Welcome Back for Day 3 - Sunflowers
Life happens. Sometimes thats good, sometimes thats bad, and most times its somewhere in the messy middle. Some days I find myself obsessing over what may or may not happen and forget to be in the moment.
Today is all about remembering to be in the moment.
Scroll down to take a moment with Sunflowers…
Where did all my sunshine go?
And I miss the snow, but it don’t do that anymore
I pray like hell that this pretty town can bear the storm without blowing down.
‘cause
I know you don’t like sunflowers,
I know your favorite songs,
We could sing ‘em to the steering wheel and drive right along,
Over the falls
There’s a shooter at the party,
But we’re moving, caught inside the groove,
Arms waving, there ain’t no saving me now,
I hope that you fall next to me
‘cause
I know you don’t like sunflowers,
I know your favorite songs,
We could sing ‘em to the steering wheel and ride right along,
Over the falls
I know you don’t like sunflowers,
I know your favorite songs,
We could sing ‘em to the steering wheel and ride right along,
Over the falls
Lyrics
Behind the Lyrics
Existential dread is something I’ve struggled with on and off for a long time… Knowing things can suck, but not knowing is immeasurably worse. I wrote Sunflowers in the spring of 2022 as a way to try and process feeling small and powerless in a big big universe. In a way, Sunflowers is me giving myself a pep talk - Reminding myself that focusing on things outside of my control won’t bring me any happiness and that I need to focus on the things in this life that I have some influence over, and if I can, find the beauty in not being in control. I still sometimes struggle with that feeling, and that will probably continue into the future, but thats okay as long as I remember to still enjoy the beautiful moments too.
Sunflowers Acoustic Live
We’ve made it to the end of Day 3, I’ll see you tomorrow for a heart to heart on my Yellow Couch.