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Day 490 - Day 125

            “When you're weary; feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all… Like a bridge over troubled water”
Bridge Over Troubled Water: Simon And Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water

I don’t know how to describe the effect that this song has on me but I will attempt.  I always seem to get this over whelming feeling of sadness and sentiment.  I feel overjoyed and lifted and yet I feel the desire to curl up in a ball on the floor.  There are so many emotional highs and lows- build ups and fall offs in this song, that every time that I hear it I feel like I have gone on a huge roller coaster ride… and I love it.

My memory with this song is that I had been in love with this song because of the above mentioned emotions that I felt.  One day I was in a Wendy’s having lunch with my father, talking about future plans and what I wanted, etc.  I never really liked to confess my desire and my love for music with my family for two reasons: one, they never understood and two they never supported my dreams.  I’ll take it a step further- they crushed them in the name of safety and stability.

I had a rare moment where I actually started to open up about how music meant so much to me and I was trying to describe how and why.  When this song came on- the emotions just sparked something in me and my eyes started to tear up.  My father was taken back a bit… and then proceeded to talk about all of the great companies I could work for to make a stable and secure cookie cutter life.  Thought there was a cheesy movie moment coming where my father realized things and supported me every day since??  LOL… this isn’t quite Hollywood.

A few years later my father had a discussion with me about how I never open up to the family and how I am like a closed door.  My response was this story I described.  When I asked him why I would open up if every time I did- I was shut down or dismissed.  He had nothing to say…

*** Artist Notes ***
This is the bridge linking Arlington Virginia with Washington D.C., so I thought it was poetic that this was the Bridge Over Troubled Waters!

Lyrics:
When you're weary; feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'm on your side oh when times get rough
And friends just can't be found.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

When you're down and out;
when you're on the street;
when evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I'll take your part
oh when darkness comes.
And pain is all around.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silvergirl;
sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
Oh if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.


   

Taken on: May 5, 2010

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