I’ve been much more private with these issues in the past few months. So, here’s a small glimpse of my heart on my sleeve as of late:

Thanks to my sister, she linked me up with this video - a remix of the song made popular by Rihanna, Umbrella:

Leona Lewis is a 22 year-old English singer-songwriter and winner of the third series of The X Factor (UK version of American Idol). Lewis recently broke records as she is the third UK female artist of all time to reach #1 in the US with a debut single.

She recently made her American debut at the Clive Davis Pre Grammy Awards Party, and is set to make it big in the US with her debut album “Spirit“, being released April 8. (Current singles include Bleeding Love, Better in Time, and Footprints in the Sand)

Check out Leona on her YouTube video channel, or her MySpace page. (Thanks to my sister for telling me about Leona!)

2008 Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY party
Leona Lewis with Clive Davis and Carrie Underwood

Thanks to a certain PhD student, I am really digging Katie Melua and this song right now!

If you were a cowboy I would trail you
If you were a piece of wood I’d nail you to the floor
If you were a sailboat I would sail you to the shore

If you were a river I would swim you
If you were a house I would live in you all my days
If you were a preacher I’d begin to change my ways

Sometimes I believe in faith
But the chances we create
Always seem to ring more truth
You took a chance on loving me
I took a chance on loving you

If I was in jail I know you’d spring me
If I was a telephone you’d ring me all day long
If I was in pain I know you’d sing me soothing songs

If I was hungry you would feed me
If I was in darkness you would lead me to the light
If I was a book I know you’d read me every night

Whose glory do you make music for?