The prompt was "small talk". I had ideas for two songs. One was the "What's the big idea?" idea that you'll hear in the bridge. The other was the repeated message of comfort against a continual refusal to be comforted. Since both ideas were in my head, I just decided to marry them. Yay! Congrats to the happy couple.
Sometimes I'm stubborn about being comforted when I'm in a dark mood. My mind will pick apart every comforting word and use it to justify all the reasons why I shouldn't be comforted. It must be tough to be the person who is put on this earth to comfort me when I'm down. Thank God I'm surrounded with some very patient people. And, it's hilarious that I look at others and get infuriated when they hang on to stuff so long and can't be reassured when there is so much good in the world. But, I know I only do that because it's just easier to see my own faults in others. I was taught that we only find such faults because they are very much our own and need to be healed. Imagine that! What if everyone you criticize is in your life just so you can see some example of the pain and rejection you carry around and need to heal. As "Radical Forgiveness" author Colin Tipping is fond of saying, "If you spot it, you got it!". I met Colin years ago on a search for peace. His perspective helped me through some pretty tough conflicts. Still does. Anyway, be comforted....always, always....
I'd like to thank YouTube for the lovely screen capture. Nice :p
[edit: oh, good! it's no longer me sticking my tongue out]
Always
Hold a promise in your hand
Close your palm
and all the bonds you’re breaking
run like sand
Let connections come untied
Shut the door before the complications fly inside
Hear the whispers through the wall
Look behind you find they’re never really there at all
Circumstances all but gone
Was it the comfort or the pain that you were counting on
Always, always remember,
I’m on your side, keep it on your mind
Always, always, in your solitude,
remember I am thinking of you
remember I am thinking of you
Keep a record of all wrongs
You’ll never reach the end
the list keeps going on and on
Cry your tears like no one does
But no one’s here that hasn’t feared
the worst you’re dreaming of
Always, always remember,
I’m on your side, keep it on your mind
Always, always, in your solitude,
remember I am thinking of you
remember, remember
What’s the big idea? We got it all. We got it made
Small talk on long days
What’s the big idea? Life is far too good to waste
And it’s yours for the taking now
What’s the big idea? It’s never hard for me to say
I’m gonna love you, always
Always, always remember,
I’m on your side, keep it on your mind
Always, always, in your solitude,
remember I am thinking of you
remember I am thinking of you
remember, remember
©LauraMarieMusic 2014
Sometimes I'm stubborn about being comforted when I'm in a dark mood. My mind will pick apart every comforting word and use it to justify all the reasons why I shouldn't be comforted. It must be tough to be the person who is put on this earth to comfort me when I'm down. Thank God I'm surrounded with some very patient people. And, it's hilarious that I look at others and get infuriated when they hang on to stuff so long and can't be reassured when there is so much good in the world. But, I know I only do that because it's just easier to see my own faults in others. I was taught that we only find such faults because they are very much our own and need to be healed. Imagine that! What if everyone you criticize is in your life just so you can see some example of the pain and rejection you carry around and need to heal. As "Radical Forgiveness" author Colin Tipping is fond of saying, "If you spot it, you got it!". I met Colin years ago on a search for peace. His perspective helped me through some pretty tough conflicts. Still does. Anyway, be comforted....always, always....
I'd like to thank YouTube for the lovely screen capture. Nice :p
[edit: oh, good! it's no longer me sticking my tongue out]
Always
Hold a promise in your hand
Close your palm
and all the bonds you’re breaking
run like sand
Let connections come untied
Shut the door before the complications fly inside
Hear the whispers through the wall
Look behind you find they’re never really there at all
Circumstances all but gone
Was it the comfort or the pain that you were counting on
Always, always remember,
I’m on your side, keep it on your mind
Always, always, in your solitude,
remember I am thinking of you
remember I am thinking of you
Keep a record of all wrongs
You’ll never reach the end
the list keeps going on and on
Cry your tears like no one does
But no one’s here that hasn’t feared
the worst you’re dreaming of
Always, always remember,
I’m on your side, keep it on your mind
Always, always, in your solitude,
remember I am thinking of you
remember, remember
What’s the big idea? We got it all. We got it made
Small talk on long days
What’s the big idea? Life is far too good to waste
And it’s yours for the taking now
What’s the big idea? It’s never hard for me to say
I’m gonna love you, always
Always, always remember,
I’m on your side, keep it on your mind
Always, always, in your solitude,
remember I am thinking of you
remember I am thinking of you
remember, remember
©LauraMarieMusic 2014