A Musical Interlude
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keaaluEvery now and then, I come across a song that reminds me of my Blue AU, and I have totally fallen in love with this one:
Passenger - Things That Stop You Dreaming
“Well if you can't get what you love
You learn to love the things you've got
If you can't be what you want
You learn to be the things you're not
If you can't get what you need
You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming
All the things that stop you dreaming”
I’ve heard it’s supposed to be a depressing track (about settling for second best, and addiction, someone said – or maybe that’s just their interpretation)? But I like to put a positive spin on it - they’re the things that stop you dreaming because actually, you realise they’re exactly what you need and want, so you don’t have to dream any more.
“Well I've got no ones word and nobody's promise, Not a lot to show but this book full of sonnets,
And my liver may be fucked but my heart is honest, And my word is true, like the sky is blue...”
(I see you there, TC)
Things That Stop You Dreaming Lyrics
NB: I can’t often listen to Passenger because a I first listened to a lot of his work when I was writing something emotional so now I can’t listen to it without bawling. BUT ANYWAY.
The other one I love is this one - “The Wrong Direction” – see if you can figure out which characters it reminds me of. ¬_¬ I may have posted it before, I forget!
“When I was a kid the things I did were hidden under the grid
Young and naive I never believed that love could be so well hid
With regret I'm willing to bet and say the older you get
It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget
It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work
The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flipping hurt
You build your heart of plastic
Get cynical and sarcastic
And end up in the corner on your own”
The Wrong Direction Lyrics
Edit: OK, seeing the official music video for the latter track, I am convinced I've already posted this somewhere at some point, haha. Possibly Facebook?
“Well if you can't get what you love
You learn to love the things you've got
If you can't be what you want
You learn to be the things you're not
If you can't get what you need
You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming
All the things that stop you dreaming”
I’ve heard it’s supposed to be a depressing track (about settling for second best, and addiction, someone said – or maybe that’s just their interpretation)? But I like to put a positive spin on it - they’re the things that stop you dreaming because actually, you realise they’re exactly what you need and want, so you don’t have to dream any more.
“Well I've got no ones word and nobody's promise, Not a lot to show but this book full of sonnets,
And my liver may be fucked but my heart is honest, And my word is true, like the sky is blue...”
(I see you there, TC)
Things That Stop You Dreaming Lyrics
NB: I can’t often listen to Passenger because a I first listened to a lot of his work when I was writing something emotional so now I can’t listen to it without bawling. BUT ANYWAY.
The other one I love is this one - “The Wrong Direction” – see if you can figure out which characters it reminds me of. ¬_¬ I may have posted it before, I forget!
Young and naive I never believed that love could be so well hid
With regret I'm willing to bet and say the older you get
It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget
It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work
The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flipping hurt
You build your heart of plastic
Get cynical and sarcastic
And end up in the corner on your own”
The Wrong Direction Lyrics
Edit: OK, seeing the official music video for the latter track, I am convinced I've already posted this somewhere at some point, haha. Possibly Facebook?