Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Soothing

Sometimes all I need to keep me going is music. And I just need to absorb myself in its beauty and wonder and mystery and richness.

Today is one of those days so I'm going to share some songs that help me FEEL my emotions, which I'm not always very good at allowing.

FINK - SORT OF REVOLUTION
Come so far - there's no going back

TEMPER TRAP - SWEET DISPOSITION
Oh, reckless abandon, like no one's watching you

FLEETWOOD MAC - DREAMS
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it

CRYSTAL CASTLES - BAPTISM
Learn to love, lessons repeating

**A MUST WATCH**
KIMYA DAWSON - I LIKE GIANTS
When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky
And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me

But it's only really scary cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been
So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye

When I saw Geneviève I really liked it when she said
What she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff
She said 'I like giants
Especially girl giants
Cause all girls feel too big sometimes
Regardless of their size'

When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
*I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole

So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul
But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back and I float and I sing
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

So I talked to Geneviève and almost cried when she said
That the giant on the cliff wished that she was dead
And the lemmings on the cliff wished that they were dead
So the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead

When she thought up all those reasons that they ought to live instead
It made her reconsider all the sad thoughts in her head
So thank you Geneviève, cause you take what is in your head
you make things that are so beautiful and share them with your friends

We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole
And yeah, rock and roll is fun, but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky

Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
And I don't wanna make her cry
Cause I like giants



Peace - kate

2 comments:

  1. So I've never heard of Kimya before but I loved that video! And my kids will get a huge kick out of it too I think. I'll show them tomorrow. Thanks for introducing me to a fun artist!

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  2. Kimya Dawson is fantastic! She actually released an album aimed at children, but a lot of her music is suitable for everyone. She suffers from anxiety etc herself, so the words of hope really are from the heart :)

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