Song of the Day: Run River North - Run Or Hide

Interesting song that I heard on a recent flight, of all places, just browsing through the music available on the plane's entertainment system.

"Run River North - Run Or Hide [Official Video]"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxDn9z9yEkQ


Song lyrics from MusixMatch.com:
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Run-River-North/Run-or-Hide

Run or Hide
Run River North

Lying in the dark
With your shadow, shadow hanging over me
Shaking the ground, your footsteps footsteps calling out my name
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh

After the races
But all of these faces keep rolling by me now
I don't understand these lines in my hand all look the same all look the same

I think I changed my mind about a million times
Oh to run or hide
Oh to run or hide
I'm gonna call this out
I'm coming back somehow
I will run or hide
I will run or hide

Lions tearing apart
I see them breaking breaking
But I can't let them start
So I let them in
I feel them feel them tearing up my skin

I think I changed my mind about a million times
Oh to run or hide
Oh to run or hide
I'm gonna call this out
I'm coming back somehow
I will run or hide
I will run or hide

The lions touch you here
You only give what you get
You're tying to keep this in
Spit it out
Spit it out

The lions touch you here
You only give what you get
You're tying to keep this in
Spit it out
Spit it out

I think I changed my mind about a million times
To run or hide
To run or hide
I'm gonna call this out
I'm coming back somehow
I won't run or hide
I won't run or hide

I think I changed my mind about a million times
Oh to run or hide
Oh to run or hide
I'm gonna crawl this out
I'm coming back somehow
I will run or hide
I will run or hide

Run or hide
Run or hide

Song of the Day: Julien Baker - Everybody Does

I think this song speaks to the insecurities (almost) all of us have.

"Everybody Does"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKd2j8O8oM


Lyrics from LyricsMania.com:
http://www.lyricsmania.com/everybody_does_lyrics_julien_baker.html

Lyrics to Everybody Does

Let me pick through the empty dirt
And the rotten wood
The shop you work, cause I'm interested
In a carpenter, so elegant at placing splinters
Right beneath my nails
Where I cannot dig them out
The same briars from your wrists
Are the tinder in my father's house

And I know, I know
I know, I know oh
I know myself better than anybody else

You're gonna run, you're gonna run
When you find out who I am
I know I'm a pile of filthy wreckage
You will wish you'd never touch
You're gonna run
When you find out who I am
You're gonna run

You're gonna run
It's alright, everybody does
You're gonna run
It's alright, everybody does
You're gonna run
It's alright, everybody does

The Perfect (Work) Team

Ever wonder why some teams succeed and others don't?  Fascinating stuff in this article that summarizes what Google, where they assiduously study such things, has learned about what makes teams succeed.

From the New York Times:
"What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html?_r=0

Notice the key point: Psychological safety.  The freedom to say anything, the freedom to be vulnerable and take risks.  I find this interesting, because I believe (from way too much counseling, most likely) that this is the key in ANY relationship, not just work relationships.

There is so much great content in this article, but I'll quote just a little bit of it.

What Project Aristotle has taught people within Google is that no one wants to put on a ‘‘work face’’ when they get to the office. No one wants to leave part of their personality and inner life at home. But to be fully present at work, to feel ‘‘psychologically safe,’’ we must know that we can be free enough, sometimes, to share the things that scare us without fear of recriminations. We must be able to talk about what is messy or sad, to have hard conversations with colleagues who are driving us crazy. We can’t be focused just on efficiency. Rather, when we start the morning by collaborating with a team of engineers and then send emails to our marketing colleagues and then jump on a conference call, we want to know that those people really hear us. We want to know that work is more than just labor.

 There is much, much more to this study than what was covered in the New York Times article.  Perhaps another post for another day.   :)

Hockey Hair!

Yes, my seven* readers, it's that time of year again.  This just gets better every year.

"2016 Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmucWOLnAb4


Spicy arugula salad
Let's get this salad tossed

Beard, mullet, ginger, afro.
That's like going four lines deep.

What's not to like, he's like a party on skates...

Playmobile puckster

double exhaust
We're going to call this guy Moses, because he parts the Red Sea every morning

Even the Italian Stallion added a caterpillar this year.




