Monthly Archives: January 2015

Get Out Of My Head

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I’m trying to hide
Don’t let them find me
What was that noise
What’s the dark hiding
I feel them staring
That voice in my head
Telling me to come
Why won’t they stay dead

No I don’t want to
Please don’t make me
No I won’t do it
You won’t break me
Just leave me alone
Get out of my head
It wasn’t my fault
Why do I see red

I see their body
Wherever I go
Now I hear their voice
Almost like they know
I was their that day
But it wasn’t me
I couldn’t stop him
I still hear their plea

No I don’t want to
Please don’t make me
No I won’t do it
You won’t break me
Just leave me alone
Get out of my head
It wasn’t my fault
Why do I see red

Tears fall down my face
No what have I done
You got in my head
And now you’ve won
How did you do it
I’ll be with you soon
I wish you’d stay dead
Which way to my tomb

No I don’t want to
Please don’t make me
No I won’t do it
You won’t break me
Just leave me alone
Get out of my head
It wasn’t my fault
But now I’m dead

Dave Grohl

All Things Music,

Since it is Dave Grohl’s birthday soon. Well today in Australia. I thought I would do a post dedicated to him. Just in case there is anyone out there who doesn’t know who he is, he is lead singer and guitarist of a band called Foo Fighters. He started the band in the mid nighties after the lead singer of his previous band, in which he played the drums, committed suicide. That band was called Nirvana. The lead singer, Kurt Cobain.

Dave turned 46 on January 14 and here is a video of how he celebrated his birthday this year.

As I said earlier, Dave was the drummer for Nirvana. He wasn’t the first but he, in my opinion, the best. He also plays drums in a number of other bands, including ones that he formed, as way of preventing from getting bored with the Foo Fighters.
And he’s amazing at it.

Here is a video of him playing the drums in 1988 at 19 years old with a band called Scream.

He is a proud dad. Here is a video of him being interviewed by Ellen DeGeneres about being a parent.

Dave is an all round nice guy who looks after his fans at concerts.

He saved a kid from crushed between the crowd and the security fence at the front during a Them Crooked Vultures concert. Then he let the kid and his watch from the side of stage.

He broke up a fight that started in the crowd at a Foo Fighters concert. Worried about the safety of his fans and probably slightly annoyed that this guy wasn’t just enjoying the music like everybody else, he made the guy leave. Warning there is a bit of swearing.

He is an amazing front man. His connection with the fans is obvious in this video of when Foo Fighters played at Wembley Stadium June 2008. He swears a little in this one too but I means, it’s rock and roll.

Dave Grohl is a real, true musician and is such a nice guy, that he deserves all the years he has had success and many more.

Happy Birthday Dave Grohl.

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Love
Roxanne

Grieving Hearts

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The night is darkest
Just before the dawn
With life at its bleakest
A new love is born

Grieving hearts
Loving pasts
Both living apart
From a love that lasts

Now here you stand
Side by side
Hand in hand
A great love so wide

This isn’t technically song lyrics that I wrote, but it’s what got me started writing again. I stopped for about 3 years because I had no inspiration, no reason to write, but in September, my grandmother got married again after my grandfather died. She kept it small and didn’t invite anyone but those who lived locally, but asked people to write things to be read out at the ceremony. She asked me to write something and it took me a while because it had been a long time since I had even tried to write. But in the end I came up with this.

Everyone said it was good and then next thing I knew I was writing again and more than I had before. It got me started on this path, now I’m learning guitar and taking singing lessons to strengthen my voice. Now I feel like myself again. So…. thanks Nan for getting married.

Moral of the story, follow your dreams because they will lead you to where you’re supposed to be.

Love
Roxanne

Hope For A Brighter Future

About Lyrics

Broken Inside is about a girl who is feeling down about her life. She has been strong and kept it hidden for so long but it was becoming too much. She almost gave up but decided to give living another go.

Admittedly it’s not one of my best but I used write quite dark endings and so I like that she doesn’t give in to her sadness that was threatening to overcome her. She has hope for a brighter future and I guess, since I wrote it, it means I have hope for a brighter future.

The night is darkest just before the dawn.

Love
Roxanne

Broken Inside

Lyrics,

She sits at home
She’s all alone
She wonders why
She’s not on the phone
Her friends don’t call
No not at all
As she wonders why
Tears start to fall

But she won’t complain
Won’t let anyone
know she’s in pain

She tries to hide
That she’s broken inside
Hoping no one will notice
It’s a losing fight
She doesn’t know
How to let it go
Her demons inside
Will stop her blood flow

She’s doing her best
But life’s a test
It’s at a point
Where she needs a rest
When things go wrong
She tries to be strong
But it’s just too hard
To fight for so long

But she won’t complain
Won’t let anyone
know she’s in pain

She tries to hide
That she’s broken inside
Hoping no one will notice
It’s a losing fight
She doesn’t know
How to let it go
Her demons inside
Will stop her blood flow

Go into the sun
Go have some fun
A mere suggestion
In the end light won
She decided to try
To go outside
Into a world
That left her dead inside

She tries to hide
That she’s broken inside
Hoping no one will notice
It’s a losing fight
She doesn’t know
How to let it go
Her demons inside
Might stop her blood flow

The Dead Kennedys

All Things Music

I thought I might share with you some songs that I listen to that didn’t quite make my favourites list.

Today I chose a song by The Dead Kennedys ‘Holiday in Cambodia’. I like the lyrics. I like songs where the lyrics make you think, they give you a new perspective. This song is about the terrible things Cambodia went through in the 70s under the Dictator Pol Pot.

Musicians have a lot of influence over their audience, I like it when they use that influence to make people more aware of things happening around the world. A lot of songs these days are just a catchy tune with some meaningless lyrics. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, sometimes that’s what the mood calls for, but the songs I remember most are the ones that make me question things, make me change the I think.

