If you give a little more then you're asking for your love will turn the key

Artist – Andy Gibb

Song of the Day – I just want to be your Everything

I was going to post a super depressing song that may fit my
mood slightly more but then I heard this song in passing and it just made me so
happy. I love the Bee Gees but I really loved their little brother. He was like
disco but with a guitar, bomber jacket but with no shirt, just enough edge to
be slightly cooler than disco but still as fun…but honestly it’s all disco and
all fun.

So I have no deep meaning for this song just sometimes you
need a good pop tune. You need a little optimism you need to know if you give a
little more love than you want it just might make the world of difference to
someone and to you. So for all the optimists, the lovers, the bomber jacket
wearers, this one’s for you.

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For so long
You and me been finding each other for so long
And the feeling that I feel for you is more then strong, girl
Take it from me
If you give a little more then you're asking for your love will turn the key
Darling, mine
I would wait forever for those lips of wine
Build my world around you, darling, this love will shine girl
Watch it and see
If you give a little more then you're asking for, your love will turn the key

I, I just want to be your everything
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be
The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
Oh, if I stay here without you, darling, I will die
I want you laying in the love I have to bring
I'd do anything to be your everything

Darling, for so long
You and me been finding each other for so long
And the feeling that I feel for you is more then strong, girl
Take it from me
If you give a little more then you're asking for tour love will turn the key

I, I just want to be your everything
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be
The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
Oh, if I stay here without you, darling, I will die
I want you laying in the love I have to bring
I'd do anything to be your everything

I, I just want to be your everything
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be
The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
Oh, if I stay here without you, darling, I will die
I want you laying in the love I have to bring
I'd do anything to be your everything

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Barry Gibb / Barry Alan Gibb

I Just Want to Be Your Everything lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

I'm thinking 'bout who I want, and I won't let go

Artist - Emily King
Song of the Day - Can't Hold Me

I first discovered today’s artist while following one of my

fav dancers, Nicholas Palmquist, teaching choreography to one of King’s songs….and
before you ask of course I don’t take dance classes. Like any normal person I follow
a bunch of ballet dancer boys on Instagram and live out my “Center Stage”
dreams. Speaking of, one of my other fav dancers, Robbie Fairchild, has been
performing much of King’s catalog on New York rooftops during this isolation
which makes me so happy and also made me realize that King’s entire catalog is
glorious and if you need a dancy pick me up take the time to listen through it.

Today’s song seemed appropriate since it’s discovering what
you can do for yourself better than anyone…. sure it might be implying
something specifically (insert blush here). But whatever you may be figuring
out about yourself or dancing on empty rooftops through, this one’s for you.

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In the night, in the middle of the day
I call you over, but you always hesitate
Used to tell me, "You should leave it up to fate."
Now I that I never have to wait

Close my eyes, let down my hair
I'm thinking 'bout what I want, gonna take me there
Turn the dial on the stereo
I'm thinking 'bout who I want, and I won't let go

You can't hold me down, only I can do that
You can't hold me down, only I can do that
You can't hold me down, only I can do that
You can't hold me down, hold me down

In a T-shirt, in my satin lingerie
A little lower, little higher, change pace
Used to wait here, but you'd always be too late
Now I can go here, and I never have to fake

Close my eyes, let down my hair
I'm thinking 'bout what I want, gonna take me there
Turn the dial on the stereo
I'm thinking 'bout who I want, and I won't let go

You can't hold me down, only I can do that
You can't hold me down, only I can do that
You can't hold me down, only I can do that
You can't hold me down, hold me down

A-ya-oh-wa-oh-oh
A-ya-oh-wa, ooh ooh, you can't hold me!
A-ya-oh-wa-oh-oh
A-ya-oh-wa, ooh ooh, you can't hold me!

Thought you were my only love
But I found someone with the perfect touch
And ooh-wa, you can't hold me
I don't want to waste your time
Got a secret and it's mine all mine
Ooh-wa, you can't hold me
I used to have to wait around
Stay home, baby, I can hold it down
Ooh-wa, you can't hold me
Now I don't have to look no more
I'm the one that I've been waiting for
Ooh-wa, you can't hold me

A-ya-oh-wa-oh-oh
A-ya-oh-wa, ooh ooh, you can't hold me!
A-ya-oh-wa-oh-oh
A-ya-oh-wa, ooh ooh, you can't hold me!

