how to have a good day

this was the question asked by a certain instant coffee product in a radio promo. my favorite djs would ask a specific question everyday and enjoin listeners to text in their responses.

to my surprise i found i have an answer after all.

my best guy friend recently gave me a cd compilation of a whole mine of songs, from nirvana to dido to dashboard confessional. but i specifically requested two songs to be included. these songs i never could get enough of, having requested them on the morning brew over and over on consecutive days. and yesterday i discovered to what extent i can't get enough of them.

imagine this. last tuesday i came to work a few minutes late. since i was the first one in my department to arrive i played one song on a loop and it remained on almost the whole day. then again yesterday, from the time i left my aunt's office (where we met for breakfast) until i took a break for lunch. and while i waited for my friends at the mall last night. and right before i went to sleep.

if ever there was a song made to jumpstart your day, this is the one.

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311, amber
(nick hexum)

brainstorm
take me away from the norm
i got to tell you something
this phenomenon
i had to put it in a song
and it goes like

whoa amber is the color of your energy
whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

you ought to know what brings me here
you glide through my head blind to fear
and i know why

whoa amber is the color of your energy
whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

whoa amber is the color of your energy
whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

you live too far away
your voice rings like a bell anyway

don't give up your independence
unless it feels so right
nothing good comes easily
sometimes you gotta fight

whoa amber is the color of your energy
whoa shades of gold displayed naturally

launched a thousand ships in my heart
so easy
still it's fine from afar
and you know that

whoa brainstorm take me away from the norm
whoa i got to tell you something

lyrics taken from the official 311 website, www.311.com