Music Monday: Because...Here we are again.

I'm going to post this song again, this time with the lyrics because this is happening right now in Ukraine. Right now. People are dying. Russia says they have done nothing wrong, that they must defend themselves against Ukraine. Nonsense. A former KGB fanboi is making moves to recreate his precious USSR and must be stopped.
Listen to this beautiful, haunting song by Jamala, the winner of the 2016 Eurovision song contest regardless of the protests from the Kremlin. Because "They kill you all/and say We're not guilty..."

1944by Jamala
When strangers are coming...1They come to your house,They kill you alland say,We’re not guiltynot guilty. Where is your mind?Humanity cries.You think you are gods.But everyone dies.Don't swallow my soul.Our souls I could not spend my youth thereBecause you took away my landI could not spend my youth thereBecause you took away my land We could build a futureWhere people are freeto live and love.The happiest time. Where is your heart?Humanity rise.You think you are godsBut everyone dies.Don't swallow my soul.Our souls I could not spend my youth thereBecause you took away my landI could not spend my youth thereBecause you took away my land I couldn't have my homeland

Music Monday is on the Struggle Bus

 Y'all. It's that feeling when you've had a great weekend and now it's Monday and someone poured a bag of sand into your brain and has bolted you to whatever soft surface you're on...and the alarm goes off. As I try to sort out the cobwebs left from the weekend, enjoy this tune from Taylor Swift that is one of my new on repeats...and speaks to the bullies we all grew up with and moved past. I know that I see certain faces in MY mind when this song is on in the car (and I may or may not be yelling the words as loud as I can). Get your catharsis on, y'all.

And while you do that, I'm off for a second cuppa. Yeesh.

Meanby Taylor Swift
You, with your words like knivesAnd swords and weapons that you use against meYou have knocked me off my feet againGot me feeling like I'm nothingYou, with your voice like nails on a chalkboardCalling me out when I'm woundedYou, picking on the weaker manWell, you can take me downWith just one single blowBut you don't know what you don't know
Someday, I'll be living in a big old cityAnd all you're ever gonna be is meanSomeday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit meAnd all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sidesAnd your wildfire lies and your humiliationYou have pointed out my flaws againAs if I don't already see themI walk with my head downTrying to block you out, 'cause I'll never impress youI just wanna feel okay againI bet you got pushed aroundSomebody made you coldBut the cycle ends right now'Cause you can't lead me down that roadAnd you don't know what you don't know
Someday, I'll be living in a big old cityAnd all you're ever gonna be is meanSomeday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit meAnd all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?
And I can see you years from now in a barTalking over a football gameWith that same big loud opinionBut nobody's listeningWashed up and ranting about the same old bitter thingsDrunk and grumbling on about how I can't singBut all you are is meanAll you are is meanAnd a liar, and pathetic, and alone in lifeAnd mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
But someday, I'll be living in a big old cityAnd all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeahSomeday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit meAnd all you're ever gonna be is mean(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be living in a big old city(Why you gotta be so mean?)And all you're ever gonna be is mean(Why you gotta be so mean?)Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me(Why you gotta be so mean?)And all you're ever gonna be is meanWhy you gotta be so mean?

Music Monday: Well, it's Valentine's Day, right?

When I think of great love stories, I think of my parents. My father spent his entire life convinced that he did not deserve his wife but did everything he could to show her that he was thankful for her. When I first heard this song by Cody Fry, it wiped me out because I couldn't get them out of my mind...and how even though we miss them I'm so happy that their symphony is playing wherever they are now.

I mean, it's Valentine's Day, after all...

Symphony

by Cody Fry

I used to hear a simple song
That was until you came along
Now in it's place is something new
I hear it when I look at you
With simple songs I wanted more
Perfection is so quick to bore
You are more beautiful by far
Our flaws are who we really are
I used to hear a simple song
That was until you came along
You took my broken melody
And now I hear a symphony
Ohh
And now I hear a symphony

Upcoming Book Signing: Atlanta Steampunk Exposition 2022

Hey, y'all in the Atlanta/Dunwoody area, come out and see me starting tomorrow evening at the Atlanta Steampunk Expo!! I will be signing copies of Strid and would love to meet you. Here's a link to a teaser chapter and more information on the book: Strid First Chapter

     

Already have a copy? Bring it! As long as it has paper to sign, I will be happy to autograph it for you. 😀 You can bring your ebook copies too, I'm always happy to see my books out in the wild in whatever format.

To borrow from my writerly friend, Jessica Nettles, I will be cosplaying as an author trying to sell her books. 😀

See you this weekend!

 

Music Monday: So, it's to be vampires, then?

I think I have posted this tune before, but this version jumped out of my television at me and demanded to be heard. I'm not familiar with the movie shown in the video, but I've always had a soft spot for this admittedly WEIRD tune after hearing it in Lost Boys. So...there is a Camp Nano coming up... 

Cry Little Sister

as performed by CHVRCHES

Last fire will rise behind those eyes
Black house will rock, blind boys don't lie
Immortal fear, that voice so clear
Through broken walls, that scream I hear

Cry, little sister (thou shall not fall)
Come, come to your brother (thou shall not die)
Unchain me, sister (thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (thou shall not kill)

Blue masquerade, strangers look on
When will they learn this loneliness?
Temptation heat beats like a drum
Deep in your veins, I will not lie

Cry, little sister (thou shall not fall)
Come, come to your brother (thou shall not die)
Unchain me, sister (thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (thou shall not kill)

My Shangri-La, I can't forget
Why you were mine, I need you now

Cry, little sister (thou shall not fall)
Come, come to your brother (thou shall not die)
Unchain me, sister (thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (thou shall not kill)

Cry, little sister (thou shall not fall)
Come, come to your brother (thou shall not die)
Unchain me, sister (thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (thou shall not kill)

Cry, little sister (thou shall not fall)
(Thou shall not die)
(Thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (thou shall not kill)