#alexi murdoch

[married-to-a-redhead]

Oh, but you know I am so weary

And you know my heart

My hearts been broken now

Sometimes, sometimes

My mind is too strong to carry on

Too strong, too strong to carry on

[confessionalists]

Huuuuuge news

[bossymarmalade]

I said, brother, you know, you know It's a long road we've been walking on

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Away We Go (2009, Sam Mendes)

29/02/2024

Away We Go is a 2009 film directed by Sam Mendes, written by the well-known author duo Dave Eggers-Vendela Vida, in their first film experience.

It is the story of two thirty-year-olds, played by John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, who, faced with the imminent, unplanned arrival of their first child, undertake a journey across the United States, and beyond, in search of the ideal place where put down roots and raise the family.

The film's soundtrack is cured by British singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch and consists largely of his songs.

Presented at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the film was distributed in US cinemas by Focus Features starting from 5 June 2009, in the first weekend in limited form in 4 theatres.

Positive reviews include those from Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), David Denby (The New Yorker) and Peter Travers (Rolling Stone). Among the negatives are those of Richard Corliss (Time), A. O. Scott (The New York Times), Dennis Harvey (Variety) and Ann Hornaday (The Washington Post).

[nottcommitting]

“My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love My salvation lies in your love In your love, in your love”

orange sky : alexi murdoch

[musicwithoutborders]

Alexi Murdoch, Through the Dark I Towards the Sun, 2011

[unwriteamber]

Orange Sky

[theindyreview]

WTFN: Israel, Palestine and the Division in the Music Community

WTFN: #Israel, #Palestine and the Division in the Music Community The #MiddleEast conflict is creating divisions everywhere, including between the artists we love @Matisyahu @aleximurdoch @davidmdraiman @tmorello @JoshuaElyashiv @LauraJaneGrace #war

Things have rarely been more bleak in the world, and America’s divisions have rarely been wider. But there’s fractures even within the traditional sides. While the break in the conservative side of America between classic Republicans and the MAGA crowd has been widening for years, there’s now a new split growing wider in the Democratic Party between the “woke” far left and more moderate…

[koelnpoetry]

Here are some songs from my Unconditional Love Playlist for when I’m not feeling well.

In case somebody needs some consolation. Maybe it helps. Feel free to add more songs :) Take care! <3

There is always someone who cares. I do.

So today I wrote a song for you

'Cause a day can get so long

And I know its hard to make it through

When you say there's something wrong […]

You think no one understands […]

And you're so tired you don't sleep at night

As your heart is trying to mend […]

For all that you claim

You're standing still

You are moving too […]

I will move with you

I know you're tired, I know you're anxious

You wanna die, don't wanna say it

It's in your eyes, you're giving up this time

Ooh, I won't let you do it

I know it's a lot sometimes, we'll get you through it

Estás cansado de andar y de andar

Y caminar

Girando siempre en un lugar […]

Sé que lo imposible se puede lograr

Que la tristeza algún día se irá

Y así será

La vida cambia y cambiará

Sentirás

Que el alma vuela

Por cantar una vez más

(You are tired of walking and walking

and marching

Always turning in one place […]

I know that the impossible can be achieved

That sadness will one day go away

And so it will be

Life changes and will change.

You will feel

That the soul flies

To sing one more time)

Seit wann fällt bei dir täglich dieser Regen?

Draußen bestes Wetter, aber in dir diese Sonnenfinsternis

Es donnert und es blitzt

Du bist nicht allein

Wir könn'n das ja teil'n

Lass mich für dich wein'n

Vielleicht wirds dann leichter

Und fehlt dir der Halt

Dann geb ich dir mein'n

Du weißt doch, ich bleib

Vielleicht wirds dann leichter

(Since when has this rain been falling every day for you?

Great weather outside, but inside you this solar eclipse

There is thunder and lightning

You're not alone

We can share this

Let me cry for you

Maybe then it will be easier

And if you lack support

Then I'll give you mine

You know I'll stay

Maybe then it will be easier)

If I could bear this fate for you

If I could end your fear and ease your pain

If I could give back faith to you

Behind the grey cloud waits the sun

If I could travel time for you

I would fly back, oh I would fly back

To make a future true

Where you and life are one

I love you

I fucking love you, can't you see?

