Brainshambles

I really didn’t fancy this song until I heard it paired with video. Grungy, dirty and emotive. Obviously, I’m now captivated. I’m such a sucker for anything Rihanna. And who’d have thought this was shot in Belfast, Ireland?

Another re-post. Sue me!

I know I’ve posted this one before, maybe a few years ago. But it’s my go-to moody violin-pop-mashup. Watch, and try to tell me your little heart doesn’t go “pitter patter”. Really, maybe I should just go to bed!

My mind is like a heavy hand Always making more of what really happened A critical imagination always working over time Maybe this is what the world will see A tiny little version of the tallest tree An optical illusion of the human mind Posing as a real life I never had my mind made [...]

A bounding pulse races through wires only to be temporarily halted at various points throughout the day. It is subject to sudden stops and starts, perhaps making it vulnerable but also always prepared to move. Surprising amounts of time have passed since I’ve had the urge to cut my blonde locks or embellish this skin [...]