The Austria pics are taking an eternity to load, so I'm posting other things that are inspiring me today. I heard this song and just about cried laughing. I mean, it's perfect in its simplicity and so very honest. We've all been there...some more than others, I trust.
Thought I could hear the Ghost at times singing this. Though I'd like to think he's happy as our cat in sunshine, at times, I'm sure there were (are?) moments when these lyrics ring true. I had to laugh at the line about the coffee going to waste. Ha! How very me.
But eventually, the future comes, doesn't it? And life moves on in all her glory.
On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
I felt free and I felt lonely and I felt scared
And I began to talk to myself almost immediately
Not being used to being the only person there
The first time I made coffee for just myself, I made too much of it
But I drank it all just cause you hate it when I let things go to waste
And I wandered through the house like a little boy lost in the mall
And an astronaut could've seen the hunger in my eyes from space
And I sang
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?
What do I do without you?
On the morning when I woke up without you for the first time
I was cold so I put on a sweater and I turned up the heat
And the walls began to close in and I felt so sad and frightened
I practically ran from the living room out into the street
And the wind began to blow and the trees began to pant
And the world in its cold way started coming alive
And I stood there like a business man waiting for the train
And I got ready for the future to arrive
And I sang
Oh, What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?
What do I do without you?
—The Mountain Goats
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