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Thursday, September 15, 2011

"Cold As Stone"

Today, I heard my professor explain how much needs to happen to water molecules before they actually boil.  And like any good songwriter, I sat in that old lecture hall and pretended like he was talking about emotions.  We all hold on so long and so hard, that our hands begin to slip.  As we begin to let go, that release stirs something within us.  That motion of holding on to something that is fading away forces us to 'boil' and ache for what used to be.  Once that water cools off, it become room temperature = We adjust to the pain and do whatever we can to try to find a normal.  After we realize that we don't want to be like everyone else, we want what we had back, we become numb.  So cold that some become bitter and jaded or put so many walls up that they appear to be frozen.  Like ice, able to melt, yet, 'Cold As Stone.'  

Maybe if you haven't been reading my blog with all the posts and promotion, or live under a 'stone,' you haven't heard that Lady Antebellum released their new CD, OWN THE NIGHT, Tuesday.  Well, this song is quite possibly my favorite song that I have ever heard.  There is something about it, as with every Hillary Lindsey song, that makes me stop dead in my tracks and rip my heart out.  The production is absolutely flawless.  The placement of the mandolin and the steel just cut you to your core.  They must release this as a single.  Oh I hear ASCAP's, BMI's, SESAC's, CMA's, ACM's and Grammy's on this one.  If this doesn't make you feel 'Cold As Stone' then you probably should altogether stop trying to listen to music...because THIS is IT!  The second verse of this song just gives me the chills...who writes like this?!?!  Between the lyrics, melody and performance, I feel like I battled a war after this song.  Oh and I forgot to mention the best 40 seconds of a song I've ever heard, that orchestra!  Ahh, I've been waiting all my life for a song like this.

P.S. - Buy Own The Night and good set of headphones.  Light some candles, turn off the lights, close your eyes, open your heart....and listen.

FM Radio:
Singer: Lady Antebellum
Songwriters: Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott, Hillary Lindsey
Song: "Cold As Stone"


She left town early on a Friday
Heading down to family in New Orleans
Said she needed to feel the sun on her face
Talk it out with herself try to get things straight


Lord all I know is I don’t want to breath

I wish I was cold as stone
Then I wouldn’t feel a thing
Wish I didn’t have this heart
Then I wouldn’t know the sting of the rain
I could stand strong and still
Watching you walk away
I wouldn’t hurt like this
I feel so all alone
I wish I was cold as stone

Almost turned around in Mississsippi
Pulled over on the shoulder along the way
Thought by now I’d be fine
But all these tears are blurring every line


And I think back to when you were mine


I wish I was cold as stone
Then I wouldn’t feel a thing
Wish I didn’t have this heart
Then I wouldn’t know the sting of the rain
I could stand on my own
Letting your memory fade
I wouldn’t hurt like this
I feel so all alone
I wish I was cold as stone

Its gonna take forever to get over you
I don’t think think this pain is gonna go away
Scars left when its said and done remain


I wish I was cold as stone
I wish I was cold as stone


I wish I was cold as stone
Then I wouldn’t feel a thing
Wish I didn’t have this heart
Then I wouldn’t know the sting of the rain
I could stand strong and still
Watching you walk away
I wouldn’t hurt like this
I feel so all alone
I wish I was cold as stone
I wish I was cold as stone 

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