Gravity by Sara Bareilles

The lyrics bite and the music kills.
Addiction is a painful process.
When you think it's over, it comes back to haunt you whenever your mind is left idle. Sometimes I wished there's an actual cure to our own addictions. So... who/what is your remedy?

GRAVITY

Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.

You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.

Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.

I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you're everything I think I need here on the ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down
You're on to me, on to me, and all over...
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.

Ensnared To An Older Self

Fell, bruised and scarred. I'm sure all of us have experienced such "pain", whether is it the anguish of losing someone we love so dearly, the shame and fear of rejection or the feeling of defeat when expectations are not fulfilled.

Being ensnared in such sufferance is sadly part and parcel of life. 'Once bitten, twice shy', so the idiom says. Yes, I agree that we get the "twice shy" part, but what about the part where we pull ourselves up and become stronger everytime we get "bitten"? Do we just fall and never stand up again? The negative connotation attached to this idiom seems biased in my opinion. If I could ever edit this idiom, I would add "thrice stronger" to make it complete.

When the same things that hurt us before hurt us again, we take it with a stronger heart withstanding that intensity that once felt so pain and deep. Our minds become clearer and more rational with every decision we make. We set up this defensive mechanism in playing our cards right, hoping that the odds are ever in our favour. We reflect and view past incidents in a different light and laugh at our foolish moments. That's what maturing as an adult is all about, ain't it?

Simply Powerful

Rather not have it that way.

Pudding

Pudding Party. Only in Taiwan.

Dance

Watched this years back. I was touched by the performance even though I couldn't relate myself to the sufferings of cancer patients.  Sometimes when you can't convey a message through words, you draw. When drawing fails, you use music to express. Failing to do so. Just dance. I think it really helps. (provided you can)