A-ya-oh-wa-oh-oh
A-ya-oh-wa, ooh ooh, you can't hold me!
A-ya-oh-wa-oh-oh
A-ya-oh-wa, ooh ooh, you can't hold me!

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Emily King

And the days thin me out Or just burn me straight through

Artist -Soccer Mommy
Song of the day - Circle the drain

When I first heard today’s song this morning on NPR TinyDesk home edition, I first thought Soccer Mommy was a 90s female rock artist I

somehow missed as a teen. She has that Lilith Fair sound that is so
specifically a different era you had no idea sounded so specific and I love it…and
it also makes me want to pull out all my old Liz Phair cds asap.

It’s strange how timely songs written prior to the pandemic
seem appropriate now. Today’s song is no exception. It literally talks about
feeling so messed up on the inside while on the outside you’re just sitting on
your couch watching TV and everything appears fine and normal. What a strange
time. So if you’re starting to feel like you’re circling the drain and or just really
missing a Lilith Fair concert, this one’s for you.

 
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I wanna be calm like the soft
Summer rain on your back
Like the fall of your shoulders
But everything just brings me back down
To the cold hard ground
And it keeps getting colder

It's a feeling that boils in my brain
I would dial back the flame
But I'm not sure I'm able
I'm wobbling out on the wire
And the lights could go out
With the break of a cable

Things feel that low sometimes
Even when everything is fine

Hey, I've been falling apart these days
Split open, watching my heart go round and around
Round and around
Circle the drain
I'm going down

I'm trying to seem strong for my love
For my family and friends
But I'm so tired of faking
'Cause I'm chained to my bed when they're gone
Watching TV alone
'Til my body starts aching

And I think there's a mold in my brain
Spreading down all the way
Through my heart and my body
'Cause I cling to the dark of my room
And the days thin me out
Or just burn me straight through

Things feel that low sometimes
Even when everything is fine

Hey I've been falling apart these days
Split open watching my heart go round and around
Round and around
Circle the drain
I'm going down

Things feel that low sometimes
Even when everything is fine
Hey, I've been falling apart these days
Split open, watching my heart go round and around
Round and around
Circle the drain
I'm going down

Round and around
Round and around
Circle the drain
I'm going down

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Sophie Allison

circle the drain lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

I was shining in the moment And I'm holding onto you

Song of the Day - Something about you
Artist - Elderbrook and Rudimental

I keep seeing a lot of post about about who people are

staying home for during the pandemic like their grandma or baby or immune compromised
friend to try to sway the jerks who keep partying in groups or going on spring
break because they will most likely stay healthy. It got me thinking about
today’s song that has more to do with recovery but has a lot of similarities to
now. Because you are doing something that’s kind of tough while missing the
life you once had because of someone.

It’s also how I feel about going to work. I love how awkward
this video is, about a bunch of dudes sitting in a circle afraid to open up and
be vulnerable with each other that they know will lead to healing. And I have a
similar fear in the back of my mind walking to work each day, or when I’m
gowning up in ridiculous garb to go in a dangerous situation where I know I’ll
be vulnerable. It’s scary, but then I look at who is with me in the room. A
doctor, a tech, a nurse, with similar worry in their eyes but a resolve at an
attempt at healing. And then my fear eases a bit, not that the situation has
changed, but that they are with me and we’re in it together. Vulnerable
together, looking for healing together. And sure it’s expressed in an absurd
line dance in the video, which by the way someone learn this dance with me, but
it gets the same point across. So for whoever you are staying in for or going
into that scary place for or with, this one’s for you.

