Song of the Day: Laura Stevenson - Living Room, NY

Have I mentioned that I love songs that capture a certain vibe?  Yes?  Fine, I guess I have.  Remember, it's my blog, and I'll type what I want!   :)

Laura Stevenson - Living Room, NY (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zcVEaAua0

So I’ll fold the world to be there tonight
Because I want to fall asleep on your time
I want to fall asleep where you lie
I want to fall asleep with you shifting by my side
I want to fall asleep where you lie
I want to fall asleep with you, I
With you, I
With you, I
I miss you, I

Lyrics, from Genius.com:

https://genius.com/Laura-stevenson-living-room-ny-lyrics

Living Room, NY

Laura Stevenson

Album The Big Freeze

  

I want to feel you restless

I want to wake up from it

I want to see you stare at ceilings until you fall back to sleep

I want to feel you restless

I want to wake up from it

I want to see you stare at ceilings until you fall back to sleep

In the waiting room

In the waiting room

In the waiting room

It's a little stuffy in here

I want to wring my hands in open elevators

A shaky finger I am pushing the door open button

I want to feel the urge to press against my neighbors while I keep you in my mind

I keep you in my mind all of the time here

In the waiting room

In the waiting room

In the waiting room

One is moving one is standing

In the waiting room

In the waiting room

In the waiting room

Wonder where we’ll land

Will we fall straight into routine

Or we'll be strangers for a week, stir-crazy, lazy until I leave again

Then I jump out of my skin until you tell me where I am

Living Room, NY

Living Room, NY

I'll give an arm just to hear you in the dark saying, “Living Room, NY”

So I’ll fold the world to be there tonight

Because I want to fall asleep on your time

I want to fall asleep where you lie

I want to fall asleep with you shifting by my side

I want to fall asleep where you lie

I want to fall asleep with you, I

With you, I

With you, I

I miss you, I

Song of the Day: Sasha Sloan - Older

I love this song.  As a father to two beautiful daughters, and as a son with some fucked up parents, this song really touches me.  Sad and true.  Maybe it hits too close to home.  Regardless, I like the message.  I haven't shared it with my daughters yet, as I type this, but I surely will.  I sincerely hope they love it as much as I do.  I hope you do, too.

Sasha Sloan - Older (Lyric Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Fx0tqK5Z4

Song lyrics from AZLyrics.com:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sashasloan/older.html

Sasha Sloan Lyrics

"Older"

I used to shut my door when my mother screamed in the kitchen

I'd turn the music up, get high and try not to listen to every little fight

'Cause neither one was right

I swore I'd never be like them

But I was just a kid back then

The older I get the more that I see

My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me

Loving is hard, it don't always work

You just try your best not to get hurt

I used to be mad but now I know

Sometimes it's better to let someone go

It just hadn't hit me yet

The older I get

I used to wonder why, why they can never be happy

I used to close my eyes and pray for a whole 'nother family

Where everything was fine, one that felt like mine

I swore I'd never be like them

But I was just a kid back then

The older I get the more that I see

My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me

Loving is hard, it don't always work

You just try your best not to get hurt

I used to be mad but now I know

Sometimes it's better to let someone go

It just hadn't hit me yet

The older I get

The older I get the more that I see

My parents aren't heroes, they're just like me

Loving is hard, it don't always work

You just try your best not to get hurt

I used to be mad but now I know

Sometimes it's better to let someone go

It just hadn't hit me yet

The older I get

Song of the Day: Tender - Handmade Ego

Something about this song grabs me.

TENDER - Handmade Ego

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIO-enLIYQ

Lyrics, from Genius.com:

https://genius.com/Tender-handmade-ego-lyrics

Handmade Ego

Tender

Produced by Luca Buccellati

Album Fear of Falling Asleep

    

[Verse 1]

I’ll be looking for the scent when it goes cold

I’ve been trying to beat the maze with a blindfold on

I’ve been foraging through mud and sticks

Searching for that power that don’t exist

Gather my strength and I’ll pull my weight

Run so hard I can only taste blood in my mouth

And I’ll do my work and I’ll break a sweat

Feel your nails drag across my chest

It's all worth the pain

Your sex and savage ways

[Chorus]

So caught up, so caught up in my self-indulgence

I tell myself that I'm not hopeless

When I need you, I need you to struggle with me too

So wrapped up, so wrapped up in my handmade ego

Well knock me down a peg and watch me wallow

'Cause I need you, I need you to struggle with me too

[Verse 2]

I’ve been trying to find the path, keep me on track

Trying to solve the puzzle with my hands tied behind my back

I’ve been keeping my head in the sand

Won’t get involved in what I don’t understand

Sink my teeth into what is mine

I hunt and kill so you can wine and dine

It's all worth my time

Our bodies intertwine

[Chorus]

So caught up, so caught up in my self-indulgence

I tell myself that I'm not hopeless

When I need you, I need you to struggle with me too

So wrapped up, so wrapped up in my handmade ego

Well knock me down a peg and watch me wallow

'Cause I need you, I need you to struggle with me too

[Bridge]

So draw the line, it's there to cross

I think we’ll find a cause we lost

So draw the line, it's there to cross

I think we’ll find a cause we lost

A cause we lost

[Chorus]

So caught up, so caught up in my self-indulgence

I tell myself that I'm not hopeless

When I need you, I need you to struggle with me too

So wrapped up, so wrapped up in my handmade ego

Well knock me down a peg and watch me wallow

'Cause I need you, I need you to struggle with me too

Song of the Day: Death Cab for Cutie - Summer Years

You, my seven* readers, know by now how much I love moody, sad songs.  Well, here's another one, in the "you can't go back" category.  :(

Death Cab for Cutie - Summer Years (Official Audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBM-brPlGkQ

Lyrics from AZLyrics.com:

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deathcabforcutie/summeryears.html

Death Cab For Cutie Lyrics

"Summer Years"

Sometimes I wake at night

And watch the rain fall through the street lights

'Cause you're standing still in my mind

Fading out, waving goodbye

And I wonder where you are tonight

If the one you're with was a compromise

As we're walking lines in parallel

That will never meet and it's just as well

Sometimes I'm overcome

By every choice I couldn't outrun

The junctions all disappear

You can't double back to your summer years

And I wonder where you are tonight

If the one you're with was a compromise

As we're walking lines in parallel

That will never meet and it's just as well

And I wonder where you are tonight

If the one you're with was a compromise

As we're walking lines in parallel

That will never meet and it's just as well

It's just as well

And I wonder where you are tonight

If the one you're with was a compromise

As we're walking lines in parallel

That will never meet and it's just as well

And I wonder where you are tonight

If the one you're with was a compromise

As we're walking lines in parallel

That will never meet and it's just as well

It's just as well

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