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Do you ever listen to an album and realize you just can’t get enough of one of the songs?

I felt this way towards a track on Coldplay’s 2005 X&Y album. The entire work is fantastic but “White Shadows” is a masterpiece.

Here’s a video set to this song:

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The lyrics:

�When I was a young boy I tried to listen And I wanna feel like that, Little white shadows blink and miss them Part of a system, I am If you ever feel like something�s missing Things you�ll never understand, Little white shadows sparkle and glisten, Part of a system, a plan All this noise I�m waking up All this space I�m taking up All this sound is breaking up Ooh oh ooh Maybe you�ll get what you wanted Maybe you�ll stumble upon it Everything you ever wanted In a permanent state Maybe you�ll know when you see it Maybe if you say it you�ll mean it And when you find it you�ll keep it In a permanent state, a permanent state

When I was a young boy I tried to listen, Don�t you wanna feel like that? You�re part of the human race All of the stars in the outer space, Part of a system, a plan All this noise I�m waking up All this space I�m taking up I cannot hear you�re breaking up Woaaooh Maybe you�ll get what you wanted Maybe you�ll stumble upon it Everything you ever wanted In a permanent state Maybe you�ll know when you see it Maybe if you say it you�ll mean it And when you find it you�ll keep it In a permanent state, a permanent state Swimmin� on a sea of faces The tide of the human races, oh An answer now is what I need I see it in the new sun rising and See it break on your horizon, oh Come on love, stay with me�

Mike

A couple of days ago Mike sent me a link to this photographer’s website. I glanced at the first image for a second, saw two kids laying on the ground and was totally not impressed. Feeling something weird about the picture, I kept looking at it and suddenly it became three-dimensional. It was like one of those images where you look at a geometric pattern and eventually you see a beautiful 3D picture.

This collection of Jan Von Holleben is called “Dreams of Flying” and every one of the 12 pictures is just amazing! I was looking at each “dream” for a long time enjoying how simple and original they are.

Check out his website to see the entire “Dreams of Flying” collection.

What do you think?

Natasha

Mike and I both love music. The first thing Mike does in the morning is to turn the music on; he turns it off as the last thing before going to sleep. If you want Mike to instantly like you just ask him about his music collection. We are lucky enough to both pretty much like the same stuff (although sometimes he listens to something really annoying) :)

We often have an artist or song that we’re just crazy about for a week and can’t get enough of it. And then we get another favorite. We’re going to start sharing with you some of our favorite tunes and for the past few days we’ve been listening to “Fake It” by Seether. Check it out their video right here:

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We’re always looking for interesting music and we’d love to know some of your favorites. Leave a comment to tell us who is in your playlist!

Natasha