The Songs I'm Loving Today

Snakes and Ladders (Joss Stone)
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)

I've been hearing a lot about Adele lately.  Specifically, I've been hearing about the song "Someone Like You."  So I listened to it (live, studio - live is better, as always), and it's good, but it's not my favorite.  I like "Rolling in the Deep."

Perhaps what I like about Adele, especially on "Rolling in the Deep," is that she's young, she's British, and she's got soul - in short, she's Joss Stone.  I especially love Joss's album Mind, Body & Soul; my favorite Joss song is "Snakes and Ladders," but other good ones include "Right to be Wrong," "Don'tcha Wanna Ride," "Jet Lag," "Less is More (although they couldn't get the timing of the lyrics right)," and "Tell Me 'bout It."  She does some pretty good covers too: "Son of a Preacher Man," "Natural Woman."

Actually, their styles on these two particular songs are quite different, but there's no denying they've both got spunk and great talent.  In my head, they work together.

In the game of love,
It takes all you got
Just to keep it moving up,
And don't you wanna reach the top?
But heaven seems such a crazy dream.
If your heart has room for doubt,
You're neither in, you're neither out.

Ninety-nine and a half, it just won't do;
You gotta give me all of you,
Not asking too much of a heart that's true,
So tell me

What's the name of the game that we are playing?
Boy, whenever I think that we are winning,
Then you roll the dice take a slide
Right back to the one from ninety-nine.
Is it gonna go on like this forever?
Are we gonna to take that last step together?
Going round and round and up and down,
Feels just like snakes and ladders.

Baby, don't it feel like a carousel?
Where all the world is rushing by,
But when it stops you realize
That you're right back where you started at.
I need a little more than that,
It time for us to face the facts.

Whether to be or not to be,
That is the question so it seems.
We're going nowhere in between
So tell me

What's the name of the game that we are playing?
Boy, whenever I think that we are winning,
Then you roll the dice take a slide
Right back to the one from ninety-nine.

Is it gonna go on like this forever?
Are we gonna to take that last step together?
Going round and round and up and down,
Feels just like snakes and ladders.

Don't wanna play this game no more,
I gotta know right now for sure,
What am I giving my heart for?
Baby I need a little more.
Don't leave me hanging on a string
Now that I gave you everything,
Not when I play to win.
Snakes and ladders.

What's the name of the game that we are playing?

Boy, whenever I think that we are winning,

Then you roll the dice take a slide

Right back to the one from ninety-nine.

Is it gonna go on like this forever?

Are we gonna take that last step together?

Going round and round and up and down,

Feels just like snakes and ladders.

(x2)

There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark.

Finally, I can see you crystal clear,

Go ahead and sell me out and a I'll lay your ship bare,

See how I'll leave with every piece of you,

Don't underestimate the things that I will do,

There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark.

The scars of your love remind me of us,

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,

I can't help feeling

We could have had it all,

Rolling in the deep,

You had my heart inside of your hand,

And you played it to the beat.

Baby, I have no story to be told,

But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn.

Think of me in the depths of your despair,

Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared.

The scars of your love remind me of us,

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,

I can't help feeling

We could have had it all,

Rolling in the deep,

You had my heart inside of your hands,

And you played it to the beat.

Could have had it all,

Rolling in the deep,

You had my heart inside of your hands,

But you played it with a beating.

Throw your soul through every open door,

Count your blessings to find what you look for.

Turn my sorrow into treasured gold,

You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown.

We could have had it all,

We could have had it all,

It all, it all, it all.

We could have had it all,

Rolling in the deep,

You had my heart inside of your hands,

And you played it to the beat.

Could have had it all,

Rolling in the deep,

You had my heart inside of your hands,

But you played it,

You played it,

You played it,

You played it to the beat.