REYIS OF SUNSHINE

musicandlyricss:

The Voice Within-Christina Aguilera

did a lyrical dance performance to this when i was 10 years old. 
one of my favorite songs from back then.

I LOVEEE the lyrics & i still remember some of the routine : )

When you’re safe inside your room you tend to dream of a place where nothing’s harder than it seems. No one ever wants or bothers to explain of the heartache life can bring and what it means.

fuckyeahpennmasala:

yes. 

did this today driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. :) soooo good. 

I met a girl who kept tattoos for homes that she had loved. If I were her I’d paint my body til all my skin was gone. She wrote me a letter as we passed through Rockford, she said she won’t forget. Maybe I do, maybe I don’t, but I know I haven’t yet, but here I am. I woke up in a car, I traced away the fog so I could see the Mississippi on her knees. I’ve never been so lost, I’ve never felt so much at home. Please write my folks and throw away my keys.

so take a chance and make it big cuz it’s the last you’ll ever get. 
(if we don’t take it, when will we make it?) 
I make plans to break plans and i’ve been planning something big. 
“The Phrase That Pays” by The Academy Is…

sidenote: My life is a series of The Academy Is.. songs. 

likin’ this new single by Paramore :) 

“Hello Cold World” - PARAMORE 

you don’t have to sail the oceans, no, no, no. 
happiness is no mystery; it’s here and now, it’s you and me.

one of my FAVORITE songs. SOOO good! :] 

if there was a Ron Pope/Ryan Seiler/acoustic but lyrical genre of music, it’d be my favorite. 

musicandlyricss:

Vanilla Twilight- Owl City

credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28654621@N06/2671397645/; ash-g-muir

musicandlyricss:

Be My Escape- Relient K

credits: hypnotizingme; momentary-bliss

yelyahwilliams:

fueledbyramen:

from The Academy Is…

After nine years and three albums, The Academy Is… have decided to go our separate ways. We began in 2003 as three young friends in the suburbs of Chicago, with dreams of creating music that meant something to us. Dreams of leaving those suburbs behind and seeing all of the beautiful things that this world has to offer. Dreams of making a difference in the lives of others.

It is now 2011 and we look back at the records we’ve made, the shows we’ve played, the places we’ve been.
The people we’ve met.

The Academy Is… has made its mark.
We celebrate the experiences of our past, as we welcome what lies ahead.
While we have never managed to make things easy on ourselves, it is safe to say that we have always found common ground in our love of music.
And though we may not be together, you can look forward to hearing new music from each of us.

The music we have made together is our gift to you. From this point on, The Academy Is… belongs to you. Feel free to listen. Listen as loud as you’d like.

Yours,
The Academy Is…

TAI, you will be missed.

I LOVE you, The Academy Is…!
can’t believe you’re not going to be coming out with more albums. but thus is life—it goes on, and you are all still great musicians. Hope to hear your new projects in the coming years.

MY LIFE! I am perpetually the person who forgets to silence her phone and has her epic ringtone play out for a few bars. 

my ringtones have been: “good girls gone bad” by cobra starship & leighton meester, “untouched” by the veronicas, “black mamba” by the academy is…, and CURRENTLY: “I Am Missing” by dashboard confessional which sang out during latin class last week: 

“(It’s a long way) is there anything (For an answer) worth looking for? (Is there any news) worth loving for? (Is there any word) worth lying for?(Is there trauma) is there anything (Or a struggle) worth waiting for? (Am I missing) worth living for?(Was the body found) worth dying for?”

aka it’s DEEP. :] 

“If you ask me how I’m doing, I would say I’m doing just fine. I would lie and say that you’re not on my mind. But I go out and sit down at a table set for two— and I’m finally forced to face the truth. No matter what I say I’m not over you.”