Words

I told a friend recently that "words are my default." This is especially true when it comes to writing. Happy, sad, angry, I tend to write about it all. Somehow, seeing the words on the screen or paper, describing what's going on in my head, in my heart, within my soul...it's soothing to me. It makes sense. It makes the world make sense. I pour myself out into my writing and come away with the bad stuff in perspective and the good stuff recorded in vibrant, joyful words to be revisited later.

Somedays, my words just don't come out right. They spin around in my head, refusing to be put down in any way, shape or form. On days like that, and on those rare days when I say to myself or others, "I don't have words," music comes into play. It gives me words and expresses my emotions when I can't. That's why I do my songs of the day, because it resonates with me and helps me express what's going on inside my head.

I found an awesome quote last week:


"I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality." (H.A. Overstreet)

So, today's song of the day. It's been a Deathcab for Cutie kind of day. And this song really described how I've been feeling lately: a tourist in my own life. Ever feel like that? Like you're just along for the ride? Here's a song for you....

"You Are A Tourist"

This fire grows higher

This fire grows higher

This fire grows higher

This fire grows higher

When there's a burning in your heart

An endless yearning in your heart

Build it bigger than the sun

Let it grow, let it grow

When there's a burning in your heart

Don't be alarmed

This fire grows higher

When there's a doubt within your mind

Because you're thinking all the time

Framing rights into wrongs

Move along, move along

When there's a doubt within your mind

When there's a burning in your heart

And you think it'll burst apart

Or there's nothing to feel

Save the tears, save the tears

When there's a burning in your heart

And if you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born

Then it's time to go

And define your destination

There's so many different places to call home

Because when you find yourself the villain in the story you have written

It's plain to see

That sometimes the best intentions are in need of redemptions

Would you agree?

If so please show me

This fire grows higher

When there's a burning in your heart