The Ramblings of my Disorganised Mind

The Full lyrics of the song

The song I quoted the lyrics from on my 2005 wrap-up is not a well-known one. I actually didn't buy it until 2006, and it's part of a compilation from a Roswell soundtrack (I am going to presume it comes from season 3, because I own seasons 1 & 2 and I'd never heard it before. I shall find out on March 15, when Season 3 finally comes out. Yay). As a whole, it doesn't, strictly speaking, answer the question, but those lines did.

Anyhow, the song is "I Shall Believe", sung by Sheryl Crow. Written by Sheryl Crow and Bill Bottrell, copyright 1993 A&M Records, Inc.

I Shall Believe

Come to me now, and lay your hands over me
Even if it's a lie, say it will be all right
And I shall believe

I'm broken in two, and I know you're on to me
That I only come home, when I'm so all alone
And I do believe

That not everything is gonna be the way you think it oughta be
It seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me
Please say honestly you won't give up on me
And I shall believe
And I shall believe

Open the door and show me your face tonight
I know it's true, no one heals me like you
And you hold the key

Never again will I turn away from you
I'm so happy tonight that your love is all right
And I do believe

That not everything is gonna be the way you think it oughta be
It seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me
Please say honestly you won't give up on me
And I shall believe
I shall believe
And I shall believe

That not everything is gonna be the way you think it oughta be
It seems like every time I try to make it right it all comes down on me
Please say honestly you won't give up on me
And I shall believe
I shall believe
And I shall believe

Please say honestly you won't give up on me
And I shall believe
I shall believe
I shall believe (etc)


It's not a bad little soundtrack, although some of the songs, tha sound OK on first listening, get annoying after a while (an example would be track 6 "Fear (Hybrid's Super Collider Mix) Edit", performed by Sarah McLachlan. This was used to good effect in the Pilot episode (before Dido's "Here With Me" - one of my favourite songs - became the theme song) but as a whole is wearing to the ear. Yes, even the Backstreet Boys are better. ;-) "Brothers and sisters", Coldplay, is on the CD,; it has a nice guitar rif, which is probably the reason for its use. I do like another song, "Save Yourself" by Sense Field - I think every teenaged girl and young adult female (and one older supposedly adult female who shall remain nameless but who knows who she is) should listen to this song, because as a piece of advice from a bunch of blokes, it's rather effective:

Save Yourself (9.01 version)
Written by John Bunch, Chris Evenson, John Stockberger, Rodney Sellers and Robert Pfeiffer. Copyright 2001 Nettwork America LLC

Turn out the light
Just say goodnight to yourself
May I remind you when you find you're all alone's when you
You've got to be strong
That's when they call you in the night
He's got your picture in his mind
He's got your number on a paper
That is disposable any time

Is he really true
Could you save yourself for someone who could love you for you?
So many times we just give it away
For someone who
Someone who

You met in a bar; the back of a car
And for a moment, you felt important, but not in your heart
'Cos my self esteem, it's been low
Go ahead and count; it's been lower than low
I know the feeling of it stealing life out from under me

'Cos I want to learn
Have you saved yourself for someone who'll love you for you?
So many times we just give it away
To someone who won't even remember your name
Could you save yourself for someone who'll love you for you?
And loves me for me
Give it away to someone who
Someone who will cherish your name

'Cos I want to learn
Have you saved yourself for someone who'll love you for you?
So many times we just give it away
To someone who couldn't even remember your name
Could you save yourself for someone who loves you for you?
And loves me for me
Give it away to someone who
Someone who would cherish your name

(Not sure why they call it the 9.01 version; it only goes for 3.19)

Back to it. I have panel stuff to finish for Conjure (for anyone who's been on Mars, that's the National SF Convention, Brisbane, April 14 - 17 2006. More information: click here). This is one main reason I haven't written any long boring spiels on what I've been doing for the last 4 months!

Oh, and Scott? Update! :-P

posted by Heather @ 6:35 am