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Posted: 05.29.2003
I think a change'll do you good
Jen had a great entry about a song that prompted a major life change. I had one of those myself. It's called "This is the Day" by The The. Todd and I ended up engaged just weeks after I heard it for the first time, and it really did bring about some major life-changes and make things fall into place for me. Suddenly, things just "clicked".


This is the Day

Well you didn't wake up this morning
'Cause you didn't go to bed
You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red
The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off

You've been reading some old letters
You smile and think how much you've changed

All the money in the world couldn't buy back those days

You pull back the curtains
And the sun burns into your eyes
You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky

This is the day your life will surely change
This is the day when things fall into place

You could've done anything
If you'd wanted

And all your friends and family
Think that you're lucky

But the side of you they'll never see
Is when you're left alone with the memories
That hold your life together like.....glue

You pull back the curtains
And the sun burns into your eyes
You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky

This is the day your life will surely change
This is the day when things fall into place

This is the day your life will surely change.....

Song credit: The The


Do you have a similar song?



Hey boy take a look at me...let me dirty up your mind...



How about this one performed by The Who no less (actually Pete Townsend solo on ukelele):

Blue Red and Grey (Pete Townshend)

Some people seem so obsessed with the morning
Get up early just to watch the sun rise
Some people like it more when there's fire in the sky
Worship the sun when it's high
Some people go for those sultry evenings
Sipping cocktails in the blue, red and grey
But I like every minute of the day

I like every second, so long as you are on my mind
Every moment has its special charm
It's all right when you're around, rain or shine
I know a crowd who only live after midnight
Their faces always seem so pale
And then there's friends of mine who must have sunlight
They say a suntan never fails
I know a man who works the night shift
He's lucky to get a job and some pay
And I like every minute of the day

I dig every second
I can laugh in the snow and rain
I get a buzz from being cold and wet
The pleasure seems to balance out the pain

And so you see that I'm completely crazy
I even shun the south of France
The people on the hill, they say I'm lazy
But when they sleep, I sing and dance
Some people have to have the sultry evenings
Cocktails in the blue, red and grey
But I like every minute of the day

I like every minute of the day

¤ ¤ credit: Hondo | 05.29.03 at 04:42 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

"Live Tomorrow" by Chalk Farm. I was driving around running another fast errand for school my first year teaching, and this song came on the radio. It's a reminder of how NOT to live (which I need, since I'm such a workaholic). The refrain goes something like this:

I can't take the time
but I plan to when I'm done
I can't waste the day
nothing ventured, nothing -
I don't think it's wise
to be idle when you're young
Oh, I have to go -
I'll. make. time. to .live. tomorrow.

And the last verse is the singer's vision of flying with angels' wings over the earth, and he collapses as he realizes what he's missed out on.

This song goes on EVERY CD and tape I make for people, pretty much.

The two others are "This is the Moment" from Acoustix and "Gimme Peace" by Tom T. Hall. But nothing's ever hit me like "Live Tomorrow."

CS

¤ ¤ credit: Captain Sunshine | 05.29.03 at 05:08 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

"Higher" by Creed. I had heard it on the radio, but one night I was in a bar with Seymour and it came on and we just looked at each other and I realized that if he asked me to just walk away from the life I was pretty much trying to escape, I would. And then I realized that I needed to just make the choice to leave it, that I could stand on my own two feet. So I did.

¤ ¤ credit: Zuly | 05.29.03 at 05:40 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I found Sheryl Crow's haunting song "Home" particularly meaningful when I was going through a rough patch in a relationship.

I won't print all the words of this one, but I particularly found a place in the lyrics of the last half of the song:

I found your standing there
When I was seventeen
Now I'm thirty-two
And I can't remember what I'd seen in you
I made a promise
Said it everyday
Now I'm reading romance novels
And I'm dreaming of yesterday

[Chorus]
This is home, home
And this is home, home
This is home

I'd like to see the Riviera
And slowdance underneath the stars
I'd like to watch the sun come up
In a stranger's arms

[Chorus]
This is home, home
And this is home, home
This is home

I'm going crazy
A little every day
And everything I wanted
Is now driving me away
I woke this morning
To the sound of beating hearts
Mine is full of questions
And it's tearing yours apart...

¤ ¤ credit: Jeff | 05.29.03 at 07:28 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

The song that reminded me who I was and prompted me to stand up for myself and tell my ex-husband to get the f!#% out.

Temptation by New Order

Oh, you've got green eyes
Oh, you've got blue eyes
Oh, you've got grey eyes
And I've never seen anyone quite like you before
No, I've never met anyone quite like you before
Heaven, a gateway, a hope
Just like a feeling I need, it's no joke
And though it hurts me to see you this way
Betrayed by words, I'd never heard, too hard to say
Up, down, turn around
Please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone
I'll find my soul as I go home
Each way I turn, I know I'll always try
To break this circle that's been placed around me
From time to time, I find I've lost some need
That was urgent to myself, I do believe
Oh, you've got green eyes
Oh, you've got blue eyes
Oh, you've got grey eyes
And I've never seen anyone quite like you before
No, I've never met anyone quite like you before
Bolts from above hurt the people down below
People in this world, we have no place to go
Oh, it's the last time
Oh, I've never met anyone quite like you before
Oh no, I've never met anyone quite like you before

¤ ¤ credit: Rue | 05.30.03 at 06:47 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Love So Right - The Bee Gees
"I could take it in my stride
Start living for the moment
Maybe half the things we sought were never there
Simply open up our eyes and break it down to size
It isn't really fair"

Man... ever since I was a kid, I've pushed people away rather than let them get close. It's my whole philosophy. I'd rather be alone than go through the heartbreak like that song... YEESH!

Acquaintances. Acquaintances are good.

¤ ¤ credit: -e- | 05.30.03 at 08:40 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

the beginning of a long journey towards facing my fears and standing on my own two feet after my divorce...

"True Faith"

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don't care 'cause I'm not there
And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow
Again and again I've taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

When I was a very small boy,
Very small boys talked to me
Now that we've grown up together
They're afraid of what they see
That's the price that we all pay
Our valued destiny comes to nothing
I can't tell you where we're going
I guess there was just no way of knowing
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
The chances are we've gone too far
You took my time and you took my money
Now I fear you've left me standing
In a world that's so demanding
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

¤ ¤ credit: wendy | 05.30.03 at 10:52 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

the song "the light" by common.
thats a good song.
listen to it.

¤ ¤ credit: FUNKSION. | 11.02.03 at 03:33 PM | link--this ¤ ¤




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