Song of the Week

Let the Rain - Sara Bareilles

I wish I were pretty
I wish I were brave
If I owned this city
Then I'd make it behave

And if I were fearless
Then I'd speak my truth
And the world would hear this
That's what I wish I'd do, yeah

If my hands could hold them you'd see
I'd take all these secrets in me
And I'd move and mold them to be
Something I'd set free

I want to darken in the skies
Open the floodgates up
I want to change my mind
I want to be enough
I want the water in my eyes
I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down tonight

I hold on to worry so tight
It's safe in here right next to my heart
Who now shouts at the top of her voice
Let me go, let me out, this is not my choice

And I always felt it before
That the world was filled with much more
Than the drowning soul I've learned to be
I just need the rain to remind me

I want to darken in the skies
Open the floodgates up
I want to change my mind
I want to be enough
I want the water in my eyes
I want to cry until the end of time

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down

I want to let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down
Let the rain come down
Make a brand new ground
Let the rain come down tonight

        The song is about rebirth. There are times when the world is a great foe and all you can do is cry. You wish you were better at something but your best isn't enough to prove to the world that "you will" and "you can". You wish you were brave enough to dare tell what your heartaches are but your own heart is the safest place as of the moment. But in this song, it says that crying is a great outlet to throw away those bad ideas. You just have to let the tears flow like flood until you feel the pain no more. And after the crying is done, you feel great. Am I right? After wiping those baby eyes, you feel that you had just created a new you. A stronger, confident, and fresh you. Like what the song said, "let the rain come down and make a brand new ground". 

Self-Murder

Take off my eyes
and me be blind to not see the world
Because the world is full of lies.
and fully clothed of what was bold.

Take off my ears
So i can hear no more
the senseless jabbers through the years
and the strings of the harp grew cold
Music there was never more

Take off my tongue
the world influenced it with darkness
Jewels there are none
Only daggers, snakes, and wickedness
Better keep it shut

Take off my heart
because its heavy to carry
It has been filled with sorrows and pains
and no more space for love and happy gains

Without my senses I might live a better life
If the case is living in the shadows of darkness
Let Death be my guide
To get out from the wretched