29/30 - Catch a Cannon Ball/In a Room Full of Emptiness

Another double post.  Should be back on track for Monday.
 
This first song, I don't remember when I first heard it or where.  It's from before my time.  I'm sure it was in a movie, but I don't know which one.  Regardless it takes me to Autumn.  The lazy guitar intro and gentle gait of the song.  It's a nice relaxing tune.  One I could have really used yesterday, perhaps that is why it came to mind for the post.

Song 29
    "The Weight" from the band, The Band, on their debut album, Music from Big Pink.

For me this song is more about the feeling the music generates, than it is about the lyrics.  When I read a little about what the song was about, it makes for an interesting concept.  I'll spare a recounting of what I read.  Just go to wikipedia and read the comments from the writer himself.  It is a song that helped me appreciate music from an era before me.  So, that stands for something.  Right?

Like I said, the gentle pace of the song makes for a nice relaxing atmosphere.  It makes me want to put on a light sweater, grab a good book and sit on the porch at my folks house while watching the leaves turn and fall.  It's just a laid back soak up the beautiful day, it's sunny, but with a chill in the air.

So, if you can today, or in the near future, just take a listen to this tune, and relax in the beauty of Autumn!
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The next song is a little more involved.  It was a few years after that "golden year" I've mentioned a few times.  It wasn't the best of times for me.  Mainly because of choices I had made.  I was far away from friends and family, and pushing myself further.  I was especially far away from one of the most important relationships in my life, Jesus.  Yeah, that Jesus.  I know now that he was always right there, but I wasn't looking.

Then one day I hear this song on the radio.  Back in those days I didn't have an iPod to block out the radio yet, and my discman wasn't always as reliable as one would want.  So I'm driving to work, and this song comes over the airwaves.  And it captivates me.  Mainly because I recognize the voice.  Chirs Cornell.

Song 30
    "Like a Stone" from the incredibly Audioslave on their freshman, self-titled album, Audioslave.

I would soon remember that I had really liked an earlier song from this album, Cochise, and found myself in a music store purchasing a copy.  I really love a good rock album and having the band from Rage Against the Machine with the vocals from Soundgarden team up...GOLDEN!

Like a Stone really struck a chord in my heart that day in the car.  The lyrics might be a bit cryptic, but some things really hit me:

In your house I long to be;
Room by room patiently,
I'll wait for you there, like a stone.
I'll wait for you there, Alone.

For me, in that feeling of distance from God, this song spoke volumes.  I'm not saying that's what the song is about.  But that is what I felt in it.  It felt as if the lyrics were my soul uttering what I didn't want to admit to myself.  And on an Autumn day like this, (gorgeous, sunny, chilly) I get reflective.  Not just on those days, but reflective in general.  And this song does a lot to encourage that mind set of reflection and remembrance.

So, with all this to ponder and think about, I leave another day.  And one behind. 

Enjoy!
-Jesse