“I am timid and
I am oversensitive
I am a lioness
I am tired and defensive
You take me in your arms
And I fall into you
I have insecurities
You show me I am beautiful

Love me or leave me
Just take it or leave it
It’s not that I’m needy
Just need you to see me

Take me, free me, see through to the core of me
Take me, free me, there will be no more pretending

Mmmm…

I am temperamental and
I have imperfections and
I am emotional
I am unpredictable
I am naked
I am vulnerable
I am a woman
I am opening up to you

Love me or leave me
Just take it or leave it
It’s not that I’m needy
Just need you to see me

Take me, free me, see through to the core of me
Take me, free me, there will be no more pretending

Now I stand before you with my heart in my hands
I’m asking you to take me just the way that I am
Please lay down your arms, do you know me?
Make me feel safe from harm

Take me, free me, see through to the core of me
Take me, free me, there will be no more pretending

I am temperamental and
I have imperfections and
I am emotional
There’ll be no more pretending

Mmhmm…”

***LOVE this song!!!!***

“I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us look crazy
Or would it be so beautiful either way I’m sayin’
If you ask me I’m ready
(Echo: I’m ready I’m ready)
If you ask me I’m ready
(Echo: I’m ready)”

You’ve been
Missin’
Out on all the chances
you’ve been given
Is it something
Within
Holding you back instead of livin’

Your day is coming
though it seems far
Things will be clear when
you love who you are
Nothin’ can stop you as
long as you listen to
your heart

Chorus:
Lift your head to the sky
And keep tryin’
Believe in u
And it will take you higher

“…And I can’t do this by myself

All of these problems, they’re all in your head

And I can’t be somebody else

You took something perfect

And painted it red…”

*blush*  It’s how I’m feeling. *blush*

(Damn, Amy….I sure do miss you sober….)

There is no greater love
Than what I feel for you
No sweeter song, no heart so true

There is no greater thrill
Than what you bring to me
No sweeter song
Than what you sing, sing to me

You’re the sweetest thing
I have ever known
And to think that you are mine alone

There is no greater love
In all the world, it’s true
No greater love
Than what I feel for you

“….We walk in shoes too big
But you play it like a poet,
Like you always did.
And I lay face upturned on the palm of God,
Pushed on by the fingertips of dreams,
They haunted me,
Consoling me.

And I would like to call, call it beauty,
Strained as love’s become, it still amazes me
And I would like to call it beauty, ….”

[Someone posted this song on my FB page and I fell in love. I love this band and this song is phenomenal.]

“….best,
you’ve got to be the best
you’ve got to change the world
and you use this chance to be heard
your time is now…”

“Love is like the sea
Leaves you on your knees
Then it pulls you in
Then it takes you, takes you
Over, over
Love is like the sea
Leaves you on your knees
First you’re floating high
Then takes you takes you
Under under…”

“Baby, we were killing them
They couldn’t handle the millionth degree
We were criminalsAs we were burning,the world called the police
Fire department, ambulance
You can call me crazy ’cause I believe
The only move for me and you
Is to go out blazing”

I know, it’s a Spanish song… LoL. This happens to be one of my all time favorites by the Queen of Latin Soul, La Lupe. I remember hearing my mother play this song in the house and falling in love with the emotion dripping in her voice and in her lyrics. Amazing song!!! As a treat,  I tried my best to translate… Hope it helps you non-Spanish readers.

Según tu punto de vista
In your point of view
Yo soy la mala
I am the bad one
Vampiresa en tu novela
Vampire in your novel
Ja!

La gran Tirana
The great tyrant
Cada cual en este mundo
Everyone in this world
Cuenta el cuento a su manera
Tells the story  their own way
Y lo hace ver de otro modo
And it is viewed differently
En la mente de cualquiera
In the mind of anyone
Desencadenas en mi
Throw out in me
Venenosos comentarios
Poisonous comments
Después de hacerme sufrir
After making me suffer
El peor de los calvarios
The worst of the ordeals(sufferings)
Según tu punto de vista
In your point of view
Yo soy la mala
I am the bad one
La que te llevó hasta el alma
The one who took your soul

La gran Tirana
The great tyrant
Para mi es indiferente
To me it is  no different
Lo que sigas comentando
What you keep commenting
Si dice la misma gente
If  the same  people say
Que el día en que te dejé
That the day I left you
Fui yo quien salió ganando
It was I who came out ahead (the one who won)

