Walk Away

'Walk Away' was a ballad released by UK band CAST in 1996. To many who heard or is hearing this song for the very first time here, it will in some way or another touch a chord in your heart, just like it did for me when i heard it in '96. Simple truthful lyrics sung with earnest heartfelt vocals, this song will never date.

This song talks of walking away from situations at some points in our lives that may seem helpless or pointless to hold on to. i can only wish it is as simple as what the song is trying to convey, especially in this period of time for me.

Walking away was and is going to be hard for me in the coming days, but i guess it has to happen.

Take Care WXY

'If you've done
All there is to do
Ain't nothing left for you
Just walk away, walk away
walk away'

- Walk Away

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison is one of my favourite 80s glam rock band especially towards the end of this glorious era of music. i heard 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' in 1988 when i was in primary five and bought off one of their albums on cassette tape. I was driving along the highway today when this song came on in the car stereo and i just instinctively hit the repeat button and let the song run over and over till i reach home. It still resonates deeply, more than 20 years since i heard it.

'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' is a simple acoustic song but its lyrics really tells a lot. Poison's lead vocalist Bret Michaels wrote this after a failed love affair. I remembered fondly that i had asked my elder brother who was five years older what the song title and lyrics meant and he explained in simple terms it actually means that everything, no matter how good has it's bad points and flaws and so metaphorically, a rose which supposedly represents all things beautiful has its bad and ugly side to it in its thorns. I understood right there.

Every picture has its imperfection
Every good novel has an ending
Every person has his flaws
Every relationship has its bad times

Every Rose has its thorn...


I hope this song comforts me and will whisk me to sleep soundly tonight...

'I know i could have saved a love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of making love
We both made our separate ways'

- Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Secret Garden

'Secret Garden' was a ballad released by US rocker Bruce Springsteen and was part of the soundtrack in the movie 'Jerry Maguire' starring Tom Cruise way back in 1996.

This is a very gentle ballad but the lyrics is deep and meaningful which spoke truly into the heart of relationships. The singer tells of getting to know a person but to what extent can he really understand and know her completely, unless he gets into that 'secret garden' inside her.

I always find this song very reassuring that it helps brings my thoughts about relationships back to reality sometimes. This 'secret garden' that the song talks of is a universal place that resides in the hearts of all of us, the place where we keep our deepest secrets, thoughts, hopes and fears that we will not share with others, sometimes even to the people we most love. I always think this is the main reason for conflicts especially between two persons in a relationship and why we see such relationships breaking down ever so often in our society today - little arguments remains unresolved, escalating into fights, separations and finally culminating in divorces. Only if we can, at the end of each day, no matter how events or our thoughts turn out to be, good or bad, we can lay them right in front of our loved ones, our partners and bare our souls, open our hearts and share, talk about them, rather than keep them hidden in the secret garden inside of us.

'She's got a Secret Garden,
Where everything you want
Where everything you need
Will always stay
A million miles away'

- Secret Garden