This past week has been hard. Money, injury, health care, work, future, change, uncertainty, fear - all that scary adult stuff has been coming up in a big, big way for us. It's been amazing to have Marc back home so we can help each other through it, but I think it also sort of caused an emotional dam to burst in me. Pretty much as soon as I clicked "post" on the last entry, my perspective and growth was washed away by tears, anxiety, and a variety of exciting breakdowns.
Aside from the unmatched love and support of the amazing people I'm lucky enough to have in my life, my biggest source of comfort this week was music - specifically, these three songs I'm going to share today:
1. Tender, Blur
Marc discovered this via the Benedict Cumberbatch show
Patrick Melrose, which I haven't seen but have heard is great. It's long and it's an interesting combination of soothingly repetitive but also lyrically jam-packed. It's a song that heartens me and cheers me up without being aggressive about it.
2. Anthem, Perla Batalla & Julie Christenson
Like my all-time love Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen's brilliant songs often shine brighter when covered by other artists. In this case, his unparalleled and beautiful
Anthem is given an unparalleled and beautiful cover by two incredible female vocalists. The harmonies are stirring, the lyrics are as resonant and gorgeous as ever, and it's a perfect sad-happy-inspiring song.
3. Come On Up To The House, Tom Waits
Saving the best for last. I don't have the words to describe what this song does for me. You know how sometimes when you're down, you don't really want to be brought back up? I can listen to this during those times and still somehow be brought up. It's quintessential Tom Waits - gorgeous and smart and poetic, yet unsentimental with bittersweet humor. The music and melody, his roaring, rough, howling voice, the perfect lyrics - it does that thing that music does. It transcends, and opens up a path for you to transcend too.
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