자니 미첼 이후로 여성 싱어송라이터의 음악은 사적 독백마저 페미니즘이란 영역 안에서 여러가지 중층적 해석을 낳게 한다. 로지 토마스는 여성성의 발현을 음악이란 필터로 가장 신실하게 걸러내는 여성 뮤지션 중 하나일 것이다 감동의 첫 결과물 이후로 낸 두번째 결과물인 본작은 전작과는 비교도 안돼게 풍성해진 게스트뮤지션들의 협력과 악기들의 등장이 그녀의 모성성을 좀 더 부드럽게 사포로 문질러낸 느낌이다. 어레인지의 측면에서도 흥미진진하게 들을 수 있는 그녀의 음악적 야심이 도드라지는 음반. .... ....
When I was young I did it my way I did it my way and I still do Held my head up high Asking god for answers and begging him to tell me what To do
So I play music that's what I do When I sing I lose myself There's nothing more I'd rather do Lord knows I've tried everything else
When I finished school I took the highway I took the highway looking for you Never thought that i Would ever find you; that you'd be looking for me too
And when you love me, you love me well When I'm with you I lose myself There's nothing more I would rather do Than spend the rest of my life loving you
When I was young I did it my way I did it my way and I still do
So I play music that's what I do And when I sing I lose myself There's nothing more I'd rather do Lord knows I've tried everything else
Red rover, red rover, send Mary right over Schoolbooks in her hand and a shawl over her shoulders And let her run, run as fast as she can Don't let her grow up to be like her mother Heart so unconvinced and a world so undiscovered And asking for forgiveness, not knowing how to forgive
In time, just let her go In time, she's beautiful If you hold her back she may never know
Red rover, red rover, send Daniel right over Schoolbooks in his hand and a coat over his shoulders And let him run, run as fast as he can Don't let him grow up to be like his father Heart so set in stone and a smile so undercover And opening the door to love, never letting love in
In time, just let him go In time, he's beautiful If you hold him back he may never know
In a little while I'll feel better Gonna travel around the world Gonna see it all
Gonna go to Paris, maybe Rome But I'll feel better miles away from home, Gotta figure some things out
So sell all my things, I'm not coming home There's nothing there to keep me there Just heartache and panic and worries and things that'll bring me down My head feels much clearer being here
In a little while I'll feel better Gonna spill my heart to every stranger in every town I'll visit castles in Ireland, have some fellas play the Violin and play a song for me
So sell all my things, I'm not coming home There's nothing there to keep me there Just heartache and panic and worries and things that'll bring me down My head feels much clearer being here
I've been waiting all my life I've been waiting for you to come I've traveling and wandering Alone on my own for too long
I swear I tried to convince myself It would be much easier just being alone But after running circle after circle I'm tired of being on my own
I've been waiting all my life I've been waiting for you to come I've been traveling and wandering Alone on my own for too long
I wish I could have met your brother I would tell him how much I am in love I swear I'll ask him question after question Confessions about you growing up
I thank God for blessing me Well beyond I could have thought And reminding me how good life can be When you let yourself fall into his love
Cuz I've been waiting all my life I've been waiting for you to come
You and me Me and you There's so much that we've been through, Through it all I've come to understand God's love. And if tomorrow never comes Know this twice, just know this once. Knowing you has made me able to go on.
You and me Me and you There couldn't be a better two, To be blessed and know the meaning of true love. And if you leave me I'll feel scared, Fall apart feel so unprepared. But I dare to make it trough all on my own. Yes I dare to make it trough on my own.
How am I supposed to know what love is really like, When, I've never even been in love before? Aren't you supposed to love yourself before You can understand how to love someone after all? How can I find a way to keep my mother safe From the boogie man who hides under the stairs? How can I find a way to take this breath away When he's gently sleeping soundly next to her? Oh how? Oh how? Oh how? Oh how can I save her? How am I to live this life when the only certainty Is that death is waiting for me at the end? And every day that passes I know time is running out And I fear that I may fail the life I've been given Oh how? Oh how? Tell me how? Oh how am I supposed to live? How am I to define what faith is to a child When the only explanation lies within? How am I to tell them if they never follow Christ That heaven doesn't hold a place for them? Oh how? Oh how? Tell me how when I'm no better than them
Can you help me Figure out All of these things I'm restless I Feel reclusive Holding on by a string No I can't I'm Just as broken I'm Just as damaged as you I'm so tired and Uninspired and Dying in this living hell
Where do I go?
I can't walk in a A straight line, I Don't know what I'm heading for Just keep trying and No more lying To yourself anymore