The Red in the sky’s gazing down
with its mighty eye.
We rise and set
as the story unfolds in our minds
feeling so surreal
inside
I can change but I still won’t be perfect.
I’ll never know what I’ve got ‘til it’s gone.
Sift the sands through my life.
When the glass is empty what will I find?
We yearn for the throne
that was raise in the air.
It’ll fall and desert us all.
Like a myth, it’s a guise
for perfection can never be
outside
You can change but you still won’t be perfect.
You’ll never know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.
Sift the sands through your life.
And although the glass is filled
you thirst for something more.
Oh What seem so wrong?
We are always seeking whether to truth is here
where beauty lies within these pieces of our lives.
We know it’s right though we try.
We can change but we still won’t be perfect.
We’ll never know what we’ve got ‘til it’s gone.
Sift the sands through our lives.
And although the glass is filled
you thirst for something more.
We can change but we still won’t be perfect.
We’ll never know what we’ve got ‘til it’s gone.
Sift the sands through our lives.
When the glass is empty what will I find inside?
Inside.
Inside.
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Track 2 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words by Noella Choi (CASH) & Kristina Miyasaki
Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
In this hollow space I have been waiting
Singing songs of what could be
And if I should let my hair down
Will there be someone to rescue me?
Many nights have passed while I’ve been dreaming
Now the woods have overgrown
Wild with thorns that bleed the flesh
And leaving me here dreaming all alone
‘Cause It’s the same how the story goes
Always waiting to be discovered
What I want is the my own adventure, now
Break the chains that has me spellbound
Every single hour, Time comes calling
I must do what I’ve been told
Still I tried to wash this empty feeling
I cry out but no one knows
I’m fated to play this role
‘Cause It’s the same how the story goes
Always waiting to be discovered
What I want is the my own adventure, now
Break the chains that has me spellbound
SOLO
It’s the same how the story goes
Always waiting to be discovered
What I want is the my own adventure, now
Find a way to make it somehow
Far away out of these woods
Break the chains that has me spellbound
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Track 3 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words & Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
“Originally written as a commercial jingle for ‘Platform2 Restaurant.’ Basically it’s about living in the moment and enjoying life. Lyrics were written by my dad.”
每天如所願 快樂自由你我識享受
偶因煩瑣事 知心好友我你傾心訴
與君情雙悅 快樂自由你我識遷就
放開繁瑣事 知心好友我你開心透
晚霞 雪夜浪漫 雨中散步 快樂人
秒秒想見他 天天相對暢快心花放
每天同心願 創造未來我倆不守舊
決心齊闖蕩 天生一對愛笑心開朗
晚霞 雪夜浪漫 雨中散步 快樂人
四季轉眼間 高聲歡笑暢快添新歲
每天如所願 快樂自由你我識享受
偶因煩瑣事 知心好友我你傾心訴
晚霞 雪夜浪漫 雨中散步 快樂人
你我碰上他 淺斟低嚼暢快心花放
晚霞 雪夜浪漫 雨中散步 快樂人
你我碰上他 淺斟低嚼暢快心花放
淺斟低嚼暢快心花放
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Track 4 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words by Peter Choi (CASH)
Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
“This song was inspired by the character Bree from Desperate Housewives. =P”
I once had thought you had it all.
The rainbow suspends.
But there at the end
the fool’s gold falsely shimmers in your deadening eyes.
You’ve etched a smile upon your face
and swallowed the pain.
The scars still remain
hidden and layered over truths revealing only lies.
CHORUS:
You’re just used to pretending.
But is it worth all the pang it brings?
With happiness seeping from your veins.
You’re so afraid you don’t recognize
you’ve had the chance before you all this time.
All you got to do is try.
It’s like a fire is lit beneath
your feet and your skin
boils from within.
How can you withstand the fear that’s burning you alive.
But on the surface you still seem
so calm and contained.
You can’t maintain this veil.
It’ll soon burst into flames.
[repeat CHORUS]
You’ve worked so hard to hypnotize
yourself to believe
that you should live this way.
Do you really believe it?
Don’t believe it.
[repeat CHORUS] x2
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Track 5 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words & Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
I didn’t choose this life. It chose me instead.
I’ve been here so long I can’t remember who I am.
But I still linger here. Caught in this place
walking the same old path I’ve always tread
to nowhere. I’ve gone nowhere.
The wind is always changing
I’m stranded in my shame
I don’t know how to go
When this is all I’ve ever known.
I’ve made excuses for mistakes that I’ve done.
Now I refuse to be that someone
that I’ve become.
The wind is always changing
I’m clinging here in vain
I don’t know to let go
‘Cause this is all I’ve ever known.
The wind is always waiting
to sweep me through the rain
I’ll go deepen inside
what I’ve learned to live with all my life.
The choice is mine.
I’m fumbling in the dark to see the
horizon in sight
Guided by stars, I’ll weather through this fight
I’ll be there, I know I’ll be there.
The wind is always changing
I won’t be stuck in vain
there’s still a long way to go
to learn all the things I’ve never known.
The wind is always waiting
to sweep me through the rain
I’ll go deepen inside
learned how to live my life.
The choice is mine.
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Track 6 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words by Noella Choi & Kristina Miyasaki
Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
“This was probably the fastest song I’d ever written. I still love singing and playing it. But I can’t listen to the recorded mix, it’s awful to me. One of these days, I might go back and rerecord it. Maybe…or maybe not.”
Every single time I close my eyes
I see you staring back at me
And I know what you’re thinking.
I’m just acting out. I’m spoiled and need attention.
You’ve got me figured out.
