Love With A Stranger

I'm a huge fan of Marie Digby -- so much that I knew all of the songs in her albums and have subscribed to her fan pages in different social networking sites. Yet I have my own set of favorites from all of the songs she has written and covered.

But recent trip overseas made a new meaning to one of my favorite Marie Digby songs.

This particular song became my favorite, primarily because of its edgy yet 'sexy' feel; and later on because of its lyrics, although I could not comprehend exactly what that means.

During that trip, the lyrics of the song keep playing in my mind whenever I walk down the streets of that foreign land. It is indeed love with a stranger -- that is, a place that is a complete stranger to me. A place that is crazily busy, sparkly, noisy, but charming in its own (weird) way.

Anyway, here is the song that I'm talking about. I kinda miss sharing my favorite songs over my blog ever since Taking Chances. But nevertheless, please listen to it, and share to me your thoughts about it. :)





Love With A Stranger


You close the doors
When you're with me, slowly
Lay down next to me
Just the alight of our fate

This was not part of the plan
I was just on my way
You make me comfortable

This is love with a stranger
Just the touch is enough
I let go with a stranger
Just to see you, just to feel

No questions, please don't ask
Please don't worry 'bout the past
This is love with a stranger
When I walk out the door
You won't see me no more
This is love with a stranger

I drifted away
Lost myself
With the current
Let my eyelids feel heavy
Hypnotized by our heart beat

This was not part of the plan
I was just on my way
You make me comfortable

This is love with a stranger
Just the touch is enough
I let go with a stranger
Just to see you, just to feel

No questions, please don't ask
Please don't worry 'bout the past
This is love with a stranger
When I walk out the door
You won't see me no more
This is love with a stranger

I barely even know your name
Be easy, let's keep it simple
Just enjoy the moment, baby
Relax and close your eyes
When you wake up in the morning light
Don't act like you're surprised
I'll disappear into the night
I'll vanish like a ghost
oooh

This is love with a stranger
Just the touch is enough
I let go with a stranger
Just to see, just to feel
This is this is love, love with a stranger
This is this is love, love with a stranger
This is this is love, love with a stranger
This is this is love, love with a stranger

Train Ride Home

It's already a given fact that I write as my personal outlet (thus the reason for this blog). But once upon a time, I wrote poems and songs. When I was in high school, my best friend and I would doodle our ideas at the back of our seldomly-used notebook and then arrange it into a song of sorts. When we have time for it, we would compose its tune using her organ at her house.

Even during college, I continued writing songs. But since I'm more of a lyricist than a composer, I write songs but not even one of them has a tune.

Okay, there was one. When I was in first year in college, I had a huge crush on one of our classmates. So much that I even wrote a song for him, complete with its tune, all within a span of a week, during our semestral break. Fortunately, he was able to hear that song, with a little prodding from my friends. And to this day, I still treasure that song and keep it close to my heart. 

That was the last song that I wrote. Nothing ever followed since then. 

Until now.

One day, while I was waiting for the computer system in our office to get fixed, I passed my time by listening to Taylor Swift's newest album 'Speak Now.' I admire Taylor Swift in terms of her style in writing songs. Her songs were written in simple words that makes it easy to understand, and they were placed over a background of tunes fit for the mood of the song - be it hyper, sentimental, dark, among others.

Going back, that gave me an idea. I pulled out my notebook and started to doodle all the ideas that popped out of my head. Then lines and measures begin to follow, and not long after, I was writing a full song.

The song is, as usual, one without a tune, since I'm far away from my organ (or any musical instrument) when I was writing this. The song also has no rhyme (except for the first two lines), but it does have a measure (eight syllables at the verses, nine at the chorus). Basically, the song is inspired by my 'love story', which started with a 'train ride home.' (Yeah, romantic as I could ever be.)


Anyway, yes, the song is entitled 'Train Ride Home.'



Train Ride Home

I had it all but I screwed up
Punished until I'm broken up
All that's left of me is nothin'
And the ties were all but broken

So I turned away, ran away
Crying and sobbing as I say,
"I'll never commit more mistakes
I'll stay away, won't trust again."

And so here I am and standing
I'm so scared in this strange new world
I knew no one, talked to no one
I wondered how will I survive

Then I saw you on my train ride home
I've seen you before, where's that again?
Yes, you and I were at the same class
We're both fresh grads, we're from the same school
How come you take the same ride home?
Do we drop off the same train station?
So many things to ask, but for now
Can we talk a while, if you don't mind?

And then you stood right next to me
You said hi and I said hello
Then you asked, 'Where do you drop off?'
It turns out, we both drop off there

Fast forward, a few weeks later
The prof says 'Goodbye, 'till next time'
We bid goodbye to our classmates
And walked our way to the train stop

Now we're both on the same train ride home
You tell jokes, I laugh 'till my sides hurt
We talked until we have to go down
We looked at each other and then sighed
Now we're both on the same train ride home
Got to drop off the same train station
So many things to ask, but for now
Can you walk me home, if you don't mind?

Suddenly, I feel my heart beat
Then I smiled, but then I felt sad
'Cause I said I won't trust again
I'm afraid I'm falling for you...

Until one day you called me up
You said you're gonna pick me up
Then you're standing by my doorway
You smile while you're holding a bouquet

And you said,

It started on the same train ride home
We talked and laughed 'till our sides hurt
And then I felt for the first time ever
Someone accepts me for who I am
Each time we take the same train ride home
I wish that this ride would never stop
So many things to wish, but for now
Would you be my girl, if you don't mind?

And so here I am, I'm standing
Standing brave in this strange new world
I'm ready to take anything
'Cause I know I'm never alone

Taking Chances (Glee Cast Version)

If you've read my profile at the right side of this blog, you'll probably know that I'm a certified Gleek. But when asked what is my most favorite Glee-covered song, I'm not gonna answer anything. Hell, I love almost all songs in Glee. Even those I love the least. Hey, at least I still liked them somehow.

I can tell you, however, what Glee-covered song means the most to me. This song would be it.

At first it was just another song from the first album. But I went through hard times, and that time I hate myself so much feel like shutting myself from the world. For the most part, I stayed away from everyone (except my friends) and busied myself to listening to music. Then I stumbled upon this song.

The lyrics just hit me, like this song came to me just when I feel it. It's like, yeah I really am lost and I 'don't wanna be alone tonight in this planet they call Earth.'

But this song calls me on, well, 'taking chances'. That even if things are uncertain, even if you have that fear of the unknown, even if you feel like totally beaten up; you just need to grab that chance, hope for the best, and rest assure that you really are not alone in your journey.

In my case, that's what I just did. And I could tell, the risk is so worth it.

So yeah, 'what do you say at taking chances?'