we always knew that someday we would fade

cover: use somebody

2009-12-13T03:11:59Z

Hey!
It's been a while. A loooonggg while. I've been busy with school and everything... I'm in the middle of finals right now, as a matter of fact. I've been recording a couple of covers every now and then but later I realize I don't like them much so they never see the light of the day. Well, today I recorded "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon and I actually like it. I based it a little bit on the Paramore version. I hope you enjoy it!

It is audio only but I worked it into a video (with just audio) so you can listen to it without having to download it, and if you like it, you have the links for the mp3 download.

Here are the links for download:
Mediafire
MegaUpload

PS: Chris Colfer's version of "Defying Gravity" is amazing.

Lonely In The City

2009-09-07T20:17:45Z

It gets lonely in the city
With all of these people looking back at you
When you don't know where you're going
And you've been away from home for far too long

And maybe I should feel bad
But I don't feel nothing at all
So if you remember how it feels like
To know you'll never have to wait
Let me know

It hasn't been this cold in years
"It feels colder when you're alone"
Those were crazy times and now they're gone
It gets lonely in the city when you're alone

And maybe I should feel bad
But I don't feel nothing at all
So if you remember how it feels like
To know you'll never have to wait
Let me know

And I thought I'd grow smart
I thought I'd be a fine lady
Making a living out of anything at all
Holding hands with a man with his feet on the ground

And yet, yet, yet
I'm completely lost
At that time when you figure out
Childhood dreams are just that
And that no matter how things turn out
They don't turn out the way you wanted them to
And I wanna be with you
But I also want to let this go
And you're not here anymore
And I have to make a choice

And maybe I should feel bad
But I don't feel nothing at all
So if you remember how it feels like
To know you'll never have to wait
Let me know

In Her Hands

2009-09-07T20:15:36Z

She walked in just like she walked in before
With your heart in her hands
All this hope I've kept inside of me
Will end up crashing me

No, I can't help it,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Don't repeat it, let's just break it here

They don't hurt me
I'll survive them but this I won't
So look me in the eye and let me know
If all I've done will mean nothing at all

No, I can't help it,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Don't repeat it, let's just break it here

Now it's been a while since the first time
Do you want to be the first one since the last?
'Cause I feel that if you hold my hand and take me where you want to
Maybe things will be alright this time

Now I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

You have this chance
To be someone else than what's been written for you
Now it's a question of whether you will take it for me or you won't
But I know

Now it's been a while since the first time
Do you want to be the last one for me?
Then I'll feel when you hold my hand and take me where you want to
You'll turn around luck for us both

'Cause I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

And I see all of you surrounding me
Yeah, I've played my part quite well
I've let you get away with a lot
But I'm doing nothing for me
What about me?

new song: "In Her Hands"

2009-09-07T20:12:15Z

Hello over there!

I know there hasn't been much going on. But I've been writing a lot. I just uploaded a new song called "In Her Hands". I hope you like it, it's one of my favourites I've written lately. I'll work on a better recording in the future... always gotta work on those. The song is up at my MySpace profile.

Hugs, Lu

three video covers!

2009-08-06T04:09:13Z

Hey, it's been a while!
The other day I recorded myself (video this time!) playing three songs: "The Best Day" by Taylor Swift, "Umbrella" by Rihanna and "Me Voy" by Julieta Venegas. I've already done The Best Day and Umbrella, but these are video versions and I think they're better since I practiced more. The audios will be made available later at my journal if you're interested.

I've also been working on new songs but I've been busy. Exams are coming soon and that's never good. So here, have the three videos and ignore my eyebrows!

The Best Day

Umbrella

Me Voy

guess what... another Taylor Swift cover!

2009-07-08T16:26:11Z

Hey!

Right now, it's the first week of my very long winter vacations (one month and one week), so I'm gonna try to use some of that time to work on my music. I haven't been writing many songs, to be honest, but there are a couple I've been working on that I like. I've also been pracitising a few of my favourite songs (that *gasp* are not just by Taylor Swift) to record as covers. You might even get a video soon!