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I miss the touch of morning sun
Making silhouettes of us
Way back when we had our bad times
We're staying up all through the night
Smoking, drinking, getting high
I was wrong and I apologize

Where did you go? What can I do?
I'm working on my problems
But I need you here to solve them
Where did you go? What should I say?
I hope that I can make a change 'cause

'Cause something 'bout you
Keeping me sober
I was shining in the moment
And I'm holding onto you
'Cause something 'bout you
Keeping me sober
I was shining in the moment
And I'm holding onto you
'Cause something 'bout you

You keep straightening me up when I'm low
'Cause something 'bout you
You keep straightening me up when I'm low

I miss the company we had
Back when I was still on track
Now I'm making my own paradise
But now the drink is tasting strange
And the high isn't the same
I'm still wrong and I apologize

Where did you go? What can I do?
I'm working on my problems
But I need you here to solve them
Where did you go? What should I say?
I hope that I can make a change 'cause

'Cause something 'bout you
Keeping me sober
I was shining in the moment
And I'm holding onto you
'Cause something 'bout you
Keeping me sober
I was shining in the moment
And I'm holding onto you
'Cause something 'bout you

You keep straightening me up when I'm low
'Cause something 'bout you
You keep straightening me up when I'm low

'Cause something 'bout you
Keeping me sober
I was shining in the moment
And I'm holding onto you
Ooh, oh, holding onto you
Oh, holding onto you
Oh, holding onto you

'Cause something 'bout you
You keep straightening me up when I'm low
(And I've been falling)
'Cause something 'bout you
You keep straightening me up when I'm low
(And I've been falling)
'Cause something 'bout you

Source: LyricFind

Something About You lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Well, it's the same old song, it's right an' it's wrong, An' livin' is just somethin' that I do.

Song of the Day - Hands on the Wheel
Artist - Willie Nelson, Madison Cunningham

As I said yesterday, one of the things I most appreciate at this time is all
the creative home concerts musicians have been doing. If you are familiar with
Live from Here (formally Prairie Home Companion), the host Chris Thile as
become "Live from Home" challenging various artist to play from their
respective homes for us in our respective homes. There have been many great
posts so far I’m sure I’ll revisit here later. But yesterday it was Madison
Cunningham’s cover of Willie Nelson that was so sweet so melancholy I couldn’t
resist it.
So many of us are experiencing the world differently right now even going
through the exact same crisis. I feel like the last week I’ve been going nonstop
in the ER. And even at home, people’s thoughts are racing nonstop with the new
info changing info new fears, new hopes, etc. But this song is a totally
different mood during a world flipped upside down. It’s melancholy, it’s observant,
it’s simple, it’s country, and boy it makes me miss home. So if you need a
break from your racing thoughts, this one’s for you.



At a time when the world seems to be spinnin' hopelessly out of control,

There's deceivers an' believers an' old in-betweeners,

That seem to have no place to go.

Well, it's the same old song, it's right an' it's wrong,

An' livin' is just somethin' that I do.

An' with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes,

An' I found myself in you.



I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars.

An' I've nearly gone up in smoke.

Now my hand's on the wheel, I've something that's real,

An' I feel like I'm goin' home.



An' in the shade of an oak down by the river,

Sit an old man an' a boy,

Settin' sail, spinnin' tales an' fishin' for whales,

With a lady they both enjoy.

Well, it's the same damn tune, it's the man in the moon.

It's the way that I feel about you.

An' with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes,

An' I found myself in you.



An' I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars.

An' I've nearly gone up in smoke.

Now my hand's on the wheel, I've something that's real,

An' I feel like I'm goin' home.



[Instrumental break]

I believe in dreams again I believe that love will never end

Song of the day - I Believe in You and Me
Atrist - Whitney Houston

I’m really enjoying the home concerts some musicians are putting on right now. Whether
just a song or hour long shows each day, tons of artists are trying new ways to
reach their audience right now, so if you have a favorite I def recommend checking
to see what they might have going on right now. And many are raising funds for
the arts, food banks etc. too.

I was reminded of today’s song whilst scrolling through Instagram at 4 in the morning having
trouble sleeping. Ariana Grande posted a cover of this most fabu Whitney
Houston song that I totally forgot about and often shove under with the list of
Christmas movie soundtracks. But hearing her quiet acapella version gave a
deeper weight and feeling of hope through our current struggle. That belief we
can still find in each other and still believe in what seems so insurmountable
right now. And then when you re-listen to the powerhouse Houston version you
just may believe in miracles again. So for all we still believe in and what we
hope to be, this one’s for you.

