Well, i've always loved The Dirty Guv'nahs and this song. I've had another favorite song (The Country) but lately i've really been enjoying this one. I remember hearing it last week on my way to interning and thought I should make a post about it. I can pretty much relate to almost all the lyrics...so i'll just let the song do the rest of the talking.
So, there is a topic that I have kinda wanted to write about on a few occasions now, but like Kelly Ann said, the internet isn't the place to discuss personal matters (although this blog is basically just that.) I know this will just be a pointless post since I will indeed not be writing on a topic, but i'm sure some sort of breakdown is impending....and I will write about this matter eventually. In the mean time, i'm really looking forward to hanging out with annie for a little while once I am done with school!
I am writing amidst my film fest high right now!! I just got done working the film fest tonight and it was such a good time!! I only worked as an usher (collecting tickets, handing out ballots, and whatnot) but it was such a fun night! There were 2 of us manning each door right across from another door and it just so happened where the staff were set up was also right next to our doors, so with the four of us at the doors all night and staff randomly jumping in, it made for well a conversed shift! It was so awesome to be around a group of people that love film as much as I do! Not only the people I was talking with but everyone attending. Everyone loved and appreciated film and being able to see the actual directors from the movies there and introducing the films it was just exciting...not to mention some of the actors as well. I specifically talked to another girl (who is also graduating from Belmont in 2 weeks) across from me for a while tonight about how awesome it would be to work on a movie and how now is the time to at least try succeed. Not only her, but the other guy across from me, and a random guy who actually worked on one of the films jumping in the conversation in encouragement of me working on a film as a PA...even a feature film. It encourages me a lot when especially people in the business are encouraging like that, which has happened at least a couple times recently. For example I haven't mentioned this anywhere but I met up with one of the location scouts for the "nashville" pilot that filmed here in Nashville for a little while and she was way encouraging! As well as another girl from the art department who also worked on the pilot (and graduated from Belmont.) Not only am I encouraged when people in the biz encourage me, but when I can help and encourage others. On two separate occasions today I had people ask me how I did it...had all the information I did and the contacts I had already made. It made me feel like I was already a step ahead in the business that people were now asking me for advice. It was kinda cool. But anyway, now I am just about to go on a website the box office gave me to see if I can get some more free tickets for the festival! But I just wanted to come on here and get out all my excitement! Can't wait to continue this journey into the film world!
Earlier this week I bought a new album from the band Of Monsters and Men. I had only really heard one of their songs (Little Talks) but I really liked the sound so I previewed their album on iTunes and quickly made a purchase. One song, however, was giving me trouble when i tried to download it. It said file corrupt. I had to go a few days with this song in limbo, but eventually I had someone else download it on their computer and just e-mail me the song. Turns out, this song is now my new favorite. I really love this whole album. The sound is just great. Some of the lyrics are really artistic and the meaning can get lost for me with the awesome sound and my dimwittedness, but this song in particular has great lyrics as well as the great sound that I cherish in all their songs, so I figured it would be appropriate to post on here (since, after all, lyrics are heavily featured on all my music posts) So anyway, if you feel so obliged, I would definitely at least go preview their album on iTunes because it is great. But for now I will leave you with this gem, called Slow and Steady. And my new favorite.
the lights go out, i am all alone
all the trees outside are buried in the snow i spend my night dancing with my own shadow and it holds me and it never lets me go i move slow and steady but i feel like a waterfall yea i move slow and steady past the ones that i used to know
my dear old friend, take me for a spin
two wolves in the dark running in the wind i’m letting go But i’ve never felt Better passing By all the monsters in my head
and i move slow and steady But i feel like a waterfall
yea i move slow and steady past the ones that i used to know and i’m never ready cause i know, i know, i know that time won’t let me show what i want to show
and i move slow and steady but i feel like a waterfall
yea i move slow and steady past the ones that i used to know
and i’m never ready cause i know, i know, i know that time won’t let me show what i want to show
I just discovered this song today when I was on iTunes previewing the Of Monsters and Men album (which, by the way, is really great) I'm not exactly sure how I came about it, it might have been in my recommended section, but I have already listened to it multiple times today. I always go through this thing when listening to songs; the very first time I hear a song it is basically just background music, then if I like it I sit down and actually listen to it. I bought the song because I knew I already liked Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup and the song title drew me in. The more I listened to the song the more I have grown to love it. The feel, the sound, the lyrics. It mellows me out. Not even taking any other part of the lyrics into consideration, there is just something about the chorus, "wouldn't you like to know, the odds of being alone" that sounds so honest and pure that I can connect with. I have spent much of my time these past few years being alone, which i'm ok with and quite enjoy, but I often times wonder my odds of being alone for the rest of my life. And not in just a relationship since, but with friends too. I mean given my situation, i've basically come to terms with the fact that i'm just gonna be single forever, so that's unfortunate, but how alone AM I going to be? What ARE my odds? I kinda WOULD like to know. But, I guess that's life and if we knew the answers it just wouldn't be any fun. I have faith though that everything happens for a reason and alone or not, i'm excited for this next chapter in my life.
Lyrics:
Watching your world spin
Feel farther from it now
With nowhere to begin how are you to figure it out
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Yeah
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know Wouldn't you like to know the odds of being alone Alone The odds of being alone Alone
Learning goodbyes
It's never easy love
The harder we try can never be enough
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Yeah
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know the odds of being alone
Alone
The odds of being alone
Alone
I need answers now 'cause I am caught off guard
The quiet feels so loud
Tell me this is the hardest part
Tell me this is the hardest part
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know
Wouldn't you like to know the odds of being alone
Alone
The odds of being alone
Alone
The odds of being alone
