"PSYCHE"

I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking
Looking for you in my flashlight, I'm searching
From in the high or down the ocean
And I face myself in reason
Gain the wolf
Gain the wolf

Conjure me as a child
Slipping down a webside
Stretch up I cannot reach him
Jumping up they drag him from the water

I watch them march him into life
I watch them take him from the pale
Into the sky for your eagle eye
The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe

Ridicule they won't allow
Quench abuse and let love flower
Rip the cage out of your chest
Let the chaos rule the rest

Show without showing
What you know without knowing
Twigs snap eye / I catch no canoe only you and me
Alone on the old tea hope sea

Dissolving who we are
Call out for yesterdays destiny come 
We're on a foreign shore

It was your mark of falling
I was the car still running
And will you call and be assured for life
And if you feel it you will fly
The sun should have been with me

When I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in
As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

As I was set to fall in

Photograph by Milza López. taken in Santiago, Chile. 2014.

Lyrics written by Grantley Marshall and Robert del Naja

Song version performed by Massive Attack

Tool-SOBER

I was going ouy from my choking job and got off the choking bus to get on the stifling subway train that would transport my empty body into a larger vacuum still known as the center of Santiago. I began to mentally counteract all that frightening reality to the sacred atmosphere of the Great Reserve, where I left my best memories stored. Well, I ended up in a disgusting "Starbucks" writing once all my torments, while in the background heard again and again that amazing and dark song: "Sober" from Tool, feeling like being inside of that sordid sublimely video, caught between pipes of human flesh and monsters with sad remains of unachieved dreams...

"I will find a center in you,

I will chew it up and leave,

I will work to elevate you

Just enough to bring you down ... "

I think I've become a ghost, among all these ghosts citizens.

Milza López, 2015

Soundtrack for a Happy July: Amélie

Amélie is a well-known movie, almost a classical one, with a lot of admirers all over the world due the sweet and fresh personality and story of the main character.
Today we live a quiet July, in the South hemisphere we star the rainy and cloudy time, while in the North side there is a nice and hot summer running through the pathway of life. As blogger, I wish you all a nice July time, and I recommend you this month to hear the soundtrack of the movie Amélie, by the arstist Yann Tierson, wich is full of nice melodies and an explosion of colors and textures. It really inspires me and takes me to another land and Era.

You can hear free in Youtube platform or download in iTunes and stuff. Hope you enjoy it!

Greetings from Chile!

Milza López

Poems tribute to Michael Jackson - Idol Lost

This is a special post conmemorating the memory of Michael Jackson, who passed away suddenly at June 25 th in 2009. I will never forget that day and eventhough people say time cures everything and stuff, I still feel exactly the same thing. 
Everyday I still miss Michael, his smile, his strength to conquer the world and his dreams of peace and love remain so hard in my heart. So this week he will take over this blog and I'm posting a few poems about him, this first one was written the Concert Film Director Johnathan D. Jones, and I am adding also a video were he recites it. Thanks to the page UK LOVES MJ for divulgating this magnificent piece of art. 

IDOL LOST

There I was, sitting alone atop the staircase, a waterfall of tears.

My mind zombie like, as I could not fathom what my lens had just captured.

He was beautiful - an Angel on stage - the voice of perfection.

While I withdrew from my family and the world,

I opened my eyes to imagine a genius that took me away.

Through song, through dance, with a soft tone, and a welcoming spirit,

He was me – I shadowed his life.

Certain similarities made me believe I was better than the greatest.

One that stole my soul, replaced, the figure that didn’t live in my house.

Every step precise - every move sensational –

As a kid we all believe in magic.

This magician allowed me to never grow up.

Our talents were not the same. But I studied him.

Added much of the good in him to help make me better.

He was rhythm.

Far beyond the dance I saw him change the world

As a professional child he was on the back end of the chitterling circuit.

A few years removed from colored entrances, and yet love leapt from his lips.

Cultures and races the world over sang in chorus.

He was BAD!

The 1, The only 1,

The 1 human being that I truly saw how Great God is through his warmth

I could not afford what many had the fortune to buy, and see, but I saw him-

I saw him in my dreams.

He stood just behind my eyelids.

I stood in front of mirrors for hours and hours -

Trying to look-like him - I wanted to talk like him,

For a moment I wanted to be him.

Never has anyone captured me completely.

Inspired is'nt justice - empowered by his ascend

No Prince could compare to The King’s gifts.

Entertained family, during holidays with fully imitated shows.

For just those moments I would really become him.

I grew, my gifts came in slightly different packaging, but I stole some of his wrapping.

I absorbed his will and determination for perfection to consume everything I did.

I watched, I studied, I idolized.

When he went into orbit and walked the moon, I simply sobbed.

Sat on the steps so amazed that all I could do was cry.

Imperfection is human,

So there he was, so high above that missiles had to be made up to reach him.

But he wore a glove to protect himself from the disease of hatred, and misunderstanding.

I stored all the good he shared.

Never punished him for falling.

Like a toddler who brings us so much joy, I just wanted to help him up -

Just to see him walk again

To a rich man, eating from trash is strange.

