Artist- Sara Bareilles
Song of the day- Uncharted
The purpose of this blog has always been to try and at the end of the day for whatever reason to find a song that might lift you up a bit, whether cheerful or sad, you could relate to and maybe make you feel lighter..and also to poor out my own neurosis in the process. And though there had been many down in the dumps posts before, lately I feel like I've hit new uncharted territory of needing a pick me up desperately. So of late (and literally I mean it's 3:22am) I've been scavenging songs that can help keep me...and hopefully you going through these often rough adult times.
Today's song reminds me of a time in my life when I was contemplating leaving behind the life I had known in California to start a dream completely new and scary and I could quite possibly hate. I drove down to the beach and remember staring out in the ocean for a while and writing something in the sand...and too bad the word wasn't "uncharted" cuz that would now make for a great story. But as I stood barefoot in the sand I remember making that decision that whatever this next chapter brings I'm going for it.
And in those times and the times we feel we are drowning all alone in this particular life chapter it is important to remember that feeling is universal and why songs can be related to. Cuz as alone as we all feel through it, as much as no one can understand what we specifically are going through, songs prove that we aren't alone, that we have all felt it, are feeling it, and can sing along. So let Miss Bareilles and several other fantastically musical friends sing you through this uncharted area.
No words, My tears won't make any room for more,
And it don't hurt, like anything I've ever felt before, this is
No broken heart,
No familiar scars,
This territory goes uncharted...
Just me, in a room sunk down in a house in a town, and I
Don't breathe, no I never meant to let it get away from me
Now, too much to hold, everybody wants has to get their hands on gold,
And I want uncharted.
Stuck under this ceiling I made, I can't help but feeling...
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out, of foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted...
La la la-a-a-a.
Oh-h-h.
Each day, countin' up the minutes, till I get alone, 'cause I can't stay
In the middle of it all, it's nobody's fault, but I'm
So alone, Never knew how much I didn't know,
Oh, everything is uncharted.
I know I'm getting nowhere, when I only sit and stare like...
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out, of foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted.
Jump start my kaleidoscope heart,
Love to watch the colors fade,
They may not make sense,
But they sure as hell made me.
I won't go as a passenger, no
Waiting for the road to be laid
Though I may be going down,
I'm taking flame over burning out
Compare, where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out, foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started,
Oh-h
I'm going down,
Follow if you want, I won't just hang around,
Like you'll show me where to go,
I'm already out, foolproof ideas, so don't ask me how
To get started, it's all uncharted...
La la la-a-a-a.
