most meh song from the album. Yes, I like the lyrics, but the constant screeching of the guitar, and the hum-dum of the drum cannot hide the mediocrity of Good Thing. (5/10)
Stay With Me is probably the song I bugged you with the most. It’s so perfect in its simplicity and honesty, and I can see myself dancing at my wedding (lol) on this beautiful piece of love story. Hope, dreams, patience, respect. Love. It has them. (20/10)
Leave Your Lover is my current obsession and the song that made me want to write the review. I must’ve listened to it 100 times yesterday, on my way back home. This plea is so full of hope, yet so realistically sad, so sincere and depressing, it will forever send chills down my spine. Sam Smith‘s vocals on this song are truly amazing, he makes me see that orange sunset-y color all around me whenever I hear this song. (12/10)
I’m Not The Only One – I never know what this song is about. I guess Good Thing has competition in a mediocrity contest with this one, but for me, it’s just „skipskipskip” whenever this song is on. (5/10)
I’ve Told You Now seems to be the spoiled kid’s response to the one thing he cannot have. The beat of the song blends with the bratty voice Sam Smith employs on this piece, and I gotta say I love the determined attitude on I’ve Told You Now. (8.5/10)
Like I Can comes with the 90s vibe, with a guitar that never breaks the rhythm, with a drum that follows a secret road inside the singer’s heart with such accuracy, it’s heart warming. I just love the song for all the positive vibe it sends me and I can imagine some matured Spice Girls singing this one with great success. (9/10)
Life Support will forever be a favorite of mine. The dependency, the kleptomaniac feeling this song induces me is overwhelming. This is the dark side of Sam Smith and it is gorgeous as ever. Also, the hip hop beats blend with his cries for help and love so perfectly, I feel like crying just thinking about Life Support. (10/10)
Not In That Way – I’ll come back after I’m done crying. This song will bring you to your knees, believe you me. Not In That Way is exactly what it appears to be – a ballad about an unrequited love story. It has raw emotion, raw sadness, sincerity, and when Mr. Smith says „You will never know that feeling / You will never see through these eyes” it’s truly gut wrenching and it makes me stand still waiting for the sorrow to stop.(11/10)
Lay Me Down is one of my favorite songs of the album (I know it feels like I’m saying this about every song from In The Lonely Hour, it is not true!). Another request, a sensible request, of course, from Mr. Smith. Got to love his vocal mastery on this piece. His voice conveys hope and hurt and a plea for happiness, all the while trying to hold it together. (10/10)
Restart – so 90s, so dancey and groovy, can’t help but loving it! I dunno what makes me love this song – its simplicity, or the vintage vibe it sends, but I never skip it. (9/10)
Latch – this is, I guess, the third Sam Smith song I heard, the Disclosure version, of course, and I was forever hooked. The acoustic version, however, is so much better. It has pure emotions and Sam Smith has this eerie voice, like he’s in another plane, where only love and happiness exist. That plane must be awesome, because this song, with its violins, is so beautiful, it can only spell love. (12/10)
La La La – oh, well, I must admit I hated this one. So badly! Omg, I can’t even listen to it now. Yes, Mr. Smith has an awesome voice, but the La La La part just brings me down. The La La La part sung by the kid, of course. I also don’t like the video, so that adds to the sum of factors that make me skip this patience challenge of mine. (7/10)
Make It To Me is, again, one of the most beautiful live songs of the album. Simple, this piano driven tune is so frickin’ gorgeous and hopeful, and Sam Smith’s voice is so conveying, carrying the emotion beyond ear buds and stereo speakers and into my achy breaky heart. (10/10)
Safe With Me – because Mr. Smith experiments also and because why not. I am unsure how to describe this one, even if it’s intoxicating and so RnB, I can’t even begin to describe the whole feeling to you! It’s like Timbaland came and put his little Midas finger on Sam Smith and stuff happened. (12/10)
Together – because Disclosure is always a good idea. I gotta say I love this combination of soul and funk and electro, I only see green neon lights whenever this song hits my ears. (10/10)
Nirvana is the second song I heard from Mr. Smith, and I’ve been hooked on him ever since (the first one was La La La and you already know my opinion on it). So slick, so 70s, so reactive – so addictive! And the vocals – oh my god the vocals are so truly sexy and sensual and promising! Very good job, Mr Smith! (12/10)
The whole album, along with the Nirvana EP, brings me peace, and love, and hope. Sam Smith’s voice is a sweet medicine that mends broken hearts, and his lyrics, while simple, are sincere and upfront. I will never tire of listening to his music, I can tell. If only I could see him live…
Pic.