I believe in you and me
I believe that we will be
In love eternally
As far as I can see
You will always be
The one for me
Oh yes you will

I believe in dreams again
I believe that love will never end
And like the river finds the sea
I was lost now I'm free
I believe in you and me

I will never leave your side
I will never hurt your pride
When all the chips are down
I will always be around
Just to be right there where you are my love
Oh I love you boy

I will never leave you out
I will always let you in
To places no one's ever been
Deep inside can't you see
I believe in you and me

Maybe I'm a fool
To feel the way I do
But I would play the fool forever
Just to be with you forever

I believe in miracles
Love's a miracle
And baby you're a dream come true
I was lost now I'm free
I believe in you and me
I was lost now I'm free girl
I believe in you and me

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: David Wolfert / Sandy Linzer

I Believe in You and Me lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management, Sandy Linzer Productions Inc

Want to grab a hold of that little song bird Take her for a ride to the top of the world right now

Song of the Day - Top of the World
Artist - Dixie Chicks

I woke up with this song in my head this morning and it doesn’t seem to want to leave me. Which I’m fine with cuz I really love it and them, but not really sure why I can’t get it out of my mind. I guess when you’re sitting alone with your thoughts long enough during a pandemic you start thinking about your life and what it’s all been about, what you regret or missed out on…but I also feel like it’s realizing what we are actively losing right before our eyes: mass amounts of people, jobs, livelihood, art, and on and on.

And we don’t really have anymore control of it at this point. (I mean we do, stay inside people) But it’s a strange loss because we are all going through it collectively and isolated at the same time. Like that line “'everyone's singing We just want to be heard Disappearing everyday without so much as a word.” And sure I’m concerned about my own mortality but it’s like you can feel that weight the entire world is feeling and it’s such a bizarre state of mind. I don’t know if anyone else feels that or if this makes sense at all… and if not we can always just blame Patty Griffin for consistently writing such beautiful punch to the soul songs. But if you are feeling a bit of that heavy world, this one’s for you, may we reach the top of it.

I wished I was smarter
I wished I was stronger
I wished I loved Jesus
The way my wife does
I wish it had been easier
Instead of any longer
I wished I could have stood where you would have been proud
But that won't happen now
That won't happen now

There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings off that little song bird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now
Top of the world

I don't have to answer any of these questions
Don't have no God to teach me no lessons
I come home in the evening
Sit in my chair
One night they called me for supper
But I never got up
I stayed right there in my chair

There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings off that little song bird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now

I wished I'd a known you
Wished I'd a shown you
All of the things I was on the inside
I'd pretend to be sleeping
When you come in in the morning
To whisper good-bye
Go to work in the rain
I don't know why
Don't know why

'Cause everyone's singing
We just want to be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Want to grab a hold of that little song bird
Take her for a ride to the top of the world right now

To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Patricia J. Griffin

Top of the World lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me

Artist - David Bowie
Song of the day - Moonage Daydream

My last concert before the apocalypse was luckily the punk rock art house
god himself, John Cameron Mitchell aka Hedwig and the Angry Inch aka THE rock
opera all others are measured by. And though I was losing my mind hearing the OG
sing his musical hits, it was his Bowie cover of today’s song that stuck with
me…. Also perhaps cuz he performed an uncomfortable yet still genius version of
it on Shrill. I always enjoyed the song but like a lot of great covers, you’re
forced to hear it with fresh ears and see it in a different light.

I couldn’t begin to deconstruct this wacked out tune at the height of Ziggy
Stardust fame, it’s simply that it makes me happy. Through the space invader,
ray gun and alligator imagery is plea to bring in it on, lay it on me, whatever
you got I’m ready for it and I want it. And there’s this weird vibe right now
especially in my ER that something’s coming it’s not quite here yet but we’re
in this strange eye of the hurricane where the shadows of what will hit is trickling
down but the storm is just a few miles off. And there’s a Ziggy Stardust part
of me that just wants to paint a lightning bolt on my face, put on a kimono onesie
and be like “no I’m the mama-papa coming for you!...also keep your mouth shut.”
So for all my fellow space invaders, this one’s for you.

I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you
I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rollin' bitch for you
Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I'm busting up my brains for the words

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah

Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me
The church of man, love, is such a holy place to be
Make me baby, make me know you really care
Make me jump into the air

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah

Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah

Freak out, far out, in out

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: David Bowie

Moonage Daydream lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management, Tintoretto Music

Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get wearied

Artist - Otis Redding
Song of the day - Try a little Tenderness

I think most of us are running on shorter fuses than usual.

