August 6, 2010

• The House That Built Me

  Music. A regular topic for me I think. With my current Eminem re-obsession(as in I've loved him for years but currently have his new cd on repeat) I have been missing out on my other fav music. I though I should give someone else some attention. So my story for the lyrics below. This song has really helped me. Moving back home has been so hard for me. While I do not like it, I know it has been the best place for me. A safe haven to repair my broken heart and broken life. A place to find myself again, to live for me. Around June(I think) this song was released and immediately hit my heart. It just seemed to fit in many ways, though the "story" is a bit different than mine. It made me feel better about being where I am. It gave me a bit of a reassurance. I can't even correctly put into words how it made me feel. I wanted the cd for so long but being unemployed I could not afford it. A wonderful friend of mine send me a gift card for my birthday. I was able to finally pick up the cd. It is a very good one too. =) So to You, a big, big thank you so very much. Music is so important to me and owning this cd with the song that has helped me is really important to me. <3

  Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

  I know they say you can’t go home again
  I just had to come back one last time
  Ma’am I know you don’t know me from Adam
  But these handprints on the front steps are mine

  Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
  Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar
  I bet you didn’t know under that live oak
  My favorite dog is buried in the yard

  I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
  This brokenness inside me might start healing
  Out here it’s like I’m someone else
  I thought that maybe I could find myself
  If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave
  Won’t take nothing but a memory
  From the house that built me

  Mama cut out pictures of houses for years
  From Better Homes and Gardens magazine
  Plans were drawn and concrete poured
  Nail by nail and board by board
  Daddy gave life to mama’s dream

  I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
  This brokenness inside me might start healing
  Out here it’s like I’m someone else
  I thought that maybe I could find myself
  If I could just come in I swear I’ll leave
  Won’t take nothing but a memory
  From the house that built me

  You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can
  I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am

  I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
  This brokenness inside me might start healing
  Out here it’s like I’m someone else
  I thought that maybe I could find myself
  If I walk around I swear I’ll leave
  Won’t take nothing but a memory
  From the house that built me

   

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