iris

it's been a while, like... a week? since i've last talked about a genre. and i'll try to keep it short.

i'd like to bring attention to a few songs:

- goo goo dolls: iris, name, all eyes on me, broadway
- lifehouse: hanging by a moment, whatever it takes, you and me, falling in, from where you are
- the fray: where the story ends, over my head (cable car), look after you
- keane: somewhere only we know
- coldplay: yellow
- sky sailing: i live alone, brielle
- steven cravis: distant hearts longing pt. 2, my true love, laughter of a child, the vow, resolution, letting go

these songs are... warm. but not in a fuzzy kind of way, in a sad and nostalgic way. the way that summers felt as a child. the way bronze looks. the way empty fields, sun blazing above and dry stalks swaying in the wind look. old movies about strange adventures and steampunk technology. old pictures in wooden frames. cobwebs on windows, dust dancing in the beams of sunlight filtering in from gauzy curtains. 

distant, yet consuming. lonely, lost love. you dedicate the stars to your beloved, the moon, the flowers and the sea. the very home you live in, the food and drink you partake in. the pieces of yourself you put on paper are all theirs, even though they can never come and retrieve them. they can never come back.