No se si escuchás

O quizás ya no sirve de nada

Solo murmurás

Solo me das vuelta la cara

Ayer nomás

Tu sol me entusiasmaba

No llorabas por mí

No llorabas por nada

Dejaste que el dolor te curtiera la piel

Ojalá no sea tarde

Para volver a nacer

Para poder levantarte

Me encantaría

Volver a verte reír

Como me gusta verte reír

(I don't know if you listen

Or maybe it's no longer of any use

You just murmur

You just turn your face away

Just yesterday

Your sun excited me

You didn't cry for me

You didn't cry for anything

You let the pain weather your skin

I hope it's not too late

To be reborn

To be able to get up

I would love

To see you smile again

Oh how I would like to see you smile again)

Du weißt, wie es ist, wenn man nicht mehr weiter weiß

Du weißt, wie es ist wenn der letzte rote Faden reißt

Du weißt, wie es ist, wenn man keine warmen Gedanken mehr hat, nur noch kalte

Du weißt, wie es ist, wenn man nicht mehr weiß wohin man wollte […]

Wenn du nicht mehr weißt wo du hin willst, komm zu mir!

(You know what it's like when the last thread breaks

You know what it's like when you don't have any more warm thoughts, only cold ones

You know what it's like when you no longer know where you wanted to go […]

If you don't know where you want to go anymore, come to me!)

So no one told you life was gonna be this way

Your job's a joke, you're broke

Your love life's DOA

It's like you're always stuck in second gear

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month

Or even your year, but

I'll be there for you

(When the rain starts to pour)

I'll be there for you

(Like I've been there before)

Wie ich's auch wende und wie ich′s auch dreh'

Scheint, als ob man mich nicht braucht

Alles was ich einmal gerne wollte

Sagt mir, dass ich's lieber lassen sollte

Nicht für jeden wird der Tisch gedeckt

Das macht mir Angst, dass ich erschreck'

In irgendeine Nische passen wir schon rein

Ist sie zu schmal, machen wir uns klein

Irgendeine Ecke findet sich für dich

Irgendeine Ecke wo du glücklich bist

(No matter how I turn it

It seems like I'm not needed

Everything I once wanted

Tells me I shouldn't do it

The table is not set for everyone

This scares me

We surely fit into some niche

If it's too narrow, we make ourselves small

Some corner will be found for you

Somewhere where you are happy)

[locke-writes]

Song For You - Alexi Murdoch

[larimar]

Alexi Murdoch - Someday Soon

I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon 'Cause where I live, it gets dark at night The kind of dark eats up the light Yeah, where I live, it gets dark at night The kind of dark eats up the light And you know that, mother, I'd be lying If I didn't tell you I'm afraid of night And as I dream I'm falling down The world moves without a sound I'm lost as sure as I was found The sun comes up without a sound So I'll up and face another day And I hope that kindness comes your way Yeah, I'll up and face another day And I hope that kindness comes your way This for you I pray I pray for you today And in the morning I'll be gone Wherefore and to cannot be told Yes, in the morning I'll be gone Wherefore and to cannot be told A mind filled with memories Weigh me down like gold I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon I love my father and I love him well I hope to see him someday soon

[lornaka]

5/5. Peace. 4/5. Acceptance. 3/5. Reassurance. 2/5. Comfort. 1/5. Forgiveness.

[whump-tr0pes]

Isaac and Sam's song

The Honor Bound Series: The Final Chapter

This is a series. Start here, continued from here.

This is a sequel to Honor Bound, Honor Bound 2, Honor Bound 3, Honor Bound 4, Honor Bound 5, and the prequel Vera.

AO3

Masterlist

Contents: the final arc, fluff, recovery, sibling tattoos, surprise party, slow dancing

~

Whoever was in charge of the music was mostly playing slow songs now. Isaac estimated that it was past midnight – far later than he was used to staying up these days, but he didn’t want to go home yet. His chest warmed as he and Gavin sat and watched the two dozen or so people still dancing; although at this point, they were mostly just leaning on each other and swaying in place. Gray and Kali had their arms around each other, her head resting almost on their upper stomach, they were so much taller than she was.

Isaac smiled at that. Their friendship had taken him a little off guard – but, he figured, maybe it shouldn’t have. Kali was kind, and gentle, and strong in that quiet way that Gray was. They were alike, in as many ways as they were different. And having her over to the house, watching how she loved Gray – it had helped them all trust that this place was safe.

Gavin raised his head off of Isaac’s shoulder as Sam wandered over to them and sat in the chair beside Isaac. Without a word, Isaac leaned over and kissed the top of Sam’s head. He sat back in his chair and glanced around.

“Where’s Zachariah?” he said, stretching his shoulder.

Sam pointed. “There, dancing with Aditi.”

Isaac rubbed his eyes. “Shit, sorry,” he murmured. “You’d think I would see him. Second tallest person in the room. I’m just…” He paused to yawn. “…sleepy. Sorry.”

Sam chuckled and stretched their legs out. “Why don’t you head home? It’s late.”

“I will,” Isaac said. “Not just yet, though. I want to stay a little longer.”

“This is nice,” Gavin said on Isaac’s other side. “Just… being with people.”

