And know you’re enough….

I can’t currently afford therapy….and sometimes I forget how therapeutic music is for me. Not just listening to it, but singing it and playing it for myself. So tonight I dusted off my old piano and gave my new favorite song a try.

 

A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun you can’t trust anyone
I was so sure what I needed was more tried to shoot out the sun
Days when we raged, we flew off the page such damage was done
But I made it through, cause somebody knew I was meant for someone

So girl, leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leaving this room
Till someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t going out to chop wood
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dress in Richmond all high
But I sobered up and I swore off that stuff forever, this time
And the old lovers sing “I thought it’d be me who helped him get home”
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen till you came along

So girl, hang your dress up to dry we ain’t leaving this room
Till Percy Priest breaks open wide and the river runs through
And carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

So girl, leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leaving this room
Till someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t going out to chop wood
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

Big Girls Cry

The beauty and wonder of music and art is that it’s up for interpretation by the viewer and listener. It can mean so many different things to so many different people. I’ve been a long time fan of Sia but have somehow managed to not see this video until now.

I ugly cried watching it. I can’t put into words what depression and the darkness and the crazy feels like, but if ever there was a piece of performance art that aptly described it, this is it.