Welcome back to another #MusicMonday! It’s not about books, but about music, and I’m looking forward to presenting you with a taste of my playlist. It’s the brainchild of Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek, but my inspiration comes from the lovely Claire from A Knight’s Reads. Every Monday, I’ll be choosing a song to share with you. The Spotify playlist is here and it will be updated as I go along.

As I mentioned last week, on Saturday I went to see Suede and Manic Street Preachers. At the time of writing it’s still a little over a week away, but I’m sure it will be amazing! This week, it’s the turn of Manic Street Preachers. I like to try and choose tracks that aren’t necessarily the big hits, and this one is one of my favourites:

Manic Street Preachers: Ocean Spray

Me-totemo-utsukushi-i-desu-ne,
Totemo-utsukushi-i-me-wo-shitemasu-ne *

It’s easy to see, it’s easy to see
To see only white where colour should be
It’s easy to feel, it’s easy to feel
But it’s not good enough, even though it’s real

Oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some Ocean Spray
Oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some Ocean Spray

It’s easy to breathe, it’s easy to grieve
To breathe only air where life should be
It’s easy to laugh, it’s easy to cry
To cry so so hard that it can’t be denied

Oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some Ocean Spray
Oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some Ocean Spray

Oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some Ocean Spray
Oh, please stay awake
And then we can drink some Ocean Spray

[* = …eyes, so beautiful, you have such beautiful eyes… in Japanese]

Writer(s): Nicholas Allen Jones, Sean Anthony Moore, James Dean Bradfield

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Until next time!