June 23, 2003

• Fugitive is posting again and by all appearances seems to be sassier than ever - if you haven't stopped by her site, swing by (after you finish reading mine) and welcome her back!

  
  

  
  

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  I have a new favorite album.  My cousin had recommended that I pick up Josh Groban, so while I was strolling about the Virgin Superstore in Downtown Disney, I noticed it on the display.  I listened to it for the first time on the drive home and I'm in love.  This man has a voice like warm chocolate.  About half the album features songs with Italian lyrics, and I'll feel quite foolish if I discover that they are some trivial topic because they make tears run down my face as I listen.  His cover of Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring is superb, You're Still You and To Where You Are both ring with a richness of tone that goes almost outside the bounds of description.  Tim says that the songs on this album only take about 6 minutes to sing, but 20 minutes to listen to.  I like that line even though he was using it to needle me about my habit of hitting the replay button at the end of a particularly moving song.  My personal favorite on this album is Let Me Fall.  It's a song from the Cirque du Soleil show, Quidam, which I now have on my wishlist for purchase at the first opportunity.  Yes, I was IN the Cirque du Soleil store less than a week ago, but I had no idea I would NEED to have this video.

  
  

  You can visit the Josh Groban website at www.joshgroban.com where I think they make it possible to preview the songs.  I went there looking for the lyrics so I could sing along. 

  
  

  Let Me Fall

  
  

  Let me fall.
  Let me climb.
  There's a moment when
  fear and dream must collide.
  Someone I am is waiting for courage.
  The one I want, the one I will become
  will catch me
  so let me
  fall.
  If I must fall,
  I won't heed your warnings
  I won't hear them.
  Let me fall,
  if I fall.
  Though the Phoenix
  may or may not rise,
  I will dance so freely
  holding on to no one.
  You can hold me only
  if you too will fall
  away from all these
  useless fears and chains.
  Someone I am is
  waiting for my courage.
  The one I want, the one I will become
  will catch me
  so let me
  fall
  if I must fall.
  I won't heed your warnings
  I won't hear.
  Let me fall
  if I fall.
  There's no reason
  to miss this one chance
  this perfect moment
  just let me fall.

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