Twisting Inside My Mind
This is from the cover of Sister Hazel's newest compact disc. I believe it was released a few months ago, on that thought, I should check to see when they're coming to town. Often, there are songs from the past that get stuck in my mind for varous reasons, and sometimes for no reason at all. This weekend the song "Everywhere" by Tim Mcgraw entered in. Though that's because I was listening to it. The chorus goes something like this:
"I've seen you in Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard
Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in Monterey
Girl I swear just the other day you were
Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches
Carolina barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
Everywhere...
Beautiful lyrics and I think all of us feel this way about events, people, and relationships in our life. Wherever we may be, we see these people like clear flashes of brilliance in our mind. I suppose this looks towards the past but also shows me that these memories and these people will always be with me...and I will most likely see them, everywhere - because, no matter how much I fight or embrace it, these friends, these loves, these regrets are now part of who I am. That's why my favorite part of the song is where Tim, who takes a small change to sadness and hapiness says, "But you and I made our choices / All those years ago / Still I know I'll hear your voice / And see you down the road." Yet this is not the song that's melody echoes in the mind most these days...I wish it was but it's not. There is a song by Sister Hazel entitled Champagne High. The songs lyrics make it painstakingly obvious what it's about - and I think many of us think about the topic from one time to another, perhaps not in its specifics but in its idea. We look back and forward, connecting missing pieces and where the parts in between have shaped the parts that cover the back and front of our lives. I sadly look upon this event soon coming in my life. Hopefully I can handle it and yet I have no understanding as to why the same feelings that so often develop seem to redevelope and redevelope - I guess that's just the way we are, creatures built to love...even at the cost of ourselves. However, why did I feel jealous the other night? strange...where is the heart these days? "Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?" and the best thought about the unfolding of this bizzare past and future, "you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about."
I wasn't looking for a lifetime with you
And I never thought it would hurt just to hear
"I do" and "I do"
And I do a number on myself
And all that I thought to be
And you'll be the one
That just left me undone
By my own, hesitation
and for the million hours that we were
well I'll smile and remember it all
then I'll turn and go
while your story's completed mine is a long way from done.
Well I'm on a champagne high
Where will I be when I stop wondering why
On a champagne high
I'd toast to the future but that'd be a lie
On a champagne high, high
Spring turned to summer
But then winter turned to mean
The distance seemed right
At the time it was best - to leave
And to leave behind
What I once thought was fine And so real - to me
And while I'm still gone
On the quest for my song
I'm at your - celebration
and for the million hours that we were
well I'll smile and remember it all
then I'll turn and go
while your story's completed mine is a long way from done.
Well I'm on a champagne high
Where will I be when I stop wondering why
On a champagne high
I'd toast to the future but that'd be a lie
On a champagne high, high
Your wagons been hitched to a star
Well now he'll be your thing that's new
Yeah what little I have you can borrow
'Cause I'm old and I'm blue...
Well I'm on a champagne high (so high)
Where will I be when I stop wondering why
On a champagne high (so high)
Toast to the future but that'd be a lie
On a champagne high
Where will I be when I stop wondering why
On a champagne high... high...
So high so high you left me undone
so high, so high you left me undone...
posted by andebos at 11:02 PM
10 Comments:
good song that one is. took you long enough to get to it though. you show a picture of a sister hazel album and start talking about tim mcgraw? i'm starting to wonder about you. this summer off stuff may be getting to you. too much time to think about stuff. anyway, give me a call sometime... or don't (just listen to my voice in your head) and i'll call you when i hit kc.
thought you might comment on that...like the wording too "good song that one is" start calling you yoda. When are you hitting KC - first of August, middle of the summer solstice, third monday of July? when...
oh and if you haven't seen batman yet, do it
What feelings are redeveloping and redeveloping gal-pal?
By the way, that was elisa, not beejay who wrote that. oxoxoxoxo
I would like to vote for my current favorite sister hazel song right now as "killing me too". Talk about angst and loneliness.... good stuff. -beej
Lend me your ear and I'll tell you about the things I fear baby
Open your heart and I'll tell you why I'm torn apart maybe
Lend me your car and we'll go chase down a falling star
Give me your hand cause it takes that fire to understand
When was the last time you felt high
Oh you were the best I've ever felt
I don't need you to fix me
I just want you to listen
It's killing me too
It's so wrong not to be with you
It's getting harder to stay awake
It's killing me too
It stops my heart just to be with you
So listen cause you are the only one who cares to hear
Lend me your time and we'll go somewhere and kill someone baby
Show me your soul and I'll shine my light where it seems so cold now
Give me your lips and I'll tell you about all the things I miss the most
Open your mind and I'll crawl right up and sleep inside of it
When was the last time you felt high
Oh you were the best I've ever felt
I don't need you to fix me
I just want you to listen
It's killing me too
It's so wrong not to be with you
It's getting harder to stay awake
It's killing me too
It stops my heart just to be with you
So listen cause you are the only one who cares to hear
Whoops...there was supposed to be a smiley face with that one so you wouldn't really think i'm filled with angst or lonliness. I'm not. I just like the song. :)
sure you do...sure you do - that's why you also like the new song which repeats over and over "lonely, I'm so lonely." We're all so lonely by ourselves, year right. In the words of my former colleague, "wait, don't you need a girl first?" Oh, she shall pay dearly for that comment! I will not hold back a drop of my wrath when I...ooh look a penny!!! :) what was I saying again?
i return at the beginning of august. my last day on the job here will be the 29th, so i'll pack and drive back that weekend.
my vote for favorite sister hazel song would have to be "wanted it to be"
If we're voting on favorite sister hazel songs then my vote is Cerilene...and here's a cheesy story for you while i'm at it....Searc your'e probably the only person that knows this song - so you know how they break the name Cerilene into three notes, well I wanted to be romantic like Andrew Copeland - SO, I tried to learn how to play this song on the guitar (which was virtually impossibly for me and eventually I gave up) because, here's the kicker, I wanted to serenade Annie back when we were dating. I changed the lyrics and all...instead of cer/ i / lene in now said Ann / ie / Lyn
what a dork I am - good thing I never pulled it off, might have saved the relationship...right! oh, i'm so funny
You ARE a dork!! You should have stuck with the oldie but goodie...."I can be your hero, baby..." man, those k-life girls were swooning!!! And for the record, ELISA loves the lonely song. I, personally, can't stand it. It makes me think of the chipmunks who always annoyed me. (Matty, "wanted it to be" is a great song as well. They've got several songs that perfectly word emotions or thoughts that I otherwise would have a hard time expressing. God bless songwriters!!!)
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