We’re stressed, we’re scared, we’re kind of helpless to an extent knowing we
still have such a long way to still go. The word weary came to mind and then
this song did as well.

Being a child of the 80’s the “Pretty in Pink” Duckie
version of this song impregnated my mind and forever gave me a love for quirky
boys, record stores and Otis Redding…maybe not in that order. And I just love
how this song starts off so tender and then by the end it’s like dance shouting
an anthem, pleading for tenderness, and I was like yep that’s exactly how I
feel right now.

And I love this live taping of the song that Redding comes
out for like three encores mid song that’s just basically pleading “got ta got
ta got ta” and the crowd is losing their minds over it. They feel it and they
want that feeling so badly. I think we’re at the same kind of tipping point.
And hopefully it’s tipping more towards tender than frantic. So if you’re in
need for some dance shouting or just a little tenderness, this one’s for you.

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Oh she may be weary
Them young girls they do get wearied
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah, yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah

You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
The thing that you'll never, never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah
But while she's there waiting
Without them try a little tenderness
That's all you got to do

It's not just sentimental no, no, no
She has her grief and care, yeah, yeah, yeah
But the soft words they are spoke so gentle, yeah
It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah
You won't regret it no, no
Young girls they don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness, yeah, yeah, yeah

But it's all so easy
All you got to do is try
Try a little tenderness
Yeah
All you got to do is, man, hold her when you wanna
Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
Get to her, got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
You got to know how to love her, man
Don't be surprised, man
You got to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave
You got to hold her, brother, something, man
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah
You got to grab her gently, man
Don't bruise her, no, no
You got to love her, tease her, don't squeeze her
You got to try, na na na na na
Try, try a little tenderness, yeah
Watch her groove
You got to know what to do, man
Take this advice
You gotta love, squeeze, don't tease

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jimmy Campbell / Reg Connelly / Harry M. Woods

Try a Little Tenderness lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

You want to see my spirit dissipate You want my body to disintegrate But I refuse to just wither away I won't succumb to this decay

Artist - Akenya
Song of the day - Decay

I’m gonna really attempt to avoid venting about being a nurse during this time of pandemic right now and will perhaps let today’s song express my frustrations. I mean feel free to keep commending healthcare workers for being on the frontlines and taking care of the sick and exposed, but also maybe write or complain or advocate for us to whoever is not letting us be tested, not making sure we have supplies to protect us and our patients, or just Amazon us some mask, gowns and bleach wipes. I mean I get it, I want to save celebrities and hot people too, but there might not be anyone to take of them if the frontline is gone.

So maybe I lied about ranting. But today’s song is about Akenya’s own frustration concerning her shitty lyme disease diagnosis. And used the song to raise money for its cause. So for those of you feeling beat down by whatever might be going on, I mean take your pick right now, this one’s for you. And just like Akenya refuses to whither away, may our spirits never dissipate.

Verse 1: You keep my feet high above my head
And my spine is tucked between my knees
I thought I would only know decay when I was dead
You make wilting something of ease

Pre-Chorus: I never wanted to be twisted up like this
I think my body might get sick enough and quit
I never wanted to be twisted up amidst all the prey that you claim for the taking

Chorus: You wanna defeat me
You’re trying to play me
(Got me) acting like I’m crazy
But frankly
I don’t want to be around this
I don’t want to stand for your bullshit
My energy isn’t feeling you, you’re not healing me you just
Wanna defeat me
You’re trying to play me
(Got me) acting like I’m crazy
But frankly
I don’t want to be around this
I don’t want to stand for you
My enemy, I keep fighting but you keep killing me, you just

Verse 2: Turn my insides outside one by one
Dim the bright side of my attitude
Shatter any matter of the woman I’d become
Take my breaking bones as gratitude

Pre-Chorus 2: I never thought I would be twisted up like this
But I know my spirit hasn’t given up so I persist
And resist the urge to sit and reminisce
Of the days when you lay unawakened

(Chorus)

Bridge: You want to see my spirit dissipate
You want my body to disintegrate
But I refuse to just wither away
I won't succumb to this decay

(Pre-Chorus, Chorus, and Outro simultaneously)
Outro: You want to make
Me decay, but I won't, I won't
And you want to break
Down my faith, but you won't, you won't!

