"Again Today" by Brandi Carlile
I ordinarily don't post lyrics to songs but this one has had special meaning to me this year and stays stuck in my head. I guess I'm mostly posting it for myself but you are welcome to listen to it... Maybe you'll like it.
EDIT: I feel I should explain why this song has meaning to me... At times I have felt like I needed to be the strong one. Of course it goes with both sides, but this song reminds me of the times when I was feeling weak but needed to be strong and it felt a little like giving a shoulder made like a house of cards. I wondered if I lost it, would there be anyone there that would be able to hold my burden for a day? My Lady and I are both shouldering a bit of pain from the past and working on healing and sometimes we both need a strong shoulder at the same as needing to be the strong one. Neither of us have had an actively strong support besides each other. So far we've been able to pull through some pretty tough stuff. May we continue to shed our burdens and build the strength we need to carry ourselves and each other through the future.
Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones
It's words that hurt the most now isn't it
Are you sad inside, are you home alone
If I could just pick up the phone
Maybe you could see a better day
And you won't waste away
under my watchful eye
Because I'm your hero and you're my weakness
Who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
I'm broken down, not good enough
The broken promises add up
To twice their weight in tears which I have caused
I'm afraid to sink, I'm afraid to swim
I'm sad to say I miss my friends
I know that I'm supposed to step away
But they need me to stay and keep a watchful eye
On all my heroes and all their demons
But who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again
Not today
Not today
Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones again today
I'm broken down
Not good enough
The broken promises add up again today
Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
Again today
EDIT: I feel I should explain why this song has meaning to me... At times I have felt like I needed to be the strong one. Of course it goes with both sides, but this song reminds me of the times when I was feeling weak but needed to be strong and it felt a little like giving a shoulder made like a house of cards. I wondered if I lost it, would there be anyone there that would be able to hold my burden for a day? My Lady and I are both shouldering a bit of pain from the past and working on healing and sometimes we both need a strong shoulder at the same as needing to be the strong one. Neither of us have had an actively strong support besides each other. So far we've been able to pull through some pretty tough stuff. May we continue to shed our burdens and build the strength we need to carry ourselves and each other through the future.
Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones
It's words that hurt the most now isn't it
Are you sad inside, are you home alone
If I could just pick up the phone
Maybe you could see a better day
And you won't waste away
under my watchful eye
Because I'm your hero and you're my weakness
Who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
I'm broken down, not good enough
The broken promises add up
To twice their weight in tears which I have caused
I'm afraid to sink, I'm afraid to swim
I'm sad to say I miss my friends
I know that I'm supposed to step away
But they need me to stay and keep a watchful eye
On all my heroes and all their demons
But who's gonna break my fall
When the spinning starts
The colors bleed together and fade
Was it ever there at all
Or have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again
Not today
Not today
Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
Broken sticks and broken stones
Will turn to dust just like our bones again today
I'm broken down
Not good enough
The broken promises add up again today
Was it ever there at all
And have I lost my way
The path of least resistance
Is catching up with me again today
Again today