He reached a stage never, imagined, by anyone else, so to a closed minded few -That was strange.

A face -A nose -A color –

As insignificant, as a bag, holding a gift that a child has always wanted.

He was punished.

Backs turned, stories told, while people ran off with the loot.

Not I - I, idolized him.

I’d wished to talk to him.

I dreamed of looking through rare videos, and pictures, together -

So stored in my heart that one day I would open my eyes to see my dream.

But as sudden as a blink, I stood in my room as he was returned to God.

My heart ached. My one dream to share time with him, had been swept away,

or so I thought

As magical as the first moment I saw him -

It was as if he left me with a gift.

Though hard, and not the way I wanted, I had my wish.

As he laid surrounded in gold, and song -

I sat with him as rare pictures appeared across the stage

He was a word that hasn't been created.

He is,

MICHAEL JACKSON

HUGS FROM CHILE!!

Milza López

Top songs for rainy days /nights

Today I have a different post as some others that will come. I'm presenting you the top songs you can hear in a rainy or stormy day or night, while you walk in the cold streets or stay at home enjoyincog a hot drink like a coffee or a chocolate. Some of this top songs are not necessarily songs about rain, but they have the "rain environment" that will truly captivate you into the magic of a falling sky and stormy clouds. I'm not doing a ranking because I don't think one is better than another, the numbers are random. 

1. The Sky Is Broken-Moby

This is an unofficial music video for this incredible song. You can almost feel the thunders over your hair and the smell of humid streets and wet land. The sound is soft and the words are not singed, It's like moby reading a smooth letter that falls like the rythm of the raindrops. 


2. Stranger in Moscow-Michael Jackson

I don't know if I should say it here, but it's certainly one of my favourite songs of all time. This song doesn't even need a videoclip, it opens with the falling rain and keeps on with the clouds talking by themselves and Michael's angelic voice singing with an agony that makes pain feel nice. The video is directed by the amazing photographer Nick Brandt and represents the washing power of rain, to take away suffer and expose a new identity, it's a kind of spiritual song. By the way, the lyrics are very profound "Swift and fallen fall from grace/ Armagedon of the brain... Happy days will drown the pain...". I just love it. 

3. Beth Orton-Tangent

Dark drums and bass build the perfect sound of this song from the female singer Beth Orton. Totally suitable when you walk into dark corners and cold streets, it's the city talking by itself power, her voice is like not ending some words, but fits completely with her unique style. As she says; "could be just like coming home..."

4. Weather Storm-Craig Armstrong

Deep, intriguing and emotional. Even without lyrics, this masterpiece from the artist Craig Armstrong is the most complete description of a storm, including both algid and calm down moments. It's an excelent soundtrack for electric storms.


5. Fear of falling under-Darren Hayes

An electronic and progressive beat become this song so impressive. If you want to extrude your fears into the outside of a storm, this song will correctly go with you. It's like being in the flood and tide at same time, in dark and fast waters that drive you into the rabbit hole. Lyrics are just amazing, fast and precise words, right to the veins: "Got a fear of falling under/ underneath the dream/ a fear of falling too deep... underneath the spell..."

6. Is Jesus your Pal-Gus Gus

Now, we are not only watching the rain or getting wet outside, we are into the sadness and deep reflection of the mind and spirit: "So come and sit on my box/ enjoy the view of this water/ where my lifeboat is sinking...". The song is very simple, almost no instruments, the very touching voice and lyrics do the whole work. 

7. Something about us-Daft Punk

"It might not be the right time/ I might not be the right one..." This song is the calm down after a storm, a gentle rain like the one that starts the song. So smooth and relaxing, with lovely and simple lyrics that combine with the very envolving sound of Daft Punk, I totally recommend it. 

8. Depth of My Soul-Thievery Corporation 

I can't even know exactly how to describe this song or how it connects me with the rain. It's like the whole winter closing skies into a cold air and dark days. The words are simply dissolving into a delicate arrangement and a rainy melody. It makes me feel my soul is raining too, but not in a sadly way, I enjoy it too much. 

9. Someone-Hooverphonic

One of my favourite albums with a deep, deep song, plus with the best leading singer I think they had. Her voice feels like a warm whisper in the middle of cold wind and raindrops. This songs even makes you feel the cool breeze outside. Simply wonderful and powerful. 

10. Virtual Friend-Armin Van Buuren ft. Sophie

A very magical vibe is created with the beating of this song, the amazing vocal performance of Sophie and the reflexive lyrics about loneliness in the computers era make a this trance song completely different from the rest. "Sitting by software Windows, trying to find a virtual friend... By the way, are you watching how the world says farewell?...". It's just overwhelming, and the bridge brings you no doubt that even in the rainy days you can still dance. 

And... A bonus track!!

Hypnogaja-Here comes The Rain Again

Now, this last one is for the furious rocker people. Emotional, it makes you want to scream it loud instead of singing it. Great, great song. 


Well, I hope you enjoyed this kind of new section of the blog, would like to know your opinion. What are your favourite songs when it's cold and rain? Let me know commenting below. 

Thanks for reading and have a great week!!

Milza L.