Maggie’s Pick 2.28.2015: “Yellow” by Coldplay

Right under the wire.

Maggie’s Pick 2.27.2015: The Color Picks: “Gold On The Ceiling” by The Black Keys

I’m glad I remembered how to remember this.

Maggie’s Pick 2.26.2015: The Color Picks: “Over the Hills And Far Away” by Led Zeppelin

“Many dreams come true and some have silver linings
I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold.”

Yup.

New Poem: “Monday & Tuesday” by Maggie McGinity

I had a couple of nightmares for the past 2 nights, and I decided to write a poem about them and the general uncertainty of my life.

Twinning Pick can be found here.

“Monday & Tuesday
By Maggie McGinity

Visibility is low

But still, but still I go

Albums and allies come crashing down

But still I’m on the road

Wrap me in a white blanket

And I’ll knit one eventually

Wrap the world in ice and bet

You won’t see much of me

The winter refuses to leave

There will be no eternal spring

My plots and plans I give and grieve

And hide beneath the bedsprings

The box appears to know my moods

It aims to sympathize and soothe

Its lyrics mimic the mares, the moments

I wish my dreaming mind hadn’t spent

It’s really starting to get to me

It’s hard to pretend this is casual and easy

I care too much about everything

These whiplash changes leave me queasy

And those static things I thought I’d need

Have found a way my fears to feed

Though right now no struggles to breathe, to bleed,

I’m lost in word, and deed, indeed.

Please don’t tell me of those plans you made

I don’t want an arrangement I can’t change

Still I refuse to run away

All I know of my life is that one day

I am worried I have lent

All my money, all my time

For twisted words and sentiment

Better left to rhymes

They say you can’t put a price on piece of mind.

I have to, I’ve had to, many times.

They say to chase your dreams and never stop.

Alack, alas. It’s lonely at the top.”

Quote:

“All my nightmares escape my head
Bar the door, please don’t let them in
You were never supposed to leave
Now my head’s splitting at the seams
And I don’t know if I can”

-“Welcome Home, Son”

by Radical Face

Maggie’s Pick 2.25.2015: The Color Picks: “It’s Gonna Be Hard” by The Audition

A Twinning Pick that will actually work this time because I already wrote the poem, and will post it later tonight.

There’s yellow on the album cover:

I love this loophole.

I think I’ve been saving this song for a rainier day, but it fits well with the poem I wrote, and with my current travel plans.

Maggie’s Pick 2.24.2015: The Color Picks: “Ocean Avenue” by Yellowcard

Bad dreams, dangerous dinner conversations, a beach, and nostalgia for summer.

Also electric violin.

Maggie’s Pick 2.23.2015: The Color Picks: “Gold Digger” by Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx + “Why Don’t You Get a Job?” by The Offspring

My title is too long and I don’t care.

Opposite problems, and earlier conversations. One theme-related song, and one song related to that.

This video is everything you’d expect it to be, and is also 10 years old.

I really enjoy this video and this song.

Maggie’s Pick 2.22.2015: “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Elton John

Not an Elton John song I’ve listened to a lot, but really fitting for a lot of things. A good song overall, I like the melodic twists.

Maggie’s Pick 2.20.2015: The Color Picks: “Kiss Me” by Ed Sheeran

Again we are resorting to album covers for color relevance.

Also Ed Sheeran has really orange hair, so there’s that.

Maggie’s Pick 2.19.2015: The Color Picks: “Gray or Blue” by Jaymay

Five months and one day ago, I scheduled a study session with a friend at the library.

I thought about Picking this song then, as a sort of hint, but then I decided I was done hinting. (I was also a bit concerned about the lyrics in this song that imply other people and cheating, because that’s not what this was/is/will be about)

Later that day I decided I was done trying to make things more than they were. I didn’t put in my contacts, didn’t put on makeup, didn’t brush my hair, because I figured it didn’t matter.

And as it turned out, it didn’t. Just not in the way I expected.

Also, I know they’re sometimes gray, and sometimes blue, but usually green. Like mine.