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Decode

Amanda Sternklar

          F   

Well, you loved her twelve dollars

          G

And four coffee shops ago,

          Am

When you picked up that message

     G

And pressed decode,

          F

But that blinking streetlight

   G

Is slowing down.

Am             G

Facing the enigma,

                 C

You’re coming around.

F                                        Em

Things look pretty good from where I stand,

               G                       Am

But what do I know?  There’s so much smoke.

       F                            Em

You insist on calling God from my plan.

          G                              Am

Don’t you know? That bill will leave me broke.

      F                                            Em

I can almost taste the dreams in the palm of your hand.

              G                    Am

You let them show the moment you spoke.

       F

As you leave behind her present

     G

And unwrap your past,

       Am

You’ve got to tell me if you

         G

Found a love that will last.

     F

Otherwise we’re just sitting here

     G

To re-play out history.

     Am

You only found a mirror where

     G

You wanted a mystery.

F                                        Em

Things look pretty good from where I stand,

               G                       Am

But what do I know?  There’s so much smoke.

       F                            Em

You insist on calling God from my plan.

          G                              Am

Don’t you know? That bill will leave me broke.

      F                                            Em

I can almost taste the dreams in the palm of your hand.

              G                    Am

You let them show the moment you spoke.

        F                         Em

And she tries not to notice it’s her you need

       G               Am

She’s never had anyone else to believe

     F                            Em

You think the puppet strings she holds lead to your heart,

        G                                  Am

But she put down her soul when she picked up that guitar.

F                                        Em

Things look pretty good from where I stand,

               G                       Am

But what do I know?  There’s so much smoke.

       F                            Em

You insist on calling God from my plan.

          G                              Am

Don’t you know? That bill will leave me broke.

      F                                            Em

I can almost taste the dreams in the palm of your hand.

              G                    Am

You let them show the moment you spoke.

I am watching the show, hence no long recap yet.  It's being written, really.  I'm also going to make a list of promises I have not yet fulfilled. :)

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Violin Boy

Amanda Sternklar

F

Sitting on the bus one day;

Am

you get on and move me in.

c

I’m biting my lip to hold back tears.

F

I’ve got my knees pulled up to my chin.

C

You tell me to pick that head up,

Am

smile, and outshine the sun.

F

You say some day we’re just gonna go,

G

get in the car and have some fun.

C

When I’m hiding inside like a scared little girl

Am

or I’m listening to music to drown out the world,

F

when someone’s been using my heart as a toy,

G                              C

I know I’ll be saved by my violin boy.

F

I’m walking down the hall alone,

Am

I’m quiet, my head’s in space.

C

It’s been a bad day and all I need is

F

just to see a friendly face.

C

When a hand shoulder

Am

makes me want to jump for joy,

F

I know everything will be okay;

G

here comes my violin boy.

C

When I’m hiding inside like a scared little girl

Am

or I’m listening to music to drown out the world,

F

when someone’s been using my heart as a toy,

G                              C

I know I’ll be saved by my violin boy.

C

Don’t need no invitation,

Am

just need to be who I am.

F

With you I just need to laugh,

G

smile and not give a damn.

C

When I’m hiding inside like a scared little girl

Am

or I’m listening to music to drown out the world,

F

when someone’s been using my heart as a toy,

G                              C

I know I’ll be saved by my violin boy.

A friend of mine is writing a story about nerdy YouTube musicians and asked me for a list.  It ended up being really long, but I figured I'd share it with you guys anyway.  Enjoy!


Hello!  Here is my list so far.  I know I’m going to miss a few obvious ones, but oh well. This is what I can think of right now.

Me!

http://www.youtube.com/skywriter11

My songs ARE up on there, but they are just silly first recordings.  I hope to eventually put up “I’ve been practicing this for longer than the past 20 minutes” of at least “Get Out of My Christmas Song” and “Josiah and Me.”  Last night’s video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnIgzVJfCDA

Mike Lombardo

http://www.youtube.com/mikelombardomusic

I want to grow up to BE him.  He’s one of the more serious musicians on YouTube, with fewer nerdy songs and more serious ones.  He also just started talking about songwriting in some cool videos that your English teacher will probably let you play if you’re in the poetry unit in class. J  My favorite song of his is “Hey Molly”, which is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJRn0lnpUzc

Awesome songwriting video that explains why Eminem is a genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIxNCn-vjY

