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And if your strife strikes at your sleep
Remember spring swaps snow for leaves
You'll be happy and wholesome again
When the city clears and sun ascends

And my head told my heart
"Let love grow"
But my heart told my head
"This time no"
-Winter Winds, Mumford and Sons

"I never wanted

anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, Oh!"
-Florence + the Machine, Dog Days are Over

Geranium kisser

Skin like silk and face like glass
Don't confront me with my failures
Kiss me with your mouth open
For your love, better than wine
For your cologne is really fragrant
Call on me, call on me, call on me

Your hair is like an eagle
Your two eyes are like two doves
But our bed is like a failure
All day up in the family
At the waning of the light
To the chamber that conceived me
Call on me, call on me, call on me

Geranium killer
Throat of soil of and mind like stone
Please don't defend a silver lining
Around the halo of what is already shining
When all the planets are aligning
For an afternoon that's never ending
Call on me, call on me, call on me

New pictures.

Mashuppppp

via Julia Eicher

Trust me, you'll want to listen to this one.

You Make My Dreams Come True

I cannot stop listening to Hall and Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True."

Baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast

I guess I owe Ruthie an apology. For as long as I can remember, she has told me of the magnificence of Radiohead, and while I have listened to my fair share of their songs, I never gave them the benefit of the doubt.

For whatever reason I picked I chose tonight to rectify this, and I have found many things to be new truths to add to my life:

1. Radiohead is amazing, even if I am still unsure of what I think about Thom Yorke's singing voice.
2. Their album Go to Sleep is short, but definitely sweet.
3. I like all of Amnesiac, except for the last song, Like Spinning Plates. However, the live version on I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings I do love very much.
4. I really like The Bends. Like, almost to the point where it is unsafe.
5. I find the music of both Radiohead and Muse to be excellent to listen to whilst writing. Which is what I have been doing. It really gets the brain juices flowing.

So I have come up with a list of bands who I enjoy listening to as I pour my brain onto the page. They are as follows:

1. Radiohead (as previously mentioned)
2. Muse (also, as previously mentioned)
3. Deathcab for Cutie
4. Regina Spektor
5. Sigur Ros
6. Jack Johnson
7. Coldplay
and 8. Anathallo

What a wonderful evening. And again, Radiohead, please accept my apologies.

They Were Here First

I Don't Know by Justin Nozuka

All the rhythm in my soul is gone... I'm in trouble
With so much worry on my mind
And lost.. can't find the way to go
I don't know
Left or right, or up or down
In or out or do I turn around
I don't know
But this is killing me
Is this the way that it's supposed to be
I feel like I am going crazy
This is not me
I may be here tomorrow
But I don't know
I don't know
I may be here tomorrow
Who knows
I don't know
I'm feeling so down, down, down, down
that I'm way under the ground
yeah yeah yeah
said im feeling so down, down, down, down
That i'm way under the ground
That i'm way under the ground
Let that cloud of rain come over my head
And pour all over me
Purify my body, spirit and mind
I never meant it to turn out like this
I'm a mess with no way out of this loneliness
No way, see I've walked through every single doorway
No way, I've driven down every single highway
No way, I'm swimming through the oceans, rivers, lakes and bays
There's no way
Oh I've tried his way and her way and my way
There's still no way
I may be here tomorrow, but I don't know
I don't know
I may be here tomorrow, but who knows
See I don't know because
I've been feeling so down, so down
That I'm way under the ground
See see, I'm way under the ground
I'm feeling so down, down, down, down, down
I'm way under the ground (I'm way under the ground)
Oh so when the sun comes up I'll still be down
Because I still ain't got nobody here around
To lift me off my hands and knees
I'm begging mercy, mercy, mercy
When the moon comes up I'll still be down
Because I still ain't got nobody else around
To lift me off my hands and knees
I'm screaming mercy, mercy
Oh I may be here tomorrow
But I don't know
See I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I may be here tomorrow
But I don't know
I don't know

I find this song to be absolutely wonderful. I honestly can't stop listening to it, and it definitely reminds me of when I listened to Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek on constant repeat this summer.

...which I have just put on and am loving it.

The power of music is incredible.