If you haven't noticed, I'm a big Alanis Morissette fan. I like to think of Sara and Grissom's relationship as it is now when I hear this one. It's more positive and fun than the others I posted, and it really could be sung by either one of them; in many ways they are so much alike. I'd like to think we are out of the dark/angst phase of their relationship and into the lighter/fun/in-it-to-win-it phase. One where they accept and support each other, always. Of course, it would be nice to see it on screen every so often. Everything Songwriter: Alanis Morissette I can be an asshole of the grandest kind I can withhold like it's going out of style I can be the moodiest baby and you've never met anyone Who is as negative as I am sometimes I am the wisest woman you've ever met I am the kindest soul with whom you've connected I have the bravest heart that you've ever seen and you've never met anyone Who is as positive as I am sometimes You see everything you see every part You see all my light and you love my dark You dig everything of which I'm ashamed There's not anything to which you can't relate And you're still here I blame everyone else and not my own partaking My passive aggressive-ness can be devastating I'm terrified and mistrusting and you've never met anyone Who is as closed down as I am sometimes You see everything you see every part You see all my light and you love my dark You dig everything of which I'm ashamed There's not anything to which you can't relate And you're still here What I resist persists and speaks louder than I know What I resist you love no matter how low or high I go I am the funniest woman that you've ever known I am the dullest woman that you've ever known I'm the most gorgeous woman that you've ever known and you've never met anyone Who is as everything as I am sometimes You see everything you see every part You see all my light and you love my dark You dig everything of which I'm ashamed There's not anything to which you can't relate And you're still here youtube link to song/video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6kLbDHu0yc
Good one. I realize now what happened with my last song. There are two versions, each with a different first verse. I just combined them into one in the second posting without knowing it.
This has been one of my favorite songs since I heard it years ago, and I always think of Grissom and Sara whenever I listen to it, when they were together on the show, and especially now. Since Grissom travels so much I think he appreciates more than ever that Sara is his 'home'. Feels Like Home by Bonnie Raitt/song by Randy Newman Something in your eyes makes me wanna lose myself, Makes me wanna lose myself in your arms. There's something in your voice makes my heart beat fast. Hope this feeling lasts the rest of my life. If you knew how lonely my life has been, And how alone I felt for so long. If you knew how I wanted someone to come along, And change my world the way you've done. Feels like home to me, feels like home to me, Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from. Feels like home to me, feels like home to me, Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong. A window breaks down a long, dark street, And a siren wails in the night. But I'm alright, 'cause I have you here with me. And I can almost see through the dark there's light. If you knew how much this moment means to me, And how long I waited for your touch. If you knew how happy you are making me -- I never thought I'd love anyone so much. Feels like home to me, feels like home to me, Feels like I'm all the way back where I come from. Feels like home to me, feels like home to me, Feels like I'm all the way back where I belong. Bonnie Raitt and Randy Newman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsfjiM5cRFE&feature=related
This one could easily apply to Sara in season 8. I saw OTR in concert last year. This is such an achingly beautiful song: Latter Days by Over The Rhine What a beautiful piece of heartache This has all turned out to be Lord knows we've learned the hard way All about healthy apathy I use these words pretty loosely There's so much more to life than words There is a me you would not recognize, dear Call it the shadow of myself And if the music starts before I get there Dance without me, you dance so gracefully I really think I'll be okay They've taken a toll, these latter days Nothing like sleeping on a bed of nails Nothing much here but our broken dream Oh, but baby, if all else fails Nothing is ever quite what it seems And I'm dying inside to leave you With more than just cliches There is a me you would not recognize, dear Call it the shadow of myself And if the music starts before I get there Dance without me, you dance so gracefully I really think I'll be okay They've taken their toll, these latter days They've taken their toll, these latter days Tell them it's real Tell them it's really real I just don't have much left to say They've taken their toll, these latter days They've taken their toll, these latter days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdqXJ7gGkQY&feature=related
Not many TV shows I care about right now, so it's been a summer of music. And AM has a new CD. From an empowered, and healed, season 9 1/2 (and beyond) Sara...to Gil: "Guardian" by Alanis Morissette You, you who has smiled when you’re in pain You who has soldiered through the profane They were distracted and shut down So why, why would you talk to me at all Such words were dishonorable and in vain Their promise as solid as a fog And where was your watchman then I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian You, you in the chaos feigning sane You who has pushed beyond what’s humane Them as the ghostly tumbleweed And where was your watchman then I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian Now no more smiling mid crestfall No more managing unmanageables No more holding still in the hailstorm Now enter your watchwoman I’ll be your keeper for life as your guardian I’ll be your warrior of care your first warden I’ll be your angel on call, I’ll be on demand The greatest honor of all, as your guardian http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uV5xjmUXNsI#!
