Ok, this is an obvious one for Grissom's POV : Sara Smile by Daryl Hall and John Oates Baby hair with a woman's eyes I can feel you watching in the night All alone with me and we're waiting for the sunlight When I feel cold you warm me When I feel I can't go on you come and hold me It's you and me forever Sara smile Won't you smile a while for me, Sara If you feel like leaving you know you can go But why don't you stay until tomorrow And if you want to be free you know all you have to do is say so When you feel cold I'll warm you And when you feel you can't go on I'll come and hold you It's you and me forever Sara smile Won't you smile a while for me, Sara Sara smile Smile a while for me, Sara Smile Oh won't you smile a while for me, Sara Smile Smile a while for me, Sara A nice version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVMz-zzHE9Q&feature=related
You can't have a good playlist without some Dave Matthews. Here's one for GSR: Where Are You Going by Dave Matthews Where are you going with your long face pulling down? Don't hide away, like an ocean, that you can't see but you can smell And the sound of waves crash down. I am no superman. I have no reasons for you. I am no hero, aww that's for sure. But I do know one thing: That's where you are, is where I belong. I do know where you go, is where I wanna be. Where are you going? Where do you go? Are you lookin' for answers to questions under the stars? If along the way you are growin' weary, you can rest with me Until a brighter day and you're ok. I am no superman. I have no answers for you. I am no hero, aww that's for sure. But I do know one thing: Where you are, is where I belong. I do know where you go, is where I wanna be. Where are you going? Where do you go? Where are you going? Where do you go? I am no superman. I have no answers for you. I am no hero, aww that's for sure. But I do know one thing: That's where you are, is where I belong. I do know where you go, is where I wanna be. Where are you going? Where? Well, let's go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-4FiUeIkM
Another beautiful, sad song that fits burned-out season 8 Sara, to Grissom: Things I Never Needed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Take a long hard look at my face Take away the things I can't replace Take my heart, go on, take it away I've got nothing to say Take away this sense of regret Take the things I need to forget Take the mistakes I haven't made yet They're all I have left I don't want to be the one who lets you down All I did was run myself around I wish I could have seen through your eyes Maybe then I would have realized I'm the only one who's bleeding For the things I never needed Things I never needed Take a good long look at yourself Take the weight off everyone else Take the hardest blow that was dealt It's all on your shoulders I don't want to be the one who lets you down All I did was run myself around I wish I could have seen through your eyes Maybe then I would have realized I'm the only one who's bleeding For the things I never needed Things I never needed I don't want to be the one who lets you down All I did was run myself around I wish I could have seen through your eyes Maybe then I would have realized I'm the only one who's bleeding For the things I never needed Things I never needed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwcitHSEQo&feature=related
This one is a few years old, but it's a beautiful song and I think it's perfect for Sara and Grissom now: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol We'll do it all Everything On our own We don't need Anything Or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don't quite know How to say How I feel Those three words Are said too much They're not enough If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Forget what we're told Before we get too old Show me a garden that's bursting into life Let's waste time Chasing cars Around our heads I need your grace To remind me To find my own If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Forget what we’re told Before we get too old Show me a garden that's bursting into life All that I am All that I ever was Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see I don't know where Confused about how as well Just know that these things will never change for us at all If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd1qpr2Hq2k&feature=related
Finally thought of one, haven't been able to lately I often think of Grissom when I hear this one Hard To Love by Lee Brice I am insensitive I have a tendency to pay more attention to the things that I need. Sometimes I drink to much, sometimes I test your trust, sometimes I dunno Why you're staying with me? I'm hard to love, hard to love, I don't make it easy, I couldn't do it if I Stood where you stood I'm hard to love, hard to love, you say that you need me, I don't deserve It but I love that you love me. goood I am a short fuse, I am a wrecking ball crashing into your heart like I do You're like a Sunday morning full of grace and full of Jesus I wish that I Could be more like you. I'm hard to love, hard to love, I don't make it easy, I couldn't do it if I Stood where you stood, I'm hard to love, hard to love, you say that you need me, I don't deserve It but I love that you love me. Goood Love me good Girl you've given me a million second chances and I don't ever wanna take You for granted, I'm just a man, I'm just a man Hard to love, hard to love, oh I don't make it easy and I couldn't do it if I stood where you stood. I'm hard to love, hard to love and you say that you need me, I don't Deserve it but I love that you love me. good. (x2) You love me good.
