20. yaş gününde robert'ın simon için çaldığı, seventeen seconds'dan three üzerine yazılmış bir the cure laneti..bir doğum gününde dilenebilecek en vurucu şeyi dilemiş robert: "i wish i was an other"...

simon is twenty in half an hour, so this is for him.

those down days
when you felt so young
and everything seemed

you saw the people
around you
getting old

you wake up
the teenage yearn is
gone for you

it happens to others
it happens all the time
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you

the candles on the cake
waiting to be blown
wish i was
an other

(bkz: simon gallup)

(glass sealed - 28 Mayıs 2002 16:21)

flipsyde'ın 2005 çıkışlı we the people albümündeki en güzel şarkılardan biri.

please accept my apologies, wonder what would have been
would you've been a little angel or an angel of sin?
tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys.
or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes?
i payed for the murder before they determined the sex
choosing our life over your life meant your death
and you never got'a chance to even open your eyes
sometimes i wonder as a foetus if you faught for your life?
would you have been a little genius in love with math?
would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
would you have been a little rapper like your papa da piper?
would you have made me quit smokin' by finding one of my lighters?
i wonder about your skintone and shape of your nose?
and the way you would have laughed and talked fast or slow?
think about it every year, so i picked up a pen
happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been
happy birthday...

what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
was as real as it seemed

i made a mistake!

i've got a millon excuses to why you died
bet the people got their own reasons for homicide
who's to say it woulda worked, and who's to say it wouldn't have?
i was young and strugglin' but old enough to be your dad
the fear of being my father has never disappeared
pondering frequently while i'm sippin' on my beer
my vision of a family was artificial and fake
so when it came time to create i made a mistake
now you've got a little brother maybe he's really you?
maybe you really forgave us knowin' we was confused?
maybe everytime that he smiles it's you proudly knowin' that your father's doin' the right thing now?
i never tell a woman what to do with her body
but if she don't love children then we can't party
think about it every year, so i picked up a pen
happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been
happy birthday...

what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
what i thought was a dream (yeah, make a wish)
was as real as it seemed

i made a mistake!

and from the heavens to the womb to the heavens again
from the endin' to the endin', never got to begin
maybe one day we could meet face to face?
in a place without time and space
happy birthday...

happy birthday...

what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
was as real as it seemed

i made a mistake...!

(bkz: alin teri degil copy paste)

(lil saint - 1 Ocak 2009 17:54)

the innocense misson'ın we walked in song albümünden bir parça. ^*

when you wake up sun will shine.
we will not go under any cloud.
let balloons go up in town,
ring out every bell.
happy birthday, beautiful,
all the birds of this day
sing a song, sing a song.

dream of trains carrying you
through the state parks with the cherry flowers.
when you wake up it will be
the beginning of the world.
happy birthday, beautiful,
in the fields of this day
hear a song, hear a song.

oh, undeserved sweetness and light,
stay by my side.
we will go out in the morning now,
a crown of maple leaves, a crown of flowers
circling your sweet head.
happy birthday, beautiful,
in the streets of this day
play a song, play a song.

(nefertarii - 11 Mayıs 2009 00:26)

bir royksopp parçası.

sözlerini de yazayım tam olsun:

happy birthday

bu kadar.

(ucanterlik - 27 Nisan 2010 19:36)

gönül isterdi ki filanca şarkı diye gireyim fakat öyle değil. yabancı kelimeler dile girmesin, onların yerine oturmadığı durumlarda çok zorlama olan kelimeler koyalım demiyorum ama bu kalıbın özellikle kaymak altı orta direk civarı seyreden bir kesimde o kadar yaygın bir şekilde kullanıldığını görüyor ve işitiyorum ki rahatlamak için iki satır bir şeyler yazmayı uygun gördüm. evet bir anlamda bana ne ama yine de takıldı mı takılıyor kafama, bu kalıbın kullanılışına anlamlı bir gerekçe bulamıyorum. dil bildiğini göstermek desem değil ingilizce bilmeyenin adamdan sayılmadığı günlerdeyiz, şarkısı eskiden beri aklında öyle yer etmiş desem o da değil yazılı halini her doğum günü gelende tekrar tekrar görmekteyim, avam türkçe kullanmıyorum hissi mi yaratası var diyorum o da değil ama bir şekilde dillere ve ellere pelesenk olmuş işte. ingilizceki yazılışıyla yazılsa yine bir şey diyesim yok beynelminel^* bir çevresi olabilir, herkes anlasın ister şu bu, tamam. fakat o hepi börtdey, hepi börtdeyler olsunu görünce ufak çapta hareketlenen nöronlarım, epi börtlenk'i görünce hepten kısa devre yapıyor. bunu yazanı ve söyleyeni eni konu silkeleyip arkadaş ama niye? diye sorasım geliyor. kamusal alanda da sorulması yakışıksız kaçtığından soramıyorum sonra bir de bakmışım bir sonraki doğum günü kutlamalarına kadar unutmuşum.

konuyu özetleyen tanıma gelirsek "facebook yapay hayatlar dünyasında en sevilen doğum günü kutlama kalıbı".

(perliva - 29 Ocak 2012 18:48)

erasmus programına bir şekilde dahil olanların doğum günlerinde facebook duvarlarında çokça yer alır...

(ben de iibf mezunuyum - 1 Nisan 2012 03:37)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywqbes9fajc

(filia - 6 Şubat 2013 12:13)

ìng. dogum günün kutlu olsun.

(everythingbutthegirl - 7 Aralık 2001 14:12)

(bkz: unhappy birthday)

(dementia - 7 Aralık 2001 22:54)

sufjan stevens'in da bu isimde cok tatli bir parcasi var. sozleri gercekten cok guzel..

like the lantern on a tree
your burden bright as weary be.
periwig on parakeet,
you're god's great paramour and sweet.

i'm happy, i'm happy
your birthday brings a pardoning.
i'm happy, i'm happy
you're like a bird that will not be.

yours will number, yours will be
a paragon a paraclete.
keep your bed warm, keep your humor,
keep your proverbs short and sweet.

i'm sorry, i'm sorry
that life is anxious, life is mean.
i'm sorry, i'm sorry
a pair of shoes is what you need.

i'm happy, i'm happy
your birthday brings a pardoning.
i'm happy, i'm happy
you're like a bird that will not be.

(twisted - 27 Mart 2006 01:38)