Never give up anything you can't go a day without thinking about

I swear "Mono" by Courtney Love is one of the most perfect embodiments of everything a rock song should be.  I have had it for years, and whenever I come back to it I am always like oh man, play that again. 




...On a totally different note, the twelfth chapter (The Mirror of Erised).

This has always been one of my most favorite chapters, because omg Lily.

Christmas was coming.

Indeed.

Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more wine, finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry's amazement, giggled and blushed, her top hat lopsided.

...WTF.

A piercing, bloodcurdling shriek split the silence -- the book was screaming!

See note further down.

She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes – her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought, edging a little closer to the glass. Bright green -- exactly the same shape, but then he noticed that she was crying; smiling, but crying at the same time.

a;lsdkfjasdlfka;sdkjf  ...Wah.

Harry felt as though his insides had turned to ice. He looked behind him. Sitting on one of the desks by the wall was none other than Albus Dumbledore. Harry must have walked straight past him, so desperate to get to the mirror he hadn't noticed him.

This is also related to my quote above with the screaming book: ...Mm, Ms. Rowling has improved a lot in describing unexpected turns of events. 

Chapter thirteen (Nicholas Flamel):

"I'm going to play," he told Ron and Hermione. "If I don't, all the Slytherins will think I'm just too scared to face Snape. I'll show them... it'll really wipe the smiles off their faces if we win."

"Just as long as we're not wiping you off the field," said

Aha, wow - that was cheerful, Hermione.

Little did Harry know that Ron and Hermione had been secretly practicing the Leg-Locker Curse. They'd gotten the idea from Malfoy using it on Neville, and were ready to use it on Snape if he showed any sign of wanting to hurt Harry.

Ahahaha, SO HARDCORE of them.

"You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for no reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money -- you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains."

There's that quote, and a couple ones before, and three more after it, and the conclusion is: God, but Malfoy does have a mouth.  He also must really be feeling suicidal to have come into the Gryffindor section just to mouth off.

Harry had reached the shed. He leaned against the wooden door and looked up at Hogwarts, with its windows glowing red in the setting sun. Gryffindor in the lead.

Oh, that's nicely symbolic.

So I haven't posted song lyrics in a while - maybe because some of the songs I've really become obsessed with recently are rather popular songs, and it feels rather silly to post lyrics to popular songs.  But this one's interesting, and more rare, I think, and it has debatable lyrics.  I'm actually only able to find one site (easily, anyway) with the lyrics to it, and I'm positive at least some lines are wrong, so I'm going to fix them according to what I hear, which probably isn't right either.

Cold

Hello, I'm your martyr; will you be my gangster
Can you feel my trigger hand - moving further down your back
When you hide - hide inside that body,
But just remember that when I touch you
The more you shake -the more you give away

(Cold) but I'm still here, (blind) 'cause I'm so blind (say never)
We're far from comfortable this time
(Cold) now we're so cold, (mine) and you're not mine, (say never)
We're far from obvious this time

(Wait) another minute here; time will kill us after all
Can you feel its second hand wrapped around your neck
So fall into my eyes; fall into my lies
But don't you forget
The more you turn away - the more I want you to stay

(Cold) but I'm still here, (blind) 'cause I'm so blind (say never)
We're far from comfortable this time
(Cold) now we're so cold, (mine) and you're not mine, (say never)
We're far from obvious this time

You're so endearing; you're so beautiful,
Well I don't look like they do, and I don't love like they do
But I don't hate like they do
Am I ever on your mind

(Cold) but I'm still here, (blind) 'cause I'm so blind (say never)
We're far from comfortable this time
(Cold) now we're so cold, (mine) and you're not mine, (say never)
We're far from obvious this time

(Cold) you broke me from the very first night
I'd love you 'til the day that I die
I'm far too comfortable this time
(Cold) I loved you from the very first night
You broke me 'til the day that I die
I'm far too obvious this time

- Evans Blue

Another Day

ROGER
Who do you think you are?
Barging in on me and my guitar
Little girl -- hey
The door is that way
You better go you know
The fire's out anyway
Take your powder -- take your candle
Your sweet whisper
I just can't handle
Well take your hair in the moonlight
Your brown eyes -- goodbye, goodnight
I should tell you I should tell you
I should tell you I should -- no!
Another time -- another place
Our temperature would climb
There'd be a long embrace
We'd do another dance
It'd be another play
Looking for romance?
Come back another day
Another day

MIMI
The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn
There is no future, there is no past
I live this moment as my last
There's only us, there's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road, no other way
No day but today

ROGER
Excuse me if I'm off track
But if you're so wise
Then tell me -- why do you need smack?
Take your needle, take your fancy prayer
And don't forget - get the moonlight out of your hair
Long ago -- you might've lit up my heart
But the fire's dead -- ain't never ever gonna start
Another time -- another place
The words would only rhyme
We'd be in outer space
It'd be another song
We'd sing another way
You wanna prove me wrong?
Come back another day
Another day

MIMI
There's only yes
Only tonight
We must let go
To know what's right
No other course, no other way
No day but today

MIMI & OTHERS
I can't control
(Control your temper)
My destiny
(She doesn't see)
I trust my soul
(Who says there is a soul?)
My only goal is just to be
(Just let me be)
There's only now, there's only here
Give in to love
Or live in fear
No other path, no other way
No day but today...

No day but today
(The fire's out anyway)
No day but today...
(Take your powder, take your candle)
No day but today...
(Take your brown eyes, your pretty smiles, your sillhouette)
No day but today...
(Another time, another place, another warm embrace)
No day but today...
(Another dance, another way, another chance, another day...)
No day but today

- Rent

So I kinda forgot how I put the lyrics to songs I like here.  Ack.  So...here are some songs that have recently held my love.

Hair

She asks me why...I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy noon and night; hair that's a fright.
I'm hairy high and low,
Don't ask me why; don't know!
It's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead; darling

Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair!
Shoulder length, longer
Here baby, there mama, everywhere daddy daddy

Hair! (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Flow it, show it; 
Long as God can grow it, my hair!

Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair
A home for fleas, a hive for bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my

Hair! (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Flow it, show it; 
Long as God can grow it, my hair!

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy, shining
Gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted; twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied!

Ohh, say can you see my eyes
If you can then my hair's too short!
Down to here, down to there,
Down to where, down to there;
It stops by itself!

They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
when they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond, brilliantined, Biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah I adore it
Hallelujah Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?

Hair! (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Flow it, show it; 
Long as God can grow it, my hair!

- Hair (the musical)

Bleed Like Me

Avalanche is sullen and too thin
She starves herself to rid herself of sin
And the kick is so divine when she sees bones beneath her skin
And she says:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me?

Chris is all dressed up and acting coy
Painted like a brand new Christmas toy
He's trying to figure out if he's a girl or he's a boy
He says:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me?

Doodle takes dad's scissors to her skin
And when she does relief comes setting in
While she hides the scars she's making underneath her pretty clothes
She sings:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me?

Therapy is Speedie's brand new drug
Dancing with the devil's past has never been too fun
It's better off than trying to take a bullet from a gun
And she cries:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me?

JT gets all fucked up in some karaoke bar
After two drinks he's a loser after three drinks he's a star
Getting all nostalgic as he sings "I Will Survive"
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me?
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me?

You should see my scars
You should see my scars
Try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
Just try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
Try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
You should see my scars
You should see my scars...

- Garbage