ALL GOOD THINGS (COME TO AN END)

All Good Things ( Come to an End) - Nelly Furtado

Honestly, what will become of me?
Dont like reality
It's way too clear to me
But really, life is dandy
We are what we must be
Missed everything daydreaming

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?

Traveling, I only stop at exits
Wondering if I'll stay
Young and restless
Living this way I stress less
I want to pull away when the dream dies
The pain sets in and I dont cry
I only feel gravity and I wonder why

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?

Come to an end, come to an...
Why do all good things come to an end?
Come to an end, come to an...
Why do all good things come to an end?

Well the dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon
so that they could...
Dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon
so that they could die...
Die...
Die...
Die...

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end?

Come to an end, come to an...
Why do all good things come to an end?
Come to an end, come to an...
Why do all good things come to an end?

Well the dogs were barking at the new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon...
And the dogs were barking at the new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon
so that they could die...

THE TWO TREES

The Two Trees - Loreena McKennitt
Words by William Butler Yeats - (1865 - 1939)
Music by Loreena McKennitt
Uilleann pipe introduction 'Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt' composed and performed by
Patrick Hutchinson.

Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start.
And all the trembling flowers they bear.
The changing colours of its fruit
Have dowered the stars with merry light;
The surety of its hidden root
Has planted quiet in the night;
The shaking of its leafy head
Has given the waves their melody,
And made my lips and music wed,
Murmuring a wizard song for thee.
There the Loves a circle go,
The flaming circle of our days,
Gyring, spiring to and fro
In those great ignorant leafy ways;
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.

Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half hidden under snows,
Broken boughs and blackened leaves.
For all things turn to barrenness
In the dim glass the demons hold,
The glass of outer weariness,
Made when God slept in times of old.
There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought.
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings; alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind;
Gaze no more in the bitter glass.

Beloved, gaze in thine own heart,
The holy tree is growing there;
From joy the holy branches start,
And all the trembling branches they bear.
Remembering all that shaken hair
And how the winged sandals dart,
Thine eyes grow full of tender care
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart.

EVERYWHERE

I Wanna Be With You Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Another one of my favourite songs, set as a soundtrack to a video based on the romantic poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes (1880 - 1958).

BOTANICA - MY WILDERNESS GARDEN

Yellow Crucifix Orchid and Hakea Laurina.

Banksia Serrata and Thalia.

Trumpet vine foliage and Callistemon 'Wilderness White"

Grass tree, Flax, Grey Myrtle, Native Grasses and Weeds.

Rosemary, Lavender and Mock Orange.

LOCKET AND KEY

Locket and Key - Donna the Buffalo

And now for something completely different; yes my musical taste is diverse. I like this sweet song and the pretty location where the video was filmed. This is for someone very special to me. :-)

STREETS OF YOUR TOWN

Streets of Your Town - The Go-Betweens

The Go-Betweens were a Brisbane, Queensland rock group who formed a band and started performing in the 1980's, this particular song was recorded in 1980 on an album called '16 Lovers Lane'. I have always enjoyed this and a few of their other songs; I like this video which was produced in April, 1996. The video shows archival footage of a typical country town in the 1980's mixed with footage from a later era. The song tells a story about the fate of many country towns in Australia where people die out, the younger people move on to find work in the cities and more and more stores and services stop and sadly the towns die too.

"If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy,
and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs
--that is your success."

Henry David Thoreau