Shooting at a Mountain of Dirt - Great Song Lyrics for your Ponderation

 "We were shooting at a mountain of dirt / well nothing was broken and nothing was hurt / but I probably really should have been at work / but when my free time's gone / will you promise me this / that you'll please bury me with it."  Bury Me With It by Modest Mouse. - I love the imagery of wasting your time, doing something you want to do (doing something like shooting at a mountain of dirt!) instead of doing something you should be doing.  We all need to waste more time.  Which leads me to one of my favorite quotes (who said it, I don't know):  'You don't truly get to know someone until you deliberately waste time with them.'  

"Everybody knows that somethings wrong, but nobody knows what's going on" - Lonely Day by Phantom Planet. - I think that pretty much sums up our world as we know it right now.


"I'm amazed at the lack of evolution.  I'm amazed at the lack of faith. I'm amazed at the love we're rejecting. I'm amazed that we accepted this place" - I'm Amazed by My Morning Jacket.  I love all of the lyrics to this song.  It really is amazing what we are willing to settle for instead of reaching for what we really deserve and really want and doing things that could really make life awesome.

"He is jealous for me / loves like a hurricane / I am a tree/bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.....if grace is an ocean we're all sinking" - How He Loves by David Crowder.  I love these images of God and the amount of his love and grace for us.  I'm not a big Christian music fan, but this song give me the chills every time I hear it.  His grace is so amazing and abundant (which is why I struggle with the concept of Hell, which is another story for later). 

"There's nothing else / just remember to fall in love / there's nothing else."  Swoon by The Chemical Brothers.  Yep.

"What's the point of knocking me down? Everyone knows I'm already good on the ground."  Bird Flu by M.I.A. I don't know a woman who is tougher than M.I.A., and I think these lyrics are a great demonstration of that. I'm of the assumption it the second part of the quote has dual meaning, too. :)

"....just as I'm thinking about repairing it some little friends come along with some two-string, one-string, no-string guitars (hey guys, wanna jam?)...." Back Porch by The Presidents of the United States of America. This might just be my all-time favorite song lyric.

"Do you realize that you have the most beautiful face/do you realize we're floating in space / do you realize that happiness makes you cry / do you realize that everyone you know someday will die / and instead of saying all of your goodbyes let them know you realize that life goes fast, it's hard to make the good things last / you realize the sun doesn't go down / it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning 'round."  Do You Realize? by The Flaming Lips.  This song is always a good reminder to me to not waste my time worrying about death....it's going to happen no matter how much I may fret about it, so I should stop worrying and make the very best of life while my loved ones and I are all still here!  Also, this is mine and Jacob's song.

Something's coming, sky is purple / dogs are hounding to themselves / Days are changing with the weather / like a riptide come rip us away.  Earthquake Weather by Beck.  I love Beck.  He's one of my favorite musicians.  This song (as well as the entire Sea Change album of his) however, make me feel nervous and uncomfortable.  I love the title Earthquake Weather, but as soon as the song starts I get anxious.  I can't not listen to it, though, because I love the song just the same.


We like you / This is a game already won / the time has come / stop trying.  Stop Trying by Sia.  Basically, anyone worth having in your life will like you just as you are.  It shouldn't be a lot of work to be friends with someone....they should like you, and you should like them, without having to try.