I may get some crap for this Music Monday, but I'm going to do it anyway.  I love Josh Groban.  Cheesy? Maybe. But such an amazing voice.  It has rained almost all weekend.  I needed some good soothing music to deal with the grey.  I turned to Josh Groban. When did I stumble upon him?  Probably around 2000 when he appeared on Sarah Brightman's La Luna tour.  I love Sarah Brightman (the original Christine from Phantom of the Opera).  I found this video from one of the concerts.  Such a baby face. But listen to that voice!

Sarah Brightman and Josh Groban "There for Me" from 2007 

After that, I really started listening to him.  I bought his self-titled cd and the follow-up: Closer.  And then I kind of stopped following him.  I didn't get the next cd, Awake.  In 2008, he played Anatoly Sergievsky in "Chess in Concert."  Watching the performance, Adam Pascal and Idina Menzel definitely blow him away in the acting category, but I still love his voice.

Anthem from Chess 

Now he has a fifth album out, Illuminations.  I never bought it, but I absolutely love this song.  Enjoy!

Lyrics:

For all the times I tried for this And every chance at you I missed I've been known to go my way, but I confess It made me miss you more

I drew my line across the sandAnd set my flag in no man's landBut here I am the one man bandWith a song that's meant for two

And there is a light, from a higher window Shining down on you tonight And the music floats on the breeze Bringing an easier time And all of our cards are on the table Tell me what you want to do Just don't tell me that it's too late For me to love you

How perfect we were meant to be Our warm and silent symmetry It's times like these when all, all we need Is to be reminded

And I have flown a thousand miles To empty room and crowded aisles And we went from cathedral bells To show and tell and wish you wells And I, I still look at you and I am blinded I am blinded

Because there is a light, from a higher window Shining down on us tonight And the music floats on the breeze From an easier time

And all of our cards are on the table Tell me what you want to do Just don't tell me that it's too late Don't tell me that it's too late now Just don't tell me that it´s too late for me to love you