Skinny eyes with skinny ties,
All of this is made of lies.
Hungry words for hungry dogs,
Inside me everything clogs.
Fatty shivers, fatty livers,
All this meat on me delivers.
Extra pounds of extra sounds
Make this world go out of rounds.
All my stories are forgotten,
Lime with water, inside rotten,
And the scale is not my friend.
I will die. This is the end.
We are kings and we’re forgotten,
From the stars we hit rock bottom,
We lost horses, arms in battles,
Everyday we chocked on apples.
See, the time is not that free,
Father, son, and me – we’re three
Of jointed and forsaken mystery,
Of endless, starchy misery.
Toxic sounds that fill my ears,
Toxic sounds through all these years,
All the words that left your mouth
Left me broken, filled with doubt.
Toxic eyes that never dream,
Toxic eyes of hate supreme,
All the looks and colors full,
You are just a rock – so dull.
Toxic fingers, filled with poison,
Toxic fingers, so unchosen,
All you left behind was burnt,
All I have on me is hurt.
I just jumped the Game of Thrones wagon, complete with the cumbersome task of reading the saga that inspired the TV show, but I am not, by all means, new to the following it has, nor am I new to the events that happened until I started indulging on the phenomenon.
Last year I was intrigued by the oh-so-known Red Wedding episode, but it wasn’t enough for me to start watching the show. This year I read about the controversial rape scene near boy-king Joffrey and, while I was a little curious, it still wasn’t enough for me.
But what made me catch up with Game of Thrones was the sudden realization that one of my favorite actors from Misfits also joined the ensemble cast, and now watching it was a challenge.
Iwan Rheon joined the cast as Ramsay Snow, the vicious bastard of Lord Roose Bolton, who practically enslaved Theon Greyjoy, after torturing, flaying and mutilating him. The way that Rheon portrays this wild creature that resembles a human from afar is kind of mesmerizing, after seeing him as the shy and gentle Simon in Misfits.
Oh well, that was the only reason I had for watching the series, but now I am kind of hooked, as I started reading the books also. I find them a bit too pretentious for my taste, as the vocabulary used is a bit far fetched, but it is a compelling read nonetheless.
I have some observations regarding the show (as I my book advances are modest so far), because I noticed that my favorite characters are rarely the ones that the vast majority of the public prefers.
Maybe the most obvious choice is the always-adored Tyrion Lannister, the Imp that everyone loves, and that’s not a bad thing. He uses sarcasm when others use swords, and even when he uses swords, he’s still a better fighter than most. His greatest flaw is his acceptance of his physique, combined with the superiority that comes with a witty mind. Add to that a sharp tongue and little obedience, and we have the most funny, deep and caring character of the show.
Of course I love Sansa, with her red hair and her innocence, but I also love her new found maturity, the one that comes after a great deal of pain. I also love her bastard brother, Jon Snow the brave, the fiery and the passionate beast of the north that he is. And I like Bran enough to wait and see what he grows up to be.
But besides these obvious choices there are some weird ones, like Theon Greyjoy and Ramsay Snow. Theon is interesting, always switching sides, always cocky (well, now… not so much), always horny and ready for a good fight, ready to prove himself, ready to do anything to be accepted. Basically, a little boy at heart. I never liked the character that much until he was morphed into Reek, but now I can appreciate Alfie Allen’s true talent, and I must admit that he is a great actor.
Ramsay Snow is a very weird choice, indeed, but I can explain it by choosing to see what Iwan Rheon shows us – a flawed man, filled with insecurities. I can draw many parallels between him and Theon (and maybe Jon, Robb, and even Arya and Bran). All of them have to prove themselves, all of them have to fight to be accepted, to make their fathers proud, to earn their place in the world. So far, only Ramsay manages to do that, albeit his methods are very unorthodox.
I must admit that the Game hasn’t fully caught up on me yet, as I am not as fond of it as are my other friends, but I love controversy, I enjoy witnessing stories about faulty people, I like watching them choosing their paths, and so I will not give up on this. Yet.