So, in the meantime, I have a... Taylor Swift cover for you. What can I say, I love her songs. This one really touched me. It's called "The Best Day", it's on her album Fearless and it's probably my favourite Taylor Swift song.

download it here! The Best Day cover

I hope you like it.

video: "fearless" cover!

2009-06-03T23:26:29Z

Hey. I bought Taylor Swift's Fearless album (it finally came out here!) this last week and I'm currently obsessed with the first song, called "Fearless" too. So yes, what do I do when I'm obsessed with a Taylor Swift song? I record myself singing/playing it, of course! As if you hadn't heart enough Taylor Swift covers ;)

But. This time I decided to post a video, something I haven't done before. Just so you know, my eyebrows have a life of their own. I only learned this song yesterday and I did a different version, so don't expect it to be like Taylor's version (which I loooooove).

If you want to, you can download the MP3 here.
Don't forget to download my new project "The One Who Got Lost"! You can find links where you can download it here.

download the one who got lost

2009-05-25T22:44:40Z

So, remember that 'project' I'd been telling you about? Well, it's done! You can download it now. It's called "The One Who Got Lost". It includes four tracks: "Don't Ever Let Me Go" (the same one you can hear on MySpace), "My Friends" with new vocals, and "Still Intact" and "Thinking Out Loud". Apart from those, it has two acoustic tracks ("When You See" and "I Don't Believe We Have Talked") plus two instrumental tracks (a new one called "Think of Me" and "Cold" from Through The Noise). So, in total, they are eight tracks!

Here are the details, artwork and download links:

THE ONE WHO GOT LOST (EP)
Release date: May 25, 2009
Tracklisting:
1. Don't Ever Let Me Go
2. My Friends
3. Still Intact
4. Thinking Out Loud
5. When You See (acoustic)
6. I Don't Believe We Have Talked (acoustic)
7. Think Of Me (instrumental)
8. Cold (instrumental)
Download links:
-Last.fm (free)
-MediaFire (free)
Artwork:
-Cover + Back

I Don't Believe We Have Talked

2009-05-25T22:38:34Z

I see you everyday, I don't believe we have talked
You know my name, but I don't think you've called me so
You know my story and I know all about yours
But, do we know each other at all?

I'd like to explain why I did what I did
If I tried to say it out loud, words wouldn't be enough
If I kept it abstract, you wouldn't understand
I don't think you'd try to, anyway

So I travel alone, I travel constantly
It's sad, isn't it?
When nowhere feels right
So I keep to myself, I learn through my mistakes
It's sad, isn't it?
When you can't go back and try again

I never knew your age, what you liked, who you loved
Sometimes I wonder where you are, if you feel better somehow
I wonder if you're still scared of yourself
Have the thoughts stopped, are the thoughts gone?

It's so easy to speak, much harder to mean it
If I had said something else, would it have changed anything?
Would it matter now, would you have been saved?
Was there any way to make you feel okay?

Do you travel alone, travel constantly?
It's sad isn't it?
When nowhere feels right
If I had stayed on your way, would you be here today?
It's sad isn't it?
When you can't go back and try again

What if I hadn't left...
Would you be here to explain this mess?
Would I be here, would I be here?
I knew what you wanted
I'm sorry you got it
I'm sorry you couldn't have it any other way

When You See

2009-05-25T22:36:00Z

I'm picking up paper pieces from the floor
I'm drawing flowers across your face
I'm taking the stories you told away
So I can hold them as mine

I'm writing down every word you say
I'm printing them down so I don't forget
I'm taking into account your sense of surprise
So I can be prepared when you see

When you see
What you mean to me
When you see my silly heart
You'll break me and tear me apart
'Cause I become weak
When you see me

I'm telling myself it'll fade eventually
If I keep pushing it back to your place
I'm reminding me that when things turn out this way
They don't turn out at all

I'm painting up a smile
I'm buying each one of your little lies
I'm happy you've stayed, thank you sir,
Now can you please go away?