This is a Grissom POV song, and I am directing it to the CSI writers: please bring Gil home to Sara this season. Home by Michael Buble Another summer day Has come and gone away In Paris and Rome But I wanna go home Mmmmmmmm May be surrounded by A million people I Still feel all alone I just wanna go home Oh, I miss you, you know And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you Each one a line or two “I’m fine baby, how are you?” Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough My words were cold and flat And you deserve more than that Another aeroplane Another sunny place I’m lucky, I know But I wanna go home Mmmm, I’ve got to go home Let me go home I’m just too far from where you are I wanna come home And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life It’s like I just stepped outside When everything was going right And I know just why you could not Come along with me 'Cause this was not your dream But you always believed in me Another winter day has come And gone away In even Paris and Rome And I wanna go home Let me go home And I’m surrounded by A million people I Still feel all alone Oh, let me go home Oh, I miss you, you know Let me go home I’ve had my run Baby, I’m done I gotta go home Let me go home It will all be all right I’ll be home tonight I’m coming back home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbSOLBMUvIE
Continuing the 'home' theme, this is a beautiful song for Sara's POV (I suppose it would also fit Grissom in season 8). Either way, they're each other's 'home': Come Home by Ryan Adams You built this house Built it stone by stone Hammer in your hand You built this home This house is strong You raised it with your love A shelter from the winds From the cold and dark Nobody has to cry To make it seem real Nobody has to hide The way that they feel If you'll stay right here Tomorrow you'll be fine I will be here for you Standing by your side So come home Come home You built those walls To hide your fears inside We were younger then It's safe now to come outside We built this home On this little piece of land The sky above is dark No rain comes in Nobody has to cry To make it seem real Nobody has to hide The way that they feel If you'll stay right here Tomorrow you'll be fine I will be here for you Standing by your side So come home Come home As the storm grows stronger deeper and wide My face a winding river with no riverside As the years grow longer I will be here by your side Ashes to dust and storm by storm Forever I will always be your love Nobody has to cry To make it seem real Nobody has to hide The way that they feel If you'll stay right here Tomorrow you'll be fine I will be here for you Standing by your side So come home Come home Come home Come home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zQ4HwsOo1o
Another Ryan Adams song; this one is Grissom's POV: I Love You But I Don't Know What To Say by Ryan Adams We belong here, we belong here Ain’t nobody that can tell us we’re wrong Hear me say, say this to you I’ll stand by your side, to see you through I promise you that I’ll keep you safe from harm I’ll love you all the rest of my days When the night is silent and we seem so far away Oh I love you but I don’t know what to say I was lost, I was lost Tried to find the balance, got caught up in the cost Let it go, when I met you All the clouds parted, all that light came shining through I promise you I will keep you safe from harm And love you all the rest of my days When the night is silent and we seem so far away Oh I love you and I don’t know what to say I promise you that I will keep you safe from harm And love you all the rest of my days When the night is silent and we seem so far away Oh I love you and I don’t know what to say Oh I love you and I don’t know what to say http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IUPrTgwiak
I think the lyrics speak for themselves: "All we are is everything that's right." I'm calling this Grissom's POV: All We Are by One Republic Tried to paint you a picture, the colors were all wrong Black and white didn't fit you and all along You were shaded with patience, your strokes of everything That I need just to make it and I can see that Lord knows I've failed you time and again But you and me are alright We won't say our goodbyes You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change All we are, all we are Is everything that's right All we need, all we need A lover's alibi I walked a minute in your shoes, they never would've fit I figured there's nothing to lose, I need to get Some perspective on these words before I write them down You're an island and my ship has run aground Lord knows I fail you time and again But you and me, we're alright We won't say our goodbyes You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change All we are, all we are Is everything that's right All we need, all we need A lover's alibi Every single day that I can breathe You change my philosophy I'm never gonna let you pass me by So don't say your goodbyes You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change So don't say your goodbyes You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change All we are, all we are Is everything that's right All we need, all we need A lover's alibi We won't say our goodbyes You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=intQivxMMcE
Some nice Keith Urban for Grissom's POV: Got It Right This Time by Keith Urban She believes in me like I’ve been tryin’ to do I’m seein’ things I’ve never seen before Ever since she came into my life I’ve been a better man Run run runnin’ I was runnin’ scared Always lookin’ for a place to leave I couldn’t seem to find where I belonged ‘Til she took my hand We can make this work out baby I know it’s true I can’t picture myself with no one but you And I think I got it right this time All my life I’ve been lookin’ for someone Who believes in love the way I do I know I’ve made my share of big mistakes But girl I promise you We can make this work out baby I know it’s true I can’t picture myself with no one but you And I think I got it right this time True believers always find each other And here we are I always knew that you were out there Just waitin’ on me For me to find my way, find my way to your heart We can make this work out baby I know it’s true I can’t picture myself with no one but you And I think I got it right this time Yeah after all the crazy days I made it through I can’t picture myself with no one but you And I think I got it right this time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yIygE3UklQ
