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SpinTunes #15 Round 2

by Spintunes

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i already miss your harmonies already miss it all, oh, please i feel so scared, please am i ready please don’t ask me if i think i’m ready i already feel it changing fast so many things will be our last am i prepared, please am i ready please just tell me how you think i’m ready but i know what i’ve got in the back of my mind something sweet that you taught that i won’t leave behind, no and i know your eyes cause they look just like mine and i just realized that i think i’ll be fine, oh because you gave me music you gave me dance i don’t know how i’m gonna do this but you make me think i stand a chance music and everything you make me laugh more than i should and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing we all know i’m not the best with change not being with you sounds so strange i’ll be alone will i be ready please don’t ask me if i think i’m ready i’m afraid that i will never be what you both seem to see in me am i just dreaming that i’m ready please just won’t you promise me i’m ready but i know what i’ve got in the back of my mind something sweet that you taught that i won’t leave behind, no and i know your eyes cause they look just like mine and i just realized that i think i’ll be fine, oh because you gave me music you gave me dance i don’t know how i’m gonna do this but you make me think i stand a chance music and everything you make me laugh more than i should and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing and i sing for all the ways you made me come alive i sing for all the ways you make me feel that i’ve been someone worthy of the melodies of you i sing for all the things i never would’ve known that i could do because it led to music you gave me dance i don’t know how i’m gonna do this but you make me think i stand a chance music and everything you make me laugh more than i should and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing you gave me music you gave me light i don’t know how i’m gonna do this but you make me think it’s worth the fight music and everything you make me hope more than you know and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing and you taught me how to sing
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Selfless Heart by Faster Jackalope Verse One Painful Parts of me broken None of them noticed But you found my scar Pieces You pick them up slowly Glue them together Wrap them up tight Chorus All your might You gave me on that night Lift me up Carry me back home Selfless heart Well I knew that from the start But you are the one who comforts me Verse Two Healing Mending up slowly You know that I only Owe it all to you Suffer I know you suffer too I don’t think I can help you the same way Chorus All my might I’ll give you here tonight If you want, I can hold you close My calloused heart Will slowly break apart If you won’t open up to me Bridge All you do and here I tell you true care by the plateful yes, I'm very grateful Chorus All your might You gave me on that night lift me up And carry me back home so, all my might I’ll give you here tonight If you want, I can hold you close
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Song Title: Thank You Rafa & Agnes Lyrics: the house was quiet for a while needed a jump-start for my smile there was something massive missing from my soul it had been over a year since feline life was here when you lose a friend it’s hard to fill the hole the only answer was a little madness to balance the boredom and soothe the sadness and now I want to say… thank you Rafa and Agnes I’d like to say we felt a special connection at the shelter though really, you were just part of the pack but we found it hard to resist the call of a tiny brother and sister with patches of white among the black we brought two balls of madness home to balance the boredom and soothe the sadness and I want to say… thank you Rafa and Agnes and now I can’t say life is perfection we made the right decision even if things get destroyed when you’re not under supervision you make us smile you make laugh you bring us endless fun although it has become difficult to get anything productive done on balance I can say with gladness you blew up the boredom and shot the sadness I want to say thank you Rafa and Agnes a tennis player and a film director became a ladder climber and a shoe inspector I want to say thank you Rafa and Agnes
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Thank you for being around Your presence dims the raging sounds That glitter and glow through my mind on shards of glass. When you’re gone They hammer out their awful song That drowns the world in a sea of twisted brass Thank you for holding my hand Your grip gives me the will to stand And face the forces that feed me to my fears. On my arms The tangled scars that outlived their harms Can testify to the follies of my years. What can I do What can I do for you What can I do my dear I’ll be right here I’ll be right here my dear I’ll be right here to see you through Thank you for not letting go The life we lead is hard, I know, And not at all the life we had in mind. Your love Is stronger than any kind of drug That medicine or science could ever find.
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LYRICS: barely keeping my eyes open swerving in the road again don't even care if I make it back. barely feeling like I'm alive laying in my bed 'til five I'm falling deeper into the black. pull me out, pull me out. looking for light with your love no longer afraid to feel don't know what's seen above but I need for life to be for real. only your love can clear my mind my thoughts were stuck deep behind you laid the track, now I'm coming back. pull me out, pull me out. looking for light with your love no longer afraid to feel don't know what's seen above but I need for life to be for real. looking for light with your love (repeat) thank you for (repeat) pulling me out of the dark, helping me find a new spark (repeat)
