Either You’re Relay, or You’re Not.
Are you a relay runner? Do the words “Ragnar” or “Red Rock” make you giddy? Ever had conversations like these?
I have.
Read MoreSOTD: Mumford & Sons
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It’s empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you’ve left behind
The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat
But I will hold on hope
And I won’t let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I’ll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I’ll know my name as it’s called again
Because I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I’ll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind
So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears
But I will hold on hope
And I won’t let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I’ll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I’ll know my name as it’s called again
So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the Maker’s land
So make your siren’s call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say
Because I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it’s meant to be
And I will hold on hope
And I won’t let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I’ll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I’ll know my name as it’s called again
SOTD: Temper Trap
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SOTD: Neko Case
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my love, i am the speed of sound
i left them motherless, fatherless
their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths
but it’s never enough
i want you
carved your name across three counties
ground it in with bloody hides
their broken necks will line the ditch
till you stop it, stop it
stop it, stop it
stop this madness
i want you
i have waited with a glacier’s patience
smashed every transformer with every trailer
till nothing was standing
sixty-five miles wide
still, you are nowhere
still, you are nowhere
nowhere in sight
come out to meet me
run out to meet me
come into the light
climb the boxcars to the engine
through the smoke and to the sky
your rails have always outrun mine
so i picked them up and crashed them down
in a moment close to now
cause i miss, i miss
i miss, i miss
i miss, i miss
how you’d sigh yourself to sleep
when i’d rake the springtime
across your sheets
my love, i am the speed of sound
i left them motherless, fatherless
their souls dangling inside-out from their mouths
but it’s never enough
my love
i’m an owl on the sill in the evening
but morning finds you
still warm and breathing
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
what will make you believe me?
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
this tornado loves you
what will make you believe me?
SOTD: Bob Dylan
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I’ve seen love go by my door
It’s never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When somethin’s not right it’s wrong
You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go
Dragon clouds so high above
I’ve only known careless love
It’s always hit me from below
This time around it’s more correct
Right on target, so direct
You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go
Purple clover, Queen Anne lace
Crimson hair across your face
You could make me cry if you don’t know
Can’t remember what I was thinkin’ of
You might be spoilin’ me too much, love
You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin’ crazy
Crickets talkin’ back and forth in rhyme
Blue river runnin’ slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever
And never realize the time
Situations have ended sad
Relationships have all been bad
Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud
But there’s no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair
You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go
You’re gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’
Stayin’ far behind without you
You’re gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’
You’re gonna make me give myself a good talkin’ to
I’ll look for you in old Honolulu
San Francisco, Ashtabula
You’re gonna have to leave me now, I know
But I’ll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass, in the ones I love
You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go
SOTD: Neko Case
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You could say it’s my instinct
Yes I still have one
There’s no time to second-guess it
Yes there are things that I’m still so afraid of
But my courage is roaring like the sound of the sun
‘Cause it’s vain about its mane
And will reveal them to no one
I’m an animal
You’re an animal too
Pick up that rock
Tread through that lake
I do my best but I’m made of mistakes
Yes there are things I’m still quite sure of
I love you this hour
This hour today
And heaven will smell like the airport
But I may never get that proven
So let’s not waste our time
Thinking how that ain’t fair
I’m an animal
You’re an animal too
You’re an animal too
