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Over the Rhine -- All I Need is Everything

Feeling a little overwhelmed by the emotions I am experiencing today...

" It's not as if it's a matter of will...

And it's got nothing to do with me...

No hand writing on the wall: just the voice that's in us all...

'Cause we can't run truth out of town, only force it underground.

The roots grow deeper in ways we can't conceive it.

All I need is everything... "



So many things happened this past week. All served as a catalyst to remind me that I am alone... not in a nihilistic and depressing way, but what I mean by that is that only I can make decisions for me. I have no idea what they will all be, but first steps must be taken at some point.

I don't want to seem cold and just say I can't help the collateral damage, but really, that is the truth. I've waited and hoped... but nothing. It will cause me no great joy. But to not take this step further allows people to drain me. My steps will not cause damage in others that I have sustained over the past year. But I will be treated as if I am the enemy who is only looking out for number one. The difference between now and last week?? I just don't care what they think any more.

Demons -- Kenny Chesney

This one goes out to the one I love:



Sometimes they're in a bottle,
Sometimes a pair of high-heel shoes,
Some come rolled in paper
Some have six strings and only play the blues
Once you've met the devil
There ain't no way he'll let you be
When I'm not chasing demons,
There's demons chasing me

Skeletons in closets
Ghosts underneath the bed
They hide out in pictures
And words better left unsaid
They hang around like perfume
And haunt me like an ancient melody
When I'm not chasing demons,
There's demons chasing me

There's things that I can't leave alone
'Cause they won't leave me alone
What I want ain't what I need
Still I reach for the things I crave
Then try to run away
Am I afraid of being free
'Cause when I'm not chasing demons
There's demons chasing me

So roll one up and light it
Pick up my old guitar
I'm playing crossroads
Drinking whiskey from a mason jar
Heartache at my front door
Says she needs my company
When I'm not chasing demons
There's demons chasing me

There's things that I can't leave alone
'Cause they won't leave me alone
What I want ain't what I need
Still I reach for the things I crave
Then try to run away
Am I afraid of being free
'Cause when I'm not chasing demons
There's demons chasing me

When I'm not chasing demons
There's demons chasing me

Demons chasing me

Walk On -- U2

And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage that you can bring...
And love is not the easy thing...
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on, walk on
What you got they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it
Walk on, walk on...
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

Walk on, walk on
What you've got they can't deny it
Can't sell it, or buy it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Home... hard to know what it is if you've never had one
Home... I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the hurt is

I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Leave it behind
You got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress-up
All that you scheme...

Over the Rhine -- Fever

Just cause I'm in a sassy, Over the Rhine mood!



Summer is sizzlin'...

Over the Rhine -- Drunkard's Prayer

It must be true that absence makes the heart grow fonder...



I'm missing him... but he's on the way home!

Over the Rhine -- When I Go

I had not heard this OTR song before. It seems cryptic and there are so many messages...

I have always been susceptible to smells, smiles and eyes.
Smells evoke memories... leaves in the fall, summer rains...
Smiles offer the warmth of a fire or a wool sweater...
Eyes are like the ocean... cool and blue and deceptively inviting...

What is the message this song sends you??



it makes a difference
when you walk through a room
with that worrisome smile
road weary perfume

but this isn't the place
and it isn't the time
for this beautiful delusion
that is robbing me blind

i want to know
i want to know
will it make a difference
when i go

it makes a difference
that i'm feeling this way
with plenty to think about
and so little to say

except for this confession
that is poised on my lips
i'm not letting go of God
I'm just losing my grip

i want to know
i want to know
will it keep you guessing
when i go

what is a love
if the love's not my own
this is not my home
this is lonely
but never alone

i just want to hold you
in my gaze for awhile
so i can remember
every line around your smile

then i want to know
i want to know
will it make a difference
when I go

Joan Osborne -- One of Us

This was the theme song to a TV series that I really loved, "Joan of Arcadia"... It has been kicking around my head for a few days so I wanted to share it.



If God had a name
What would it be, and would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him and all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

Yeah, yeah- God is great
Yeah, yeah- God is good
Yeah, yeah- Yeah (x3)

CHORUS
What if God was one us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on a bus, trying to make his way home..

If God had a face
What would it looke like and would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to belive
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the Saints, and all the Prophets and..

Yeah, yeah- God is great
Yeah, yeah- God is good
Yeah, yeah- Yeah (x3)

CHORUS
What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on a bus, trying to make his way home

Trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone..
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome...

Yeah, yeah- God is great
Yeah, yeah- God is good
Yeah, yeah- Yeah (x3)

CHORUS

Trying to make his way home
Like a hole in Rolling Stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in rome

Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
You could say all of this and worse but

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV
You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians
They all seemed like game show hosts to me

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I never saw no military solution
That didn't always end up as something worse but
Let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Phil Collins - Groovy Kind Of Love

After more than 20 years, we are still singing this.

When I'm feeling blue
All I have to do
Is take a look at you
Then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me
I can feel you heart beat
I can hear you breathing
In my ear
Wouldn't you agree?
Baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love

Any time you want to
You can turn me on to
Anything you want to
Any time at all
When I kiss your lips
Ooh, I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside
Wouldn't you agree?
Baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love

Ooh

When I'm feeling blue
All I have to do
Is take a look at you
Then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms
Nothing seems to matter
My whole world can shatter
I don't care
Wouldn't you agree?
Baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love

We got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love
Ooh, ooh
We got a groovy kind of love