Yep oops I did it again and not Brittany style either I actually sang!
I picked up my faithful friend and sometimes foe, my guitar and drove to Bar 303 again, but this time I had some roadies, my Dad who has never seen me perform before and Uncle came for the battle....
I do like the word battle !
But it actually wasn't really a battle. It is with a lovely group of songwriters who share their stories in song. The energy in the room feels a little magical as you wait for the next performer to play their songs.Their stories, experiences and passion for writing captivates me and even inspired my Dad to start writing.
Every chance I get to perform I try to reflect and learn.
I was a little nervous and speedy on the guitar, but I'm delighted to be out there writing, singing and playing. If people get or feel something when they hear my songs I am happy,
The song I performed is a thank you note to my Grandmother for her sacrifices to ensure future generations of her family have a better life....hence Amilia smiles.
Its been three weeks now , and my little marsh mellow song has turned into rocky road!
Last week the teacher in the class questioned my favourite line of the whole song .
Which is "She will battle you with her wit and leave you tongue tied upside down"
The teacher explained that battled isn't a word and I should rethink what I was trying to say!
Arrgh....
So it got me thinking about lyrics that you like in songs, or lines in songs that you just love and you sing them over and over again.
So these series of posts I will call " Love that Lyric" , now typically there will be posts at a further date that will be called "Loathe that Lyric" but I'm a glass is half full kinda chick so lets be positive first!
So I think Passenger is amazing and Mike Rosenberg is a amazing writer,
The song 'Hole' is a favourite and the line that I love is She said the wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked why you gotta worry me for.....
Yeah In other words relax....Enjoy the rest of the lyrics and I will attach a link to the song!
"Holes"
I know a man with nothing in his hands,
nothing but a rolling stone
He told me about when his house burnt down, he
lost everything he owned
He lay asleep for six whole weeks, they were gonna
ask his mother to choose
When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you
something
When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
Now I've
got a hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt, a whole lot of trouble, he
said
But now the money is gone, life carries on and I miss it like a hole in
the head
I know a woman with kids around her ankles and a baby on her
lap
She said one day her husband went to get a paper and the mother fucker
never came back
Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise, keeping the wolf from
the door
She said the wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked hy
you gotta worry me for
Now he left a in hole in my heart a hole in a
promise a hole on the side of my bed
Oh now that he's gone well life carries
on and I miss him like a hole in the head
Well sometimes you can't change and
you can't choose
And sometimes it seems you gain less than you lose
Now
we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've
got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Where we've got holes in our
hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got
holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got
holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry
on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our
lives
We've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got
holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives
We've got holes, we've got
holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got
holes in our lives
Where we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on