Brandi Carlile, My Song

Brandi Carlile, My Song:


Lyrics:

"My Song"

Everything I do
Surrounds these pieces of my life
That always change
Or hey, maybe I’ve changed

Sometimes being happy
Can be self-destructive
Even when you’re sane
Yeah you’re only insane

But don’t bother waking me today

Here I am
I’m so young
Hey I am bitter
I've been jaded
Cause everyday
I bite my tongue
If you only knew
My mind was full of razors
To cut you like a
Worry from this song

This is my song
This is my song

I live everyday
Like they’ll never be a last one
Till they’re gone
And they’re gone
I’m stick to make me your
Your attention and your friendship
And your time
So you could come and get it from now on

Chorus

This is my song
This is my song

Chorus

Ari Hest, A Fond Farewell

Ari Hest, A Fond Farewell:



Lyrics:

"A Fond Farewell"

My mother once told me
The thicker your skin
The better off you'll be when this world brings you down
Well it's trying to control me
And leave me without hope
In the past I've been burned
But I've lived and I've learned

Beneath the shelter of the pouring rain
In the absence of this fear and pain
I will finally bid my ball and chain
A fond farewell

On the road that leads me to my place
I will rid my heart of past disgrace
I will finally bid this sluggish pace
A fond farewell

When I heard their reservations
When I read their bitter words
I shined a light upon their wisdom no matter how absurd
And it broke my heard to pieces
And I questioned my own beliefs
My dignity was gone
But it's time to move on

[Chorus]

Say goodbye to feeling sorry for myself
To begging others for far too much help
This is my hand, these are the cards that I've been dealt
Only I can make these changes, nobody else
Say goodbye to those sleepless nights
Those corridors with no end in sight
A driven man with these words I write
I'm making peace with my soul tonight

[Chorus]

songs that see you through

the band city and colour just released an album called "Little Hell." the title track, and the commonthread through out much of their music, is about pulling yourself through the little hells we encounter in life; the hells we battle to get to where we want and need to be; the hells we march through to get through to the other side.

music can undoubtedly help you heal, and it's a great tool to keep you in a positive mind set. but there's an inexplicable value in music's ability to get you through the in-between. music can make my stubborn self do something that i absolutely hate doing: surrender.

there is a grace in surrendering; in letting go of the absurd notion that we are in complete control. we can't map out every twist, turn, and detour we have to take. we can only drive the car, and steer to the best of our ability. don't drive under the influence of and if we could, how boring would that be? my greatest growth stems from some of the biggest uncontrollable heartbreaks and controllable mistakes. whether the your flag is flying out of victory and defeat, the fact that it's flying means that you stood for something and took action. music can push to to the threshold of taking action, even if it's just to cry. it can untangle your soul, unraveling things you weren't aware of, or surfacing that which you were hiding (knowingly or unknowingly).

the next songs are the songs that see you through.