Sandy In Concert

Sandy in Concert 2002

Ever since secondary school, i’ve been growing up with tunes from Sandy. I won’t say that her music is extremely fantastic, technical, lyrical or extremely special, but its very personal and very close to my heart. I never did have a friend who is also into her music, hence i would say its really personal.

Almost all of her songs have locked those fond nuggets of memories that have led me to grow up in a journey of self discovery during my younger years. I have about 80% – 90% of her albums and i think that would show how much of her songs i listen to.

I think its something to do with her voice that makes me like her music that much… anyway… this weekend Sandy is town for her concert, but a pity that i can’t afford to spend that kind of money.

One last cry

My lovely wife is asleep and the room is now a silent slumber with a gentle high pitched buzzing sound coming from the muted TV while melancholic R and B melodies massages my ears through my cheap headphones. As usual I’m sitting in front of my machine revamping websites, checking my emails and blogging down my current state of mind.

Hoping to find a sentence to aptly depict the mixed emotions stirring in my heart is harder than I thought. With friends leaving, friends I wish to spend more time with but can’t, friends I hope I knew better but don’t, friends who are so near yet so far, friends that I once knew well but not so anymore. The tugging in my heart is like a kid who’s heart dropped to the ground when that scoop of ice-cream hit the ground, leaving only the cone that’s left behind to stab deeper into the wound. Like the lounge singer singing away with true emotions and a tear in his eye while people just go on with their lives laughing away and gulping down on social spirits.

Why are there moody times, why are there times when one would feel down and lonely when clearly they are surrounded by loved ones who cares.

One Last Cry
Brian McKnight

My shattered dreams and broken heart
Are mending on the shelf
I saw you holding hands
Standing close to someone else
Now I sit all alone, wishing all my feeling was gone
I give my best to you?
Nothing for me to do?
But have one last cry

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I’ve gotta put you out of my mind, this time
Stop living a lie
I guess I’m down to my last cry

I was here, you were there
Guess we never could agree
While the sun shines on you,
I need some love to rain on me
Still, I sit all alone,
Wishing all my feelings were gone
Gotta get over you?
Nothing for me to do?
But have one last cry

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I’ve gotta put you out of my mind, this time
Stop living a lie
I guess I’m down to one last cry

I know I gotta be strong,
But ’round me
Life goes on and on and on, and on

I’m gonna dry my eyes
Right after I have my one last cry

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I’ve gotta put you out of my mind, this very last time
Stop living a lie
I guess I’m down
I guess I’m down
I guess I’m down to my last cry

The Nearness Of You

Its not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
Its just the nearness of you

It isnt your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
Its just the nearness of you

When you’re in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me
If youll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you