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come back alive doomed now to live this life once more for countless times i have been reborn repeat, revive bound through this curse forevermore another try to even up the score in life i left my debts unpaid my karmic bed unlaid in, keeping to myself room for no one else this time ill do right i swear i've seen the light again god i'm trying an open mind an open heart to bear before the ones ive loved, the ones i long ignored and so ill ride against the sea of selfish tendency to prove my own embetterment show my sentiment eons spent in search each time i'm stuck behind again not this time now that i've found you you must know the thanks i've never shown a hundred lifetimes of regret i hadn't learned my lesson yet now i see the truth my good i owe to you my friends and i'm sorry
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You didn’t have time to think or time to fear. I hadn’t the guts to disagree. And now you’re like all dissolved and I’m still here, And I can’t stop being glad that it was you instead of me. So I keep thinking how there won’t be trumpets, Blaring majesty to drown my shame. And no statue with a plaque atop the ash of an attack On this world that doesn’t know your name. What was your name? What was your name? Already that briefest glimpse is fading now. Tomorrow you never will have been. And I will go underground, and on somehow, Taking solace that mine isn’t so original a sin. So I guess there never will be trumpets. And you only have yourself to blame, If you thought there’s any use in trading down for this excuse Of a man who never knew your name. And so what if there are no more trumpets, In their cynical and brash acclaim? Played by men who aren’t me in overblown hypocrisy… And so this hypocrite will now say, “Thank you”, Knowing I would not have done the same. But whatever I’m about, from the here to here on out, What I do, I do it in your name.
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lyrics Mama used to tell me I was a catch Later would I find how many times they’d throw me back In my mind I was kind and articulate And educated to the third degree It would have been nice to see How hard a woman is to please One side of the coin was pain But the other side a blessing She drifted in like an autumn breeze Everything she said and did put me at ease But then she changed in a way that I can’t explain I didn’t understand her outer rage Like a rabbit trying to save its cage I was more afraid of being free And the daggers she thrust into my heart I mistook for Cupid’s arrows Standing in the hall, looking back at her As she slams the door Thank God she left me and went her way So I could find my smile another day She pegged herself as an LA 10 And when we met I was on my feet again Somehow we clicked and began a relationship But then her superficial faces all began to flip And though I knew the chemistry was wrong I had no intention of moving on The incessant belief that I could make it work Like trying to crack a safe from inside Sitting at a restaurant table asking questions And she’s on her phone Thank God she left me and went her way So I could find my smile another day Another night and I’m wide awake Because she won’t pick up (And though I don’t know what I’d say) Is it something I’ve done? Or what I’ve become? Or what I’m trying to save (And I haven’t laughed for days) There are better things for me Looking back and giving thanks for what I See They were no good Falling down is not the end of the road Now someone comes along to make me happy Gonna get back up And turn around and see her smiling back at me Thank God they left me and went their way So I could find her smile another day
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It was a quiet November day When a giant fell to earth The stories we heard were uncanny Freed our minds, escaped our reality We needed heroes in our lives You said being different was a power The images and words we devoured From the streets all the way to outer space We thought you were invincible amazing and spectacular Thank you for being our hero Out of your head And onto the page Upward and onward to greater glory Isn't that what you said? Avenging every childhood dream Life more fantastic than it seems Astonishing tales you told Never go away, never grow old Villainy that never goes untrialed We surfed the edges of stars Threw shields at evil in its purest form More than fairy tales of a modern time
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So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish I got the 'Hitchhiker's Guide' for Christmas one year It had me smiling from ear to ear I sat down and read it straight away I followed along as Arthur and Ford Stuck out a thumb and climbed aboard A passing ship in order to escape I read it at twelve years old Thanks for the stories Thanks for the words Some of the strangest stories I've heard But I love them all just the same I didn't get a chance To tell you goodbye 'Cause you died in a bad year in my life I couldn't afford a ticket for a plane If I had a single wish I wish I could have been there to say 'So long, and thanks for all the fish' I read it again just the other day Still love the crazy thoughts you convey It brings back a memory or two Most of my friends can easily tell Why I relate to Marvin so well And I wish I could say "thank you." I love how the story is told Thanks for the stories Thanks for the words Some of the strangest stories I've heard But I love them all just the same I didn't get a chance To tell you goodbye 'Cause you died in a bad year in my life I couldn't afford a ticket for a plane If I had a single wish I wish I could have been there to say 'So long, and thanks for all the fish'
