Comments on: The Soundtrack to Life http://www.brittonkowalk.com/blog/2008/09/the-soundtrack-to-life/ Telling stuff to strangers since 1985 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:07:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Miss Mary http://www.brittonkowalk.com/blog/2008/09/the-soundtrack-to-life/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Miss Mary Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:23:00 +0000 http://www.brittonkowalk.com/?p=14#comment-50 About two years ago I found out my Grandma had Cancer. Around that same time I was watching the “When You’re Gone” music video by Avril Lavigne, and I noticed there was an old man who was crying because of the loss of his beloved wife. At that point I burst into tears and all of my fears about my Granny came rushing back. To see the pain on the man’s face made me wonder what would happen to my grandpa if something did happen to Granny. It was a blessing that after treatment the cancer went into remission. Although there are still heartaches and hardships that come with old age, I am grateful to say that my Granny is still alive today.<br/><br/>Music has amazing power. About two years ago I found out my Grandma had Cancer. Around that same time I was watching the “When You’re Gone” music video by Avril Lavigne, and I noticed there was an old man who was crying because of the loss of his beloved wife. At that point I burst into tears and all of my fears about my Granny came rushing back. To see the pain on the man’s face made me wonder what would happen to my grandpa if something did happen to Granny. It was a blessing that after treatment the cancer went into remission. Although there are still heartaches and hardships that come with old age, I am grateful to say that my Granny is still alive today.

Music has amazing power.

]]> By: Mrs. Call http://www.brittonkowalk.com/blog/2008/09/the-soundtrack-to-life/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Mrs. Call Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:55:00 +0000 http://www.brittonkowalk.com/?p=14#comment-18 This is the song that I thought of when I read your post. It is Pollen and Salt by Daphne Loves Derby. It pretty much encapsulated the feelings I had when i missed Tyson so much on his mission I could hardly breathe. It helped me through. Some of you others may have felt this when you were homesick on a mish. Even though you knew where you were and what you were doing, it is still hard.I would just put a line or two, but I'm just going to put all the lyrics...<br/><br/>You've left me with such a silent world,<br/>Where evenings are calm, but I'm restless<br/>And my breath has become as thin as the wind.<br/><br/>Not even the mighty sky could fill the space you left behind<br/>Not even when it rains.<br/>No, nothing takes your place<br/>Your emptiness too great to fill.<br/><br/>I have been holding my breath,<br/>For too many nights in a row,<br/>And somewhere on coastlines unknown to me<br/>You paint your dreams,<br/>With reds and blues and greens.<br/>Yea you're painting daffodils by the sea,<br/>Without me.<br/><br/>Today in a breeze I sensed your perfume<br/>But you were nowhere near.<br/>And in reverie,<br/>I felt you holding me.<br/>And even in my dreams I shake from the fear<br/>Of truth being swept away<br/>By the rhythm of the waves I whisper in your ears.<br/><br/>I have been holding my breath,<br/>For too many nights in a row,<br/>And somewhere on coastlines unknown to me<br/>You paint your dreams,<br/>With reds and blues and greens.<br/>Yea you're painting daffodils by the sea,<br/>Without me.<br/><br/>I would give away<br/>My sweetest memories,<br/>If I could just be with you again.<br/>Be with you again.<br/><br/>I have been holding my breath,<br/>For too many nights in a row,<br/>And somewhere on coastlines unknown to me<br/>You paint your dreams,<br/>With reds and blues and greens.<br/>Yea you're painting daffodils growing by the sea,<br/>Without me.<br/><br/>Last night I dreamt you were with me,<br/>Finally I could breathe. This is the song that I thought of when I read your post. It is Pollen and Salt by Daphne Loves Derby. It pretty much encapsulated the feelings I had when i missed Tyson so much on his mission I could hardly breathe. It helped me through. Some of you others may have felt this when you were homesick on a mish. Even though you knew where you were and what you were doing, it is still hard.I would just put a line or two, but I’m just going to put all the lyrics…

You’ve left me with such a silent world,
Where evenings are calm, but I’m restless
And my breath has become as thin as the wind.

Not even the mighty sky could fill the space you left behind
Not even when it rains.
No, nothing takes your place
Your emptiness too great to fill.

I have been holding my breath,
For too many nights in a row,
And somewhere on coastlines unknown to me
You paint your dreams,
With reds and blues and greens.
Yea you’re painting daffodils by the sea,
Without me.

Today in a breeze I sensed your perfume
But you were nowhere near.
And in reverie,
I felt you holding me.
And even in my dreams I shake from the fear
Of truth being swept away
By the rhythm of the waves I whisper in your ears.

I have been holding my breath,
For too many nights in a row,
And somewhere on coastlines unknown to me
You paint your dreams,
With reds and blues and greens.
Yea you’re painting daffodils by the sea,
Without me.

I would give away
My sweetest memories,
If I could just be with you again.
Be with you again.

I have been holding my breath,
For too many nights in a row,
And somewhere on coastlines unknown to me
You paint your dreams,
With reds and blues and greens.
Yea you’re painting daffodils growing by the sea,
Without me.

Last night I dreamt you were with me,
Finally I could breathe.

]]> By: Tyson Call http://www.brittonkowalk.com/blog/2008/09/the-soundtrack-to-life/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tyson Call Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.brittonkowalk.com/?p=14#comment-17 We're So Far Away - Mae<br/><br/>Pretty much since that song came out (about 4 years ago) I have felt that I wasn't going to be able to "really listen to it" until Nat and I were married, like the song was written for the occasion. So when we had our first dance to it, it was like the past had wrapped itself into a circle and connected to that point. We’re So Far Away – Mae

Pretty much since that song came out (about 4 years ago) I have felt that I wasn’t going to be able to “really listen to it” until Nat and I were married, like the song was written for the occasion. So when we had our first dance to it, it was like the past had wrapped itself into a circle and connected to that point.

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