"Let It Hurt"

Every day, I feel like we are all walking around chasing down feelings.  As crazy as that sounds, think about it.  Whose happy, trying to find the next thing that'll bring them that same feeling.  Us dreamers, chasing down that one thing that makes all of our struggles worth it.  It's in every single one of us, just some show it more than others.  And then, some days, you wake up and you just want to feel something because you can't reach that peak that you're searching for.  

Sometimes, you need to let it hurt.

FM Radio:

Singer: Rascal Flatts

Songwriters: Caitlyn Smith, Jay DeMarcus, Gordie Sampson

Song: "Let It Hurt"

7:42 in the morning
8 seconds before it all sinks in
Put your best face on for the world
Fake another smile and just pretend
But you're just puttin' off the pain
Nothing's ever really gonna change

[Chorus:]
So let it hurt, let it bleed
Let it take you right down to your knees
Let it burn to the worst degree
May not be what you want, but it's what you need
Sometimes the only way around it
Is to let love do it's work
And let it hurt
Yeah, let it hurt
3:28 in the morning
Countin' up the spaces between the rain
You're gettin' used to the rocks at the bottom
Your heart goes numb, but the lonely stays the same
And that's the price you're bound to pay
And there's really nothing anyone can say
Oh, there's only just one way

[Chorus:]
So let it hurt, let it bleed
Let it take you right down to your knees
Let it burn to the worst degree
May not be what you want, but it's what you need
Sometimes the only way around it
Is to let love do it's work
So go on
Yeah, let it hurt

You might just find you're better for it
When you let go and you learn
To let it hurt, let it bleed
Let it take you right down to your knees
Oh...
Sometimes the only way around it
Is to let love do it's work
So go on
And let it hurt
Oh, let it hurt

7:42 in the morning
8 seconds before it all sinks in

"Tupelo"

Yes, I googled "Tupelo."  I fell so in love with this song that I thought Hillary Lindsey was brilliant enough to make it up.  Well, I was wrong...they also actually are known for their 'honey.'  Brilliance, pure brilliance.  Tupelo, Mississippi is also the birthplace of Elvis, bet you didn't know that!

Currently, it's the middle of winter, but with one listen, it's 98 degrees (no pun intended), top down, sun blaring...summertime in under 4 minutes.  I hope this is a single!  I heard this on Songs That Need A Home's reverbnation a while ago and fell head over heels.  Now I'm happy that I'm not the stalker that knows every word to an unreleased song.

FM Radio:
Singer: Lauren Alaina/Hillary Lindsey
Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Steve McEwan
Song: "Tupelo"

Picked a wildflower off the side of the road
You put it in my hair
Two bare feet up on the dashboard
Hands waving through the summer air
Looking at you, looking at me
With the wind strapped to our backs
Flying as high as a bird in the sky
Don't get much better than that

And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
Love struck right on the money
Heartbeats a beating to the radio
Kisses sweet as the honey
Down in Tupelo
All the way down to Tupelo

Counting the white lines a mile by mile
Worries slipping away
Took a back road for a little slow down
Off of the interstate
We followed the river as far as it goes
Smiling in the July sun
Hearing you say, you were falling in love
I said, you ain't the only one

And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
Love struck right on the money
Heartbeats a beating to the radio
Kisses sweet as the honey
Down in Tupelo
All the way down

La la la la la la
Wind strapped to our backs
La la la la la la
Don't get much better than that

And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
Love struck right on the money
Heartbeats a beating to the radio
Kisses sweet, kisses sweet

And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
Love struck right on the money
Heartbeats a beating to the radio
Kisses sweet as the honey
Down in Tupelo
All the way down to Tupelo

La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

All the way down to Tupelo, yeah
All the way down to Tupelo
All the way down to Tupelo

"Oh Love"

Carrie Underwood can sing me the dictionary.  Well, it also helps that Hillary Lindsey is the musical 'Webster's' and defines every positive adjective out there.  This song just explodes your heart.  There is much to be said about a song that leaves more unspoken than said; and this song is one of those rare treasures.  I cannot explain why this song didn't shoot to #1 because it is more than worthy of it.  Flawless production, flawless vocals, flawlessly written, stays with you...should I say more or should I just let you listen?  Read these beautiful words on your second listen.  This isn't a song about all the typicals in a relationship, this is the 'love of your life' type song.  A long that is boundless, endless, and "Deep as the life from God's own breath."  Breathtaking.