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I Wish (Jennifer's Song) I was young, but I was dying Didn’t think that I’d see twenty I would never have a husband Or children in my life She was young, her life was over Taken from you in an instant You would never hold her children She would never be a wife Oh, I wish you could see her! See her playing in the yard I wish you could meet her! She’s the age your daughter was When in your grief you gave my life to me- I wish you could see her Thank you! Thank you! For my daughter for my husband For my life Thank You! Thank you! I pray your grief was lighter With the knowledge that You gave another, life Time has passed, it seems so quickly But the years are five and twenty I got to have a husband And a daughter of my own You’re older too, I’m sure you miss her I’ll never know if you had others I hope you had more children I hope you haven’t been alone I wish you could see her! Blonde hair shining in the sun I wish you could meet her! Know your child’s life is not done She’s alive in me, and in my daughter too- I wish you could see her. Thank you! Thank you! For my daughter for my husband For my life Thank You! Thank you! I pray your grief was lighter With the knowledge that You gave another, life
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"The Theory of Ideals in Ring Domains" We're grateful, Emmy Noether A woman of talent and major brains, I'm talkin' Emmy Noether With her vision and abstract mind, she changed the face of algebra. With her vision she saved the day, when all the primes had broken down Let x be the square root of minus five, Imaginary number It ruins your factors and that don't jive, Probationary number Sets of numbers with simple rules, will multiply and draw you in Sets of numbers we call ideals will take the place of factoring Make a new ideal Numbers all together Make a new ideal Thank you Emmy Noether Once in an ideal you can't get out, They get you with the times sign But that is their strong suit and there's no doubt We're gonna need that times sign Number systems with simple rules, use their ideals for factoring Number systems we give the name "Noetherian" to honor her Make a new ideal Numbers all together Make a new ideal Thank you Emmy Noether Taking out an ideal And putting it in another Climb the ascending chain We have to stop here says Noether Taking out an ideal And putting it in another Climb the ascending chain We have to stop here says Noether The people in physics say give to you, They're grateful, Emmy Noether You helped David Hilbert, and Einstein, too! So thank you, Emmy Noether With your passion and abstract mind, you changed the face of algebra. With your passion you saved the day, when all the primes had broken down Make a new ideal Numbers all together Make a new ideal Thank you Emmy Noether
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When the smoke began to clear We were clinging to each other sharing breath Like I'd awoke my heart alight Finally found the spine to get back in the fight Break down my walls to let the light in You cleaned me up so I could grow Followed through my phases of being hard to know The twisting vines of my wistful wandering mind Siren songs and secrets, wrongs you might've left behind It's all I can do to try to deserve you You are my star The light I keep in sight in the gathering dark I don't know who I'd be Without you as my guide, so thanks for shining All your light on me Your love for the ignored I feel it resonate It towers, overpowers When I'm adrift in hate In my mind's upheaval Beset by all these evils I'm reaching out for you Our place I always run to You are my star The light I keep in sight in the gathering dark I don't know who I'd be Without you as my guide, so thanks for shining All your light on me credits
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Thanks For No(thing)
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We’re all met together here to browse and post As we gather round the gadgets we love the most And we wouldn’t have the servers from which they host If it was not for the work of the programmers If it was not for the programs what would it bode? You wouldn’a hae a thing that’s made of code You wouldn’a had the Google maps to map your road If it was not for the work of the programmers There’s shopkeepers and truckers and there’s actors and all There's doctors and there's ministers and them that live by law And our friends in Sooth America, though them we never saw But we know they use the work of the programmers If it was not for the programs what would that bode? You wouldn’a hae a thing that’s made of code And you wouldn’a had the Google maps to map your road If it was not for the work of the programmers Though coding is a trade that we never can doubt So long as we need features and to keep bugs out So let us all be merry o'er a glass of good stout And we'll drink to the health of the programmers If it was not for the programs what would that bode? You wouldn’a hae a thing that’s made of code And you wouldn’a had the Google maps to map your road If it was not for the work of the programmers
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I know your journey Hasn't been a Slow walk in the park I know this wasn't What you hoped to find here in the dark I know you're hanging By your very Last disheveled string You hoped to see your quest come to an end And you only got me It's been a while since Anything but Screams of pain left my mouth All I can think to say is what you've no doubt figured out I am not your princess I am just a toad I know that you only Saved me by mistake But thank you Mario I know that I Can't imagine Just how hard you've tried You must have died A hundred times To end up here by her side And the guy in the green seems to have seen some bad things So I know it can't be easy to hear me say I am not your princess I am just a toad I know that you only Saved me by mistake But thank you Mario I've been Captured for weeks Trapped here with All of these freaks Witches and monsters and ghosts I knew at once I was toast But oh my gosh there you are A hero dropped from the stars And I mean these things with Every single spore in my heart I am not your princess I am just a toad I know that you only Saved me by mistake But thank you Mario