Another great GSR song from my playlist: When It Don't Come Easy by Patty Griffin Red lights are flashing on the highway I wonder if we're gonna ever get home I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight Everywhere the water's getting rough Your best intentions may not be enough I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight But if you break down I'll drive out and find you If you forget my love I'll try to remind you Stay by you when it don't come easy I don't know nothing except change will come Year after year what we do is undone Time keeps moving from a crawl to a run I wonder if we're gonna ever get home You're out there walking down a highway And all of the signs got blown away Sometimes you wonder if you're walking in the wrong direction If you break down I'll drive out and find you If you forget my love I'll try to remind you And stay by you when it don't come easy So many things that I had before That don't matter to me now Tonight I cry for the love that I've lost And the love I've never found When the last bird falls And the last siren sounds Someone will say what's been said before It's only love we were looking for But if you break down I'll drive out and find you If you forget my love I'm gonna try to remind you Stay by you when it don't come easy When it don't come easy http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=38an1V5UkOU
This might just be the ultimate GSR song: The Promise by Tracy Chapman If you wait for me Then I'll come for you Although I've traveled far I always hold a place for you in my heart If you think of me If you miss me once in awhile Then I'll return to you I'll return and fill that space in your heart Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you If you'll be waiting If you dream of me Like I dream of you In a place that's warm and dark In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you If you'll be waiting I've longed for you And I have desired To see your face your smile To be with you wherever you are Remembering Your touch Your kiss Your warm embrace I'll find my way back to you Please say you'll be waiting Together again It would feel so good to be In your arms Where all my journeys end If you can make a promise If it's one that you can keep I vow to come for you If you wait for me And say you'll hold A place for me In your heart. A place for me in your heart. A place for me in your heart. A place for me in your heart. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaGyl8kJ3U
Don't think I could ever top The Promise as a tribute to GSR, but here is one that could fit Sara in Season 4. It's not my favorite season, since it was so angsty for my favorite character, but this is a lovely song by the incomparable Trisha Yearwood that might help define Sara's downward spiral during that season. (Thankfully, she rebounded in season 5; and, as they say, the rest is history. ): Trying To Love You by Trisha Yearwood I blew out all my plans The world fell in my hands The day that I began Trying to love you The secrets I have kept The nights I haven't slept I've laughed until I wept Trying to love you Trying to love you...No one's come as close or gone so far Trying to love you...I've lost and found myself in who you are Trying to love you...So easy and so hard, trying to love you I watched myself get stuck Squandered all my luck Almost given up Trying to love you Trying to love you...It broke my heart, it's chipped away my pride Trying to love you...Everytime I'd see that faultline slide Trying to love you...I've crossed the great divide trying to love you Trying to love you...I've screamed your name, I've slammed a thousand doors Trying to love you...I've worn a million miles across the floor Trying to love you...Still I could not ignore trying to love you It's pulled the best from me For all the world to see I guess I'll always be Trying to love you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJPwJBHFhnU
And now one from Grissom's POV: If There Hadn't Been You by Billy Dean A man Filled with doubt, Down and out And so alone. A ship Tossed and turned, Lost and yearning For a home. A survivor Barely surviving, Not really sure of his next move. All of this I would've been If there hadn't been you. If there hadn't been you, Where would I be, If there hadn't been you, Here for me? I made it through times I never would've made it through, If there hadn't been you. A man Filled with hope, Who finally knows Where he belongs. A heart Filled with love, More than enough To keep it strong. A life That's alive again, No longer afraid To face the truth. All of this I would've missed If there hadn't been you. If there hadn't been you, Where would I be, If there hadn't been you, Here for me? I made it through times I never would've made it through. If there hadn't been you On my side, You In my life, All my dreams Would still be dreams, If there hadn't been you. All my dreams Would still be dreams, If there hadn't been you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR4bx_gE7eI
This is Grissom's song, and probably defines him best after 'The Happy Place': overthinking and confused, remorseful, and ultimately just wants to start over again with Sara. The Scientist by Coldplay Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you, tell you I need you Tell you I set you apart Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start Running in circles, coming up tails Heads on a science apart Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science, science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart So tell me you love me, come back and haunt me Oh and I rush to the start Running in circles, chasing our tails Coming back as we are Nobody said it was easy Oh, it's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard Oh, let's go back to the start http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TwPgTjf7kk&feature=related
