I’ve been looking for some new music and came across Matt White’s new song, "Falling in Love (With My Best Friend)." It’s a pretty easy going song and actually sounds similar to his other song, "Love." Enjoy!
Falling In Love (With My Best Friend)
Matt White
It’s so good
What we got
You and me
We laugh a lot
We’re just friends
Simple as that
I don’t want it to end
But I’m falling in love
with the best friend I got
They say you don’t want to fall in love
You don’t really want to mess this up
You don’t really want to fall in love
Because falling in love just breaks your heart
If we kiss
If we touch
All of this
Could get rough
Ain’t no thing
Ain’t no strings
Ain’t no I love you, you love me
We won’t get caught up in the stuff it brings
They say you don’t want to fall in love
You don’t really want to mess this up
You don’t really want to fall in love
Because falling in love just breaks your heart
They say you don’t want to fall in love
You don’t really want to mess this up
You don’t really want to fall in love
Because falling in love just breaks your heart
You don’t want to fall in love
You don’t really want to mess this up
You don’t really want to fall in love
Because falling in love just breaks your heart
Falling in love just breaks your heart
Falling in love just breaks your heart
Falling in love just broke my heart
I have to say that I was clearly distracted this morning at church, but that all changed as we moved into the baptism part of the service. Many of the first to be baptized were children and then the adults. There were two baptisms that brought tears to my eyes. The first one was a middle school girl whose parents had recently divorced.
The second person that caught my attention was a man who had just begun to recognize what was really important in his life when his wife told him that she was filing for divorce.
My heart broke so much for these two people who were coming from two different situations, but both being washed by the redeeming waters of the baptismal. I know from personal experience how hard a divorce can be, but I also know that while one chapter in their life is "ruined," the story of their life is not over. I came to realize this several years ago when I realized that my circumstances didn’t dictate who I was going to be and that the saving power of Jesus can give new life.
As I think about divorce, one of the songs that has resonated with me over the years is Wonderful by Everclear. It’s a great song that speaks to the pain that divorce causes. What this song fails to do is show that life does go on and that things do get better.
Wonderful
Everclear
I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
Hope it’s over when I open them
I want the things that I had before
Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again
Hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
Hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry
Close my eyes when I go to bed
And I dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when you’re little
And the world’s so big
I just don’t understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
Tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it’s all okay
I laugh aloud so my friends won’t know
When the bell rings I just don’t wanna go home
Go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I don’t believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when you’re little
And the world is so big
I just don’t understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don’t wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don’t wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don’t wanna hear you say
That I will understand someday
No, no, no, no
I don’t wanna hear you say
You both have grown in a different way
No, no, no, no
I don’t wanna meet your friends
And I don’t wanna start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Some days I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now…
I don’t wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I’ve been looking for some new music lately and couldn’t really find anything that interested me. So I did what I normally do when this happens, I looked through my music library and started to look for new music from artists I already have. I was pretty happy to stumble across this song by Dave Barnes, I hope you enjoy!
God Gave Me You
Dave Barnes
I’ve been a walking heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be
But you stay here right beside me
Watch as the storm goes through
And I need you
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
There’s more here than what were seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
Ill be the flattered fool
and I need you
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
On my own I’m only
Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I could baby, never undo
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you.
Gave me you.
Hmmm, I think this is my new favorite song for the moment.
You and I
Ingrid Michaelson
Don’t you worry there my honey
We might not have any money
But we’ve got our love to pay the bills
Maybe I think you’re cute and funny
Maybe I wanna do want bunnies do with you if you know what I mean
Oh lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I
Well you might be a bit confused
And you might be a little bit bruised
But baby how we spoon like no one else
So I will help you read those books
If you will soothe my worried looks
And we will put the lonesome on the shelf
Lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I
Lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I
For those of you who know me, you know that I love discovering music and lately I’ve really come to like JJ Heller. I don’t remember exactly how I came across her, I think iTunes had recommended one of her other songs to me and I stumbled across this one.
It’s a beautiful song that takes a glimpse at three different people who are going through different trials and really wanting to know what love is. At the end they hear, "I will love, you for you. Not for what you have done or what you will become." What powerful words, especially for those who really need to hear it. While human relationships and love can let us down, the love of God doesn’t, which is pretty awesome.
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing" – Zephaniah 3:17
Love Me
JJ Heller
He cries in the corner where nobody sees
He’s the kid with the story no one would believe
He prays every night, Dear God won’t you please
Could you send someone here who will love me?
Who will love me for me
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me
Cause nobody has shown me what love
What love really means
Her office is shrinking a little each day
She’s the woman whose husband has run away
She’ll go to the gym after working today
Maybe if she was thinner
Then he would’ve stayed
And she says
Who will love me for me?
Not for what I have done or what I will become
Who will love me for me?
Cause nobody has shown me what love, what love really means
He’s waiting to die as he sits all alone
He’s a man in a cell who regrets what he’s done
He utters a cry from the depths of his soul
Oh Lord, forgive me, I want to go home
Then he heard a voice somewhere deep inside
And it said
I know you’ve murdered and I know you’ve lied
I have watched you suffer all of your life
And now that you’ll listen, I’ll tell you that I…
I will love you for you
Not for what you have done or what you will become
I will love you for you
I will give you the love
The love that you never knew