But you don’t have a clue what I am all about.
And I have been trying to be patient.
But you wouldn’t even try, oh.
CHORUS
What will it take to make you understand me?
You make me restless in the night, oh.
I can’t relax and you just get offended.
You make me restless, restless, oh…
In the night.
You tell me what you think I want to hear
Then you leave me piece of the truth.
You like to keep me guessing, oh.
I try my very best to fit them all together.
Then you tell me that I’m wrong.
How could I have known?
You never showed me the entire picture.
If you’d stop for just a minute.
You’d hear what I’m trying to say, oh.
[repeat CHORUS]
I’ve counted every star
as they fade while you begin
To pull the curtains back
and let the light in.
Every single time I close my eyes
I see you staring back at me
And I know what you’re thinking.
I can’t relax and you just get offended.
You make me restless, restless, oh.
What will it take to make you understand me?
You make me restless in the night, oh.
You left me in the dark. Is that what you intended?
You make me restless, restless, oh…
In the night…
In the night…
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Track 1 from the CD “Restless”
Words & Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
Here I am
Standing at the crossroads
Wondering where to go
If I leave here
How will I know which is the right way?
The world is spinning so fast
And I’m just holding on to your hand
‘Cause I’m scared to let go
And what if I can’t find the way alone?
I can’t go back
The darkness had swallowed the path
That lead me here.
I wish I could
Stay here with you forever.
But the world is spinning so fast
And I’m just holding on to your hand
‘Cause I’m scared to let go
And what if I can’t find the way alone?
I feel your hand slipping away
I fear I’ll fall further each day
If I stand here
Waiting for moments to come to me.
But the world is spinning so fast
And I’m just holding on to your hand
‘Cause I’m scared to let go
And what if I can’t find the way alone?
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Track 2 from the CD “Restless”
Words & Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
“We all have those impossible people in our lives, but we still love them. This is still one of my favourites. I can really rock out with raw emotions when I sing it.”
I have told you many times
Why can’t you listen when I say?
You just go on spinning your stories
Like a broken record playing all day long.
Can’t you sing another song?
I have tried so many times
But you get angry easily.
And amid all the frustration
Well we say things we know we don’t mean to say.
But we say it anyway.
(Are you listening?)
I, oh, I feel I’ve disappeared.
Now I don’t know where to go from here.
Why do you make it?
Why do you make it
So Impossible?
Impossible to love you.
Now we’re sitting here in silence
Wondering how it got this far.
We could feed ourselves the lies we tell each other
But we know we are both to blame.
Things are not the same.
(Are you listening?)
I, oh, I feel I’ve disappeared.
Now I don’t know where to go from here.
Why do you make it?
Why do you make it
So Impossible?
Impossible to love you.
[SOLO]
(Are you listening?)
I, oh, I feel I’ve disappeared.
Now I don’t know where to go from here.
Why do you make it?
Why do you make it
So Impossible?
Impossible to love you.
To love you now.
I have have told you many times now
“I love you.”
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Track 3 from the CD “Restless“
Track 7 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words and Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
“The first song I wrote solely on guitar. I cringe now when I listen to it!”
Aren’t you tired of running ‘round in circles
Just keeping things together
For everyone else
But you’ve come undone yourself
Trying to tie the loose ends
And you think that no one will touch your dirty hands.
All you seem to see is
Everybody else’s point of view
Don’t you know that it’s no use?
‘Cause they’re all reflections
Just distortions of the truth.
Take a look inside of you.
So you spend your time and given over
Yourself to make them happy
But you’re just spent and
No one even cares
That you’ve surrendered so much
Oh, but you’ll still never be good enough.
All you seem to see is
Everybody else’s point of view
Don’t you know that it’s no use
‘Cause they’re all reflections
Just distortions of the truth
Take a look inside you’ll see
What I mean
If only you’ll believe
That you don’t have to measure your worth
to be loved
to be loved
Shattered dreams you have been walking on
Already scarred your soul
Take a piece and cut yourself loose
Free from this tangled mess
Oh, it’s time you find who you are
And be nothing less
All you seem to see is
Everybody else’s point of view
Don’t you know that it’s no use
‘Cause they’re all reflections
Just distortions of the truth
Take a closer look and you’ll see
All you seem to see is
Everyone’s point of view
Is that who you want to be?
‘Cause they’re all reflections
Just distortions of the truth
Take a look inside of you.
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Track 4 from the CD “Restless”
Words & Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
Can you imagine I was a dreamer
Believing in second chances
Oh but the raging wild fire
Is burning over the sacred land
I even thought that I could change the world
But I’m the one who end up changing
CHORUS:
I gave my soul and took a fall
Into a chasm of endless lies
I didn’t know I should cry for help
I paint a make for my vacant face
I drift along a sea of empty smiles
And disappear without a trace
What is there left to believe in?
My faith lies there in the ashes
With all the things we’ve forgotten
And so we make the same mistakes again.
My broken hands, they’ll never heal the burns.
So what’s the use of even trying?
CHORUS:
I gave my soul and took a fall
Into a chasm of endless lies
I didn’t know I should cry for help
I paint a make for my vacant face
I drift along a sea of empty smiles
And disappear without a trace
So what’s the use of even trying?
CHORUS:
I gave my soul and took a fall
Into a chasm of endless lies
I didn’t know I should cry for help
I paint a make for my vacant face
I drift along a sea of empty smiles
And disappear without a trace
Lost in the crowd.
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Track 5 from the CD “Restless“
Track 7 from the CD “In My Elements”
Words by Carole Wong & Noella Choi (CASH)
Music by Noella Choi (CASH)
