Wednesday, April 11, 2012

#HAWMC - Theme Song

Today's challenge is a theme song. Imagine if your Health Activism had a theme song. What song would play when you open your blog page? What would the music sound like? What mood would it capture? Would it make you want to dance? Sing out loud? Cry? Your theme song can be one that you know, or if you’re the singer/songwriter type, you can write your own. Having a theme song is a great way to help set the tone of what you’re trying to communicate, and it’s also great for those little moments when the only thing that will help you feel better is a spontaneous dance party. I think Phoenix said it best in their song, "If I ever feel better..."



They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
It's like a bad day that never ends

I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There are things in my life that I can't control

They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all

I have known terror dizzy spells
Finding out the secrets words won't tell
Whatever it is it can't be named
There's a part of my world that' s fading away

You know I don't want to be clever
To be brilliant or superior
True like ice, true like fire
Now I know that a breeze can blow me away

Now I know there's much more dignity
In defeat than in the brightest victory
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Hang on to the good days
I can lean on my friends
They help me going through hard times

But I'm feeding the enemy
I'm in league with the foe
Blame me for what's happening
I can try, I can try, I can try...

No one knows the hard times I went through
If happiness came I miss the call
The stormy days ain't over
I've tried and lost know I think that I pay the cost

Now I've watched all my castles fall
They were made of dust, after all
Someday all this mess will make me laugh
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

It's like somebody took my place
I ain't even playing my own game
The rules have changed well I didn't know
There are things in my life I can't control

I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There's a part of my life that will go away

Dark is the night, cold is the ground
In the circular solitude of my heart
As one who strives a hill to climb
I am sure I'll come through I don't know how

They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Pretty much the song of my life right now ;^)

2 comments:

  1. This would have been my theme song early on in my ra for sure! I find that I change so much now and so quickly I would need many, many different theme songs to reflect all of me. I hope things start to pick up for you. You truly deserve a better place, a better time, a better way to get through your journey. Hold on! It will get better.

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  2. I see this as my "I have good days and bad days" song. If I feel good, I'll be out spending good time with folks. If I'm not, I'm dealing with symptoms and stuff that leave me buried alive! lol

    There's a line in there I had to change, because when I hear it, I sing: "I can try, I can try, I can try, I can try!", kind of like a rallying call. Yes, you can blame me for the symptoms, these things will happen. But I can keep striving despite all that.

    To me it's a happy song. It's a song of longing and determination, tempered by the yuck of reality. But there's still always the chance for good times together when the storm clears... That's nice.

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