We won't be afraid to be happy It's not so easy feeling everything We were so ready for the fall

Artist- The submarines
Song- Birds

So yesterday I dragged myself out of bed having little sleep, almost ran into a man profusely bleeding from his face at the train stop, train broke, had to move seats when a passenger kept "mistaking" my thigh for an hand rest, tried not to fall asleep during 8hrs of class, cooked a ham for 2.5 hours then watched it shrivel in my hands and shattered off part of my bike on a way to this concert. But I knew the power of the Submarines, and as they played this song, their positivity bled through my ears and I was re convinced that man, life is great, people can be quite adorable and music might just solve anyone's issues. Usually I find this kind of optimism in music annoying, and have never been able to write a song that at least wasn't a hint of depressing, but they are so genuine and thoughtful in their music you almost have to believe them, that even with all the crap of life, there's reasons life can be great and reasons to sing about it being great. And today as I celebrated Easter with some dear friends I knew that the submarines were right. There are far worse things than my annoying day people have to face, we all have our dark days, our dark stories. And though I might find that more artistic, there is so much beauty and need for celebration in life. There's a need to cherish it, cherish those moments, cherish those people, that's something to sing about.



Sometimes I ask how could it be
Someone like you would want someone like me
And I'm here waiting on your love
I've been lying awake at night
Listening to the birds singing in the dark
And I'm still waiting on your love

We could be holding on tighter
Had to learn to let go as we got higher

Oh no oh no don't go
I want to take you home tonight
Our love our love our love
Hey what if everything's all right

If the morning comes at all
I'll dress you up like you're my paper doll
And take you everywhere I go

We won't be afraid to be happy
It's not so easy feeling everything
We were so ready for the fall

If we could only surrender let it in
We'd never have to ask what we were missing

Oh no oh no don't go
I want to take you home tonight
Our love our love our love
Hey what if everything's all right

We could be holding on tighter
Had to learn to let go as we got higher
We could be holding on tighter

Oh no oh no don't go
I want to take you home tonight
Our love our love our love
Hey what if everything's all right

Somethings wrong when you regret Things that haven't happened yet

Artist- The Submarines
Song of the day- 1940

Some bands just make me giddy being in their presence and happier about life, and cuteness and rainbows and ice cream and summer and daisies. That kind of optimism is exactly what I'm looking for right now. And the married duo the Submarines are too cute for words and always bring that happiness to their music, even somehow when they write an entire album about splitting up, only to fall back in love after exchanging their songs. What's more optimistic than that? Blond braids and a daisy filled xylophone? correct! But the opening lyrics of the songs I tend to always sing to myself when I get into a worrying frenzy and I think it's rather fantastic advice. So feel free to pass it along.



Somethings wrong when you regret
Things that haven't happened yet
But it's a glorious day when morning comes
Without the feeling of alarm

So rise, and shine
Nows the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while, and smile

You couldn't sleep for the awful fright
That kept you up in bed last
But curious shape shift in the dark,
They vanish with the sunrise spark

So rise, and shine
Nows the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while, and smile

So rise, and shine
Nows the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while

So rise, and shine
Nows the time to be alive
To stay awake with me a while, and smile

Somethings wrong. . . .