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1. |
Brighter Than the Sun
03:40
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2012-13 Best of High School A Cappella Compilation Selection
2013 CARA Award Nominee - Best High School Song
Solo - Danielle Huston
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Greg Mulzet
Originally Performed by - Colbie Caillat
Stop me on the corner
I swear you hit me like a vision
I, I, I wasn't expecting
But who am I to tell fate where it's supposed to go with it
Don't you blink you might miss it
See we got a right to just love it or leave it
You find it and keep it
'Cause it ain't every day you get the chance to say
Oh, this is how it starts
Lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, we could be the stars
Falling from the sky
Shining how we want
Brighter than the sun
I've never seen it
But I found this love, I'm gonna feed it
You better believe, I'm gonna treat it
Better than anything I've ever had
'Cause you're so damn beautiful
Read it
It's signed and delivered let's seal it
Boy, we go together like peanuts and paydays
Marley and reggae
And everybody needs to get a chance to say
Oh, this is how it starts
Lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, we could be the stars
Falling from the sky
Shining how we want
Brighter than the sun
Everything is like a white out
'Cause we shika-shika a shine down
Even when the, when the light's out
But I can see you glow
Got my head up in the rafters
Got me happy-ever-after
Never felt this way before
Ain't felt this way before
I swear you hit me like a vision
I, I, I wasn't expecting
But who am I to tell fate where it's supposed to go?
Oh, this is how it starts (this is how it starts)
Lightning strikes the heart (lightning strikes the heart)
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, we could be the stars
Falling from the sky
(falling from the sky)
Shining how we want
Brighter than the sun
Oh, this is how it starts (this is how it starts)
Lightning strikes the heart (lightning strikes the heart)
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, we could be the stars
Falling from the sky
Shining how we want
(shining how we want)
Brighter than the sun
Brighter than the sun
Brighter than the sun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, this is how it starts
Lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, this is how it starts
Lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, this is how it starts
Lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Oh, this is how it starts
Lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun
Brighter than the sun
Written by - Colbie Caillat & Ryan Tedder
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2. |
Kaleidoscope Heart
00:58
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Arranged by Tom Anderson
Originally Performed by - Sara Bareilles
Written by - Sara Bareilles
All the colors
Of the rainbow
Hidden 'neath my skin
Hearts have colors
Don't we all know?
Red runs through our veins
Feel the fire burning up
Inspire me with blood
Of blue and green
I have hope
Inside is not a heart
But a kaleidoscope
Written by - Sara Bareilles
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3. |
Uncharted
03:30
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Solo - Emily Alvarado
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Tom Anderson
Originally Performed by - Sara Bareilles
No words, My tears won't make any room for more,
And it don't hurt like anything I've ever felt before,
this is no broken heart,
No familiar scars,
This territory goes uncharted...
Just me, in a room sunk down in a house in a town, and I
Don't breathe, no I never meant to let it get away from me
Now, I've too much to hold, everybody has to get their hands on gold,
And I want uncharted.
Stuck under the ceiling I made, I can't help but feeling...
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out of foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted...
La la la-a-a-a.
Oh-h-h.
Each day, countin' up the minutes, till I get alone, 'cause I can't stay
In the middle of it all, it's nobody's fault, but I'm
So low, never knew how much I didn't know,
Oh, everything is uncharted.
I know I'm getting nowhere, when I only sit and stare like...
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out of foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted.
Jump start my kaleidoscope heart,
Love to watch the colors fade,
They may not make sense,
But they sure as hell made me.
I won't go as a passenger, no
Waiting for the road to be laid
Though I may be going down,
I'm taking flame over burning out
Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out of foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started.
Oh-h
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out, foolproof idea, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted...
Written by - Sara Bareilles
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4. |
Towers
03:52
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Solo - Megan Bowen & Nyachombanyathiira Muchai-Kinya
Arrangement - Tom Anderson
Originally Performed by - Bon Iver
For the love, Iʼd fallen on
In the swampy August dawn
What a mischief you would bring young darling!
When the onus is not all your own
When you’re up for it before you’ve grown
From the faun forever gone
In the towers of your honeycomb
I’d a tore all your hair out just to climb back darling
When you’re filling out your only form
Can you tell that itʼs just ceremon’
Now you’ve added up to what you’re from
Build your tether rain-out from your fragments…
Break the sailor’s table on your sacrum…
For the fiercest fables, I’m with Hagen
For the love, comes the burning young
From the liver, sweating through your tongue
Well, youʼre standing on my sternum don’t you climb down darling
Oh the sermons are the first to rest
Smoke on Sundays when youʼre drunk and dressed
Out the hollows where the swallow nests
Written by - Justin Vernon
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5. |
Stereo Heart
03:22
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Solo - Zachary Boutchyard
Rap Solo - Christian Fernandez
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Shawn Pearce
(Zach)
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te (T-A-G baby)
Make me your radio
And turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
(Christian)
If I was just another dusty record on the shelf
Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else?