P.S.  I've partaken in the "all you can drink milk" booth at the Minnesota State Fair.  Suffice to say, they lost money on me.   ;)


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Song of the Day: Andra Day - Rise Up

Want to be uplifted?  Here you are.  You're welcome.   :)

"Andra Day - Rise Up [Audio]"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNKu1uNBVkU

Lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/andraday/riseup.html

"Rise Up"

You're broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry-go-round
And you can't find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
And move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains

And I'll rise up
I'll rise like the day
I'll rise up
I'll rise unafraid
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
And I'll rise up
High like the waves
I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousands times again
For you [x4]

When the silence isn't quiet
And it feels like it's getting hard to breathe
And I know you feel like dying
But I promise we'll take the world to it's feet
And move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains
And I'll rise up
I'll rise like the day
I'll rise up
I'll rise unafraid
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
For you [x4]

All we need, all we need is hope
And for that we have each other
And for that we have each other
We will rise
We will rise
We'll rise, ohh ohhh
We'll rise

I'll rise up
Rise like the day
I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I will rise a thousands times again
And we'll rise up
Rise like the waves
We'll rise up
In spite of the ache
We'll rise up
And we'll do it a thousands times again
For you ohhhh ohhh ohh ohhh ohh [x3]

Song of the Day: Banners - Start A Riot

Want an expression of unconditional love, from someone willing to do anything for you?  Here is a song that screams that out.

"BANNERS - Start A Riot"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXorliBQMxg


Lyrics, from Genius:
http://genius.com/Banners-start-a-riot-lyrics

Start A Riot
BANNERS

[Verse 1]
I will march down an empty street like a ship into the storm
No surrender, no retreat
I will tear down every wall
Just to keep you warm
Just to bring you home
I will burn this city down for a diamond in the dust
I will keep you safe and sound when there's no one left to trust
Will you take my hand?
We can make our stand

[Chorus]
If your world falls apart
I'd start a riot
If night falls in your heart
I'd light the fire
In the dark, when you sound the alarm
We'll find each other's arms
For your love, all you are
I'd start a riot

[Verse 2]
I will wade through the fire and smoke like sunlight through the haze
I will fight till the flag waves white until my dying days
Through the bombs and blasts
We will take it back

[Chorus]
If your world falls apart
I'd start a riot
If night falls in your heart
I'd light the fire
In the dark, when you sound the alarm
We'll find each other's arms
For your love, all you are
I'd start a riot

[Bridge]
I'd start, I'd start a riot
I'd start, I'd start a riot
I'd start, I'd start a riot
I'd start, I'd start a riot

[Outro]
Ooh
Ooh
If your world falls apart
I'd start a riot

Song of the Day: Jess Glynne - Take Me Home

Don't we all sometimes feel like we need someone to help guide us through the darker times?  I know I do.  This song expresses that emotion very well.

"Jess Glynne - Take Me Home [Official Video]"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebfSItB0oM

Lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jessglynne/takemehome.html

"Take Me Home"

Wrapped up, so consumed by all this hurt
If you ask me, don't know where to start
Anger, love, confusion
Roads that go nowhere
I know that somewhere better
'Cause you always take me there

Came to you with a broken faith
Gave me more than a hand to hold
Caught before I hit the ground
Tell me I'm safe, you've got me now

Would you take the wheel
If I lose control?
If I'm lying here
Will you take me home?

Could you take care of a broken soul?
Will you hold me now?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?

Hold the gun to my head, count 1, 2, 3
If it helps me walk away then it's what I need
Every minute gets easier
The more you talk to me
You rationalize my darkest thoughts
Yeah, you set them free

Came to you with a broken faith
Gave me more than a hand to hold
Caught before I hit the ground
Tell me I'm safe, you've got me now

Would you take the wheel
If I lose control?
If I'm lying here
Will you take me home?

Could you take care of a broken soul?
Oh, will you hold me now?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?

[3x]
You say space will make it better
And time will make it heal
I won't be lost forever
And soon I wouldn't feel
Like I'm haunted, oh, falling

Would you take the wheel
If I lose control?
If I'm lying here
Will you take me home?

Could you take care of a broken soul?
Oh, will you hold me now?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home, home?
Oh, will you take me home?
Oh, will you take me home?