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Awake Again

"Good Day" - Jewel

I wanted to write about one of her songs tonight. I have to admit I really didn't know which one would come to mind as I scrolled through the many tracks on this play list, but I figured it'll come to me. I clicked onto a few of her classics: You Were Meant For Me and Foolish Games kinda stuck out, but didn't quite fit so I pushed them back in with the rest of 'em .

I started skimming through her more recent releases even though most of them have been sadly ignored by the monotonous tunes of the radio world.

And then it dawned on me: Good Day.

I love the way it starts out because I somehow find myself doing the exact same thing when I'm alone with nothing more than my thoughts to keep me company; Talking to myself in hopes to get some shut eye, but only finding more reasons to kill time awake.

The clock ticks on and even though I know I have to get up for work in the morning, all I do is sit and think. And with all the shit that's been going on within this rotting economy and being at a standstill in my life 3 months before turning 30...well, I got a lot of things working against a good night's sleep. But I remind myself to take a deep breath, take a step forward, and take it all in. We may not know when we'll get there, but the sun will eventually rise.

Lyrics:

I say to myself
Self, why are you awake again?
It's one a.m.
Standing with the fridge wide open, staring
Such a sight, florescent light
The stars are bright
Might make a wish, if I believed in that shit but
As it is, I might watch TV
Cause it's nice to see people more messed up than me

I say to myself, as I smile at the wall, just let myself fall
It's gonna be all right, no matter what they say
It's gonna be a good day, just wait and see
It's gonna be alright, cause I'm alright with me
It's gonna be, it's gonna be, it's gotta be

I shiver, shut the door
Can't think standing here no more
I'm alone, my mind's racing, heart breaking
Can you be everything I need you to be?
Can you protect me like a daughter?
Can you love me like a father?
Can you drink me like water?
Say I'm like the desert, Just. Way. Hotter.

The point of it all
Is that if I should fall
Still you're name I'll call

It's gonna be all right, no matter what they say
It's gonna be a good day, just wait and see
It's gonna be OK, cause I'm OK with me
It's gonna be, it's gonna be

As long as we laugh out loud
Laugh like we're mad
Cause this crazy, mixed up beauty is all that we have
Because what's love but an itch we can't scratch, a joke we can't catch
God, but still we laugh
Get back in bed, turn off the TV
You say "It'll be alright baby, just wait and see."

It's gonna be all right, it's gonna be okay
It's gonna be all right, just wait and see
Its gonna be all right, no matter what they say
Its gonna be a good day, just wait, just see
It's gonna be okay, cause I'm okay with me
It's gonna be, it's gonna be, it's gonna be okay...

Uh oh, I'm awake again
It's one A.M.
Staring
Such a sight
Well, at least the stars are bright

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