Breathe

January 30, 2007 / Uncategorized / 4 Comments

A selection of Breathe (2AM) by Anna Nalick:

You can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable
and life’s like an hourglass glued to the table
no on can find the rewind button now
So cradle your head in your hands
and breathe
just breathe
oh breathe
just breathe

Theres a light at each end of this tunnel you shout
cause you’re just as far in as you’ll ever be out
And these mistakes you make, you’ll just make them again
if you only try turning around

2 am and I’m still awake writing a song
If I get it all down on paper its no longer
inside of me threat’nin the life it belongs to.
And I feel like I’m naked in front of the crowd
cause these words are my diary screaming out loud
And I know that you’ll use them however you want to

But you can’t jump the track we’re like cars on a cable
and life’s like an hourglass glued to the table
no on can find the rewind button now
So cradle your head in your hands
and breathe
just breathe
oh breathe
just breathe

Howard got a new ipod for Christmas. He bequeathed his old one to me. I’ve been sorting our music library and setting up my own playlists. I found this song among our music files and it really speaks to me. I make mistakes. We all do. When I do the best course of action for me is to just breathe, let it go, and move on. This is particularly important at those times when I’m inclined to berate myself for my errors. The times when I’ve lost my patience completely. I love how singing along with the chorus is very much like taking long slow breaths. Singing along with this song soothes me.

Blogging and writing stories are very much like the verse about song writing.

And so I close my eyes to sing and breathe. For the span of the song I am someplace else. Then when I return I have renewed strength to try again.

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