Last line of final chorus: My enemy, I'll keep fighting 'til you stop killing me

Everything is falling apart Slipping away No way to fight it

Artist- Lennon Stella
Song of the day - Breakaway

So it seems daily, just when you're getting grips on a new way of life, as they do in crisis, things keep changing and in our cases more lock downs, more restrictions, more isolation all for the greater good are taking place. And if you're at all a like me, who i thought was pretty chill, but finding it a bit or a lot harder to keep a level head when the world seems to be slipping through your fingers, today's song seems pretty relatable.

With a name like Lennon Stella you are almost required to be the coolest most musically talented in the room and fortunately for all of us she seems to be wearing the name well. (Though I'm still not over her being the sweet shy girl from the Nashville TV show, voice forever like a friggin angel). Sure I miss country harmonies but really Lennon Stella sing whatever you want, I am here for it. And luckily, she love's writing darker songs to a club beat that makes me miss by drum kit and an ability to play a drum kit well.

So here's to those of us scrambling to keep it together as things fall apart, maybe it's time to just let it breakaway. This one's for you.

I apologize my emotions are higher
Hard to explain when you feel your world's on fire
Close my eyes to all the things that hurt my nature
I apologize but I am

I'm tired of holding my head up
I'm tired of trying to hold onto you
This cycle, fighting and making up
I'm tired of trying to hold on

Everything is falling apart
Slipping away
There's no rewinding the things we say
Everything is falling apart
Slipping away
No way to fight it
I'll break, breakaway
Break, breakaway
I'll break, breakaway
Break, breakaway
I'll break

The ground and the ceiling seem to be disappearing
Nothing to stand on, oh God I hate this feeling
You put the weight of your world down on my shoulders
Why'd you have to make me older
Make me older, make me older

I'm tired of holding my head up
I'm tired of trying to hold onto you
This cycle, fighting and making up
I'm tired of trying to hold on

Everything is falling apart
Slipping away
There's no rewinding the things we say
Everything is falling apart
Slipping away
No way to fight it
I'll break, breakaway
Break, breakaway
I'll break, breakaway
Break, breakaway

Everything is falling apart
Slipping away
There's no rewinding the things we say
Everything is falling apart
Slipping away
No way to fight it
I'll break, breakaway
Break, breakaway
I'll break, breakaway
Break, breakaway

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jarryd James / Kate York / Lennon Stella / Sam De Jong / Jarryd Klapper

Oh, I had a feeling this day would come and leave me reeling I just want to run back in your arms again But they're no longer there To hold me safe inside, to hold me anywhere

Artist - Sara Bareilles
Song of the Day - If I Can't Have You

I've had to put this most excellent album on the shelf for a while, after being
traumatized by one of the worst concert experiences of my many concert going
life. It had nothing to do with the artist and everything to do with my friend and
I being forced to carry a passed out teen as her intoxicated boyfriend yelled
at us...calm down youths it's a Sara Bareilles show! I digress, cuz I'm
obsessed with most of what Bareilles creates anyway, but this song somehow snuck
its way back to my headphones and can't be stopped.

Perhaps it's that Bareilles and Emily King wrote this love song about Obama
leaving office that I can relate to or how my bread and butter is a sad song disguised
as a happy one. But it’s feeling very poignant as I selfishly dwell on all the
things I can’t have right now. Trips, friends, Broadway productions that quite
literally sustain my soul. My family that feels so much farther away than usual.
And yes, the greater good is what matters right now. Trust me, nurse,
appreciate it. I’m allowing us 4:14 minutes to mourn what we are giving up and
maybe learning to appreciate what we had and what we will get to have again. So
for all of you missing your Broadways or Obamas or whatever it might be, this
one’s for you.

