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| Everything Fades Away
It's strange. Only until you discover and love an artist's biggest radio hit, you will go through their albums in search for more hits, knowing well in advance that album tracks are inferior and they stayed in the album for a reason. You then will find a hidden gem that is amazing to you and you itch to share it with your friends. But inside you know that your friends will most likely say "meh, it's okay...", but to you, this song is extremely underrated and has no unfathomable reason why it did not make it as a single.
Today this happened to me. I discovered "Everything Fades Away" by Mariah Carey in one of her earlier albums, Music Box (1993).
**Playing now on that sidebar player**
This is what I call music. Everything from Mariah's virtuoso voice to the soothing harmony and beats in the background. The emotions in the music are carried very clearly and striking to my ears. Notice the amazing part at 3:01 when male vocals come in and take the part of the pleading man. This was a stroke of genius, whoever had the idea to compose this part (probably Carey, since she co-wrote this song), because it tops the cake with a cherry, in making a believable story of the woman wanting to end the relationship. How the ending fades off is really creative and effective in painting the fading image in our minds. Seriously, this is what I call music. I wish music nowadays can go back to this era... alas, it will never be. I could go on and on about the degrading music that is currently in the market, but I'll save that for later.
Here are the lyrics:
Everything Fades Away
Mariah Carey
Baby don't tell me you miss me, you love me
Don't whisper gently that you can't forget me
Tonight, tonight cause I've heard it all before
Just turn away, don't play that game
Baby I don't want to anymore
Chorus:
Let it all fade away
Don't you know that love is gone
It's too late
Everything fades away
Nothing ever stays the same
Baby, no no no
Don't tell me you're sorry you hurt me
How many times can I give in
How many battles can you win
Oh don't beg for mercy
Tonight, tonight cause I can't take any more
Just turn around, don't break me down
Baby I don't love you like before
Let it all fade away
Don't you know that love is gone
It's too late
Everything fades away
Nothing ever stays the same
Baby
(guy)
So hard for me to let you go
Don't leave me standing in the cold
Oh baby give me one more chance
I know that we can make it last
Just let me love you one more time (Mariah: Don't say it)
Girl I don't wanna lose my mind (Mariah: Don't say, say...)
So hard for me to let you go
So hard for me to let you go
Chorus:
Let it all fade away
Don't you know that love is gone
It's too late
Everything fades away
Nothing ever stays the same
Baby
Nothing ever stays the same
Let it all fade away
Don't you know that love is gone
It's too late
Everything fades away
Nothing ever stays the same
Baby
It only fades, it only fades
Baby don't tell me you miss me you love me...
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Sight set on the horizon. Free. My spirit is aglow and lively, despite the crappy weather and cold temperature.
I was worried at first that seeing you will remind me of the awkward memories I had back then. But fortunately with time, I've moved on. You've moved forward too. Or perhaps you've been oblivious the entire time.
No matter, I'm going to leave behind the past and head forward once again.
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There are two types of motivation:
One being consistently motivated from consecutive positive results, and the other having fall so deep that motivation is a necessity.
Wake up, Edwin.
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Great to see you again, twin! 4 years it's been... those 4 years haven't changed us one bit. Once again, we were able to able to talk for hours and we could have stayed there talking if it weren't for my impending midterms that I have not even studied for (for one course, the plastic covering of my textbook has yet to be unwrapped). I've always knew we had many similarities in terms of personality, hobbies, likes and dislikes, but today during our conversations, I just find us hauntingly similar. Maybe it's because you were born in day after me. 28th, 29th. Although technically speaking, you were born in Hong Kong, which makes us on the same day in two separate ends of the world after time difference adjustments! Moreover, our mothers decided to name us similarly too! Edwin C, Edmond C. Really, what are the odds?! We met each other in the cadets program and found out both our families work in the airspace industry too. Reviewing this today was just mindblowing how similar we are.
I really hope you move back here after your studies in Toronto and it was really really great seeing you again. Hope Vegas works out this summer.
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I kinda wish I wasn't living in world where everyone was so focused on finding love... it just reminds me how much love I lack. Maybe it's just human nature or all those xanga weblogs subscriptions that I read each day, but nowadays I've noticed increasing amount of literature about love and heart-breaks. I just discovered, if everyone just got along with each other, that would be enough for me. I wouldn't have to go longing for this essence of love or go dreaming about it, because with desire, comes expectation, then comes hard, cold reality... and it hits us like the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Everything I read on xanga blogs or whatever songs I try out these day are about La-bu La-bu La-bu. Argh, enough with it, I gave up on it... about a few months ago? Now, I just want to live my life with "hey! what's up? want some coffee?" Probably even more fulfilling that way.
Yay, need to setup my dusty handydandy 10-year-old mind-filter...
Love = Chinese mushrooms (possibly the worst vegetable I have ever eaten)
Eg:
You say: "Sorry, I have a lot on my mind... I just can't stop thinking about [chinese mushrooms]."
I say: "Oh really? That's gross."
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