Salut, Shoshana!: 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Dear First Lover

Dear First Lover,

I thought I'd' make you privvy to the thoughts I've felt. They finally came to me, three years later. Thanks, Alicia for unlocking my confusion.

You broke my heart
And now it's' raining
Just to rub it in
I'm at your door
I feel so crazy about it
You'll say "I told you so"
You saw it long ago
You knew he had to go
I finally came round'
I'm back on solid ground
Can't let it get me down

It's' alright
It's' alright
It's' alright
It's' alright
It's' alright
It's' alright

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned
Mistake overturned
So called it a lesson learned
My soul has returned
So I call it a lesson learned
Another lesson learned

Sometimes
Some lies
Can take a minute
To fully realize
His tears
Your eyes
Thirty seconds to apologize
You give it one more chance
Just like the time before
But he already know you'd give a hundred more
Until that night in bed
You wake up in a sweat
You're racing to the door
Can take it anymore

I was burned but I called it a lesson learned
Mistake overturned
So call it a lesson learned
My soul has returned
So I call it a lesson learned
Another lesson learned

Life perfect
Ain't perfect
If you don't know what the struggles' for
Falling down
Ain't falling down
If you don't cry when you hit the floor
It's called the past cause I'm getting past
And I ain't nothing like I was before
You ought to see me now

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned
Mistake overturned
So call it a lesson learned
My soul has returned
So I call it a lesson learned
Another lesson learned

Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned
Mistake overturned
So call it a lesson learned
My soul has returned
So I call it a lesson learned
Another lesson learned

PS
First Lover, the life you have is the life you wanted. So long, this story is at it's very end and i'm not taking you into my new year. The very best to you.

Friday, December 23, 2011

"The present is a gift" - Alicia Keys

If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was it everything that you were looking for?

I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Winter Welcome with Alicia Keys

First day of winter: il fait beau, il fait chaud. The sun is like a promise from God himself. What better way to welcome it but with the first 30 seconds of that piano intro to Alicia Keys' As I Am! On days like these, I'm made to remember my number one love, ME.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

A Litte Treat on Rue Crébillon

Faire le Mur

I must applaud the efforts by LU at celebrating street art as art with their latest Faire le Mur exhibition now on.

I have however, one solitary problem with the exhibition and it is that many of the pieces selected by LU are unimaginative, have a repetitive nauseating palate and do very little to dispel the prejudice against street art as odious disfigurations and aggressive outrage.

There were a few pieces I liked:

But they still do not compare to the works of Banksy nor Shepherd Fairey. I'm still left asking: besides registering the artist's presence, what really is the message?