I love xmas. In addition to it being the best time of the year, it’s also the time I get to crank up my xmas playlist. My Top 5 xmas songs certainly aren’t traditional, but they are AWESOME.

#5 – Plain White T’s – “Season of a Lifetime”

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#4 – Saosin – “Mookie’s Last Christmas”

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#3 – Unwritten Law feat. Sum 41 – Unwritten Christmas”

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#2 – Eve 6 – “First Noel (I Like Christmas)”

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#1 – Blues Traveler – “Christmas”

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Breaking Benjamin – “Give Me A Sign”

Dead star shine
Light up the sky
I’m all out of breath
My walls are closing in
Days go by
Give me a sign
Come back to the end
The shepherd of the damned

I can feel you falling away

No longer the lost
No longer the same
And I can see you starting to break
I’ll keep you alive
If you show me the way
Forever – and ever
the scars will remain
I’m falling apart
Leave me here forever in the dark

Daylight dies
Blackout the sky
Does anyone care?
Is anybody there?
Take this life
Empty inside
I’m already dead
I’ll rise to fall again

I can feel you falling away

No longer the lost
No longer the same
And I can see you starting to break
I’ll keep you alive
If you show me the way
Forever – and ever
the scars will remain
I’m falling apart
Leave me here forever in the dark

God help me I’ve come undone
Out of the light of the sun
God help me I’ve come undone
Out of the light of the sun

I can feel you falling away

No longer the lost
No longer the same
And I can see you starting to break
I’ll keep you alive
If you show me the way
Forever – and ever
the scars will remain

Give me a sign
There’s something buried in the words
Give me a sign
Your tears are adding to the flood
Just give me a sign
there’s something buried in the words
Give me a sign
Your tears are adding to the flood
Just give me a sign
There’s something buried in the words
Give me a sign
Your tears are adding to the flood

Forever – and ever
The scars will remain

I also discovered a new pet peeve…drunken idiots who want to record portions of the show on their iPhone. This drunk guy in front of me decided to take his shirt off and hold his iPhone in front of everyone’s face, even reaching his arm past two people in front of him obstructing their views. I don’t care if you want to film part of the show, but if you’re going to then take it seriously. Keep the recorder right in front of you where it’s not going to bother anyone and record more than 10 second clips.

Either way, amazing show. I posted the set list below as well as some HD videos from the concert itself from someone who actually knew what they were doing. I’m pretty sure this guy recorded and uploaded the whole show for those interested, but I only posted some highlights here.

Monkey Brains
Superman’s Dead
Angels/Losing/Sleep
Innocent
Clumsy
Paper Moon
Escape Artist
Is Anybody Home?
One Man Army
Somewhere Out There
4AM (A local girl joined him on stage to sing this one. He loves when the crowd sings it as well and posted to his Twitter afterward: “thank you to all those who attended the Boston concert tonite.the crowd singing 4am was the loudest i’ve ever heard an OLP song sang.CHILLS!”)
Naveed
All You Did Was Save My Life (Raine used to always climb up to a balcony to sing One Man Army, but as you can see in the video below decided to do it for this song. I love that!!)

Encore:
Bring Back The Sun
In Repair / Thief
Starseed

Encore 2:
Denied

Clumsy:

All You Did Was Save My Life:

Starseed:

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to at least 15 people and include me. You can’t use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think! Repost as “my life according to (band name)”

Pick your Artist:
Our Lady Peace

Are you a male or female?
One Man Army

Describe yourself:
Made of Steel

How do you feel:
In Repair

Describe where you currently live:
The World On a String

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Dreamland

Your favorite form of transportation:
Big Dumb Rocket

Your best friend is:
All My Friends

What’s the weather like:
Bring Back the Sun

Favorite time of day:
Middle of Yesterday

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
The Wonderful Future

What is life to you:
The End is Where We Begin

Your fear:
Not Afraid

What is the best advice you have to give:
Everyone’s a Junkie

Thought for the Day:
Will the Future Blame Us

How I would like to die:
Superman’s Dead

My soul’s present condition:
Innocent

My motto:
Don’t Stop

New album “Burn Burn” comes out July 21st!! Can’t wait!!

my grandpa said to me
grandson sit down we need to talk
in life there may be times
when it gets hard to walk the walk
it’s easier to take that path
that most have traveled on
but then again sometimes to do what’s right
you must walk alone

and lord it’s a lonely road
when this world burns down deep in your soul
you will find there’s a peace left in mind
you will find there’s a peace to find
peace to find

some people are unkind
to those who see things different
we’ve all felt pain in ways
it hurts to even bring it up
but that don’t mean that we
should take this motion lying down
I’ll stand and fight until the day
they put me in the ground

and lord it’s a lonely road
when this world burns down deep in your souuld
you will find there’s a peace left in mind
you will find there’s a peace to find

now I’ve taught you all I know
so take this seed and let it grow
though I’m here now soon I’ll be gone
did what I can to try to make you strong
(and I see that you’re strong)

and lord it’s a lonely road
when this world burns deep down
deep down in your soul
you will find there’s a peace left in mind
you will find there’s a peace to find
peace to find
and lord it’s a lonely road

We’re rolling down the highway
I’m rolling down my window, then
I stick my hand out, and fly with it as it flows
If I started thinking, instead of looking back
You wouldn’t see me sinking, before they covered up the crack

This is what it feels like, coming down
We’re all in the movie, can’t turn it off or shut it down
This is what it feels like, if that’s so
Then where is the director to tell us where the hell to go?

I’ve got this film in my head
They’ve scripted all that I’ve said
Let’s make it real before we’re dead

Because we’re close enough, we’re diamonds in the rough
Today’s the day we finally say, you can’t turn this movie off
And if we talk, we might as well just blow this all to hell
It’s not a film or a fantasy and we’re not just make believe

So this is what it feels like, running through my lines
I never need to ad lib, I find it’s just a waste of time
This is what it feels like, only he wrote that
On to the next one, funny how time flies

I’ve got this film in my head
They’ve scripted all that I’ve said
Let’s make it real before we’re dead

Because we’re close enough, we’re diamonds in the rough
Today’s the day we finally say, you can’t turn this movie off
And if we talk, we might as well just blow this all to hell
It’s not a film or a fantasy and we’re not just make believe
It’s not a film or a fantasy, we’re not just make believe

As long as I play me, and as long as you play you
God I love this scene, I’ve got to thank the cast and crew
Don’t let the credits roll, don’t let the credits roll!

Because we’re close enough, we’re diamonds in the rough
Today’s the day we finally say, you can’t turn this movie off
And if we talk, we might as well just blow this all to hell
It’s not a film or a fantasy and we’re not just make believe
It’s not a film or a fantasy and we’re not just make believe
It’s not a film or a fantasy, we’re not just make believe