here's something

I like this guy. Besides having a cool name he's got good tunes and he gets local charities to set up at all his concerts because he says "music is the magic of change." That's great.

When I play him for my kids during SSR (super silent reading) or during journaling they don't complain. They don't call me old. Okay, they still call me old. Today I caught some of them singing along.

In Pre-AP we talked about what the lyrics meant. Here are my favorite two:

1. Oh the glorious
after all these tears have dried
these knots are gonna come untied
and when I climb down from this tree
to walk on land will be so heavenly
and if I don't know what to do
oh, I swear I won't follow any of you
because all thats wanted by us
to lay our tracks in the settling dust
all that's wanted by us
mhmm, is the glorious

The last time I cried really really hard I was listening to this song and it made me cry even more. And I don't cry in those cute little Resse Witherspoon type droplets. Oh no, when I cry it is a full on snot and runny mascara kind of deal. It's all raw and unrefined. So I cried and I thought how much I liked the idea that I wasn't the only one who had felt those knots before and I knew that it sucked and was a snotty mess now but it really was going to be okay.

2. The One Who Loves You the Most
When the sky is falling from above you
And the wind is raging from the coast
And you want someone who truly loves you
I will be the one who loves you the most

When the masquerade and burlesque balls
Become too ordinary to boast
You complain about the parade and curtain calls
I will be the one who loves you the most
Yeah, I will be the one who loves you the most

When the women with their stolen graces
Don’t invite you to play host
To their daughters with fake faces
I will be the one who loves you the most

When all the debutantes desert you
And all the doorways are all closed
And all the harlequins have hurt you
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most

When your suitors sneering swank beside you
And leave you hollow like a ghost
And you just want somebody to confide to
I will be the one who loves you the most
I will be the one who loves you the most

See, when you forgive your imperfections
And you’ve auctioned all your clothes
And look to see your true reflection
You will be the one who loves you the most


This song is beautiful and wonderful. The fact that a 12-year-old can listen to it and tell me they think it means that no one is perfect and even the best of people need someone to love them when they're awful and beaten down, but they also need to love themselves is truly an amazing thing. Yes, yes it is.