If I asked you to scratch my back, could you manage that?
Like yea, check it Travie, I can handle that
Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks
It's just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks
I used to used to used to, now I'm over that
'Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts
If I could only find a note to make you understand
I'd sing it softly in your ear and grab you by the hand
Just keep me stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune
And know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you
(Zach)
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te
Make me your radio
And turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh so sing along to my stereo
(Christian)
Let's go!
If I was an old-school fifty pound boombox (remember them?)
Would you hold me on your shoulder wherever you walk?
Would you turn my volume up in front of the cops (turn it up)
And crank it higher every time they told you to stop?
And all I ask is that you don't get mad at me
When you have to purchase mad D batteries
Appreciate every mix tape your friends make
You never know we come and go like on the interstate
I think I finally found a note to make you understand
If you can hit it, sing along and take me by the hand
Just keep me stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune
You know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you
(Zach)
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh so sing along to my stereo
I only pray you never leave me behind (never leave me)
Because good music can be so hard to find (so hard to find)
I take your hand and hold it closer to mine
Thought love was dead, but now you're changing my mind
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te
Make me your radio
Turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh to my stereo
Oh oh oh oh so sing along to my stereo
Yeah
Written by - Benjamin Joseph Levin, Adam Noah Levine, Brandon P. Lowry, Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo, Ammar Malik, Travis L. McCoy, Matthew McKinley, Daniel Thomas Omelio, Eric Roberts
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6. |
A Change Is Gonna Come
03:20
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2013 CARA Award Nominee - Best High School Solo
Solo - Quinton Thomas
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Shawn Pearce
Originally Performed by - Sam Cooke
I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, just like that river, I been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come
It's been too hard living and I'm afraid to die
Cuz I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, but I know
A change is gonna come, oh yes it will
I go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep telling me oh boy, don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come
Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees
There's been times that I thought
I wouldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know, a change is gonna come
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know, a change is gonna come
Written by - Sam Cooke
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7. |
Like We Used To
03:20
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Solo - Aaron Luchterhand
Harmony - Cassidy Tinkoff, Ashlee Wallace, & Candice Bradshaw
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Meredith Strang
I can feel her breath as she's sleepin' next to me
Sharing pillows and cold feet
She can feel my heart, fell asleep to its beat
Under blankets and warm sheets
If only I could be in her arms again
If only it were me instead of him
Does he watch your favorite movies?
Does he hold you when you cry?
Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts
When you've seen it a million times?
Does he sing to all your music
While you dance to "Purple Rain"?
Does he do all these things, like I used to?
Fourteen months and seven days ago
Oh, I know you know
How we felt about that night
Hold your hand in mine as we go
Oh, we took it slow
And we both know
It should've been me inside that car
It should've been me instead of him... in your heart
Does he watch your favorite movies?
Does he hold you when you cry?
Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts
When you've seen it a million times?
Does he sing to all your music
While you dance to "Purple Rain"?
Does he do all these things, like I used to?
I know, love (I'm a sucker for that feeling.)
Happens all the time, love (I always end up feelin' cheated.)
You're on my mind, love (I'm done and I know I'm not needed)
It happens all the time- love, yeah
Will he love you like I loved you?
Will he tell you everyday?
Will he make you feel like you're invincible with every word he'll say?
Can you promise me if this one's right?
Don't throw it all away
Will he do all these things?
Will he do all these things?
Like we used to?
Oh, like we used to
Written by - Andrew Cook, Dan Young, Eric Halvorsen, Justin Richards, Loren Brinton, Nick Santino
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8. |
In Your Arms
02:59
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Solo - Megan Bowen
Harmony - Nyachombanyathiira Muchai-Kinya
Arrangement - Shawn Pearce
Originally Performed by - Kina Grannis
Hush, now let's go quiet to the park
Where it first started
Cool night, us lying in the dark
I felt my heart
Was trying to find the place for you to stay
A place where I feel safe
Anything we have known, anything we've forgotten
In the rain, in the dark we'll lay
In your arms, in your arms I'll stay
Anything we have known, anything we've forgotten
In the rain, in the dark we'll lay
In your arms, in your arms I'll stay
Take my hand
Let's go into the trees
Behind the branches
Falling on our knees
I remember feeling like this part of us would never change
Anything we have known, anything we've forgotten
In the rain, in the dark we'll lay
In your arms, in your arms I'll stay
Anything we have known, anything we've forgotten
In the rain, in the dark we'll lay
In your arms, in your arms I'll stay
Follow me
We both know the way
It's always been the same
Anything we have known, anything we've forgotten
In the rain, in the dark we'll lay
In your arms, in your arms I'll stay
Anything we have known, anything we've forgotten
In the rain, in the dark we'll lay
In your arms, in your arms I'll stay
In your arms I'll stay
In your arms I'll stay
In your arms I'll stay
In your arms I'll stay
Written by - Kina Grannis
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9. |
For the First Time
03:39
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Solo - Josiah Vega
Harmony - Nyachombanyathiira Muchai-Kinya
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Greg Mulzet
Originally Performed by - The Script
She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart,
While I'm drinking jack all alone in my local bar,
And we don't know how,
How we got into this mad situation,
Only doing things out of frustration
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
She needs me now but I can't seem to find the time,
I've got a new job now on the unemployment line,
And we don't know how,
How we got into this mess
Is it God's test?