Isaac nodded. His gaze moved slowly across the room. He took in the people dancing, the fairy lights hanging from the worn walls of the community center, the mailboxes in the far corner, the darkness waiting just outside the windows. He wished the whole family was here; Vera and Tori had left hours ago, and Finn and Ellis had taken Iris home about an hour after that. Edrissa had slipped out at some point in the night.

Still, everyone he knew, everyone he loved – they were all here, in this town, within a twenty-minute walk from his house. He could see Vera and Tori tomorrow, if he wanted. And the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that. He could watch Iris while Finn and Ellis rested – watch her grow, and change, seemingly right before his eyes – and he did, every week. He could walk to Kali’s house and she would sit him down and make him tea and they would talk about the snows this winter, or the supply of flour coming into Laporte, or the way it was still sometimes hard to leave his gun in the car. He woke up every day next to Gavin, and saw Sam every day as well – and they were happy with the new extension built into the house that gave them their own room. As he looked around at the slow-dancing people around him, his throat tightened, and he swallowed the thick lump that tightened in his throat.

As if Sam could read his mind, they reached out and squeezed his hand gently. He squeezed back.

With their arm extended, he could see their tattoo: a sprig of Queen Anne’s Lace that wound around their left wrist. He had a matching one on his own wrist, over the shackle scars there.

“Edrissa says the flower means safety and sanctuary,” Sam had said when they suggested it.

“It’s perfect,” Isaac had said. It was one of the first tattoos he got.

Tears burned his eyes as he traced the pale, delicate design on their wrist with his finger. Everything was so calm, so warm. He smiled and swallowed again.

“This was nice,” he rasped. “I’m glad we were able to put this together.”

“Nice for you, maybe,” Sam said with a laugh. Their slinged hand tightened, then released again. “You didn’t have to try and keep this from Edrissa for a month.”

“That’s true,” Isaac conceded. “No, I only had to figure out how to source the supplies four dozen cupcakes without the town’s worst snoop finding out about it.”

“I think that’s an easier job than keeping her busy and away from here for the past few days while we set up,” Sam said, pouting out their lower lip. “Resourcing is a skill, but deception is an art.”

Gavin snorted. “Christ,” he huffed. “No, the hardest job was convincing Ciara to be torn away from her seedlings for an entire afternoon and evening, and that was courtesy of yours truly.” Gavin inclined his head and flourished his hand as if he was giving a bow. “And without her, we wouldn’t have had music. So, you’re welcome.”

As if on cue, the song changed again. Isaac smiled. He didn’t know any of these songs; he didn’t know any songs, really, but he liked what he was hearing. “Hm. I think Gavin wins.”

“No fair,” Sam protested with a grin.

Isaac laughed. “I mean, Meredith is the one who baked the cupcakes, so I can’t even take credit for that one.”

Gavin snorted. “You should just be grateful I wasn’t the one baking them.”

“We would have survived,” Isaac said, nudging him playfully. “As long as we had Finn to take care of us after.”

The three of them laughed together. The warmth in Isaac’s chest swept through him, so sweet that it ached. Once their laughter died down, they were all quiet for a while, watching the others dance. Isaac swam in the music, in the softness, in the joy.

Sam stood. “Wanna dance?” they said, holding a hand out to Isaac.

“Sure,” he said. He kissed Gavin’s cheek and followed Sam out onto the dance floor. Once they reached the center of it, they embraced and swayed in place. Isaac rested his cheek on the top of Sam’s head. They laid their head on his chest. Their slinged arm was carefully tucked between them.

Isaac felt the steady rise and fall of their chest, the slow shuffle of their feet on the floor beside his. His lips pulled into a smile as he held them tight, then tighter. When they shifted their arm in its sling, he loosened his embrace and held them gently again. They squeezed him, he squeezed back.

“Love you,” he said simply, his breath ruffling their curls.

“Love you, too,” they murmured.

He listened to the words, felt them spread through him like warmth. He looked up and saw Gavin watching them with a gentle smile.

I love you, Gavin mouthed.

Isaac felt those words, too. He felt the slow, steady beat of the music vibrate through the floor into his shoes. He felt the warmth of the air around him, and the glow of the dim fairy lights hung on the walls that made everything look golden and sweet. He felt his sibling holding him tight, their head resting on his chest, safe, breathing slowly in time with him. And he knew, close-by, the rest of his family was safe and warm.

He buried his face in Sam’s hair and smiled, and smiled, and smiled.

THE END

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WALK, TALK LIKE A T-BIRD #2 (aka the T-Birds parallels series)

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies - S01E02 // Grease

Potato and Gil // Kenickie and Danny

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

All My Days • Breathe • Home • Song For You • Dream About Flying • Wait • Love You More • Blue Mind • Shine • 12 • Orange Sky

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