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It started simple. Now it’s not. You broke up with me. Broke my heart. How could this happen? I couldn’t satisfy your hope. We parted lives and time had slid Would it surprise you? I’ve a wife and a kid! How could this happen? Thought I was sad but Now I know I should be grateful that I wasn’t the one. I should be grateful that I wasn’t the one I should be grateful that I wasn’t the one. Sometimes I ask them where’d you go. I find you ended up alone But I can’t face it You can’t erase What’s already gone. I should be grateful that I wasn’t the one. I should be grateful that I wasn’t the one. Although I hate to admit we’re done, What goes around comes around. What goes around comes around. All that you lost won’t be lost And what goes around comes around.
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So you give your heart to me Now is my life mine or yours And if you gave me your eyes Would I see like you did before So what's there to fear With my dog and dawn in front of me For the light's been dim so long I can barely recall the memory We're the perfect match You know rejection can be so hard For a random act of kindness That holds no reward Now when I lie down at night How on Earth can I sleep Knowing it's cold where you are While I'm here in the heat You're the proof I guess That I could have done more Than just sit around in pity And let my blessings go ignored We're the perfect match You know rejection can be so hard For a random act of kindness That holds no reward I pray often for you And I hope that you still dream And know the good that you’ve done To make this partial life complete You’ve made up my mind now And they say you’ve wasted your life Yet you’ve given so much They need only look inside You’re an angel to me ‘Cause you gave me back my life Where I wore blinders before You’ve allowed me to see All the beauty of life
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School Was so stupid For a room of big headed kids Yup I was one of them It was useless (They would argue) Gotta be the top of class And screw the rest But there you were, Sitting so quietly Listening to the words they spoke We both knew it was such a joke Then you mentioned politely, It does no good to Disregard the things we should do ‘Cause we’re only as smart As we try to be When kindness reigns over power Yeah we’re only as smart As we try to be When kindness reigns over power I guess I really sucked I was failing You offered to tutor me I thought I was hopelessly stuck I don’t know where I was going I wish I had ambitions like yours I wish I had them But I don’t I don’t know why you would help me I’m such a cynical guy I can’t deny, you know. You would sigh so nicely “Stop your excuses Keep your chin up, you can do this.” ‘Cause we’re only as smart As we try to be When kindness reigns over power Yeah we’re only as smart As we try to be When kindness reigns over power Come what may, I once heard you say that Sometimes you just have to inspire yourself. It’s a fine line dividing the ones Who will rise and who give up on themselves. And if a wheelchair can’t bind you, Then why can’t I try like you? Yeah it surprised me That you had two months to live And the skeptic inside me Is asking what did I give? All our friends are mourning so kindly They remember your name And what you did. Your steps still inspire me. You couldn’t walk but you were walking down the stage And we saw you graduate And proved we’re only as smart As we try to be When kindness reigns over power Yeah my heart still goes out To the ones who never doubt That our kindness reigns over power
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I always thought that love was a paradise, the prize a hero earns through sacrifice, a perfect compromise where everybody wins, where happily ever after begins, then you came along and crushed those fables flat; thanks for teaching me that. Love was supposed to be sublime, a rollercoaster to the end of time, love was magnets, electricity and fire, an everlasting flame of desire, but that has never ever been what real love is; thanks for teaching me this. And this is how we learn: hands wring for a while, things sting for a while, and then you’re over it. And this is how we learn: get back in the game, it’s disturbingly same, but still you go for it. And if it weren’t for you, I’d still be back at step one. So yeah thanks to you, the worst of this is all done I thought that love was a magic wonderland. It took me a long, long time to understand the heart that fills to bursting gradually deflates, the strongest passions evaporate. I set my expectations so much lower now thanks for teaching me how. It’s alright, I’m down, but I’m recovering. Thanks for teaching me everything.

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Everyone has met someone who's done something nice for them. This Thanksgiving season, you get to return some of that love. Your challenge:

Gratitune: Write a song that expresses or conveys genuine gratitude for someone or something. Your song may be fictional but the expression of gratitude should be sincere. Your song must include vocal harmonies.

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released November 18, 2018

Album Art: Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe

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