They can say anything they want to say
Try to bring me down
But I will not allow
Anyone to succeed
Hanging clouds over me

And they can try hard to make me feel
That I don't matter at all
But I refuse to falter
In what I believe
Or lose faith in my dreams

CHORUS:
'Cause there's a light in me
That shines brightly
They can try
But they can't take that away from me From me

They can do anything they want to you
lf you let them in
But they won't ever win
If you cling to your pride
And just push them aside
See I have learned there's an inner peace I own
Something in my soul
That they cannot possess
So I won't be afraid
And darkness will fade

'Cause there's a light in me
That shines brightly
They can try
But they can't take that away from me

No...They can't take this Precious love
I'll always have inside me
Certainly the Lord will guide me
Where I need to go

They can say anything they want to say
Try to break me down
But I won't face the ground
I will rise steadily
Sailing out of their reach

Oh Lord They do try hard to make me feel
That I don't matter at all
But I refuse to falter
In what I believe
Or lose faith in my dreams
'Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly
They can try
But they can't take that away from me

[Mariah Carey- Can't Take That Away]
I'll remember.... not just for you.. but for myself too... and no one can take that away...

I guess the song sums up everything i have to say on my new life. My aim for the next 2 years: staying focused and not to lose direction...

Tears for what you have lost
Tears for what you will gain
Tears of sadness, tears of joy,
Having tears makes you human, makes you alive, makes you realise that you can feel...

I've never thought beyond that time
I've never imagined the pictures of that life
For now I will try to live for you and for me
I will try to live

with love,

with dreams,

and forever,

with tears....

12 hours and counting..... So much to do, so little time...

Endless Rain by X-japan. Composed on 1 dec 1989, a long 17 years ago. One can only marvel at yoshiki's vision and foresight...... No endless rain for field camps though, i hope...

Here's the vidoe of Sometimes love just ain't enough by the original singers. hmm... I'm looking for the mp3, so if anyone has, pls send me!

Perhaps to answer hammy's qn, i think i explore youtube categorically.. haha

Been thinking about how this blog has evolved, on how it seems to fall further and further away from its initial purpose and on how the freedom of expression became the restriction of expression. The only good left, it seems, is the "promoting good music" factor. Hence, perhaps this could explain my reluctance to put anything substantial up here anymore. This blog has served its purpose.... hmm... rather, it has failed to. In the new year, I guess I wouldn't have anything much to post anyway, it'll be like book in and book out dates...haha.. In any case, i'll be keeping the "good", tht is putting up good songs.

k, the bg song this time is X-Japan's Tears. I always like to point out to people that this is a song about love, but not about romantic love. I'll post the english part of the lyrics here, the jap part and its translation, u all can look it up on the internet.

Loneliness, your silent whisper
Fills a river of tears through the night
Memory, you never let me cry
And you, you never said goodbye.
Sometimes the tears blinded the love
We lost our dreams along the way
But I never thought you'd trade your soul to the fates
Never thought, you'd leave me alone

Time through the rain has set me free
Sands of time will keep your memory
Love everlasting fades away
Alive within your beatless heart
Dry your tears with love (2x)

Yoshiki wrote this song in memory of his father who committed sucide when he was young. Perhaps seeing the song this way would give u a better appreciation of it. Rite, tht's all from me and for the first time, a full stop feels much more natural than a endless line of dots.

Out of Control. Terminated.

hmm... i wanted to post on new year's eve but ran out of time in the end... so well, instead of a sum up of 2006, i tot i'll just do a mini youtube-concert to end it off eh...

Track 1.
To start it all off, we have
才女+歌神 = wonderful song + wonderful vocals (many thanks to kwan for the recommendation)



Track 2.
Next up, 9 years ago on New Year's Eve, X-Japan performed their last performace, The Last Live in the Toyko Dome. Here's the last official item, Endless Rain. This should remain as the best youtube video for me for a long long time...



Track 3.
The bg song, sometimes love just ain't enough by Stephanie Sun.
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are....sometimes, love just ain't enough.

Track 4.
The last song which is The Last Song by X-japan once again...


Encore
Since all encore pieces are cute, this one is not exception. None other than Mayday's track 10 in the new album, Born to Love(为爱而生), 宠上天... lol, not posting the song up here though, go buy the album! It's very nice!

Well... so Happy New Year everybody! Tekong awaits....