FM Radio:
Singer: Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood
Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey (It shouldn't surprise you), Aimee Mayo, Gordie Sampson
Song: "Oh Love"

Strong like a mother holds her child
Free as horses runnin' wild
Real as a prayer on a lonely night
As sure as the ocean tide

Oh love oh love
All the many colors that you’re made of
You heal you bleed
You’re the simple truth
And you’re the biggest mystery
Oh love oh love

Deep as the life from God’s own breath
Endless even after death
Gone like a sunset

You can break a heart in pieces
Put it back together again

You can break down sweet forgiveness
You’re the one that never ends
Oh love

Oh love oh love
All the many colors that you’re made of
You heal you bleed
You’re the simple truth
And you’re the biggest mystery
Oh love oh love

"Dreamers"

I am living proof, it takes a hell of a lot of guts to go after what you want.  I'm all for the impossible but also knowing what is inside your reach.  There are millions of people out there who hold the same skills as you, similar talents, and are prettier..let's face it there always is someone!  The only thing that can separate you from them is knowledge.  There's a decision you make when your feet first hit the floor in the morning, to try or not to try.  Do you walk around with your head down knowing that you will never succeed or do you keep your head high and keep on keeping on.  (Great hook, right?)  Well, believe me, I am the first to say that I know way too much and some people would think I'm a weird stalker but little do they know...I'm learning.


I study a song and a songwriter until I can close my eyes and recognize they wrote the words that I am hearing artist X singing.  I sound crazy but really I am trying to learn the craft of songwriting inside and out.  I want to learn the rhyming patterns, the structures, what's not written or sung in black and white.  I. want. it. all.  I honestly don't care what I have to do to reach the pinnacle of my career but I know that the more I know will only propel me forward, never keep me stagnant.

Here's to us dreamers.  And "Thank God the dreamers aren't done dreaming yet."

P.S. - Someone needs to record this song....People need to hear this.

FM Radio:
Singer: Gordie Sampson
Songwriters: Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lindsey, Tom Douglas
Song: "Dreamers"

"She's A Wildflower"

I'll admit, I am human.  Sometimes it is hard not to judge people but deep down we all know that we make perceptions.  Well, I think roots are just as or more important than wings.  If you didn't have a foundation on which you can reflect back on when your soul feels questioned, you would undoubtedly turn to the wrong things.

I'll admit, I was the girl in this song.  But I am proud to say I feel like dandelion dust, the wind is slowly picking parts of me up and leading me to where I am supposed to go.  Some days it feels like you've waited so long to come so close but let me tell you...it will be worth it.

I heard this song, well watched the video of Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson sing this song since years ago.  A while ago Carrie Underwood had it on hold.  But although I LOVE this song, it is perfectly suited for Lauren Alaina, I cannot wait until she releases this!  This will inspire so many 'wildflowers' out there just waiting for that spark in the wind.


FM Radio:
Singer: Hillary Lindsey/Soon to be Lauren Alaina/Point of Grace
Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey/Gordie Sampson/Steve McEwan
Song: "She's A Wildflower"

She was the kind of girl that never quite fit in
Holes in her shoes and freckles on her skin
Every time she saw those school doors open wide
She’d wanna turn around and run back home and hide

She got used to being stuck at the back of the line
The kind that kept her head down
Most of the time
Secret dreams ‘bout the boy in the high school band
And wake up thinking
She never had a chance

Chorus:
She’s a wildflower
That’s waitin’ on a sunny day
Waitin’ on the winds of change to blow
Just a red hot spark that’s looking for a little flame, yeah
Trying to find the perfect place to grow
She’s a wildflower

She makes a wish on every single star she sees
Yeah somewhere deep down she still believes
She prays every night before she goes to bed
Pretty soon her life is gonna change
She just doesn’t know it yet

She’s a wildflower
That’s waitin’ on a sunny day
Waitin’ on the winds of change to blow
Just a red hot spark that’s looking for a little flame, yeah
Trying to find the perfect place to grow
Yeah she’s trying to find a place
She’s a wildflower that’s waiting on a sunny day
She’s the secret that nobody knows
She’s a wildflower, she’s a wildflower, she’s a wildflower 


Watch Hillary & Gordie's Version:

"Paris"

There's some dignity in loving a person so much that you would go to the edge of the earth to give them everything they have ever wanted.  Sometimes, you can only go so far and find that it isn't possible to give what they want.  And that has to be the lowest of low.  Well, Gordie Sampson wrote a song, in my opinion, that is about that rupture of emotion when you can't give what that one person wants most.  I am beyond obsessed with these lyrics...who writes a song with these fine-tuned lyrics?!  In Gordie Sampson's video, he talk about how this song is about getting into a fight in the middle of Paris.  I am utterly baffled by that...so I want to hear from you, what does "Paris" mean to you?  Comment!!


