Always in need of a good cry...
I was reading Julia's journal entry about the song Brick by Ben Folds Five and how a song can really just make you cry or if not cry just feel something so strong that its hard to control. Then I remembered that about a week ago I was listening to the radio and they played the song Last Kiss by Pearl Jam. If you don't know the song already, here are the lyrics. I'm sure you've heard it.
We were out on a date in my daddy’s car.
We hadn’t driven very far.
There in the road, straight ahead.
A car was stalled, the engine was dead.
I couldn’t stop, so I swerved to the right.
I’ll never forget the sound that night.
The screamin tires, the bustin glass.
The painful scream that I heard last.
Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
The lord took her away from me.
She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.
When I woke up the rain was pourin down.
There were people standin all around.
Something warm flowing through my eyes.
But somehow I found my baby that night.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said.
Hold me darling, just a little while.
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss.
I found the love that I knew I had missed.
Well now she’s gone. even though I hold her tight.
I lost my love, my life, that night.
Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
The lord took her away from me.
She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.
This song is so incredibly sad, but I had never had a huge reaction to it. I mean, I knew that it was sad because it was about this guy who lost the girl he loved because of a car accident that he basically caused. I can't even imagine the guilt he must feel knowing that he killed the girl that he loved. He will never have her back and its his fault. When I heard this song just that one time. I was singing along and then my eyes welled up. Before I knew it, tears were silently streaming down my face and I couldn't stop. It was just too sad. After the song finished I stopped, but I still felt his pain. It was awful. But I felt better, having had a good cry. I can't even remember the last time I cried. All I needed was one thing to set me off. But it was ok. That song still makes me sad. Just reading the lyrics to post them up here made me feel cold and weak. I hate that feeling. But like my mom said, "what doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger."
Rock hard,
Peace to all,
Love,
Ephram
We were out on a date in my daddy’s car.
We hadn’t driven very far.
There in the road, straight ahead.
A car was stalled, the engine was dead.
I couldn’t stop, so I swerved to the right.
I’ll never forget the sound that night.
The screamin tires, the bustin glass.
The painful scream that I heard last.
Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
The lord took her away from me.
She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.
When I woke up the rain was pourin down.
There were people standin all around.
Something warm flowing through my eyes.
But somehow I found my baby that night.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said.
Hold me darling, just a little while.
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss.
I found the love that I knew I had missed.
Well now she’s gone. even though I hold her tight.
I lost my love, my life, that night.
Oh where, oh where, can my baby be?
The lord took her away from me.
She’s gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good.
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.
This song is so incredibly sad, but I had never had a huge reaction to it. I mean, I knew that it was sad because it was about this guy who lost the girl he loved because of a car accident that he basically caused. I can't even imagine the guilt he must feel knowing that he killed the girl that he loved. He will never have her back and its his fault. When I heard this song just that one time. I was singing along and then my eyes welled up. Before I knew it, tears were silently streaming down my face and I couldn't stop. It was just too sad. After the song finished I stopped, but I still felt his pain. It was awful. But I felt better, having had a good cry. I can't even remember the last time I cried. All I needed was one thing to set me off. But it was ok. That song still makes me sad. Just reading the lyrics to post them up here made me feel cold and weak. I hate that feeling. But like my mom said, "what doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger."
Rock hard,
Peace to all,
Love,
Ephram