My favorite song of the moment; literally has been on repeat nonstop for the last three work days…I can’t turn it off. It’s haunting, emotional, full of mourning, yearning, longing and regret. I have always loved Blue October but I think that this is one of those albums that came at a time when I could connect to it on a level that almost frightens me because there is so much raw power, anger, pain in the lyrics and sounds.
The Feel (Stay) is one of the best songs of the summer for me.
I know the music video is a little intense but I have listened to Blue October’s music long enough that it is tempered enough for me to see the beauty and art within it rather than be off put by its rawness and honesty. I think that it is freeing for someone else to feel some of the emotions I am dealing with and to express them; it’s liberating for me to hear that and experience it through someone else’s eyes.
I see the sun go down on the river
I feel the wind blow out, would’ve stayed to grey
I feel the air around you, it’s kind of closing in
Do you feel it fall, or do you feel at all? I can
I see the world keep moving as I stumble
They seem to move much faster than me
And while I sit in my four-cornered room dividing hearts for a little girl
Well I can’t be anything but who I am
And I wish you’d stay
That was the beginning of the two of us, the start of our show
Stay, stay, stay.
Now I would never have let go
And I see the sun go up as your image
And I feel the weight of your eyes as you stare
I feel it all when you, when you first, when you kissed my lips
You used to make me feel at home, you made me feel at home
You made me feel again
Oh and that’s when you used to say, “Will you stay, and not let go?”
That was just the two of us to think about, the stars of our show
And you would say, “I wish you’d stay and I’d never let go”
Oh I would never have let go
So take this heart of mine
You’ve taken it a hundred thousand times
But this time, this time, I’m gonna take it with me
I see the door close down behind you
I watch your face turn from glow to straight grey
I see the moon go up and it shines this glory on my face
Who would know? Who would know? Who would know?
How we would stay, and we should stay and never let go, oh hell no
There’s just three of us to think about now, in our show,
our show, our show
I think we’d stay, we’d just stay, and then we’d know
That we should never let go
Something to think about, her heart
Just look into those big brown eyes, and you’d just fall apart
We should stay, at least we’d stay, at least she’d know
That we should never let go
No, no, let go, go, oh.
I wish you’d stay
I wish you’d stay…
