26 - They Say There's Linings Made of Silver

Poetry is another thing that I feel fits best in Autumn.  When I think of Robert Frost's, The Road Not Taken, I always see it set in mid Autumn.  Maybe a little further in.  There is still color, but many leaves are already down.

Poems just seem to have a greater voice in this season.  Just like mystery novels, fantasy books/movies, and horror stories.  I know there is poetry about all the seasons, and fit well in them, but Autumn seems to evoke the best.  But hey, I am probably biased.

There is a simple poetry in the selection for today.  I came across this song after hearing the artist on that lovely website Pandora.  I don't remember which "station" I had created that she popped up in...(I'm thinking The Civil Wars)...but I kept hearing her voice and really liked it.  So, I picked up the album that had the songs I was hearing most of, and came across this gem:


Song 26/Day 26
        "Are We There Yet" from the album Everybody from Ingrid Michaelson.

I really like the bare-bones music aspect of this song, how it really relies on her voice to carry the emotion and focus of the song.  And she has such a great voice.  I really enjoyed this album as a whole, and look forward to getting more.

This is the song that stuck out above all the others.  Despite hearing it in late Winter/very early Spring, it immediately took me to Fall.  It has that same soft, driving sound, but unlike a lot of the other songs this list has featured thus far, it doesn't really build to a big rise toward the end.

The lyrics feel like they take me into the thoughts of this girl.  Whether it's Michaelson herself, or just the "voice" of the song I don't know.  But it seems like this is what she'd say in her journal, or what she is thinking to the person the song is focused at.  Maybe she'd never outright say these things, but they are heavy on her heart.

I can almost feel these words as tangible things.

I really like the lyrics in the third verse:

They say you're really not somebody,
until somebody else loves you.
Well, I am waiting to make,
somebody, somebody soon.

There's a sadness to this song, a sense of indecisiveness.  But there is hope.  And if you know me at all, that should be one thing that is kind of on my sleeve.  Hope is my heartbeat.  You could call me a hopeless hopeful.

So, a poetic song that makes me think of Autumn, and deals with love, wonder, and hope...how could I not love this song.  The only thing missing is a chilly rainstorm (but we got one of those Monday and it was fantastic!)

So for now, follow the link and find out if you're there yet...

Ingrid Michaelson's "Are We There Yet" from the album Everybody.

-Jesse