Hi Y'all!!! It's been awhile...hey, isn't that a song title? LOL! Sorry, I'm in music mode at the moment. A friend of mine, I guess I can say she's my friend. Technically, by the definition of friend, I CAN call her friend ....so funny though. I mean I've only actually seen her in person twice but I know her Dad & Mom & I'm friends with her on Facebook. I comment on her posts & pics & she mine. Blah Blah. Don't you like how the grand world of networking works?!? I mean in the Facebook world you can have 500 "friends" & no one would think a thing of it. Obviously no one sees those 500 people on a regular basis. Maybe they do. Maybe I'm just the only one with a small group of close friends? Oh, right, this post wasn't meant to be about Facebook at all. Moving on.....
So, a friend of mine said she's gonna take a 30 day song challenge. Which is a "community" on Facebook (dang it, I mentioned them again!) where participants post a new song each day. They follow a set of "rules" that outlines what type of song you post for your 1st day (your favorite song) through the 30th day (your favorite song this time last year). Now doesn't that sound like fun?! I would think so, to anyone who LOVES music, that is. I've never heard anyone say they "hate" music. Sure, sure, there are those that hate "types" of music but not music itself. OK, now this got me all excited, cuz I'm a crazy person. Immediately I wanted to play but how could I? I'd be "cheating" on a song if I stated it as my favorite over another. I know, I'm crazy, right? Hmmmm, maybe that's why they call it a challenge? Well, I failed coming out the starting gate.....
What I decided to do was use my little blog to rave on some songs I LOVE. I'm gonna use their "rules" as a guideline, where I see fit. Obviously, when it comes to music, we don't all see eye to eye. So, I'm pretty sure of the fact that you're not going to like every single song I post, if any...but PLEASE COMMENT, criticize if you feel the need, but comment. Find a way. Comment directly to the blog or you can find my page on Facebook (doh, curse you fb, quit making me talk about you!!)......
The 1st day of the challenge, as I said before, is dedicated to your favorite song. At first, I thought there was just no way, no way at all, that I could do that. Lock myself into one song?! Are you serious? But, after spending a few days on Youtube browsing the songs that were popping into my head, I'm pretty sure I can do it. The song I chose was "Hang" by Matchbox 20. I love everything about this song. The first time I heard this song, I was at a party. A friend of mine, who passed away just months after this night, & I sat in a quite area of the house talking. He was as passionate about music as I. As we sat & talked, he brought up this song. I was shocked at how many times I had played this album & never heard this song. I was always stuck on the songs I was used to hearing on the radio. How funny, I thought, that I never gave the rest of the album any "love". I don't make that mistake anymore. This song brings back so many emotions for me. From the pain of losing a loved one (esp the one mentioned above), the pain of a breakup, & just the relationship I feel to the struggle these two are sifting through. It's an amazing song & I hope you enjoy it.
Lyrics:
She grabs her magazines
She packs her things & she goes
She leaves the pictures hanging on the wall
She burns all her notes & she knows
She's been here too few years
To feel this old
He smokes his cigarette
He stays outside 'til it's gone
If anybody ever had a heart
He wouldn't be alone, he knows
She's been here too few years to be gone
And we always say
it would be good to go away, someday
but if there's nothing there to make things change
if it's the same for you, I'll just hang
The trouble understand
is she got reasons he don't
funny how he couldn't see at all
'til she grabbed up her coat, and she goes
she's been here too few years
to take it all in stride
But still it's much too long
to let hurt go (you let her go)
And we always say
it would be good to go away, someday
but if there's nothing there to make things change
if it's the same for you, I'll just hang
the same for you, I'll always hang
well I always say
it would be good to go away
but if things don't work out like we think
and there's nothing there to ease this ache
but if there's nothing there to make things change
if it's the same for you, I'll just hang
These lyrics are the sole property of the respective authors, artists and labels. If you like this song please buy their album :)
I hade a rough time finding a video for this song. I finally decided on the following, enjoy :)
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