FM Radio:
Singer: Gordie Sampson/Faith Hill
Songwriters: Gordie Sampson, Troy Verges, Blair Daly
Song: "Paris"
THE TRAIN PULLED INTO PARIS LIKE A ROCKET TO THE MOON
THE STATION’S LIKE A CIRCUS EVERY FACE IS A CARTOON
EVERYBODY’S STONED ON PRIDE AND DRUNK ON CHEAP CHAMPAGNE
TONIGHT THIS JOIE DE VIVRE SURE DON’T LIVE UP TO ITS NAME
AND NOW ALL THAT I CAN SAY

CHORUS:
IS I’D GIVE THIS WORLD TO YOU
EVERY ROCK AND EVERY STONE EVERY MASTERPIECE IN ROME
AND IF YOU ASKED ME TO
I’D STEAL THE MONA LISA, TEAR IT UP IN LITTLE PIECES
AND LAY THEM AT YOUR FEET
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
BUT TONIGHT I CAN’T GIVE YOU PARIS


ARISTOCRATS ARE EVERYWHERE
AND THE AIR’S AS THICK AS THIEVES
SHE’D LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO STEAL THE BREATH FROM ME
THE TOWER’S LIGHTS AIN’T SHININ’ AS IT HANGS ITS HEAD IN SHAME
AT THE SIGHT OF AMERICAN BLOOD ON THE STREETS OF ST. GERMAIN
WASHIN’ UP INTO THE SEINE

(REPEAT CHORUS)

AND I’D GIVE THIS WORLD TO YOU
I’D STEAL THE CROWN AND KINGDOM FROM THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
AND IF YOU ASKED ME TO
I’D TAKE THIS CITY IN MY HANDS, BREAK IT DOWN IN GRAINS OF SAND
AND LAY THEM AT YOUR FEET
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
BUT TONIGHT I CAN’T GIVE YOU PARIS


Gordie's Version:



Faith's Version:

"The Path Of Least Resistance"

There's a certain novelty that comes with hearing a song that not many of heard before.  I can't tell you what about it that makes me want to keep discovering these 'unheard' songs, but I want to hear these hidden gems and share them with the world.  And for some reason, I have found the songs that have yet to be released are always the best.

So, let me introduce you to a song that I cannot get enough of...When I first heard this song, I thought it could possibly be one the prettiest, most beautiful melodies I had ever heard.  Then, I started analyzing these lyrics...and then I lost it.

By nature, we gravitate and excel at certain things.  And most of the time, the things that are easy are what we become passionate about.  However, I'd never realized that same theory could be applied to a relationship...apparently Sarah Buxton, Gordie Sampson, and Jedd Hughes did.  I think Carrie Underwood needs to record this song ASAP...only a seasoned artist could take this song where it needs to go...better yet, I think Sarah Buxton should release this, this vocal is flawless.  The chemistry in this song is undeniable.  I have never heard a song like this that sounded like a lullaby before...just stunning.
I just need to say, the imagery within these lyrics is mesmerizing.  That line, "All the stars burned electric, there was nothing we could do but give into each other in one free easy move" just takes my breath away every time I hear it!  Close your eyes, feel this song, and listen to your heart. 

FM Radio:
Singer: Sarah Buxton
Songwriters: Sarah Buxton, Gordie Sampson, Jedd Hughes
Song: "The Path of Least Resistance"

Last night I had a dream

We sailed the river south

With the wind at our backs

All the way down to it’s mouth  

And the water was so calm 

We could see our own reflection crystal clear

All the stars burned electric

There was nothing we could do

But give in to each other

In one free easy move

Cause when you break it down 

It isn’t rocket science after all

We’re only victims of circumstance

We have no choice but to dance this dance

Who knew that lovin’ you

Would lead me down the path of least resistance

I used to make it hard

I’d just close my eyes and swing

Built walls as high as mountains 

Crooked roads and broken wings 

One day you realize

Love’s not a fighting thing

We’re only victims of circumstance

We have no choice but to dance this dance

Who knew that lovin’ you

Would lead me down the path of least resistance

We’re only victims of circumstance

We have no choice but to dance this dance

Who knew that lovin’ you

Would lead me down the path of least resistance

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