Para mi es indiferente
To me it is  no different
Lo que sigas comentando
What you keep commenting
Si dice la misma gente
If  the same  people say
Que el día en que te dejé
That the day I left you
Fui yo quien salió ganandoooooo
It was I who came out ahead (the one who won)

“Off in the night, while you live it up, I’m off to sleep
Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it’s gonna make you notice
I hope it’s gonna make you notice

Someone like me
Someone like me
Someone like me, somebody…”

“Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned.
Mistake overturned so I called it a lesson learned.
My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned.
Another lesson Learned…”

“Someday he’ll come along, The man I love
And he’ll be big and strong, The man I love
And when he comes my way
I’ll do my best to make him stay

He’ll look at me and smile, I’ll understand
Then in a little while, He’ll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won’t say a word”

(I don’t normally put the entire song’s lyrics on my site, but this particular one is one of my favorites, and I felt the song in it’s entirety would be much more appreciated! Enjoy)

This goes out to you and you and you
You know who you are

Hmm hmm hmm
When glory days turn to stormy nights
You must have been so petrified
Didn’t you, didn’t you feel so cold
You against the world in a losing fight
Captive of your demons inside

So you sought an enemy
(I’m not your enemy. He lives in you, you know it’s true)
Like times before to mock ignorantly
(But the Lord said love, love your enemy so just…)
Take heed to the Word it’s time
Check Proverbs 19:29
Don’t cry

I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

I truly wanted solidarity
Still wearing my blinders back then
(So much I didn’t see)
I weep for what I dreamed we all could be
I’ll keep you in prayer till the end

Still bruised, still walk on eggshells
Same frightened child, hide to protect myself
(Can’t believe I still need to protect myself from you)
But you can’t manipulate me like before
Examine first John chapter 4 verse 4

And
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

Be strong in the Lord and power of His might

If my shows of gratitude are miniscule
Inside your mind, sorry
(I’m so sorry, please forgive me)
There’s only so much I can do I love you and did all that I could

Maybe when you’re cursing me
You don’t feel so incomplete
But we’ve all made mistakes
Felt the guilt and self-hate

I know you’ve been there for me plenty
Maybe still got love for me
But let him without sin cast the first stone brethren
But who remains standing then
Not you not I see Phillipians 4:9
(Put it into practice and the God of Peace will be with you)

So
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish you well

(He who the Son sets free is free indeed)
No weapon formed against me shall prosper
Surely God is my salvation
I will trust and not be afraid
The Lord, the Lord is my salvation
I will trust in Him
Yes, I know that I know that I know that I know

But I have had God’s help to this very day
And so I stand here and testify
To small and great alike
So the more you curse me
The more you’re blessing me
The Word said it
Love your enemies

Do good to those who curse you
Pray for those who mistreat you
Psalms 129:2
They have greatly oppressed me from my youth
But they have not gained victory over me
(In Jesus’ name)

I wish you well

He that keeps his mind state on the Lord
He will keep them in perfect peace

“Like a cloud dropping rain
I’m discarding all thought
I’ll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground
I’m like an opening band for the sun
Push me, pull me
I’ve had enough, said enough, felt enough, I’m fine, still in it”

“All is fair in love
Love’s a crazy game
Two people vow to stay
In love as one they say
But all is changed with time
The future no one can see
The road you leave behind
Ahead lies mystery
But all is fair in love
I had to go away
A writer takes his pen
To write the words again
That all in love is fair”

“Oh and when we, woo, stopped the hands of time
You set my soul on fire, my one desire
Was to love you and think of you with pride
And keep you satisfied, oh baby oh baby
We could not bear the mental strain
Leave you, I never meant to
Now you see how much you hurt me…”

“Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I’ll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine.
You can’t buy my love with money, for I never was that kind,
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.”

Right under my feet there’s air made of bricks
Pulls me down turns me weak for you
I find myself repeating like a broken tune
And I’m forever excusing your intentions
And I give in to my pretendings
Which forgive you each time
Without me knowing
They melt my heart to stone

And I hear your words that I made up
You say my name like there could be an us
I best tidy up my head I’m the only one in love
I’m the only one in love

“Hang on traveling woman
Don’t sacrifice your plan
Cuz it will come back to you
Before you lose it on the man
Never fall in love with potential cuz you can’t see with your own eyes
All the pretty faces and sorry words
Can take away your pride
Got to listen to the vision
Some may say a dream, words from the unseen”

“…Never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don’t just say
and nothing else matters