A song that not many have perhaps heard just yet by Sheryl Crow off her new album Detours (ltd edition of course why who knows). This song has gotten me through some turbulent days recently, I sit and close my eyes and allow her voice, the music and the meaning to flow through my body and feel at peace. For me it is beautiful, perhaps you will feel the same way.
Another song that follows me around, its lyrics call to be sung out loud, sung on the top of their voice… a song perhaps that we all need to hear at different points in our journey – hope you enjoy!
My mind is open And my heart is full I ain’t got any weight That I can’t pull And right now I know that anything Is possible I’m gonna bang my drum Blow my horn I forget what these pills Were ever for I believe I won’t need them anymore I used to burn candles At both ends Now I just throw the whole damn thing Right in Now playing in traffic is easy Once you learn Where you get in You wanna come with me Then get on board Get in or get out Use either door The future is calling And it’s me That it’s looking for Cause’ it feels like summer again I was thinking that it just might never begin After winter and spring It’s good to have the sun on my face again I wear big boots I know I do I ain’t envious Of anybodies shoes I wear em’ loose Now maybe that’s Why it bothers you I’m building my ship Stick by stick And where the waters get rough I’m getting in The motion of the waves It does not Make me sick [chorus] I buried my horse In a shallow a grave I said few things I had champagne That beast gave me everything That nobody gave I got high hopes Tomorrow came I won’t look back On anything I just found out That my bird Can really sing…
Before I continue with this post, first watch the below video and see what you think…
I’ve seen that name around quite a bit recently, you name it, facebook, blogs, general news and then about 30 emails telling me to watch it. I didn’t, that is until last night on youtube.
It was fascinating to watch the crowd pull their faces and groan at this 47 year old walked on stage in her best dress and semi-flat heels, big smile on her face and determination in her stance.
The whole hype is valid in the sense that it stops a person in their prejudice tracks and teaches them an all important life lesson in a second, one that normally goes by the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover”.
The other lesson is that no matter what your age is, if you have a dream go for it, so what if people laugh at you because the satisfaction will be yours in the fact that you at least tried… and who knows you might actually succeed against the prevailant odds.
I love human nature, I love watching the inner fight for survival and seeing people find inspiration to go on in stories like this one, in people who stand up and say screw it I’m doing it.
Ultimately it is not just Susan’s voice that captivated people but the symbol of hope and inner fight that she carries with her. People watch that video over and over again, each time gaining more resolve to go on, to keep fighting to survive.
I had goosebumps because she lifted so many from the moment she opened her mouth and put everyone’s feet in theirs… Hats off to this woman for her bravery and guts to follow her dreams no matter what others think.
A lesson for all indeed and a true symbol of hope in a world that is falling apart.
This music video is poetic in the way it relates to life.
Life is a lot like that game in a way, like the video… life is defense defense defense so much we forget to enjoy ourselves, we spend all our time defending and surviving that we forget to enjoy the game.
Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose, sometimes we get stuck on one play and forget that there is a whole other bag of tricks available to us. Sometimes we remember our mistakes and failures, our hurts and our sadness more than our good times, times when we succeed or laughed with abandon.
We get stuck in a moment.
I’m not afraid
Of anything in this world
There’s nothing you can throw at me
That I haven’t already heard
I’m just trying to find
A decent melody
A song that I can sing
In my own company
I never thought you were a fool
But darling look at you
You gotta stand up straight
Carry your own weight
These tears are going nowhere baby
You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And now you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
I will not forsake
The colors that you bring
The nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted
By the light you brought to me
I listen through your ears
Through your eyes I can see
And you are such a fool
To worry like you do
I know it’s tough
And you can never get enough
Of what you don’t really need now
My, oh my
You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
Oh love, look at you now
You’ve got yourself stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm ’til you discover how deep
I wasn’t jumping, for me it was a fall
It’s a long way down to nothing at all
You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if our way should falter
Along the stony pass
And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if your way should falter
Along this stony pass
Open up the book you beat me with again.
Read it off one sentence at a time.
I’m tired of all the lines,
Convictions and your lies.
What right do you have to point at me?
Well, I’m sitting alone thinking about it all over coffee.
And still crowdin’ my space are the things you still hold against me.
You cannot save me.
Well, it’s not the time to break down.
It’s not the time to break down.
It’s not the time to break up this love,
Keep it together now.
It’s not the time to break.
Read it all, no need for separating here.
You see what you want and try to justify.
All your little lines,
Convictions and your lies.
What right do you have to point at me?
Well, I’m sitting alone thinking about it all over coffee.
And still crowdin’ my space are the things you still hold against me.
You cannot save me.
Well, it’s not the time to break down.
It’s not the time to break down.
It’s not the time to break up this love,
Keep it together now.
It’s not the time to break.
Open up the book you beat me with again.
Read it off one sentence at a time.
Well, it’s not the time to break down.
Well, it’s not the time to break down.
Well, it’s not the time to break down.
well, it’s not the time to break down.
Well, it’s not the time to break down.
Well, it’s not the time to break up this love,
Keep it together now.
Well, it’s not the time to break.