Listening to some new music and heard this beautiful song that reminded me of GSR; especially fits well with Sara's POV in season 8, I think: Ghosts That We Knew by Mumford & Sons You saw my pain, washed out in the rain Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view And we'll live a long life So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light 'Cause oh that gave me such a fright But I will hold as long as you like Just promise me we'll be alright So lead me back Turn south from that place And close my eyes from my recent disgrace 'Cause you know my call And we'll share my all So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light 'Cause oh that gave me such a fright But I will hold as long as you like Just promise me we'll be alright But hold me still, bury my heart on the cold And hold me still, bury my heart next to yours So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light 'Cause oh that gave me such a fright But I will hold on with all of my might Just promise me we'll be alright And the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view And we'll live a long life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6-EUSvJchI&feature=related
You can't have a complete playlist without one from The Boss. This beautiful song works for either Grissom or Sara's POV, but I'm going to call it Grissom's POV post episode 9x10, after they are reunited in Costa Rica: If I Should Fall Behind by Bruce Springsteen We said we'd walk together, baby, come what may That come the twilight should we lose our way If as we're walkin' a hand should slip free I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me We swore we'd travel, darlin', side by side We'd help each other stay in stride But each lover's steps fall so differently But I'll wait for you If I should fall behind Wait for me Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true But you and I know what this world can do So let's make our steps clear that the other may see And I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me Yeah, I'll wait for you Should I fall behind Wait for me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqgkkuR8Nvg&feature=related
Another beautiful song from The Boss. This one is also for Grissom in season 9. Back In Your Arms by Bruce Springsteen In my dream our love was lost, I lived by luck and fate I carried you inside of me, prayed it wouldn't be too late Now I'm standin' on this empty road where nothin' moves but the wind And honey I just wanna be back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again You said once I was your treasure, and I saw your face in every star But the promises we make at night, oh that's all they are Unless we fill them with faith and love, they're empty as the howlin' wind Now honey I just wanna be back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again You came to me with love and kindness But all my life I've been a prisoner of my own blindness I met you with indifference and I don't know why Now I wake from my dream, I wake from my dream to this world Where all is shadow and darkness and above me a dark sky unfurls And all the love I've thrown away and lost I'm longin' for again Now there's nothin' I wouldn't do if I could be back in your arms Back in your arms again Back in your arms Back in your arms again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FdPl58Ps8&feature=related
As we have learned recently on the show, Sara misses Grissom. Whenever I think of a song about someone living far away from the person they love, I think of this beautiful, melancholy Simon & Garfunkel ballad. Kathy's Song by Paul Simon I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it falls Soft and warm continuing Tapping on my roof and walls. From the shelter of my mind Through the window of my eyes I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets To a land where my heart lies. My mind's distracted and diffused My thoughts are many miles away They lie with you when you're asleep And kiss you when you start your day. Many times I have come to doubt All that I once held as true I stand alone without beliefs The only truth I know is you. And as I watch the drops of rain Weave their weary paths and die I know that I am like the rain There but for the grace of you go I. Eva Cassidy's lovely cover of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WRVzwIg2o&feature=related
Two more beautiful, melancholy songs about being apart from the one you love. These are vintage Carole King (and two of her best, IMO): So Far Away So far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? It would be so fine to see your face at my door It doesn't help to know that you're just time away Long ago I reached for you And there you stood Holding you again could only do me good How I wish I could But you're so far away One more song about moving along the highway Can't say much of anything that's new If I could only work this life out my way I'd rather spend it being close to you But you're so far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? It would be so fine to see your face at my door It doesn't help to know you're so far away Yeah, you're so far away Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely Nothing else to do but close my mind I sure hope the road don't come to own me There're so many dreams we've yet to find But you're so far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? It would be so fine to see your face at my door It doesn't help to know you're so far away Yeah, you're so far away You're so far away Carole with James Taylor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urt2cy7AqFs Home Again Sometimes I wonder if I'm Ever gonna make it home again. It's so far and out of sight. I really need someone to talk to And nobody else Knows how to comfort me tonight. Snow is cold; rain is wet. Chills my soul right to the marrow. I won't be happy 'til I see You alone again. 'Til I'm home again and feelin' right. Snow is cold; rain is wet. Chills my soul right to the marrow. I won't be happy 'til I see You alone again. 'Til I'm home again and feelin' right. 'Til I'm home again and feelin' right. I wanna be home again and feelin' right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFsZ_D0moco