Tuesday, March 5, 2013

shake it out

in a moment to myself i turned on florence and the machine.  i turned it way up.  i danced a little, not gonna lie.  you know, this post is about being sick.  or tired.  or not enough.  those moments you want to curl up in a ball and give up.  sometimes you have to turn up the music loud and shake it out.  shake it out where no one else is watching until you feel better again. feel all of the emotions you keep at bay during the daily grind.  when did life become a daily grind anyway?  who says it has to stay that way? Shake it out. live.  choose to live today the way you want.  no more daily grind.  shake it out, dance it out.  live your life again.  this song is about redemption moments.  it is about realizing i am just as human as anyone.  i just am. i refuse to judge myself any longer.  i refuse to pretend i am anything more than i am. can you see me dancing it out like a nerd?  good.  smile about that today.

if you are feeling mentally like there is a devil on your back and you are going back and forth and nothing you do is right anyway, put this song on loud and dance for me. 


Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
And our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues drawn
But it's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back so shake him off

And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It's a fine romance but its left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Looking for heaven, found the devil in me
Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off, oh woah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

-Florence and the Machine  "shake it out"

2 comments:

Lyndsy said...

you don't know how much i needed that today. thanks chels.

Diane said...

Awesome, Chels! I've got some shakin' to do, too!