Music has a singular power to get through to a person, to impact on our feelings and to keep us going. You can carry a song silently within you, and it can be a powerful talisman, a motivator, a comfort.
It’s been a tough week – with a vast amount of bodily pain and significant amounts of anxiety, and now the cold, wet blanket that is depression. There have been two songs I’ve been holding on to.
This is one of them – a traditional style song from Show of Hands.
The other song was one Professor Elemental performed live in Stroud, and the lyrics about acceptability are a powerful antidote to the things happening inside my head when I’m not well.
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June 6th, 2019 at 12:38 pm
Sending gentle hugs and healing vibes xxx
June 7th, 2019 at 7:04 am
I seem to be through the worst of it now, thank you!
June 6th, 2019 at 1:06 pm
Hang in there, there are always better days!
June 8th, 2019 at 3:23 pm
I hope I’m answering too late, and you’re in another place now.
Two songs which help me when I’m in a hole – I’m never sure with Anny Celsi whether her tongue is in her cheek or not, and “So many bad dreams” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqyYIvrfZCk) is a good example. For sheer guts and honesty about being at the bottom, I find Lynne Hanson’s “This too shall pass” amazing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuhUeIvaEww) – if I wrote a song like that, I don’t know if I’d have the courage to sing it.
June 8th, 2019 at 5:54 pm
things are better now, but good songs are always good – I’ll get in and have a listen.