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  • The Middle (Jimmy Eat World cover)Noelle Pico

[cover] jimmy eat world’s “the middle”;

i was supposed to have this up a few days ago, but recording at home in the dead of night can be tricky—

—especially when everybody and then some drives through the streets going vroom vroom prompting the dogs in the neighborhood to wake up to howl at the moon right when you’re on the final verse (i swear, i would either like a mute button for the world or for a sound-proof room, either will do).

i’ve been riding something of an emotional roller-coaster this week, so getting this song down just right was very important to me not just because this was a present i was working on for someone very special, but because i wanted this to be encouraging and happy and hopeful — something that can be hard to convey when you’re not sure of where you stand.

it’s good to know though, that in our lowest of lows, the people who love us best will be there to remind us that they are there and that they love us, even when we don’t feel like we love ourselves very much.

so this song is brought to you by the first december rain from over here in the otherwise sunny manila, philippines. and i would like to dedicate this to my big sister, cyn.

happy belated birthday, my love.

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  • Shape I Found You In (Girlyman cover)Noelle Pico

[cover] girlyman’s “shape i found you in”;

this song came by special request. a very good friend of mine, who has known me since my freshman year of high school, introduced me to the original version of this about a year or so ago.

i always thought that it such a beautiful and yet, somewhat poignant song, especially given the subject matter.

often, we hear talk about how love is something that startles you out of silence; like fireworks lighting up the night sky. it takes you by surprise and sweeps you along, filling your vision with all that brilliant, bright light.

but there are rare times that it comes a different way: tentative and hesitant in the deep dark; careful, not out of fear for you, but for itself. because love can do that, creep inside of you and find a place before you are even aware of it.

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  • To The Moon And Back (Savage Garden cover)Noelle Pico

[cover] savage garden’s “to the moon and back”;

i think it’s been over a year since i posted any covers, so you’ll need to forgive me for being a little rusty. live-recorded at home, in the dead of night with my trusty rufio and the ipod touch.

this song goes out to a couple of my friends. you all know who you are.