Who knew Bob Dylan could write such a beautiful love song; his genius knows no bounds. This song has been covered by many wonderful singers, most notably Adele and Garth Brooks. My favorites: Joan Osborne and Kelly Clarkson. This one is Sara's POV; fits best in the early seasons before the angst-filled season 4. Or possibly season 5. Anyway, it's pre-canon, sometime before Grissom acted on his true feelings. To Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I could offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love When the evening shatters and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your tears I could hold you for a million years To make you feel my love I know you haven’t made your mind up yet But I would never do you wrong I’ve known it from the moment that we met No doubt in my mind where you belong I’d go hungry, I’d go black and blue I’d go crawling down the avenue There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do To make you feel my love The storms are raging on the rollin’ sea And on the highway of regret The winds of change are blowing wild and free You ain’t seen nothing like me yet I could make you happy, make your dreams come true Nothing that I wouldn’t do Go to the ends of the earth for you To make you feel my love Kelly Clarkson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59iZtyFEdeY Joan Osborne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq0lPaTbGt4
This is another fav on my GSR playlist. It could fit at various times in their on-again-off-again relationship, but maybe especially in season 9 when Grissom decides to go to her. Somewhere Only We Know by Keane I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like the back of my hand I felt the earth beneath my feet Sat by the river and it made me complete Oh simple thing where have you gone I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me in I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin I came across a fallen tree I felt the branches of it looking at me Is this the place we used to love Is this the place that I've been dreaming of Oh simple thing where have you gone I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me in I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin And if you have a minute why don't we go Talk about it somewhere only we know This could be the end of everything So why don't we go Somewhere only we know Oh simple thing where have you gone I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me in I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin So if you have a minute why don't we go Talk about it somewhere only we know This could be the end of everything So why don't we go So why don't we go This could be the end of everything So why don't we go Somewhere only we know Somewhere only we know Somewhere only we know http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVOa4-JwdV8
This is another one I relate to GSR whenever I hear it, in Grissom's POV: The Reason by Hoobastank I'm not a perfect person There's many things I wish I didn't do But I continue learning I never meant to do those things to you And so I have to say before I go That I just want you to know I've found a reason for me To change who I used to be A reason to start over new And the reason is you I'm sorry that I hurt you It's something I must live with everyday And all the pain I put you through I wish that I could take it all away And be the one who catches all your tears Thats why I need you to hear I've found a reason for me To change who I used to be A reason to start over new And the reason is you And the reason is you And the reason is you And the reason is you I'm not a perfect person I never meant to do those things to you And so I have to say before I go That I just want you to know I've found a reason for me To change who I used to be A reason to start over new And the reason is you I've found a reason to show A side of me you didn't know A reason for all that I do And the reason is you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag2UWoHZ2xg&feature=related
In honor of what's rumored to be a 'Rat Pack' episode of old LV being filmed on CSI, I thought I'd post a song from that era; after all, great love songs are timeless. And, can't you just see Grissom singing this to Sara in CSI:The Musical? : All The Way by Frank Sinatra When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you - all the way Happy to be near you When you need someone to cheer you - all the way Taller than the tallest tree is That's how it's got to feel Deeper than the deep blue sea is That's how deep it goes - if its real When somebody needs you It's no good unless he needs you - all the way Through the good or lean years And for all the in between years - come what may Who knows where the road will lead us Only a fool would say But if you'll let me love you It's for sure I'm gonna love you - all the way All the way So if you'll let me love you It's for sure I'm gonna love you - all the way All the way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LiAfyQ0TE
Another awesome song for Grissom and Sara: Far Away by Nickelback This time, this place Misused, mistakes Too long, too late Who was I to make you wait Just one chance Just one breath Just in case there's just one left 'Cause you know, you know, you know That I love you I have loved you all along And I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore On my knees, I'll ask Last chance for one last dance 'Cause with you, I'd withstand All of hell to hold your hand I'd give it all I'd give for us Give anything but I won't give up 'Cause you know, you know, you know That I love you I have loved you all along And I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore So far away, far away Been far away for far too long So far away, far away Been far away for far too long But you know, you know, you know That I wanted I wanted you to stay 'Cause I needed I need to hear you say I love you I have loved you all along And I forgive you For being away for far too long So keep breathing 'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore Believe it Hold on to me and never let me go Keep breathing 'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore Believe it Hold on to me and never let me go Keep breathing Hold on to me and never let me go Believe it Hold on to me and never let me go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NKi5YKCsqY