You tell me that you're leavin'
You say that time will slow the bleedin'
Of this heart that I've placed into your hands
I held it out to you
Now you give it back, what am I supposed to do?
Oh, I had a feeling this day would come and leave me reeling
I just want to run back in your arms again
But they're no longer there
To hold me safe inside, to hold me anywhere

Ooh, if I can't have you
Then I have to find a way to get through
Though I don't want to
I have to do my best to recall
That I'm thankful that I held you at all

I miss you every morning and in the evening rain
Tonight, it's pouring, and I'm alone again
I count the seconds (count the seconds) between the thoughts of you
I'm getting better, baby, I'm almost up to two
Oh, you had your reasons and I know
Some folks are seasons, they got to come and go
But I'm still tender (I'm still tender), I miss the summertime
When I could feel your love and I could still feel mine

Ooh, if I can't have you
Then I have to find a way to get through
Though I don't want to
I have to do my best to recall
That I'm thankful that I held you

You gave me everything that I will need to walk this long road
(Show me the way to get back)
Gave me a sense of pride that I will carry with me
All the way back home

Ooh, if I can't have you
Then I have to find a way to get through
Though I don't want to
I have to do my best to recall
That I'm thankful that I held you at all

I'm thankful that I held you
(I'm thankful that I held you)
I'm thankful that I held you
I'm thankful that I held you, held you, held you
(I'm thankful that I held you)
I'm, I'm, I'm (thankful that I held you)
(I'm thankful that I held you) yeah
(I'm thankful that I held you)

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Aaron Sterling / Emily King / Sara Bareilles

If I Can't Have You lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing

I promise you we won't be like the others We won't go running for cover

Artist of the day - Ben Platt
Song of the day - Rain

Since the world might be ending or feels that way...and we are all
(hopefully) trapped in our homes for a bit, I thought it might be the perfect
time for my psychological well being to bring back an old past time of mine as
we wait to see what the future holds. What better way to count these days of
"self distancing" than by song? And since when I'm not alone with my
thoughts I'm (crosses fingers, masked) in an ER face deep in possible Covid, I
need something to take my mind away from the pandemic. So let's see what the
soundtrack to a viral outbreak might sound like.

Today's song I really became obsessed with specifically by the video...more
specifically by Ben Platt's absurd solo dancing that I can't get enough
of.  Here I thought I only wanted Platt singing to me on a Broadway stage
through buckets of tears and spit as we both uncontrollably cried in public for
2.5 hrs    (see Dear Evan Hansen).

But right now, something about the video and song speaks to this thing
inside of us that is in the middle of all this despair but can still choose to
be hopeful. And sure maybe we need to dance solo at a gas station to get
there. So here's to the broken yet still hopeful and open and solo dancers, this one's for you.



You say you've been through this before

You gave away all your secrets

To someone who up and left you in pieces

I know the feeling, believe me

I know the prices you've gotta pay

I'm sacrificing my freedom

And all just to get somebody to see me

Nobody said it was easy

My heart's been broken and broken and broken and broken

But I keep, keep on hoping and hoping and hoping and hoping

That if it keeps on breaking and breaking and breaking and breaking

Them one day it'll open and open and open and open and open for you

Hey!

I know we've both been afraid

But we can't run from the wind and the thunder

When we're dancing under the rain, the rain, the rain

Hey!

I know we got what it takes

Ain't gonna run from the wind and the thunder

When we're dancing under the rain, the rain, the rain

We're dancing under the rain

Breathe deep, let it wash over you

We're slowly becoming lovers

I promise you we won't be like the others

We won't go running for cover

My heart is broken and broken and broken and broken

But I keep, keep on hoping and hoping and hoping and hoping

That if it keeps on breaking and breaking and breaking and breaking

Then one day it'll open and open and open and open and open for you

Hey!

I know we've both been afraid

But we can't run from the wind and the thunder

When we're dancing under the rain, the rain, the rain

Hey!

I know we got what it takes

Ain't gonna run from the wind and the thunder

When we're dancing under the rain, the rain, the rain

We're dancing under the rain

Broken and broken and broken and broken (we're dancing under the rain)

But I keep, keep on hoping and hoping and hoping and hoping (dancing under the rain)

That if it keeps on breaking and breaking and breaking and breaking

Then one day it'll open and open and open and open and open for you (oh)

Hey!

I know we've both been afraid

But we can't run from the wind and the thunder

When we're dancing under the rain, the rain, the rain

Hey!

I know we got what it takes

Ain't gonna run from the wind and the thunder

When we're dancing under the rain, the rain, the rain

We're dancing under the rain

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