Someone help us 'cause we're doing our best,
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gonna start by
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
Sit talking up all night,
Saying things we haven't for a while
A while, yeah,
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
Even after all these years,
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time
Ooooooh
Ooooooh
Ooooooh
She's in line at the dole
With her head held high (high)
While I just lost my job but
Didn't lose my pride
But we both know how,
How we're gonna make it work when it hurts,
When you pick yourself up,
You get kicked to the dirt,
Trying to make it work but
Man, these times are hard,
But we're gonna start by
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
Sit talking up all night,
Doing things we haven't for a while,
A while yeah,
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
Even after all these years,
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time.
Ooooooh
Ooooooh
Ooooooh
Yeah...
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine,
Sit talking up all night,
Saying things we haven't for a while,
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
Even after all these years,
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time
Ooooo,.. yeah, for the first time
Ooooo,.. oh, for the first time,
Ooooh,.. yeah, for the first time,
(Just now got the feeling that we're meeting for the first time)
Oh these times are hard,
Yeah, they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard,
Yeah, they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard,
Yeah, they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard,
Yeah, they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Written by - Daniel O'Donoghue & Mark Sheehan
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10. |
Safe and Sound
03:56
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Solo - Peyton Davis
Harmony - Megan Bowen, Candice Bradshaw
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Shawn Pearce
Originally Performed by Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, "I'll never let you go."
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone,"
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window, darling.
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
La, la (la, la)
La, la (la, la)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
La, la (la, la)
Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound...
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh, oh
Written by - John Paul White, Joy Williams, T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift
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11. |
Fly
04:11
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Rhianna Solo - Emily Alvarado
Nicki Minaj Solo - Diana Landa
Lenny Kravitz Solo - Aaron Luchterhand
R Kelly Solo - Nyachombanyathiira Muchai-Kinya
Vocal Percussion - Aurora Mitchell
Arrangement - Shawn Pearce
(Emily)
I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
(Emily & Diana)
To fly
To fly
(Diana)
I wish today it will rain all day
Maybe that will kinda make the pain go away
Trying to forgive you for abandoning me
Praying but I think I'm still an angel away
Angel away, yeah strange in a way
Maybe that is why I chase strangers away
They got their guns out aiming at me
But I become Neo when they're aiming at me
Me, me, me against them
Me against enemies, me against friends
Somehow they both seem to become one
A sea full of sharks and they all smell blood
They start coming and I start rising
Must be surprising, I'm just surmising
I win, thrive, soar, higher, higher, higher
More fire
(Emily)
I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
(Emily & Diana)
To fly
To fly
(Diana)
Everybody wanna try to box me in
Suffocating every time it locks me in
Painting their own pictures then they crop me in
But I will remain where the top begins
'Cause I am not a word, I am not a line
I am not a girl that can ever be defined
I am not fly, I am levitation
I represent an entire generation
I hear their criticism loud and clear
That is how I know that the time is near
So we become alive in a time of fear
And I ain't got another bit a time to spare
Cry my eyes out for days upon days
Such a heavy burden placed upon me
But when you go hard your nays become yays
Yankee Stadium with Jays and Kanyes
(Aaron)
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah yeah yeah
(Diana)
Get ready for it
Get ready for it
Get ready for it
I came to win
(Diana & Nyachombanyathiira)
Get ready for it
Get ready for it
Get ready for it
I came to win
(Nyachombanyathiira)
I just wanna fly
Keep your arms around me baby
Put your arms around me baby
(Emily)
I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
(Group)
I believe I can fly
(Emily & Diana)
To fly
To fly
To fly
To fly
(Group)
I believe I can fly
Written by - C Richard, J. Rotem, K. Hissink, O. Maraj, W. Jordan
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The A Cappella Group Fort Myers, Florida
The A Cappella Group is a mixed group from Cypress Lake Center for the Arts. The group, which was founded in 2003, is recognized as one of the elite groups in the nation. Overall, their albums have received 10 CARA awards and 45 CARA nominations, holding the record for most nominations for any high school group. They have earned an appearance at the ICHSA Finals in New York City three times. ... more
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