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Wow!
What an intimate, revealing, reflective piece of writing. You certainly have a very powerful voice. I respect your courage in expressing this haunting and highly charged message here. Thank you for sharing.
posted by
rafika
on January 12, 2006 at 1:41 AM
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yeah, this song kills me!
posted by
homegirl
on December 2, 2005 at 7:09 PM
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Tough Stuff
But if you're aware of it, you can heal it.
posted by
jollyjeff
on December 1, 2005 at 9:18 AM
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If you can, try to confront it
instead of avoiding how the song makes you feel.
Anything unresolved just continues to fester.
Like lovelyladymonk, the Groban song just puts me in tears, because my Dad passed away in Feb. '99, due to a medical misdiagnosis. I will never completely come to terms with the fact that he probably didn't have to die. He was my best friend, something I didn't realize until I heard "To Where You Are".
I won't duck out when I hear the song. I try to let it help me heal a little, while I remember a lot. I hope you can do the same.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on December 1, 2005 at 1:03 AM
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It's hard
Every X-mas I listen to Mariah's songs and one of them brings me to a crishindo every time. Though my feelings are not from a bad relaitonship the feeling of loss is something that comes everytime. I've tried to let it befriend me but before the sorrow over takes me totally I feel the love grow into a smile. My son comes to my minds eye and I can see him smile at me. I'm going to stop because that's another blog for another time.
(Keep the wind at your back, your face to the sun and your heart on the song instead of the words)
posted by
DigityChronicles
on November 30, 2005 at 7:14 PM
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To fight depression and stay in a mildly uphoric, enhanced creative state, I smoke up to a gram of good herb. I prefer the indica closer to bedtime and the sativa for exciting days,
posted by
Bud-Oracle
on November 29, 2005 at 3:54 PM
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Jemmie,
In a way, I know just how you feel...My relationship with my father is not at all good. I love him, but only because he gave me life. As I human being...well, I'll not say anymore.
Have you ever heard the song, "TO WHERE YOU ARE?" by Josh Groban? Every time I hear that song, I cry and cry. My great grandfather passed away ten years ago this coming January, and I still ache for him. I hate it when songs do that to me...And I'm not the least bit ashamed or embarrassed to tell you it happens quite a bit every year when New Year's Day approaches.
I wish you peace...
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on November 29, 2005 at 3:19 PM
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isnt it interesting
what songs can do to you sometimes?
posted by
mikebrown
on November 29, 2005 at 3:05 PM
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Music & Memories
I've never heard the song (to my knowledge, anyway). It certainly hit's home; I know what you mean.I had a rather tumultuous relationship with my father, who died almost 6 years ago. One second he would tell me how wonderful and beautiful I was, and the next he would basically tell me that I was a worthless piece of crap and I would never amount to anything... And like you, the result was years of relationships that were doomed to fail...Or some that never really had a chance to start, because I would push people away before they got too close...
But I survived. I learned to forgive him by learning about his tumultuous upbringing. I learned to forgive him through compassion for what he had to endure from his emotionally unstable mother...
But still... Certain songs remind me of him...They make me cry. Sometimes they even make me feel downright pissed off about never having had a "normal" childhood.
Then again... If I'd had a "normal," happy childhood, I wouldn't have as much writing material as I do!
posted by
rr2hsam
on November 29, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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Isn't it funny how a song can bring back all those memories?
posted by
kidnykid
on November 29, 2005 at 8:34 AM
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