So I was listening to Missy Higgins' album The Sound of White on her website (check it out, the whole thing is there for free!) on Thursday night when I was studying for my last exam, because I was really really bored, and I started feeling all sad and emotional. Partly because her songs were, well, sad and emotive, partly because I was feeling rather sedated from studying formulations, which isn't exactly the most exciting subject in the world, and partly because it was the last exam the next day and I felt like I really couldn't be bothered anymore.
But yeah, so there I was, trying to study, but feeling all sad and emotional from listening to these songs, I almost felt like crying, but since I had already cried earlier that day I didn't. It's weird because I'm listening to the same stuff now, and it's not having the same effect. *shrugs*
Anyway, so 'The River' is probably the most depressing of the lot, even somewhat disturbing (I mean, not even at my worst would I think to write about something that morbid). The one that sounds best to play on piano would be 'They Weren't There', but the song that affected me most was 'Nightminds'. Not so much because I understood the song, but more that I felt the song understood me. If that makes any sense at all. I could've cried when I heard that song. But I didn't. Just cos I didn't feel like crying at that time.
I was going to post the lyrics up, but I can't be bothered since it's all on the website anyway. And I'm really tired right now, I feel like I've been out since yesterday afternoon. (Well, besides coming home to sleep, that is sort of true...)
More updates later.
Oh yeah, and since exams are over I have to go...
YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I don't really feel all that happy they were over yesterday. I still feel like I should be studying or stressing over something. Ah well, it will sink in eventually.
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Funnily enough, my butt doesn't feel bruised yet, or even e-bruised ;)
Viv, you should listen to folk music *madly nodding and grinning*.
I can lend you mine, generally all about my lover/boyfriend/husband/potential b/f has left me by joining the military/falling fall another person/got killed/drowned/worked to death on coffee fields/run over by a cart, you know the usual :)
how come you were crying earlier?
yeah, much folk music is like 'the river' in fact.
nightminds sounds familiar, was it a single? not sad, but comforting in a sad way... not that that makes sense. hey, there's a song called 'katie'. i wonder if it's about me?
I hope that it isn't, cos I would be very worried!
But Pun, I can't relate to a lover/boyfriend/husband/potential bf leaving me by joining the military/falling for another person/got killed/drowned/worked to death on coffee fields/run over by a cart!
And 'The River' is worse because it's about a 10 year old girl...I mean, if she was say, 16, that would be better, but 10!
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