Quintessential Me

Angel

"You spend all your time waiting for that second chance, for a break that would make it okay. There’s always one reason to feel not good enough. And it’s hard at the end of the day. I need some distraction, oh beautiful release. Memory seeps from my
veins. Let me be empty and weightless and maybe I’ll find some peace
tonight." -Sarah McLachlan

There are moments and times when one must become empty to survive. This is especially true of unfulfilling jobs. It is about finding balance.

Sarah's talents lie beyond her incredible voice, her words --puntuated by me as I interpret them (Songs are typically punctuated in lines leaving sentence structure less clear... and consequently the meaning even less clear)- are powerful. Who hasn't felt the need to escape and become free of the fetters of care?

I would gladly recommend that everyone purchase the iTunes version of this song, Angel. Sarah's voice is incredible and intimate. Often production creates this "perfect" song free from the emotion and power that the artist is capable of. After hearing Sarah's "iTunes Originals," I'm forced to conclude that sometimes raw is better.

"In the arms of an angel, fly away from here, from this dark, cold
hotel-room and the endlessness that you fear. You are pulled from the
wreckage of your silent reverie. You’re in the arms of the angel.
May you find some comfort there."

"So tired of the straight line, and everywhere you turn there’s vultures
and thieves at your back. And the storm keeps on twisting. You keep
on building the lie that you make up for all that you lack. It don’t make
no difference: Escaping one last time. It’s easier to believe in this
sweet madness --oh this glorious sadness- that brings me to my knees."

"In the arms of an angel, fly away from here, from this dark, cold
hotel-room and the endlessness that you fear. You are pulled from the
wreckage of your silent reverie. You’re in the arms of the
angel. May you find some comfort here."

posted by mokru @ 2:41 PM