Andy Glover

http://www.youtube.com/andyglov3r

I just met Andy, but I already think he’s sort of the best thing since sliced bread.  He’s been doing a project where he does either a cover or an original song EVERY DAY.  I think he’s a little insane.  I had a hard enough time doing song WEEK.  Anyway, he’s the one who wrote the Happiest Song in the World, which is actually called “Turn Off Your Phone.”  The new, updated version is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3DhL-AxnRs

Paige Harwood

http://www.youtube.com/hopeonatenspeed

Paige is, first and foremost, a video blogger, but she occasionally pulls out her ukulele.  When she does, awesome things happen.  She spent NaNoWriMo of ’09 writing a Wrock album, and this NaNoWriMo writing a Trock album.  I basically want to BE her.  Paige is pretty much the best person you can watch when you’re having a bad day.  She wrote a song about hot YouTube boys, and even has t-shirts based on the song.  It isn’t exactly younger-child appropriate, but I think you’ll love it.  It’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOl1Qtl2Q_0  She also covered a Tom Milsom song (I’ll put him in later) that I think is better than the original, which is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKSeOXjA7M

Charlie McDonnell

http://www.youtube.com/charlieissocoollike

I KNOW you’ve already seen how beautiful he is, but 1) why would you not want to stare at is face for longer? and 2) I don’t know if you saw, but right before his new album came out, he made a medley of every song on it, and it was adorable.  The “This is Me” medley is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbcgyPtYBY0.  He also has a band with his (unfortunately less attractive) friends called The Sons of Admirals.  Their debut song is a really awesome cover of a Cat Stevens song, “Here Comes My Baby.” His hair is red in the video!  This obviously had to do with their success.  If you miss his red hair, it’s a good thing to watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR5wKLfzGHo&feature=related

Hank Green

http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers

http://www.youtube.com/hankschannel

http://www.youtube.com/hankgames

I know you already know about the VlogBrothers as well, but I must point out some of Hank’s more awesomely awesome songs.  Adult Female is an awesome love song, which is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfBwb4I8wWk.  Also, the best song ever about Phineas Gage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGl5SUB8IXM&feature=related.  I sing this in my head when I’m having a bad day at school.  You will too, I promise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Gt9m64LBg&feature=related

All Caps

http://www.youtube.com/allcapsband

Their songs are actually uploaded on Luke and Kristina’s personal channels, but the official All Caps page has a playlist.  They have the first song I’ve ever heard about The Hunger Games, which is called “Real or Not Real” and is here: http://www.youtube.com/italktosnakes#p/search/0/5MC2iiRp0I8.  “The NaNoWrimo Song” got me through November: http://www.youtube.com/allcapsband#p/c/A23049C15FE63B73/9/Xhs-yodZJcw.  I can’t even go into all of the songs of theirs I love.  There are too many.  I prefer Bmin/E out of their albums, so definitely check out the songs on there.

Lauren Fairweather

http://www.youtube.com/devilishlypure

Lauren is made out of sweet and funny and adorable and awesome.  And she ALSO plays ukulele. J  I love “In Which Buffy Slays Edward” for obvious reasons, and that’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK-P0Mt1BfI.  She also wrote the awkward nerdy girls and guys anthem, “Nerdfighterlike.”  The ukulele version, plus a cool montage of nerdfightermoments with John, Hank, and the FiveAwesomeGirls is here: http://www.youtube.com/devilishlypure#p/u/14/4eXS54gtOkM.  It makes me cry and want to be their best friend.

DFTBA Records

http://www.youtube.com/user/dftbarecords

Pretty much the nerdy YouTuber’s record label.  Started by Hank Green and Alan-I-Can’t-Spell-His-Last-Name.  Mostly just announcements here, but they link to some of the nerdy musicians I may have forgotten.  The (newly re-designed) webpage can be found here: http://www.dftba.com.

I couldn’t even BEGIN to get into wizard rock here, but if you want to hear some of those bands, let me know.

Hope this helps!

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That's right, I'm back.

I'll be doing a resolutions post soon, but two of them are:
1) Post regularly on this blog
2) Survive Vloguary

I am doing VLOG EVERY DAY JANUARY, which means that I'll be a bit of a nervous wreck.  If you want to find my videos, they are at http://www.youtube.com/skywriter11.  Liam, my friend and fellow Vloguary-er can be found at http://www.youtube.com/leftturnok.

I hope you are all having a LOVELY New Year, and I will talk to you all soon!