When you see
What you mean to me
When you see my silly heart
You'll break me and tear me apart
'Cause I become weak
When you see me

This can't be happening to me
You're not what I expected
This can't be happening to me
Happening to me

I'm telling myself it'll fade eventually
If I keep pushing it back to your place
Still I become weak
When you see me

you can stand under my umbrella ella ella eeh eh

2009-05-23T16:05:27Z

Hi there. I've been adding a few finishing touches to the small project I told you about. In the meantime, you can have a cover for Rihanna's Umbrella! I was bored the other day and looked for the tabs for Taylor Swift's version and well... ended up recording an acoustic live version myself. I hope you like it.

Umbrella Acoustic Live cover (originally by Rihanna)

PS: KRIS ALLEN WON AMERICAN IDOL *jumps around in joy*

i can show you the world

2009-04-29T19:40:54Z

Hello there.
So I updated the lyrics list, yada yada, put up a new layout and profile from endorsedlayouts and I have some little news. I have been recording some stuff (most of which you've already heard if you've been visiting my profile on myspace and this journal) and I was waiting to finish a few songs to upload them and combine them as an EP. I finally have, so soon I'll be posting more information about it.
-Lu

Thinking Out Loud (TOWGL version)

2009-04-29T19:32:46Z

I need to say how I'm feeling
but I can't think of the right words,
And it burns me inside...
So I'll give it a try.

I'm listening to all these sad songs,
thinking about you,
missing you like hell.
No matter how much I fight
I can't seem to forget
all we could've been,
and I can't help believing
you'll always be the best I could've had.
I know I screwed up.
I just want you back.
I just want you to kick out all this past
and come home to me

'cause I need you more than anyone else could,
I need you more than her.

She could never give you what I'm willing to be.
She could never show you what I want you to see.
It always comes back to you.
It'll always come back to you.

I'm scared that when I stop missing you
I'll stop feeling anything at all.

Still can't help believing
you'll always be the best I could've had.
I know I screwed up.
I just want you back.
I just want you to kick out all this past
and come home to me

'cause I need you more than anyone else could,
I need you more than her.
So don't go away,
don't go away.

Still Intact

2009-04-29T19:31:11Z

Sometimes all you have
Will never be enough
And it's better to walk away
Holding on to nothing but my heart's still intact

Sometimes all you give
Passes by unnoticed
And it's better to walk away
Holding on to nothing but with your heart still intact

Sometimes what you need
Is the one thing you can't have
Sometimes all you've fought for
Comes down to nothing but dust
And I, and I
Will wait for you to figure it out

Sometimes all your hopes
Are crashed to the ground
And it's better to walk away
Holding on to nothing but with your head held high

Sometimes all your words
Are hollowed by empty sounds
And it's better to walk away
Holding on to nothing but with your heart still intact

Sometimes what you need
Is the one thing you can't have
Sometimes all you've fought for
Comes down to nothing but dust
And I, and I
Will wait for you to figure it out

And the worst will go
And the tears will dry
And the pain will cease
And you'll move on

Sometimes what you need
Is the one thing you can't have
Sometimes all you've fought for
Comes down to nothing but dust
And I, and I
Will wait for you to figure it out

When times are fading faster
Or slower than you'd like
I'll be holding your hand
Making sure that your heart is still intact

My Friends

2009-04-29T19:29:09Z

I think I can love anyone given enough time
I think I wish everyone well, it's just my emotions that get mixed up
I think I wanna lie, I think I wanna feel so alive I don't know where I'm standing at
I think that if I didn't love me I wouldn't try

I think my body is the prison of my pain
I think that the weight I want gone is the one inside my head
I think that what's pulling me down is what's giving me hope
And that once you've fucked up so bad, it can't get any worse

All I know is that one day they opened their eyes
My friends turned away from me like they'd never been around
I don't know what happened, they probably saw what I knew all along
That a heart as black as mine should never be trusted

And the thoughts inside my head began tangling
I was not born to be on my own, I've been mistaken all along
I don't know what happened, they probably saw my claws nailed on their arms
I don't know what happened, I just know that I want them back and I want them now, I want them now

I think that when I was dying, I was so alone
I think that there were moments when I had no reason to hold on
I think that even in the darkest place, I thought of your face
And I said to myself that I'd do anything if I could see it again

Don't Ever Let Me Go

2009-04-29T19:27:14Z

You can take what you want
I don't need it anymore
I'm resting in this sound
Can you hear my breathing?

