Story Behind The Song
This is by far the most personal song on the record. I wasn't even going to bring this one to the band, but I thought it was so pretty that I couldn't help it. I wanted just the bass and me from the intro and into the first half of the first verse. When I said this during rehearsal, the guitar player and drummer said "What?! Just the bass???" Joel the bass player was thinking, "It's about time!"
Song Description
Trying to find oneself.
| Song Length |
4:05 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Existence |
| Similar Artists |
Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Streamers and balloons and little white flowers
haunt the memories.
How I could make you laugh and I could make you smile
and inside be dying.
Girls running to and from the truth
and the days to come.
I learned my part well.
Then I grew up and I moved and
I met some people who asked me who I was.
And I couldn't find my name.
I'd lost it somewhere between 10 and 23.
I couldn't find my name.
Though I know it's here somewhere.
Pickles and pizza and manipulation
some things are hard to lose.
Habits are hard and habits are
a source of comfort when you're lonely and confused.
But I've got to go I've got to run.
I'm heading for the sun and
He will call me near.
Aunt Jennie just turned 84
and she loves her life so much more
than when she was 25.
She walks her dog and laughs a lot
and encouraged me to take a shot and see.