That’s what I hope to be able to one day.

Love
Roxanne

Effects Of Social Media

About Lyrics

If You Only Knew is about the effects of social media on young girls(and boys). The girl in the song becomes obsessed with a young male celebrity and is desperate to get his attention. Her life is solely about getting a follow from him on twitter. She tweets him pictures to get him to notice her but his other female fans see it and get territorial. These girls are also obsessed with this guy and see this girl as a threat to them getting noticed by their ‘sunshine’. So they bully this girl until she loses all self worth and no longer likes what she sees in the mirror. She’s still obsessed with this guy but where before she was determined to get noticed by him, it was her reason for waking up each day. Now it’s had a negative effect on her. No longer believing she is worthy of this guy and that he won’t ever notice her, there’s no longer a reason for her to get up in the morning. She becomes depressed and with people on social media telling her to go kill herself, she decides to do just that.

This girl became so obsessed that she couldn’t see those who cared about her. She couldn’t see how anyone could care about her after the other girls bullied her.

I decided to write this song after seeing some things being said to and by some of those I follow on twitter. I see girls posting pictures of their ‘sunshine’ or their favourite young male celebrity with the caption “If you need me I’ll be digging my grave”. Whether they are actually serious or not is besides the point. If they’re posting about suicide, then it’s likely they’ve thought about suicide.

Then there’s the hate between the fandoms of different celebrities or bands. I once saw one fandom create a hashtag that said another fandom should cut deeper next time they try to hurt themselves. It’s not right and I felt someone should do something to make people realise that that’s not how we should treat each other.

Telling someone they should go kill themselves, whether you mean it literally or not, is careless. You never know where that person’s head is at when they read it. It may be the thing they need to push them over the edge.

Please be kind to one another.

Love
Roxanne

If You Only Knew

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I was drowning in darkness
But now I’m calm
Just relaxing in the bath
The water is warm
The pain in my wrists gone
My blood still flows
Cause I love you so much
You don’t even know
And as the world fades away
My last thought is you
Though you don’t know who I am
That much is true

Why are kids making kids cry
Why are they left out to die
When did we stop teaching them
It’s okay to feel broken
Because it does get better
And soon this won’t matter
There are people who love you
If you only knew

Saw you through the window
That is my screen
You were all I thought about
Even in my dreams
But it’s a one way glass
You don’t see me
Nothing I wouldn’t give
For that not to be
I could break the glass
And there’ll be a way
For you to see through the crack
I have hope one day

Why are kids making kids cry
Why are they left out to die
When did we stop teaching them
It’s okay to feel broken
Because it does get better
And soon this won’t matter
There are people who love you
If you only knew

I took some pictures
And put them online
I thought they looked okay
I thought they were fine
I wanted you to notice
Your fans sure did
They made me want to hide
To go off grid
I tried to get away from
All their abuse
They can be really hurtful
When they let loose

Why are kids making kids cry
Why are they left out to die
When did we stop teaching them
It’s okay to feel broken
Because it does get better
And soon this won’t matter
There are people who love you
If you only knew

I turned to see this girl
Staring back at me
She wasn’t much to look at
Not that I could see
She didn’t have clear skin
But crooked teeth
A nose that’s just too big
That girl was me
I started to believe them
Those things they said
That’s when the darkness
Got in my head

Why are kids making kids cry
Why are they left out to die
When did we stop teaching them
It’s okay to feel broken
Because it does get better
And soon this won’t matter
There are people who love you
If you only knew

I stopped posting pictures
For you to see
Stopped trying to get noticed
You’d never see me
Cause I’m not even worthy
For someone like you
You deserve better than me
I know it’s true
Someone with small nose
A girl who’s pretty
Would look good on your arm
Anyone but me

Why are kids making kids cry
Why are they left out to die
When did we stop teaching them
It’s okay to feel broken
Because it does get better
And soon this won’t matter
There are people who love you
If you only knew

I have a confession
You were my obsession
You deserve perfection
And not my reflection

Why are kids making kids cry
Why are they left out to die
When did we stop teaching them
It’s okay to feel broken
If only you knew
There are people who love you

You Deserve Better

About Lyrics,

Whispering Pretty Things  is about those guys (and girls) that pretend to care about the girls they’re with. They say all the right things to make you fall for them, to make you think he’s fallen for you, but really he’s just using you.

I don’t like to think that this happens to people. I hope it doesn’t happen to you. But if it does, know that it’s not your fault and you deserve better. You will find a guy who loves you and knows how special you are. I know you’ll find him.

Love
Roxanne

Whispering Pretty Things

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You left with your bags packed
With your heart still intact
You said it had been fun
But it’s over now, we’re done
I can’t deal with this anymore
I just keep staring at the door
How could I have been so wrong
You were lying all along

What did you do to me
I was never this girl
Whispering pretty things
You became my whole world
You never loved me
But I still fell for you
Whispering pretty things
Was all you had to do

I tried to get you out of my head
Cause I still feel you in my bed
I thought you were the one
Now I see you with that blonde
This hurts more than I can bear
And you don’t even seem to care
You left my life in tatters
But to you that doesn’t matter

What did you do to me
I was never this girl
Whispering pretty things
You became my whole world
You never loved me
But I still fell for you
Whispering pretty things
Was all you had to do

Before you, I had direction
But not since your rejection
My world now crumbles down
Cause you’re no longer around
Wherever you are right now
I promise,
I’ll get over you somehow

What did you do to me
I was never this girl
Whispering pretty things
You became my whole world
You never loved me
But I still fell for you
Whispering pretty things
Was all you had to do

Why wasn’t I enough
For you to fall in love