Top 10 SHINee songs I never seem to tire of:

1.  Replay - this is always a staple in every SHINee playlist I make. Soft RnB at its best. Replay never fails to make me feel all fuzzy and warm inside. Favorite song. Favorite music video. Favorite everything.
2. A-Yo is fun and upbeat while being easy on the ears. It practically has everything I could want in a contemporary Korean pop song. And the lyrics are pure love. I'd quote everything if I could.
3. Please, Don't Go - whilst not my favorite SHINee ballad, I really really really love this duet between Onew and Jonghyun. Their voices sound absolutely glorious together, especially in the 2nd chorus. Left me chills because it was so ridiculously good. I like falling asleep to this.
4. The SHINee World - what kind of a Shawol does not love this song? Chorus is sexy as fuck and I always find myself repeating Taemin's "Lose yourself in my booming system~" Good stuff.
5. A.Mi.Go - aaah, Amigo with its "Cold, heart baby~" Aside from the opening lines, I'm practically in love wit the entire song. I love the fast beat and it's catch, but not bordering on annoying. Ugh, I don't know I just love it.
6. Romeo + Juliette - there was one whole week in which I practically had this song on repeat. My ears developed and insatiable longing for it. And rightfully so, the song is so smooth and has a nice flow and I really can't find anything wrong with it.
7. Honesty - earnest, acoustic, and it's dedicated to us fans. Simplicity at its best. Onew's voice sounds so good and whenever I'm a bit down, I play this song. It's a definite mood up-lifter and it makes me feel all nice inside.
8. Stranger - I am shameless, I know. When I first heard this song, I was pretty vocal about how much I disliked it (see here) but as I kept on listening to it, I learned to appreciate the song and then I just couldn't stop myself from playing it over and over again, even with all its auto-tune. /sob/
9. Hana (One) - my favorite SHINee ballad! It just sounds simple and lovely and sweet and endearing. The lyrics are nice too. I like falling asleep to this as well.
10. Love Still Goes On - chorus is catchy as fuck. Probably the only song that I really like with so much rap. I just really really really like the chorus and my ears really really really like listening to it.

And this marks the end of my anniversary posts.

Poems made out of snippets of lyrics.

So I composed these 2 poems out of lyrics from SHINee's songs and I tried getting at least 1-2 lines out of every SHINee song that's ever been produced. I have entitled them as "Sad One" and "Happy One" because they just fit and I was already too drained to come up with proper titles. Also, the lyrics from different songs are jumbled together in a somewhat organized manner and I tried really hard to come up with a story-line for each poem. If you try reading between the lines, you'll understand. In the sad one, his lover leaves him and he tries so hard to let go of her but he can't. Also, he talks to himself a lot. In the happy one, all is right in his world and he wants to be the stronghold to the one he loves. It's fluffy.

(but seriously I can't stop laughing at the lameness of the titles)

Enjoy!

Oh, and credits to kimchi hana on shineee.net because I got these translations from her.

Sad One 

Girl meets boy

And a painful love starts now

When the sad music flows

I think of you

To her, love is just a feeling of one moment

With the approaching farewell

Memories scratch at my heart

The end is drawing near

You leave me coldly like a lie

The happy moments I spent without realizing

This reality is like a nightmare

 I fall into a cold sleep at your cold words

“Everyone doesn't have to be the same

If you feel free, then that's all it is

When the warm spring arrives

Go wherever your heart wants”

Without any thoughts

I walk to wherever my heart goes

I think about that road again

I can't escape this habit of chasing after you

I want a love that's expressed even without words

An unspeakable love becomes an echo

I get absorbed in these thoughts alone and I cry at the images

Oh, your illusions are always beyond expectations

A heart hurts so much from the little things

As the cold wind howls

On chilly days, it seems like

I forget my own existence

Stop your pent up emotions, I'm at my limit

You make my heart burn out when you're not here

It's closer to fear than uneasiness

All the meaning of the world disappears

These scars are like shackles

The deep wounds slowly

Burnt up and turned to ash

My young soul is crying

Although I try to forget you, a life without you is

Beethoven without music, a completely jammed autobahn

Although I try to erase you, a life without you is

Picasso that quits painting, a magic with the trick figured out

I believed that I could

Love another person again

But as if you were an imprint

I can't erase you from my heart

As I go closer, leaning on the sunlight

You become more hidden

Happy One

Shall we have a cup of tea together and talk?