Now take me where you go
I want to know what you do
while I'm gone
I want you to understand me
When the air's cold
Hold me as you'd never let me go
And please, don't ever let me go

You can ask me anything
And I'll answer with my heart
I'm comfortable as I am
We can be what we want

Now take me where you go
I want to know what you do
while I'm gone
I want you to understand me
When the air's cold
Hold me as you'd never let me go
And please, don't ever let me go

I'll wait for you
As long as I have to

Now take me where you go
I want to know what you do
while I'm gone
I want you to understand me
When the air's cold
Hold me as you'd never let me go
And please, don't ever let me go

acoustic downloads

2009-04-29T19:18:39Z

Here are download links to acoustic live recordings that have been posted on this journal.

Covers:

Use Somebody (originally by Kings of Leon):
Mediafire
Megaupload
Photobucket (listen without having to download)

White Horse (originally by Taylor Swift):
Megaupload
Mediafire
Last.fm

Oops I Did It Again (originally by Britney Spears):
Mediafire
Last.fm

Crazier (originally by Taylor Swift)
Mediafire

When It Rains (originally by Paramore)
Mediafire

Umbrella (originally by Rihanna)
Mediafire

Fearless (originally by Taylor Swift)
Mediafire (MP3)
Photobucket (watch the video)

The Best Day (originally by Taylor Swift)
Mediafire

Original songs:

Thinking Out Loud:
Mediafire
Megaupload
Last.fm

Still Intact:
Mediafire
Last.fm

peach plum pear

2009-03-29T05:07:13Z

Hi.
I recorded myself playing my guitar and singing two covers: one for Taylor Swift's new song "Crazier" and another for Paramore's "When It Rains". Both totally acoustic and simple and all that. Links for download:

"Crazier" (originally by Taylor Swift)
"When It Rains" (originally by Paramore)

Also remember that there's a new song up at my MySpace's profile player called "Don't Ever Let Me Go". You can download it from there, too.

"Oops I Did It Again" cover + new song acoustic

2009-03-06T04:37:18Z

Hi everyone, it's been a while. But I have something. I recorded myself playing my acoustic guitar and singing two songs: "Oops I Did It Again", originally by Britney Spears, and an original new song by me called "Still Intact". You can download them at the following links. Both of them are completely live and acoustic, just me and my guitar.

Oops I Did It Again (acoustic cover)
Still Intact (acoustic)

I hope you enjoy them.

Thinking Out Loud

2009-02-02T17:56:26Z

I'm having this need to phrase how I'm feeling
but I can't think of the right words,
it's so abstract.
And it burns me inside
More than I'd want it to.
What will be left of me
if I don't know how to explain myself.
So I'll give it a try.

I'm listening to all these sad songs,
thinking about you,
missing you like hell.
No matter how much I fight
I can't seem to forget
all we could've been,
and I can't help believing
you'll always be the best I ever had.
I know I screwed up.
I just want you back.
I just want you to kick out all this past
and come home to me

'cause I need you more than anyone else could,
I need you more than her.

She could never give you what I'm willing to be.
She could never show you what I want you to see.
It always comes back to you.
It'll always come back to you.

I'm scared that when I stop missing you
I'll stop feeling anything at all.
I want to feel you. I need to.

and I can't help believing
you'll always be the best I ever had.
I know I screwed up.
I just want you back.
I just want you to kick out all this past
and come home to me

'cause I need you more than anyone else could,
I need you more than her.
So don't go away,
don't go away.

stupid girl, should've known, should've known

2009-02-02T17:54:31Z

Hi everyone. I've been bad at updating. Yesterday, in between studying and procrastinating, I recorded myself singing with my guitar "White Horse" by Taylor Swift and a new song I wrote last month, called "Thinking Out Loud". Just me and my guitar, almost no effects at all. The quality is probably not very good 'cause since my computer got messed up, my microphone hasn't been working well and so. But I thought I could share. I hope you enjoy.

