Monday, July 13, 2009

Lyric of the Day

Listening to Rites of Passage (Indigo Girls) for at least the one thousandth time today I discovered new depth to the song "Love Will Come to You." It must have had something to do with my mood today and everything to do with the worries I carry around for those I love. How have I sung these lyrics so many times and then suddenly today they brought me to tears?


...And my words are paper tigers
No match for the predators of pain inside her.

And I wish her insight to battle love's blindness
Strength from the milk of human kindness
A safe place for all the pieces that scattered
Learn to pretend there's more than love that matters.




2 comments:

Heidi said...

It was weird, I couldn't just read the lyrics, I had to sing the tune to even process it.

Anonymous said...

How I miss singing along to Indigo Girls. Their perfect harmony really helps portray the depth of their lyrics. Like Heid said, I had to sing those lyrics as I read them. Very few musicians write and perform songs that are so sublime (to use a word from Heidi's blog entry yesterday).