January 21: Song Lyric Challenge (Inspiration Challenge)

Here's mine. I am not a very musical person. There are songs and tunes that I love purely because of the memories they hold, but my favourite songs are the ones that tell a story, and evoke a feeling in and of themselves. I love this little bit of poetry. It's called 'container' by Fiona Apple. It's the theme song from 'The Affair'.

I was screaming into the canyon
At the moment of my death
The echo I created
Outlasted my last breath

My voice it made an avalanche
And buried a man I never knew
And when he died his widowed bride
Met your daddy and they made you

I have only one thing to do and that's
To be the wave that I am and then
Sink back into the ocean

I have only one thing to do and that's
To be the wave that I am and then
Sink back into the ocean

I have only one thing to do and that's
To be the wave that I am and then
Sink back into the ocean

Sink back into the o
Sink back into the ocean
Sink back into the o
Sink back into the ocean
Sink back into the ocean

 

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years

 

My husband once e-mailed to the radio station and wished to play a song for me. It was "You're the Inspiration" by Chicago. Therefor this song has a special meaning to me.

 

Fantastic pages everyone!!! Woohoot!

Here's mine:

 

Here's mine...it's Disney...surprising, right?

 

I sang this song to my sweet babies...sniff...

 

The Cure Friday I'm in Love was all the rage when I fell in love with my husband of 17 years now. And I fell in love with him on a Friday

 

I always think of this song when I see photos like this: Geronimo by Sheppard

 

I have walked all alone
On These Streets I call home
Streets of Hope
Streets of Fear
Through the sidewalk cracks time disappears
I was lost, on my knees
On the Eve of defeat
As I choked back the tears
There's a silent scream no one could hear
Bells of Freedom by Bon Jovi

I fought for my life in the hospital hours away from home, from my family for months back in 2012. I was so alone at times. This song was played over and over and over.

 

This was the first song that my DH dedicated to me when he was working as a radio DJ. It has always been special to me, as this was early on in our relationship and then he played it for me. This is also going to be our first dance song...when we finally tie the knot.

 

A Kind of Magic by Queen lyrics

Queen performed live at the Milton Keynes Bowl on 5 June 1982 and I was there - WOW; it was magic in every sense of the word. Freddie Mercury was spellbinding. The support act was Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. The music of Queen is still favourite and Adam Lambert is a pretty damn good substitute.

 

I chose this song, because when you listen to it it doesn't seem to be about what it's about. It's full of love and hope, but we're all just here in the meantime.

 

Everybody Hurts by REM

Reflects the deep pain felt to my very core during the darkest days/years suffering from depression.

 

Journaling:
You had a Corona, I was drinking Bud Light
That jukebox singing every song just right that night
Something brewing in the air, it was more than just smoke
Looking back, looking back after two you laughed at all my jokes
Tonight let's raise 'em up to where we ended up
There's been highs, there's lows, fast lane freeways and bumpy roads
Cursed the devil & prayed to heaven, lost it all when we rolled some sevens
Been more smiles than there's been tears, been more good than bad years
Ain't it crazy baby how we got here, Oh, it all started with a beer
Oh, it all started with an ice cold beer
I didn't have much money but I covered them rounds
Cause a pretty girl like you makes a fellah throw his money down
You weren't shooting whiskey just shootin' the shhh...
I paid the tab we walked out the door and I remember thinking this was it


In late 1979 my girlfriends and I lived for the weekends! When Friday nights
rolled around we would pile into one of our vehicles and head to Wisconsin.
At that time, the legal drinking age in Illinois was 21, and it was 18 in Wisconsin. Just so happened we lived only about twenty miles from the border - so ... We would all hop into one of our vehicles and make the 30 minute trip and then proceed to sing & dance at Mr. D's Roadhouse until the wee hours of Saturday's mornings - and make the trip again on Saturday evenings! I have to admit, we did not always make the wisest decisions during the escapades! One evening in January 1980 I saw a boy standing off to the side of the bar. I offered to buy him a beer, which was totally
out of character for me! He accepted and he in turn bought me a beer. We chatted the night away and I ended up hitching a ride back to my home with him! Looking back I think to myself - "What?! I did NOT do that!" But, I really did! And honestly, I didn't think twice about it! Six months after we bought each other a beer we were engaged and a year later we were married. It has now been nearly 36 years and we laugh about those crazy days when we were young and free!! Those super crazy times didn't last very long, thank goodness we grew out of that stage quickly!! The song, "It All Started With a Beer" is a fairly new song, sung by Frankie Ballard, who is
one of favorite singers. We both laughed the first time we heard it. It's "our" song - only it came along 36 years later!

 

My grandfather passed away in December 2012 and we didn't expect my grandmother to make it long after. They were married 60 years and spent their whole lives together. My mom had this song played at his graveside service. Here we are in 2017. My grandmother is still with us but she is starting to decline in health. Her will to live is fading. She just buried her son in November and she is devastated. I went to visit my grandfather and asked him to look after her. We love her so much but she sometimes can't see past her own grief (which is understandable). This song happened to play after I left his grave. I know he heard me. That was his sign to me.

 

Lyrics from 'Scars to your beautiful' by Alessia Cara. Anytime I get control over the music in my house, this is my pick. I like to hope that the world could change it's view on the perfect human and there is hope that people would be accepted for who they are, not their looks.