White Horse (originally by Taylor Swift):
Megaupload
Mediafire

Thinking Out Loud:
Megaupload
Mediafire

i shall never grow up

2009-01-26T17:29:47Z

I've been neglecting this journal.
Well, mostly 'cause I have not much to say. I've been studying a lot, and doing nothing of my vacations, just the way it's supposed to be. The Pineapple Express has to be one of the funniest movies ever.

I've been writing a lot, too. I have six new songs that I really like, some more than others, obviously; but overall, I really like playing all of them, and I'll probably be showing some of them soon.

I'm also very excited for two things right now:
1. The Sims 3 coming out soon, hell yeah.
and
2. The new Brand New record that will probably come out this year, HELL YEAH.

I'm gonna go see American Idol now. Bye bye.

i'm doing my best to make some sense out of senselessness

2009-01-08T19:25:22Z

So, how are you liking Through The Noise? If you haven't downloaded it yet, you can do that at Last.fm and RawRip.

I've been writing a lot lately, actually! Mostly about the same thing... yeah. My fingers hurt from so much playing guitar. There's one of them I really like. I'll probably post some live videos or something of sorts soon.

My shoulders have the worst sunburns right now. They really hurt.
Anyway, I have to get ready 'cause I have class later. Yey... not.

Belong

2009-01-04T04:58:13Z

Some people aren't meant for greatness
You'll be the strongest but still worthless
I've seen enough, take this off of me
Frankly, I've been as far as I could be

Always aiming so high
Always hoping for so much
But somehow always leaving
Empty handed

I must be doing something wrong
I have to let it go, once and for all
I must leave all I've worked for
Someday it'll all mean something to me... anything

You couldn't find the words to say
Left heartbroken in the middle of this mess
And feel somehow I've always known
I will never forgive you for what you've done

Always aiming so high
Always hoping for so much
But somehow always leaving
Empty handed

I must be doing something wrong
I have to let it go, once and for all
I must leave all I've worked for
Someday it'll all mean something to me... anything

No matter how hard I try, I will never have what I lack
Funny how it happens, no matter how good you get at life
You never feel like you truly belong anywhere
I tricked myself into believing I belonged... here with you

Always aiming so high
Always hoping for so much
But somehow always leaving
Empty handed

I must be doing something wrong
I have to let it go, once and for all
I must leave all I've worked for
Someday it'll all mean something to me... anything
I must go on
I must go on
I must go on
I must go on

All These Beautiful Strangers

2009-01-04T04:56:59Z

Hiding all that I've been
Behind this wall of thin glass
And letting them all see
Myself so perfectly broken
Left my heart now in the hands
Of all these beautiful bystanders
And the future we played
With the eyes of a child
And the lights we blacked out
With the tears in our eyes

You've stayed with me
You've stayed with me because you can
You've stayed with me
You've stayed with me because you're mine
I knew then what I know now
I knew then what I can't change now

Wearing the pain on my skin
I've written it on my arms
And letting them all see
The lies I've delicately spoken
Left my cards now in the minds
Of all these beautiful strangers
And the dreams we created
With this dirt that we found
And the souls that we carry
In the words we left out

You've stayed with me
You've stayed with me because you can
You've stayed with me
You've stayed with me because you're mine
I knew then what I know now
I knew then what I can't change now

"My sweet little girl
When did I lose you?
How can I save you from her claws
And stay away from your flaws?
My sweet pretty baby
When did you become
Everything I can't understand
And someone I can't bring back"

You've stayed with me
You've stayed with me because you can
You've stayed with me
You've stayed with me because you're mine
I knew then what I know now
I knew then what I can't change now

She's ran into the forest
The perfect place to hide
She's screaming, "You've blurred me out
and now I'm missing a home.
You lost me when I lost myself", she said