Blessed To Be A Witness

Ok, so I'm bored today..
1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it makes you look.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Sunshine - Matt Costa

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Liars and Battlelines - Rookie of the Year

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Losing You - The New Amsterdams

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Better Open The Door - Motion City Soundtrack

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Glass Onion - The Beatles

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Back 2 Good - Matchbox Twenty

WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT?
Let Your Troubles Roll By - Carbon Leaf

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Dismantle. Repair. (Acoustic) - Anberlin

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Lonely Nation - Switchfoot

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
I Mostly Copy Other People - The Almost

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Blanket Of Ghosts - Dustin Kensrue

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Let That Be Enough - Switchfoot
(Wow, that's actually a possibility...huh...cool)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
The Everglow - Mae

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Your Love Is Amazing - Lincoln Brewster

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
NYC Weather Report - Five For Fighting

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Losing You - John Butler Trio

WHAT WILL YOU NAME THIS?
Blessed To Be A Witness - Ben Harper

This one's for Courtney Joy Duzan

I'll take some lyrics for 1000 please Alex....

I was talking to a new friend tonight, and she was telling me what she thinks about choices. Ironically enough, I wrote this last night. It's about the choice that most of us make every day to pick our stuff and our money and our own selfish desires over connection with other people. We all choose to be lonely every now and again. And this is my rant about it. It's called 'Me is Lonely'



Me is such a lonely word
It's absurd to think that I could be heard
Above the noise that i'm living in every day
The corner office is an island
Isolating us all
From the rhythm of life and the fear we might fall
Here now we've defined success
As this lexus when it's really on the next bus
And I've gotta believe that this can't be all that there is
But cutting through the cacophony
Is a refrain and a simple melody
Coming here to take me far away

Me is such a lonely word
It's absurd to think that I could be heard
Above the noise that I've been living in every day
Because life was meant to be lived together
Life was meant to be lived together
Life was meant to be lived together

Me is such a lonely word
I'm just as ignorant for all that I've learned
And the struggle rages on deep within my heart
Life has found me in a rut
Stuck in reverse running out of luck
In the quicksand suffocating agonizingly slow
We are such a crazy race
We talk love but in practice we hate
And this mask I have on is growing cumbersome
The greatest tragedy of all of them
Is the man who gains all the world and then
Keeps it to himself and so loses his soul



The melody is really chill and kick back. Kind of a surf-rock vibe to it...

R&R

Today was outstanding.

I was the only one at my house today.

I wrote a couple songs.

Seeing as how we have about 6 inches of snow on the ground right now, I threw some snowballs at a tree just to see how many times i could hit it.

I experimented with two of my favorite beverages, Chai Tea and Columbian Coffee. If you get the right mixture, it can be quite delicious.

I went to my brother's basketball game. they suffered their first loss of the season. oh well.

I came home. Wrote some more lyrics.

And now I'm going to bed. Second Saturdays tomorrow. I'm stoked!!

And perhaps a couple songs worth of lyrics coming soon.

I'm leaving on a jetplane, I don't know when I'll be back again...

I got an email last night.

My student visa was approved.

All systems are go for AUSTRALIA!!!!

Hillsong, here I come!!!

This means all of my dealings with the government are done for awhile.

Darn, I'm really gonna miss this ridiculous red tape and bureaucracy.

Not really.

But I WILL miss all of you.

So come visit me in Sydney.

Any time from January 15th 2008 - Early January 2010.