Simple Song

In the interest of keeping with the title, I shall make this post simple. The artist? The Shins. The song? Simple Song. Shortly after it's release, this song immediately crept onto my Spring soundtrack. Just a friendly reminder that life, and I guess love (ew!), doesn't need to be that hard. And we all do well to let people worthwhile "in", you never know, they might surprise you and be just what the doctor ordered! Enjoy my musically inclined pals :)

Well this is just a simple song
To say what you've done
I told you about all those fears
And away they did run
You sure must be strong
And you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun

When I was just nine-years-old
I swear that I dreamt
Your face on a football field
And a kiss that I kept
Under my vest
Apart from everything, with the heart in my chest

I know that things can really get rough
When you go it alone
Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough
To bleed like a stone
Could be there’s nothing else in our lives so critical
As this little hole

My life in an upturned boat
Marooned on a cliff
You brought me a great big flood
And you gave me a lift
Girl, what a gift
You tell me with your tongue
And your breath was in my lungs
And we float up through the rift

I know that things can really get rough
When you go it alone
Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough
To bleed like a stone
Could be there’s nothing else in our lives so critical
As this little hole

Well this would be a simple song
To say what you've done
I told you about all those fears
And away they did run
You sure must be strong
When you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun

Remember walking a mile to your house
A glow in the dark
I made a fumbling play for your heart
And the act struck a spark
You wore a charm on the chain that I stole
Especial for you
Love's such a delicate thing that we do
With nothing to prove
Which I never knew

Song Breakdown

Well, I think "Music Wednesdays" have been feeling pretty darn lonesome as of late. So let's cheer them up shall we???

Here in the Big Apple, we pretty much skipped right over winter and are in full blown spring already. With days upon days rolling in with warmth and sunshine and the temptation to let your toesies out for some fresh air. I don't know about you, but for me, my soundtrack definitely changes with the change of seasons. There are certain songs that are only fitting for a dark, crisp, cold night in the deep of January. While others can only mix with sand particles and the shaking of your hips, and some type aquatic wear (I'm looking at you Bob Marley!) Then, there are those tunes that just scream SPRING! With their poetic lovely lyrics, and there light and bouncy beats. They coax you out of the harsh of winter ever so gently and wrap you in their warmth preparing you for the summer to come. One of these on my Spring Playlist is Feist's "Mushaboom". Let the dissecting commence!

Helping the kids out of their coats
But wait the babies haven't been born
Unpacking the bags and setting up
And planting lilacs and buttercups

I need to pack all my winter gear up and start replacing it with my summer wear. Also, I wish I was a green thumb kind of gal. I think I have killed the two plants I've attempted by either neglect-lack of watering, then remorse and guilt-which led to over watering.

But in the meantime I've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay

This MIGHT just be one of my most favorite string of words ever put together! It wasn't until I actually moved to NY and was renting a 2nd floor apartment and having a little job did I fully appreciate the genius that is Feist!

Old dirt road
Knee deep snow
Watching the fire as we grow old

I don't know, but what I DO KNOW is that I sometimes I miss back home, in the country, hanging out around a bonfire.

I got a man to stick it out
And make a home from a rented house
And we'll collect the moments one by one
I guess that's how the future's done

Life can be good. REAL good. You make the best out of what you got. Finding a partner to make the best out of life too. Oh, sigh. What a wonderful thought! And "collecting the moments one by one." I'm gonna work on that!

How many acres how much light
Tucked in the woods and out of sight
Talk to the neighbors and tip my cap
On a little road barely on the map

Be nice and friendly to your neighbors. Sometimes I fall in love with the idea of escaping off the map.

Bottom line, I love this song. Listen to it if you ever need a pick me up!