Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Theme Song of my Life

I don't like posting song lyrics on Facebook or anything like that. However, I'm breaking that rule tonight. The theme song of my life, specifically at this point right now is "Breathe (2am)" by Anna Nalick. Below are the lyrics:

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to critisize,
hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track,we're like cars on a cable
and life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in you hands
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just today he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breahte

There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
inside of me, threatening the life they belong to
And i feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
oh breathe, just breathe.

You can ignore most of the lyrics. The only ones that apply to me are, "And breathe, just breathe, woah breathe, just breathe, oh breathe, just breathe." Then again, I typically wake up at 2AM every night to go to the bathroom. I guess those lyrics apply to me too. I tell my kids to take deep breaths all of the time when they get worked up over something. 100% of the time, they do not take deep breaths. I'm the one who ends up taking those breaths. I typically tell myself to breathe in and out deeply before I take on a daunting task. With only 16 days left of school, it has been insanely busy. All I need to do is breathe, just breathe and I will be able to grind out the finals days of the 2012-13 school year. "Just breathe."

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