79 - We're All Dumb & Jaded

Seventy nine.  The year I was born.  So we're going back...way back to 1998.

I got really confused about this song.  I thought I heard a DJ on the radio say this one was on the album for the movie Armageddon.  Yes, I like that movie.  Still.  And some of you did too when it came out, otherwise it wouldn't have made so much money.  So don't give me any Michael Bay grief.  I've come to grips with that hack now...but then...it was a different world.

So this song, I must have misunderstood that DJ on the radio.  There was a song from this band on the album, but not this song.  However it was this song that lead me to the band, who have become long time favorites.

Song 79
        "4 AM" from Our Lady Peace on their album Clumsy

This song remains my all-time favorite from this band.  It was one of the first things to awaken forgiveness in my heart toward my father, and repairing that broken relationship.  It would take a few more years, but I can firmly say that this song was a catalyst.  Not just forgiveness from me, but acknowledging that I too, needed to be forgiven for my part.

Then there is just the song itself.  It's this gut wrenching ballad from a man who didn't let someone know he loved them.  I've read it was based on a dream that lead singer Raine Maida about his father.  It's a potent song, and his voice is so unique and I had never heard anything like it before, or since really."

Sometimes it's the simplest of things, in the song :a phone call - for me: a song and a movie, that crash reality and consequences upon us:

I never thought I would forget this hate
then a phone call made me realize
I'm wrong

Then the chorus just drives the emotions home

If I don't make it known that
I've loved you all along
just like the sunny days that
we ignore because
we're all dumb & jaded
and I hope to God I figure out
what's wrong

 That's my song and I'm sticking to it.  Enjoy!


grace, peace + hope-Jesse