I'm back a day late with Battle of the Band results (gave you all one extra day to get those votes in). The song was Ho Hey. The Lumineers vs. The Stella Sisters. How did it turn out? Well, really good. More of you than I expected had heard of The Lumineers. None of you had heard of The Stella Sisters, and even those who didn't vote for them... liked them. I'd say that was a successful battle. It was a tight race for a while. They were tied, then The Lumineers pulled ahead, and then The Stella Sisters came from behind and took the race. Here's the final tally with my vote..
The Lumineers: 10
The Stella Sisters: 15
My vote is for The Stella Sisters, though I really like the version by The Lumineers. The Stella Sisters are on the TV show Nashville. Every week they shock me with how darn good they are.
On to The Soundtrack of My Life.
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| Family Pic just before it all came tumbling down. My dad looks fine, doesn't he? Oh how deceiving a picture can be. |
When I was ten years old, my dad became very sick. I'm trying to remember what I know now vs then (because they are very different). I didn't really get it then. He was sick. He stopped going to work. My mom drove him to Miami to the VA Hospital where he stayed for what seemed a long time. I have no idea how long it actually was. He spent a lot of time pacing the back yard. And still... I didn't really have a clue as to what was going on or how sick he was.
So, I was shocked when my parents made the decision to sell our house in Florida and move to Ohio. We'd be living with my grandparents for an undetermined length of time.
At first, all I could think about was the loss of my dancing. Missing my friends. Kid stuff. And it stayed that way for a long time.
It was when we were in Ohio and I overheard my mom talking to Grandma that I grasped what was happening. My mom said something like, "I'm really afraid Bob (my dad) might die." And my grandma said something in agreement with that, and probably followed it up with something reassuring. I just remember hearing the words "dad" and "die" in the same sentence.
As anyone who's read this blog for any length of time knows... my dad didn't actually die until 2011. So, this wasn't the end for him. It was the end for life as we knew it. He eventually got better and we moved out of my grandparents' house. But that idyllic time from the last post was over. I now knew about death and dying and that it can happen to anyone at any time. The world is not a safe place.
Well I was moving at the speed of sound.
Head-spinning, couldn't find my way around, and
Didn't know that I was going down.
Yeah, yeah.
Where I've been, well it's all a blur.
What I was looking for, I'm not sure.
Too late and didn't see it coming.
Yeah, yeah.
And then I crashed into you,
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me,
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you,
Like a runaway train.
Your will consumed me,
But I can't walk away.
Somehow, I couldn't stop myself.
I just wanted to know how it felt.
Too strong, I couldn't hold on.
Yeah, yeah.
Now I'm just tryin' to make some sense
Out of how and why this happened.
Where we're heading, there's just no knowing.
Yeah, yeah.
And then I crashed into you,
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me,
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you,
Like a runaway train.
Your will consumed me,
But I can't walk away.
From your face, your eyes
Are burning to me.
You saved me, you gave me
Just what I need.
Oh, just what I need.
And then I crashed into you,
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me,
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you,
Like a runaway train.
Your will consumed me,
But I can't walk away.
And then I crashed into you,
And then I crashed into you,
And then I crashed into you,
And then I crashed into you,
And I crashed into you,
Like a runaway train.
Your will consumed me,
But I can't walk away.
Do you remember when you discovered the world simply isn't a safe place? It rocked my world. How did you take it?
If you're enjoying these posts, feel free to share your own Soundtrack. This isn't a hop. No requirements at all, but a suggestion to do it one song at a time. (If you participated in the hop several years ago, you can still do this. Just post them one song at a time, with the freedom to add more songs if you'd like.) I'll link to all participants at the bottom of each of these posts:
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