There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it There's a little bit of sand left in the hourglass

Artist- Jenny Lewis
Song of the day- Head Underwater

I know I can't believe it took me a whole week to get to Jenny Lewis' new album either, but really I held out as long as I could. After working 9 days straight and being told by multiple co-workers  and patients that my self medicating ben-gay body balm scent was a little too overpowering all my muscles have wanted to do was relax. And like an annoying old friend you can't get rid of, insomnia knows the perfect time to rear it's ugly head. As I lied awake at 3am counting the minutes till I had to be on my feet again, I felt a little less alone humming this song in my head.

I won't bore you with another repetitive rant on why Jenny Lewis is pretty much the best and all the reasons why she is the forefront voice of pretty much every woman you encounter (at least the cool ones) even if they don't know it. Mostly because I'm too tired to make a deserving compelling argument. But I will just say she is a hell of a song writer and can make even the worst times of our lives a little more groovy. Here's a little pick me up to start your week the only right way I know how. Thanks Lewis.



I've been wearing all black since the day it started
When I stopped and looked back as my mind departed
I've been losing sleep and I cannot sit still
I'm not the same woman that you were used to
I put my head underwater baby, I threw my clothes away in the trash
I stood barefoot on the blazing concrete, I was waiting for the gut of the thunder
I don't wanna bore you with how I feel,
but when the walls came down, the shit got real
I never thought I would ever be here,
looking out on my life as if there was no there
I messed around with something I always hated
I took a blanket into the bath
Opened my eyes and hallucinated,
I took a nap and woke up in the grass
There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it
There's a little bit of sand left in the hourglass
My own mortality, I contemplated
Down in the valley i got hypnotized
It left a mark that hasn't faded
That's when I realized
There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it
There's a little bit of sand left in the hourglass
There's a little bit of magic, everybody has it
There's a little bit of fight left in the end
I put my head underwater baby, I held my breath until it passed
Crossed my fingers and concentrated
I closed my eyes and I was free at last