A journey through a compilation of songs

{Not exactly sure why all of the blog is highlighted in white. Please excuse this weird technological mishap and keep in mind that I draft everything in pen. I may be young, but computers confuse me.}

"Go ahead, what's your favorite song? In your best singing voice, go!"

But nothing came to mind. Of course, it was very early in the morning and I had not yet finished my first cup of coffee - the brain was having a hard time kick starting into musical melodies. What would I have sung into that make-believe microphone that one of the two of my favorite twins held up to my face? There are so many great, nay, FANTASTIC tunes out there. Ones that move you, ones that make you sing, ones that simply rock. And ones that I can sing? Tough to put together, true, occasionally I can carry a tune, but I imagine that I should have put a compilation together, like this:

"Give me a second I, I need to get my story straight," (FUN)
"To try this one or try them all? It's such a long, long way to fall," (Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman)
"There's no where to run, so let's just get it over," (Evanescence)
"I need you to trust me, go easy don't rush me," (Maroon 5)

"Listen to my song, it isn't very long," (Buffalo Springfield)
"Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men, it is the music of a people who will not be slaves again, when the beating of your heart, echoes the beating of the drums, there is a life about to start when tomorrow comes," (Les Miserables)
"There's a whole lot of singing, that's never going to be heard, disappear in every day without so much as a word," (Dixie Chicks)

"So tell me what you want to hear, something that will light those ears," (OneRepublic)
"That's when she said, 'I don't hate you, I just want to save you, while there's still something left to save," (Rise Against)
"Now it's poor me, why me, oh me, boring the same old warn out blah, blah story, there's no good explanation for it at all," (Sugarland)
"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, 'let it be.'" (Beatles)
"May it be the shadow's call will fly away, may it be you journey on to light the day, when the night is overcome, you may rise to find the sun," ("May it be", Celtic Women)
"Now that your rose in bloom a light hits the gloom on a grave," (Seal)

"I see me through your eyes, breathing new life flying high, your love shines a way into paradise, so I offer my life as a sacrifice," (Leona Lewis)
"Love, will not betray you, enslave or dismay you, it will set you free," (Mumford & Sons)
"Say it once, say it twice, take a chance and roll the dice, ride with the moon in the dead of night," (Danny Elfman)
"And nothing is quite what it seems, you're dreaming, oh, you're dreaming," (Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman)
"And now you're just somebody that I used to know," (Gotye)
"Raise my hands, paint my spirit gold, bow my head, keep my heart slow, 'cause I will wait, I will wait for you," (Mumford & Sons)

"There can be no better way of knowing, in a world beyond controlling," (Disturbed)
"Just one day and then, I swear I'll be content, with my share, won't resent, won't despair, old and bent, I won't care," (Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
"For I have grown too strong," (Christina Perrie)
"And no, I'm no one's wife, but oh, I love my life," (Chicago)
"So let's set the world on fire, we can burn brighter than the sun.
Tonight, we are young." (F.U.N.)

Can you tell that I reintroduced myself to my dear friend, my iPod, who has been growing dusty as of late? Would not have sung that compilation at breakfast time, but it sure was fun putting together a few of "my favorite things" (Rodgers & Hammerstein). And some how I managed to weave in something like a story.