Sunday, April 27, 2014

If You Love Me For Me (From Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper)

Once a lass met a lad.
"You're a gentle one," said she.
"In my heart, I'd be glad
If you loved me for me."

"You say your love is true,
And I hope that it will be."
"I'd be sure if I knew
That you loved me for me."

"Could I be the one you're seeking?
Will I be the one you choose?
Can you tell my heart is speaking?
My eyes will give you clues."

"What you see may be deceiving.
Truth lies underneath the skin."
"Hope will blossom by believing
The heart that lies within!"

"I'll be yours; together, we shall always be as one.
If you love me for me."

Who can say where we'll go?
                 (I'll be yours)
Who can promise what will be?
                 (Together we shall always)
But I'll stay by your side
                 (Be as one.)
If you love me for me.

If you love me for me.




(Copyright Mattel, Universal Studios)

Friday, October 25, 2013

Be Born In Me (Mary) - Francesca Battistelli

Everything inside me cries for order.
Everything inside me wants to hide.
Is this shadow an angel or a warrior?
If God is pleased with me, why am I so terrified?
Someone tell me I am only dreaming.
Somehow help me see with Heaven's eyes.
And before my head agrees,
My heart is on its knees.
Holy is He.
Blessed am I.

Be born in me;
Be born in me.
Trembling heart, somehow I believe
That You chose me!
I'll hold You in the beginning;
You will hold me in the end.
Every moment in the middle,
Make my heart Your Bethlehem.
Be born in me.

All this time we've waited for the promise;
All this time You've waited for my arms.
Did You wrap Yourself inside the unexpected
So we might know that love would go that far?

Be born in me;
Be born in me.
Trembling heart, somehow I believe
That You chose me!
I'll hold You in the beginning;
You will hold me in the end;
Every moment in the middle,
Make my heart Your Bethlehem.
Be born in me.

I am not brave;
I'll never be.
The only thing my heart can offer is a vacancy.
I'm just a girl, nothing more;
But I am willing.
I am Yours.

Whoa. Whoa-oa-oa, whoa-oa, whoa-oh-oh

Be born in me!
Be born in me.
I'll hold You in the beginning;
You will hold me in the end;
Every moment in the middle,
Make my heart Your Bethlehem.
Be born in me.




Copyright Francesca Battistelli and Sparrow Records.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Safe - Britt Nicole

You keep trying to get inside my head,
While I keep trying to lose the words you said.
Can't you see I'm hanging by a thread,
To my life, what I know?
Yeah, I'm losing control and...

Oh no, my walls are gonna break.
So close, it's more than I can take.
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't safe.

You're not safe.

I'm strong enough, I've always told myself.
I never wanna need somebody else.
But I've already fallen from that hill.
So I'm dropping my guard.
Here's your chance at my heart, and...



Oh no, my walls are gonna break.

So close, it's more than I can take.
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't...

Everything you want, but it's everything you need.
It's not always happy endings, but it's all the in-betweens.
It's taken so long, so long to finally see
That your love is worth the risk.

Oh no, my walls are gonna break

Oh no, my walls are gonna break.

So close, it's more than I can take.
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't safe.

Oh no, my walls are gonna break.

So close, it's more than I can take.
I'm so tired of turning and running away
When love just isn't safe.

You're not safe, and that's okay.

Copyright Britt Nicole and her record label (or is it just the record label?)

Friday, October 11, 2013

I See the Light (from Disney's Tangled)

All those days watching from the windows;
All those years, outside, looking in.
All that time, never even knowing
Just how blind I've been.

Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight.
Now I'm here, suddenly I see:
Standing here, it's all so clear;
I'm where I'm meant to be.

And at last I see the light,
And it's like the fog has lifted.
And at last I see the light,
And it's like the sky is new.
And it's warm and real and bright,
And the world has somehow shifted.
All at once, everything looks different,
Now that I see you.

All those days, chasing down a daydream;
All those years, living in a blur.
All that time, never truly seeing
Things the way they were.

