(Totally stolen from MsLaura)
My Life Swap CD:
Fingers of Love, Crowded House (from the album Together Alone)
And I can't look up, fingers of love move down
Truly, Madly, Deeply

Angels, Robbie Williams (from the album The Ego Has Landed)
I'm loving Angels instead
Everybody needs an angel.

Crazy, Seal (William Orbit Mix)
And we're never going to survive, unless, we get a little crazy
There are times in your life where you go off the deep end and there is a fine line betweeen drowning and coming back stonger than before. This was one of those times. I love remixes of songs when they genuinally bring something new out.

The Downtown Lights, The Blue Nile (from the album Hats)
Sometimes I walk away, When all I really wanna do, is love and hold you right.
There is just one thing I can say,
Nobody loves you this way

Not the most prolific band in the world but with songs this good, who needs to be?

No Distance Left to Run, Blur
I won't kill myself trying to stay in your life
Sometimes giving up is harder than fighting but look at me now, bitch.

I Don't Want to Know About Evil, Beth Orton (w/ William Orbit)
I don't wanna know evil, I only wanna know about love
She told me she loved me while she was fucking my best friend. How blind is love? I am a big fan of the John Martyn original but there is something about this version that I find both seductive and strangely disturbing.

Won't Give In, Finn Brothers (from the album Everyone Is Here)
Once in a while I return to the fold with people I call my own
Even if time is just a flicker of light, and we all have to die alone
What does it mean when you belong to someone, when you're born with a name, when you carry it on?
It means that I won't give in, because everyone I love is here, all at once
Sometimes it take a song like this to make growing old palatable

Love Is Stronger Than Death, The The (from the album Dusk)
In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
All the thoughts unuttered & all the feelings unexpressed
Play upon our hearts like the mist upon our breath.
But, awoken by grief, our spirits speak
After Pam died, it took me a long time to come terms with my emotions and realize that I wanted love more, not less. I cam to understand that she had opened a well in my heart and, despite the pain and grief I felt, it couldn't be closed again.

Jean-Michel Jarre, Oxygene Part IV (from the album Oxygene)
Portrait of the geek as a young man! The first album that I legitamely bought for myself with my own money and which opened my soul to music.

Yes, Starship Trooper (from the album The Yes Album
Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember
Although they grew way too self-important in their later years, there is a timelessness to their older stuff that still makes it fresh to me even after 33 years.

Kate Bush, The Man With The Child In His Eyes (from the album The Kick Inside)
DId you see me? Did you know that I loved you more than life itself? Did I make a fool of myself again?

Everything But The Girl, Missing (from the album Amplified Heart)
You were also two steps ahead of everyone
I walk behind while you would run
Although the club mix on the same album made them (re)popular, there is a wistfulness to Ben's guitar playing that perfectly matches Tracy's vocal.

The Bolshoi, Away (from the album The Bolshoi)
When you were at school, you were a honey
The boys all loved you, you loved their money
The boys would stare, you'd cross your legs
And then you'd toss your hair
Away
Everybody knew someone like this at school. Sadly I was in love with her! :)

Toad The Wet Sprocket, Something's Always Wrong (from the album Dulcinea)
another game of putting things aside
as if we'll come back to them sometime
I hate endings

Train, Drops Of Jupiter (from the album Drops Of Jupiter)
Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the Milky Way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
I supply the ground for my wife but she supplies my wings!


So there you go. I'd probably come up with a completely different set of songs if I thought about it more but this list is more honest!