Here is a new sub topic for my blog.  Every now and again I am introduced to a new song that connects with me on such a level that I truly believe that it was written just for me.  Yes...apparently the world revolves around me.  Some people need a morning run in order to clear their minds for the day.  While I need to incorporate a morning run, (although my heart could explode like Planet Krypton if I tried more than a slow shuffle) I spend a good part of my early day listening to music.  In order to have a good day I need a fantastic song that speaks to me...and if the song is new to me then it is even so much better!

Here is one of those songs.  It is by a wonderful group call the The Avett Brothers.

The lyrics and the music just won a slap and pinch fight with my heart....


I dare you to listen and not be moved. 






"Head Full Of Doubt / Road Full Of Promise"

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There's a darkness upon you that's flooded in light
And in the fine print they tell you what's wrong and what's right
And it flies by day and it flies by night
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There was a dream and one day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
So I'll scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out

There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
And I'm frightened by those that don't see it