"Shake Me Down" - Cage the Elephant
Ya, I admit it. Even when nothing's ever to come of it. Even when I've thought it all the way through and back again. Some of it still manages to sneak up on me and in the most inconvenient way possible, I find myself getting curiouser and curiouser.
It's been a pretty mellow year so far, well at least after January. Quieter than 2011, but I'm not complaining. I'm realizing that it can be just as fulfilling to have an empty plate in front of me when the plate itself carries more value than the contents I often stack on top of it.
I've been straying away from planning my day and lately, I tend to let things happen as they happen vs. trying to make them happen. It eases the wrinkles on my face, especially the mean one that sits right in-between my eyebrows. The bump on my left shoulder almost started to subside when for a split second, I disabled my ability to over analyze (though I'm sure this was a fluke). Oh, and I'm sitting up straight now. I make it a point to focus on my reflection in the mirror when I type just to make sure. It's a work in progress just like growing my hair out and my, has it grown!
Did you know that people say hair grows faster when you're in love? Maybe the scalp works like the mind and needs happy thoughts to speed things up. Maybe if you're careless, not enough nutrients can get to the roots and so each follicle can break just as easy as a heart. I guess that explains why it barely grew a single inch last year, but now it reaches the end of my back! This must be why I'm choosing not to chop it off too soon. It took forever for it to get here and I would hate to have what I've been missing the most cut short.
Lyrics:
Shake me down,
Not a lot of people left around,
Who knows now,
Softly laying on the ground, ooooh
Not a lot people left around, ooooh. ooooh
In my life, I have seen,
People walk into the sea,
Just to find memories,
Plagued by constant misery,
Their eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Their eyes cast down
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Shake me down,
Cut my hair on a silver cloud,
Broken sound,
Softly laying on the ground, ooooh
Not a lot people left around, ooooh, ooooh
In my past, bittersweet,
There's no love between the sheets,
Taste the blood, broken dreams,
Lonely times indeed,
With eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Eyes cast down
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Turn back now its time for me to let go,
Way down had to find a place to lay low,
Lampshade turned around into a light post
Walk around the corner,
Never saw it coming still,
I try to make a move,
It almost stopped me from belief,
I don't wanna know the future,
But I'm like rolling thunder,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the-
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the-
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Shake me down,
Not a lot of people left around, ooooh, ooooh
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cagetheelephant/shakemedown.html
Ya, I admit it. Even when nothing's ever to come of it. Even when I've thought it all the way through and back again. Some of it still manages to sneak up on me and in the most inconvenient way possible, I find myself getting curiouser and curiouser.
It's been a pretty mellow year so far, well at least after January. Quieter than 2011, but I'm not complaining. I'm realizing that it can be just as fulfilling to have an empty plate in front of me when the plate itself carries more value than the contents I often stack on top of it.
I've been straying away from planning my day and lately, I tend to let things happen as they happen vs. trying to make them happen. It eases the wrinkles on my face, especially the mean one that sits right in-between my eyebrows. The bump on my left shoulder almost started to subside when for a split second, I disabled my ability to over analyze (though I'm sure this was a fluke). Oh, and I'm sitting up straight now. I make it a point to focus on my reflection in the mirror when I type just to make sure. It's a work in progress just like growing my hair out and my, has it grown!
Did you know that people say hair grows faster when you're in love? Maybe the scalp works like the mind and needs happy thoughts to speed things up. Maybe if you're careless, not enough nutrients can get to the roots and so each follicle can break just as easy as a heart. I guess that explains why it barely grew a single inch last year, but now it reaches the end of my back! This must be why I'm choosing not to chop it off too soon. It took forever for it to get here and I would hate to have what I've been missing the most cut short.
Lyrics:
Shake me down,
Not a lot of people left around,
Who knows now,
Softly laying on the ground, ooooh
Not a lot people left around, ooooh. ooooh
In my life, I have seen,People walk into the sea,
Just to find memories,
Plagued by constant misery,
Their eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Their eyes cast down
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Shake me down,
Cut my hair on a silver cloud,
Broken sound,
Softly laying on the ground, ooooh
Not a lot people left around, ooooh, ooooh
In my past, bittersweet,
There's no love between the sheets,
Taste the blood, broken dreams,
Lonely times indeed,
With eyes cast down,
Fixed upon the ground,
Eyes cast down
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Turn back now its time for me to let go,
Way down had to find a place to lay low,
Lampshade turned around into a light post
Walk around the corner,
Never saw it coming still,
I try to make a move,
It almost stopped me from belief,
I don't wanna know the future,
But I'm like rolling thunder,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
Even on a cloudy day,
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the-
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the-
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
Shake me down,
Not a lot of people left around, ooooh, ooooh
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cagetheelephant/shakemedown.html
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