Here's my second go with the Song of the Week. Given the recent round of BFN's I thought this one was appropriate. It's short, but the message is sweet. If anyone would like me to email them the mp3, just let me know. This is one of my favorite singer/songwriters, E.llis Paul. I think he is just amazing and I tend to stalk him whenever he's in the area.
If You Break Down
from the album Ellis Paul Essentials
If there comes a day
where you wish the clocks 
could roll backwards 
in the cover of night 
you're begging the stars to stay 
asking satellites 
to stop and help you to remember 
how to picture the world 
before everything had changed 
If you break down 
I'm at your shoulder 
Take me at my word 
You can break down 
I will tell you over and over 
A reliable sound is coming around 
If you break down 
A reliable sound, 
I'm coming round 
If you break down 
If fear comes without invitation 
and lays its head in the green within your eyes 
if it's paralyzing 
I will wake you 
We will walk a thousand paces 
walk away, walk away 
till you are walking on your own 
If you break down 
I'm at your shoulder 
Take me at my word 
You can break down 
I will tell you over and over 
A reliable sound is coming around 
If you break down 
A reliable sound, 
I'm coming round 
If you break down 
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This song will often make me cry. Before I got married, this was the partner I was looking for, someone who would walk for me when I couldn't. Luckily, I found him. Then all this IF crap started. And again, I'm looking for someone to pick me up when the fear is paralyzing. I wrote this out and sent it to a friend who had a miscarriage. She said so many of the lyrics spoke to her...picturing the world before everything changed, the paralyzing fear in her eyes all the time, and the comfort in knowing that someone will be there to catch you when you break down.
So once again, that's my 2 cents. Please add your own thoughts, I'd love to hear them
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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1 comment:
I can see why you love the song so much. The lyrics totally speak to me and what I need when I feel at my lowest. I'd definitely love to hear it!
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