There are so many songs or small bits of lyrics that remind me of him... I can't stop listening to this one this morning. It's called "Green Spandex" by Xavier Rudd.

"I guess this is the rushed goodbye
That I thought would never come
The woman who lit the light
For a family in the dark
Starring at the mirror
I see your smile through my own
Your spark embedded deep inside
Will give me strength
Will give us hope

And I’ll never lose your touch
No I’ll never lose touch
This will take me a while
Because I miss your smile
I guess I knew your time would come
But for now I miss your smile
It’s gonna take me a while

Thank you for your loyal stance
Green spandex and crazy style
Thank you for the happiness
That you gave to our lives
Although now our hearts are cracked
And our tears are slow to dry
We must count ourselves
The lucky ones
For we were with you in your prime

And I’ll never lose your touch
No I’ll never lose touch

Please stay in touch
Because I need you in my heart
Please stay in touch
I need your touch"

"Curbside" (by damien jurado)

I would come out just see you
Dancing freely by the sunset
Like the sun you'd shine brightly

We'd spend hours by the curbside
Telling stories under streetlights
How your words would amaze me

Now those days are gone
Slowly they'd slipped away

I still go out by the old house
Where I met you our first summer
Where are you now, you're with another

I am sitting by the curbside
Where we'd hang out under streetlights
How those times still are with me

Now those days are gone
Slowly they slip away

I always think of Wyatt when I listen to "Do you realize?" by the Flaming Lips (which I do on purpose, to remember him). He's the one that got me to listen to that song in the first place when we worked together. He loves the lyrics, here is a sampling:

Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize - we're floating in space -
Do You Realize - that happiness makes you cry
Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

The Beck album Mutations makes me think of him, too. One afternoon we sat and litened to it and talked and drew with markers. I still have some of them, I should post a picture of the one of Wyatt's I have.

This song, too, makes me think of him. Mostly just because of this time last year.

Gone Away (by: Offspring)

"Maybe in another life
I could find you there
Pulled away before your time
I can't deal it's so unfair

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it feels
Yeah it feels like
The world has grown cold
Now that you've gone away

Leaving flowers on your grave
Show that I still care
But black roses and Hail Mary's
Can't bring back what's taken from me

I reach to the sky
And call out your name
And if I could trade
I would

And it feels
And it feels like
Heaven's so far away
And it stings
Yeah it stings now
The world is so cold
Now that you've gone away..."

"Puttin' on the ritz" also makes me think of him, from the tape that Jeannie has of him singing it... i can hear him and see him dancing in my head.

Ginger--
My boyfriend here in China loves the Flaiming Lips..and I'd never even listened to them. I have his IPOD and on the busy, crowded bus to work, I started listening to them.... When I heard Do you Realize, I started crying and I just thought about Wyatt alot...it makes a lot of sense that he really loved that song. It's heart-breaking to listen to.

i heard radiohead- 'how to disappear completely' tonight. made me think of wyatt instantly. i had this film he was going to be in, and there was a scene that need music during it. we both decided on that song. it would have been perfect. but now i have a hard time listening to the song. however, i can't seem to erase it from my ipod. when shuffle brings it up, i have to skip it.