Now she's here, shining in the starlight.
Now she's here, suddenly I know:
If she's here, it's crystal clear;
I'm where I'm meant to go!

And at last I see the light,
And it's like the fog has lifted.
And at last I see the light,
And it's like the sky is new.
And it's warm and real and bright;
And the world has somehow shifted.
All at once, everything is different,
Now that I see you.

Now that I see you.

Blue=Flynn
Pink=Rapunzel
Purple=Both together


Copyright DISNEY

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Vanilla Twilight (Owl City)

The stars lean down to kiss you,
And I lie awake and miss you.
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere.

'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly,
But I'll miss your arms around me.
I'd send a postcard to you, dear;
'Cause I wish you were here.

I'll watch the night turn light blue
But it's not the same without you,
'Cause it takes two to whisper quietly.

The silence isn't so bad,
'Til I look at my hands and feel sad,
'Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly.

I'll find repose in new ways,
Though I haven't slept in two days,
'Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone.

But drenched in vanilla twilight,
I'll sit on the front porch all night,
Waist deep in thought because when
I think of you, I don't feel so alone.

I don't feel so alone.
I don't feel so alone.

As many times as I blink,
I'll think of you tonight.

(Tonight, tonight, tonight...)

I'll think of you tonight

When violet eyes get brighter,
And heavy wings grow lighter,
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again.

And I'll forget the world that I knew,
But I swear I won't forget you!
Oh, if my voice could reach back through the past,
I'd whisper in your ear:
"Oh darling, I wish you were here!"

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Day by Day (hymn, written by Caroline Sandell-Berg and Oscar Ahnfelt)

  1. Day by day, and with each passing moment,
    Strength I find to meet my trials here.
    Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
    I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.

  2. He Whose heart is kind beyond all measure
    Gives unto each day what He deems best.
    Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
    Mingling toil with peace and rest.
  1. Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
    With a special mercy for each hour.
    All my cares He feign would bear and cheer me,
    He Whose Name is Counselor and Pow’r.
  2. The protection of His child and treasure
    Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
    “As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
    This the pledge to me He made.

Help me then in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord;
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
Offered me within Thy holy Word.

Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
E’er to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the promised land.


Copyright Public Domain

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Meant To Be (Steven Curtis Chapman, for Veggie Tales "It's A Meaningful Life" DVD)

Long before you drew your first breath,
A dream was comin' true.
God wanted to give a gift to the world,
So He wrapped it up in you.

And ev'ry step that you've taken,
Ev'ry move that you make
Is part of His plan.

You were meant to be touching the lives you touch,
And meant to be here making this world so much more than it would be
Without you in it.

You were meant to be bringing the gifts you bring,
Singin' the songs you were given to sing.
You are perfectly, wonderfully, beautifully meant to be.
(Yeah)
You were meant to be.

Long before you took your first fall,
You stumbled to the ground.
God started telling the story of you
To the angels gathered around.

Ev'ry failure and vict'ry,
And ev'rything in between.
It's all in His hand.

You were meant to be touching the lives you touch,
And meant to be here making this world so much more than it would be
Without you in it.

You were meant to be bringing the gifts you bring,
Singin' the songs you were given to sing.
You are perfectly, wonderfully, beautifully meant to be.
(Yeah)
You were meant to be.

You are, you are, you are meant to be.
You are, you are, you are meant to be.

For every breath that you're taking,
And every move that you make;
It's a meaningful life you've been given,
So live it well.

You were meant to be touching the lives you touch,
And meant to be here making this world so much more than it would be
Without you in it.

You were meant to be bringing the gifts you bring,
Singin' the songs you were given to sing.
You are perfectly, wonderfully, beautifully meant to be.
(Yeah)
You were meant to be.

To be.
You were meant to be.

Copyright Steven Curtis Chapman, Veggie Tales, and/or whoever else owns it. I.e., not me, but it's proper owners.