what you stole i would have given freely
it's not hard to admit that i've been lacking inspiration lately - a journal of all places makes that pretty evident. today, however, i was struck with it.
i was in a musical rut, sick of listening to the same cds in my car. i brought out my iphone and decided to listen to american doll posse for the first time in months. all of the stunners stood out for me again, but code red did something more like stand up, smack me across the face, throw me over its shoulder and take me somewhere awe-inspiring. i've always loved this song, but i forgot just how good it is. it's about so much: feeling jaded and over something, feeling betrayed, feeling ready to move on. this one line though, "what you stole i would have given freely" just speaks volumes. when i hear it i think of the times i've been betrayed by people that i loved. i think of how frustrating it is to have communication completely break down; to know that broken trust could have been saved if only something as simple as asking would have been done (if only they thought it was even possible to ask!). such failure and sadness lurks in those words.
the song just has this dark vibe to it that is hard to find on the majority of the other songs on the album. i post it here in case you've never heard it before, so maybe you'll find something there too.
i was in a musical rut, sick of listening to the same cds in my car. i brought out my iphone and decided to listen to american doll posse for the first time in months. all of the stunners stood out for me again, but code red did something more like stand up, smack me across the face, throw me over its shoulder and take me somewhere awe-inspiring. i've always loved this song, but i forgot just how good it is. it's about so much: feeling jaded and over something, feeling betrayed, feeling ready to move on. this one line though, "what you stole i would have given freely" just speaks volumes. when i hear it i think of the times i've been betrayed by people that i loved. i think of how frustrating it is to have communication completely break down; to know that broken trust could have been saved if only something as simple as asking would have been done (if only they thought it was even possible to ask!). such failure and sadness lurks in those words.
the song just has this dark vibe to it that is hard to find on the majority of the other songs on the album. i post it here in case you've never heard it before, so maybe you'll find something there too.
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