"Who can say why we love something or feel something? I am certainly no authority, but perhaps it starts with truth. There is something about hearing or seeing or feeling something that is true." ~Jamie Tworkowski
I read a blog today. It is one I read frequently. The only one, in fact. It is the To Write Love On Her Arms blog. ((if you do not know about them: http://www.twloha.com/index.php Go. Look around.)) It is written by many people who work on the team, but most often it is written by Jamie Tworkowski. I've had a deep adoration and respect for this man since his words saved my life in the summer of 2006. When I read the things he writes, I feel my brokenness but I also feel as though the little cracks are being filled. I feel healing. Most of all, I feel hope. And I know that I am not the only one who feels this way...it makes me wonder whether he feels the pressure of the millions of lives that lean against him for support...
Last night, Jamie wrote about a song. Writing about music isn't something new for TWLOHA, least of all Jamie, and I usually end up falling in love with whatever music the team talks about if I wasn't already a fan. Today...the song left me shaking. Literally, my body rocked with sobs. I couldn't stop crying. Still..tears are pricking in the corners of my eyes. This song...this beautiful, soulful, simple song...it has captured my heart so completely that I haven't been able to stop listening to it. For the last hour and a half, I have played it on repeat. There is something so very true about the lyrics...and in the voice of the lead singer. I learned throught he blog that his name is Steven. And when Steven sings that song, I believe every single word of it. I believe he has seen such struggles and such beauty that you can actually hear it in his voice. I can taste the contrasts of life in that voice and those lyrics. They speak to me in a way that only one other song ever has, "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley. If, somehow, you find yourself reading this...I hope you'll go and give his band, Satellite, a listen. I haven't been able to listen to anything besides the one song, "Ring the Bells", but I am confident everything else they have to offer is just as wonderful.Use the player at the bottom of the page...and then pass them on to someone you know. http://satellite-music.com/fr_home.cfm
"Ring the Bells"
Find the words that make it right again
Calling birds help you make it through the night
It's just enough to find a way to open up again
and learn to taste all the beauty that's inside
Well ring the bells that lead you home
cause the only truth i've ever known
is that nothing ever hurts us more than love
so circle up your best of friends
and we'll celebrate the way it ends
Atleast we live tonight
Atleast we live tonight
Scream out loud
until you feel again
and hear the sound of how to heal an aching heart
and those that know you most
can help you to live again
so keep them close
as you're making your new start
Well ring the bells that lead you home
cause the only truth i've ever known
is that nothing ever hurts us more than love
so circle up your best of friends
and we'll celebrate the way it ends
Atleast we live tonight
Atleast we live tonight
The day you finally turn to dust
and finally hear your name
brings colors that will never fade away
Sometimes the best all of us
can still break down and still give up on love
but it's never gone
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