Far be it from me to aspire to the heights of early-twenties apathy by posting song lyrics that, you know, resonate, but I’ve recently gotten into Regina Spektor and every time I hear “On the Radio”, from her new album, I get a twinge of recognition for some damn fine writing. Particularly this bit:
This is how it works
You’re young until you’re not
You love until you don’t
You try until you can’t
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath
No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else’s heart
Pumping someone else’s blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don’t get harmed
But even if it does
You’ll just do it all again.
I heartily endorse listening to this when you’re feeling just the smidgenest bit down about your reserves of Courage and Truth and other good things in capitals.
You know what? Babies love this song, too. Really!
I JUST downloaded some of her stuff last night!
I love the Regina Spektor album. I love that the liner notes have her name reading re-SPEKT. She is truly awesome and so is Lily Allen, even though we had to wait an eternity for her stupid record to come to the US.
Man, Nicole, I didn’t even KNOW babies endorsed it. Babies have fine musical taste. Go babies!
I heart Regina Spektor. I love how different her songs are and how she is seemingly unafraid to cross into new territory. Apres moi is one of my faves.
Has the Lily Allen album appeared in NYC? Because it is nowhere to be found in NC, and I craves it.
oh how i love this song. let me count the ways. sigh.
This song is number 1 on my most played list. And her ‘Fidelity’ is gradually working its way up the list, too.
You know, I was listening to that album nonstop for pretty much all of December and decided that those exact lyrics are some of the best I’ve ever ever heard. What is even better is that the same song mentions “November Rain!”