The first song is River Kiss by
Nancy Wilson. This song is from the Elizabethtown Score, and I think that this
score is appropriate because the movie is about getting through difficult
times. This is a great opening song because it is calm and relaxing. It really
sets the tone for this playlist.
Next up is Where to Begin by My Morning Jacket. I sometimes feel like this song was written about me right now. It is all about getting push down over and over again, but never giving up. The best line says: “Always starting over, but somehow I always know where to begin”. I hope that I always know where to begin when bad things happen. If you can’t understand what Jim James is singing please look up the lyrics because Where to Begin has some of the best lyrics ever written.
I have already written about how much I love Train so I won’t get into it here, but the next song is one of favourite songs. It is Cab. This song is all about feeling alone, and like you are the only person going through what you are going through and feeling what you feel. It is a brilliant analogy when you think about it. In cities there are so many cabs, and to feel like you are the only cab on the road puts life into perspective. No matter what you are feeling someone else has felt that too.
Square One by Tom Petty is a song that I could listen to over and over. I love the song of the guitar, it songs forlorn with a hint of hope and that can’t really be an easy sound to create. This is another song about starting over after something bad happened. Starting back at square one is something that I feel I do a lot and when Petty sings that his slate is clear it makes me think that every time I start over I have a clean slate to work with.
Last year, almost to the month, I had a really bad day. I went for an interview and things were going really great, then the interviewer asked if I had a car. I don’t. The interview basically stopped right there. It was incredibly upsetting because the lady who was interviewing me had all but said that she wanted to hire me. I walked to the bus stop and started to cry, feeling completely defeated. I pulled out my iPod and put on the song Keep Breathing by: Ingrid Michaelson. I listened to this song the whole way home. It helped me to make it home. Once I was home I curled up in bed and actually pulled the covers over my head. This was probably one of the worst days of my life and this song helped me to get through of it. I kept breathing; sometimes breathing is all you can do.
Hard Times by Eastmountainsouth is the song that you listen to after you have your melt down. It is almost like a prayer, asking hard times to leave you alone for once. I have spent time lying down with my eyes closed listening to this song on repeat before, and I’m sure that it will happen again.
Alright, now it is time to kick it up a notch! The Middle by Jimmy Eat World is a song from my high school days; I will always remember John playing it with his band Orson Corson and the 2 Dimensional Army. I love the words to this song. It reminds me that this is just the middle of the ride and that it gets better. It is a song that pumps you up and makes you think “Ya, I am awesome! I can do this!”
OK, this song might not make sense in the playlist, but I don’t care. Whenever I felt like giving up I would put on Stay by The Tragically Hip. I think that the sound of Gord Downie singing the word stay over and over made me want to fight harder to stay in the city and tough it out. It might not be exactly what the song is about, but it did help me.
Here is another song that I use to give myself an ego boost. I Am Mine is my favourite Pearl Jam song, and, again, these are such great lyrics! Whenever I was feeling down, or lonely I put on this song and I think to myself that it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about me, I AM MINE!
I don’t know why I love Same In Any Language by I-Nine so much, or why it makes me feel about life, but I really do love this song. I guess that above all I love the sentiment of the song that no matter what it is the same in any language where ever you are. I think that what is the same is kindness, if you a kind to people then it will come back to you.
Are you ready for the second Train song? Well, here it is. I said in my Train post that I thought that this is one of their best songs. Skyscraper paints a beautiful picture in head every time that I listen to it. I see skylines and building and sunrises. If Cab is about feeling alone, then this song is about being there for someone and reminding them that they are not alone.
And the last song is another song
from the Elizabethtown score by Nancy Wilson. It is called Grey Sky’s Blue, and
it sounds like the sun is coming up. It has a hopeful feeling; one that I think
is the perfect way to end this mix. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find a
video for this song. Sorry.
That’s it! That is my playlist
that helps me get through the hard stuff. Hope you enjoyed the songs.
