ATF: Solitary Confinements

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Simon & Garfunkel]

I Am A Rock

Simon & Garfunkel

A winter's day

In a deep and dark December

I am alone

Gazing from my window to the streets below

On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

I am a rock

I am an island

I've built walls

A fortress deep and mighty

That none may penetrate

I have no need of friendship

Friendship causes pain

Its laughter and its loving I disdain

I am a rock

I am an island

Don't talk of love

Well I've heard the word before

It's sleeping in my memory

I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died

If I never loved I never would have cried

I am a rock

I am an island

I have my books

And my poetry to protect me

I am shielded in my armor

Hiding in my room

Safe within my womb

I touch no one

and no one touches me

I am a rock

I am an island

And a rock feels no pain

And an island never cries

Link: [Green Day]

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day

I walk a lonely road

The only one that I have ever known

Don't know where it goes

But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street

On the boulevard of broken dreams

When the city sleeps

And I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk a

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me

My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me

‘Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aah-ah

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

I'm walking down the line

That divides me somewhere in my mind

On the border line of the edge

And where I walk alone

Read between the lines

What's f@#%ed up and everything's all right

Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive

And I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk a

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me

My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me

‘Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aah-ah

Ah-ah, ah-ah

I walk alone

I walk a

I walk this empty street

On the boulevard of broken dreams

When the city sleeps

And I'm the only one and I walk a

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me

My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone up there will find me

‘Til then I walk alone

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

***MOTE***

Today is my son’s (Calvin) 27^th birthday.

Please Also Visit:

[Arlynda Lea]

[FishHawk Droppings]

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Green Day vs. Weird Al Yankovic

Link: [Green Day]

Link: [On YouTube]

American Idiot

Green Day

Don’t wanna be an American idiot

Don’t want a nation that doesn’t do media

And can you hear the sound of hysteria

The subliminal mind-f#$% America

Welcome to a new kind of tension

All across the alien nation

Where everything isn’t meant to be okay

Television dreams of tomorrow

We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow

Well that’s enough to argue

Well maybe I’m the faggot America

I’m not a part of a redneck agenda

Now everybody do the propaganda

And sing along in the age of paranoia

Welcome to a new kind of tension

All across the alien nation

Everything isn’t meant to be okay

Television dreams of tomorrow

We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow

Well that’s enough to argue

Don’t wanna be an American idiot

One nation controlled by the media

Information nation of hysteria

It’s going out to idiot America

Welcome to a new kind of tension

All across the alien nation

Everything isn’t meant to be okay

Television dreams of tomorrow

We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow

Well that’s enough to argue

Link: [Weird Al Yankovic]

Link: [On YouTube]

Canadian Idiot

Weird Al Yankovic

Don’t wanna be a Canadian idiot

Don’t wanna be some beer-swillin’ hockey nut

And do I look like some frostbitten hosehead

I never learned my alphabet from A to Zed

They all live on donuts and moose meat

And they leave the house without packing heat

Never even bring their guns to the mall

And you know what else is too funny

Their stupid Monopoly money

Can’t take ‘em seriously at all

Well maple syrup and snow’s what they export

They treat curling just like it’s a real sport

They think their silly accent is so cute

Can’t understand a thing they’re talkin’ aboot

Sure they’ve got their national healthcare

Cheaper meds

Low crime rates and clean air

Then again all they’ve got is Celine Dion

Eat their weight in Kraft macaroni

And dream of drivin’ a Zamboni

All over Saskatchewan

Don’t wanna be a Canadian idiot

Won’t figure out the temperature in Celsius

See the map

They’re hovering right over us

Tell you the truth

It makes me kinda nervous

Always hear the same kind of story

Break their nose

And they’ll just say sorry

Tell me what kinda freaks are that polite

It’s gotta mean they’re all up to something

So quick before they see it coming

Time for a pre-emptive strike

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

Please Also Visit: [FishHawk Droppings]

TWO FOR TUESDAY {REDO}

Link: [Green Day]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

***WARNING***
Some may find the lyrics of the songs, and the imagery of the videos, quite disturbing. So, be prepared to close your eyes and ears at any moment, but please keep your heart and mind open.


Link: [On YouTube]

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
Another turnin’ point
A fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go
So make the best of this test
And don’t ask why
It’s not a question
But a lesson learned in time
It’s something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs
And still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf of good health
And good time
Tattoos of memories
And dead skin on trial
For what it’s worth
It was worth all the while
It’s something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life

It’s something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life

It’s something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life


Link: [On YouTube]

Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
I walk a lonely road
The only one
That I have every known
Don’t know where it goes
But it’s home to me
And I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the boulevard
Of broken dreams
When the city sleeps
And I’m the only one
And I walk alone

And I walk alone
And I walk alone

And I walk alone
And I walk alone

My shadow’s
The only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s
The only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish
Someone out there will find me
‘Til then
I walk alone

Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh

I’m walking down the line
That divides me
Somewhere in my mind
On the borderline
Of the edge and where
I walk alone

Read between the lines
Of what’s f#$%ed up
And everything’s all right
Check my vital signs
To know I’m still alive
And I walk alone

And I walk alone
And I walk alone

And I walk alone
And I walk alone

My shadow’s
The only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s
The only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish
Someone out there will find me
‘Til then
I walk alone

Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh

And I walk alone
And I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the boulevard
Of broken dreams
When the city sleeps
And I’m the only one
And I walk alone

My shadow’s
The only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart’s
The only thing that’s beating
Sometimes I wish
Someone out there will find me
‘Til then
I walk alone

Lyrics From: [Sweets Lyrics]

Please Also Visit: [FishHawk Droppings]