Last Song Syndrome

this is the very real essence of LSS: you’re minding your own business, reading, thinking about dinner, etcetera, then suddenly this song comes in from the radio or from some other source of music, then it catches your attention, and BAM!, it plays and replays in your head like some kind of theme song, and it’s okay in the beginning, but when three days pass and it doesn’t stop, you grow concerned….

darn this song. it’s been playing in my head since early this evening. is it the new Hanggang Kailan??

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You’re Beautiful
James Blunt

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I’m sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won’t lose no sleep on that,
‘Cause I’ve got a plan.

You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don’t know what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don’t think that I’ll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don’t know what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.
You’re beautiful. You’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it’s time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.

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btw, just coz a certain song is playing in your head, doesn’t mean you actually like it.

i just “discovered” this song by Orange and Lemons song tonight as i was lying in bed and my roomies’ radio was tuned in to Yes FM. okay rin pala ang may roommates no? i get to listen to songs i normally wouldn’t pay attention to.

actually Orange and Lemons HAS caught my attention before. i was on a four-hour ride for home during last year’s sem-break and this song was playing on the car radio: “Umuwi ka na baby….” how appropriate, coz at home i’m called–this is so embarassing– “Baby” and well, i was ony my way home then. get it?

ahem, moving along, Orange and Lemons is likeable. at least they don’t burrow like worms in your eardrums. and they tickle. the’yre coming to Iligan too. on the 20th i heard. still don’t know if i’ll go see them or not.

another thing, their song Hanggang Kailan holds the record for the longest tune to play in my head. ever. it almost drove me nuts October-November of last year. mary mother of jesus.

HEAVEN KNOWS (THIS ANGEL HAS FLOWN)
Orange and Lemons

There are times
When i’m lyin’ in my bed
How i bellow and cry from this stupid get
And my eyes are like windshields on a rainyday
Almost rubbed-out, swelling
As i keep on
Diggin’ my face
In these cold hands of mine
Heaven knows how embittered i am

Cause this angel has flown away from me
Leaving me in drunken misery
I should have clipped her wings
And made her mine
For all eternity
Now this angel has flown away from me
I thought i had the strength to set her free
I did what i did
Because i love her so
Will she ever find her way
Back home to me?

I’m so tired
I feel like catching forty-winks
Being up all night in this elbow-room
That puts me in a trance

Where hopes and dreams come true
Now my lips are burning
And my eyes are hurting
From these fumes i make
Still i light another cigarette
Just to pass my time
Oh, heaven knows how embittered i am

thanks to my roommate Karen, i’m paying attention to this song now.

this song kind of reminds me of December. it’s probably coz of the bells.

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Counting Down The Days
Natalie Imbruglia

You were right
And I don’t wanna be here
If your gonna be there
Was that supposed to happen

I’ll hold tight
I’ll remember to smile
Though it has been a while
And without you does it matter

There’s no room
No place to start
When our souls are apart

I wanna travel through time
See your surprise
Hold you so tight
I’m counting down the days tonight
I just wanna be a million miles away from here
I’m counting down the days

How’ve you been
It’s just the usual here
And days are feeling like years
And every day’s without you

Now I cry
Just a little too much
When I think of your touch
And everything about you

I feel cold
I’m in the dark
When our souls are apart

I wanna travel through time
See your surprise
Hold you so tight
I’m counting down the days tonight
I just wanna be a million miles away from here

I wanna travel through time
See your surprise
Hold you so tight
I’m counting down the days tonight
I just wanna be a million miles away from here
I’m counting down the days

I’m counting down the days
I’m counting down the days

I’m gonna be your surprise
I’m gonna hold you so tight

Yeah

I wanna travel through time
See your surprise
I’d hold you so tight
I’m counting down the days tonight
I just wanna be a million miles away from here

I wanna travel through time
See your surprise
I’d hold you so tight
I’m counting down the days tonight
I just wanna be a million miles away from here
A million miles away from here

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this song pinches.