"We Owned The Night"

Yet again, more shameless promotion for Lady Antebellum's Own The Night.  However, this is basically the title track off this CD.  I always thought something was a little off about it...until I heard it live.  When I first heard it, I felt like it needed a better line for the first line of the chorus or something...just something had to be stronger.  Well, I feel like an idiot because I absolutely love it.  And I think it is the perfect way to start off their CD and they need to open every single show with this great song.  The mandolin just makes it.  Listen & leave a comment!  


FM Radio:
Singers: Lady Antebellum
Songwriters: Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, Dallas Davidson
Song:"Own The Night"


Tell me have you ever wanted
Someone so much it hurts
Your lips keep trying to speak
But you just can't find the words
Well I had this dream once
I held you in my hands

She was the purest beauty
But not the common kind
She had a way about her
That made you feel alive
And for a moment
We made the world stand still

Yeah we own the night

You had me dim the lights
You danced just like a child
The wine spilled on your dress
And all you did was smile
Yea it was perfect
I hold it in my mind

Yeah we own the night

When the summer rolls around
And the sun starts sinking down
I still remember you
Oh I remember you
And I wonder where you are
Are you looking at those same stars again
Do you remember when

We woke under a blanket
All tangled up in skin
Not knowing in that moment
We'd never speak again
But it was perfect
I never will forget

When we owned the night
Yeah we owned the night

"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