When the point of the horizon is hiding its blues, what would you want sky?

Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky from Adam Tanner on Vimeo.

Good deeds. Sky! [What would I want? Sky!]
Is everything alright? You feeling moany? You feeling lonely?
You're not the only
Is everything alright? You feeling stormy? You feeling phoney?
You're not the only
Do you get up up up? Clouds stop and move above me
Too bad they can't help me. What is the right way?
Do I float up up up? When I stop and look around me
Grey is where the color should be
What is the right way?
Old glasses clinking and a
New order's blinking
and I -
I should be floating but I'm weighted by thinking
That I got on the river
Really can't make you change
And the sky gets filled up too fast and the taxi man's saying, "You betta give me some money; stop daydreaming, dude!" When the point of horizon is hiding from you. What would you want sky?

Are you taking it lightly? Lost in the flurries, You start to worry. You will be buried
Taking it lightly, and so I hurry. I start to worry. Here come them flurries
Is everything alright? You feeling lonely? You feeling moldy? You're not the only
Is everything alright? You feeling stormy? You feeling foamy? You're not the only
Do you get up up up? Clouds stop and move above me
Too bad they can't help me. What is the right way?
Do I float up up up? When I stop and look around me
Grey is where that color should be. What is the right way?
Old glasses clinking and a New order's blinking and I -
I should be floating but I'm weighted by thinking
I'm a fly on the river, That'll make me some change
When the sky gets filled up too fast and the taxi cab's waiting, "You betta give him some money; stop daydreaming, dude!"
When the point of horizon is hiding its blues
What would you want sky? What would I want? Sky!

I don't care for fancy things

This is probably the best cover I've ever heard. My Boys [Girls] done by Taken by Trees. I thought I loved this song before, but their cover just takes you deeper. The way the fresh, soft notes spring up the lyrics' beauty. Always brightens my day
If you don't know who Taken by Trees is, it's the solo project of former Concretes lead singer Victoria Bergsman. You may also recognize her from that infectious PB& J "Young Folks" tune

I want to be there with her, barefoot and gracefully walking the tightrope. So many times we let material things, careers, the pressures of society weight us down...when all really need is our loved ones and a place to call home.

Oh let these little words of love become the lamps that light your way

I think the best way to start off this blog should be the same way I like to start my day : with a song that makes a smooth transition from dreaming to full consciousness. There's a mashup of Beach Boy's "All I Wanna Do" & Animal Collective's "Guys Eyes" that I can't get enough of. The combination of the same kind as the pairing of soul mates and they even finish each other's sentences

BB starts: "All I wanna do ... " as AC breathes in "is just want my body wants to "
"to give you all the love I can " ... "to show my girl that I want her"
It's what we allow ourselves to speak out and those subtle, repressed thoughts, desires we cannot always express. AC's powerful, insisting words "need her, need her"
Fused together they might sound neurotic, but who can claim innocence to that when they're in love?

you can download the mashup here

here's a closer look at lyrics:

AC: Guys Eyes
I really want to do just what my body wants to / I really want to do just what my body needs to
If I could just hold all the thoughts in my head and keep them for you /
I really want to show to my girl that I want her / If I could just purge all the urges that I have and keep them for you / I really want to show to my girl that I need her (x2)
If I could just hold all the thoughts in my head and keep them for you I keep it locked right now I really want to show to my girl that I want her If I could just purge all the urges that I have and keep them for you I keep it locked right now I really want to show to my girl that I need her If I could just hold all the thoughts in my head and keep them for you (repeat) Need her So I used my mind and I used my hand It was what I want to do I really don't know what to do if my body should want to What I want

Beach Boys "All I Wanna Do"

All I wanna do is always bring good to you
To give you all the love I can and help you in whatever you do
Sure as the sun will come around again to start off another day
You can be sure that in my heart and soul I'll love you in every way
All I wanna do Is bring happiness to you
I hope it makes you happy to know My love's with you wherever you go
Oh when I sit and close my eyes A gentle thought comes in my mind
My love is burnin' brightly ; My moon and stars shine nightly
All I wanna do (x3)
Oh let these little words of love become the lamps that light your way
My love is burnin' brightly ; My moon and stars shine nightly
All I wanna do (lonely in the night I feel)
All I wanna do (x2)