Even though I'm unfamiliar with love

As my heart reaches yours

This world becomes beautiful

Can you understand these feelings of mine?

I’m always late at expressing my emotions

Will we get so used to our fluttering feelings

That we’ll feel them as a definite thing?

Inside her heart, I want to build a home

A very strong refuge nobody can destroy

Even when pain blows and tears leak

It won't collapse because of love

The morning sunlight is like you

It might be a little childish, but I like it

The slightly awkward expressions of love

Like the starlight hidden behind the cold clouds

It seems like you'll give me

The whole world with your bright smile

To me, you are the sunlight

Nothing can stop me from loving you

The reason why I breathe is you

The reason why I sing is you

The reason why I live on is you

You're fit to be receiving love by my side forever

I love you only, as much as the sky

I wonder if the smile that grows on my face

Might reach a corner of your heart

You and me seem like just a dream

To all boring, weary, dull days

Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye

All your pain

Tap, brush it off, leave it to the rhythm

When you can't sleep

Wait for another unfolding tomorrow

When you still can't sleep

Because of the many, many thoughts

Follow me then

Get up from the world, look up at the sky

Fill your hands with your dreams

Never become weak

Years will come and years will go

Even when we grow older someday

I'm yours

◕‿◕

Happy 4 years.

Without those 5 boys, I’d probably just be a weary existence of skin and bones that’s alive, but not exactly living. Soul all dried up, hollow, and lifeless-

Clearly, I’m going a bit overboard but…I really do love those 5 shining idiots with every little piece of me in every possible way and they’re beautiful and amazing and everything else in between. 

Minho, who was once stoic and cold and reserved but eventually warmed up and became the childlike, outgoing, cocky charming ~flaming charisma~ that we all know today. I still think he can’t rap decently for the love of all things kawaii but I will never take that against him because he works hard and his efforts should never be taken lightly. Oh, and I hope he keeps on loving his hyungs, that whore. ◕‿◕

Key, who’s fabulous and temperamental but a real softie on the inside who seems to care a lot for his members. I love that even though he has this diva-esque attitude, he’s really friendly and warm to his fans. I think Key would be the one I’d approach first, after reading numerous fanaccounts and hearing my own sister’s encounter with him. I love you, little firecracker.

Jonghyun, whose ridiculous tweets on Twitter never fail to make me smile and want to punch him but that’s okay because it’s all out of love. The short boy who can reach incredibly high notes and make songs a little more interesting with his adlibs and other whatnot. I used to dislike you because of your somewhat cocky attitude but it fits you well and that was just foolish thinking. Please post more selcas. Never change, puppy.

Onew, with his laughter-lit eyes and sunshine smile. Your voice sounds like warm milk slipping down my throat during cold, rainy days. It makes me feel all nice and warm and fuzzy inside. Please take care of yourself and the members as well. And you may be a bit awkward, but you’re a lot perfect. I really really hope I get to marry you someday. 

Taemin, my little dance machine that could. Words will never be enough to express the immensity of the love I have for you. You’ve grown so much from a pretty, little boy to an amazingly handsome, young man and there are times that I miss the days when you were but an innocent little mushroom, all bright eyes and easy-going smile. Also, I love how you turn into some kind of lovely beast onstage but once the performance is over and the lights dim, you go back to this cute little ball of soft-spoken energy. Oh, and I’m always here whenever you need someone to admire the cherry blossoms with. You know, just a heads up. /sob/

Oh, SHINee. It’s already been 4 years and you guys have grown so much, but changed little. For the first 2 years of your career, I was just a casual, humble fan but Hello Baby came along and changed everything and I’m just glad everything that happened happened.

Loving the 5 of you feels like the strangest yet most natural thing in the world. It’s wonderful, unnerving, but it feels right so I’m going to keep on loving you guys until my heart can’t take it anymore which I hope, will never happen.

Keep on shining!