I decided to ressurrect my blog with music that speaks to me.  Today, aside from Purple Rain, I have this song coursing through my veins.

"Shatter Me"
(feat. Lzzy Hale)

For those that don't want to watch the vid or want the lyrics all at once:

Well this is how it starts
Two lovers in the dark
On the run from the one they call sheriff spark
Six guns by their side
And bullets round their waist
Two shots to the sky signals signs for the chase
The safe was nearly empty and they were nearly free
But were seen by the good eye
Of the mean billy green
And he screamed at the top of his lungs
"they're on the run!"
It's the two wild siders
Grab your holsters and your guns

I said I wish that we could stay here
But I fear our time has come
We can ride out in the darkness
Chasing the rising sun
We gotta pack our bags this instant
Were heading southbound to the next town
And if we arrive there so safely
Baby you can lay me down

Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down

Well it's the story of the two
Always on the move
They've got nothing left to lose
Except their guns and their wounds
Now they're crossing borders
Sheriffs pose on their tail
They'd rather die together than be stuck up in a cell
They drank up all the whiskey and they partied every night
Like it could be the last
The bounty said to shoot on side
So they chasing through the summer, though it came with the pride
They wouldn't stop running til they found a paradise
But the sheriff finally found them
With his eyes seeing red
So the lovers had to shoot him
Gotta fill him full of lead
They were finally free to find a place to lay their head
And when they finally did he looked at her and then he said

He said I think that we can stay here
Cuz I feel our time has come
And we can walk down to the ocean
And sit with the rising sun
So unpack your bags this instant
No more running from town to town
And now that weve arrived so safely
Baby you can lay me down

Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down

Me and my green eyed girl and I've been running round with you
It's the afternoon and weve got nothin left to do
So wipe the dirt off or take your shirt off
And we should go hit the cantina we got work off
I said it's hot outside let me go swimming in your eyes
Weve been running for a while
Why don't you lay down and make me smile
I could never ask for something better than this
It's just tequila and the beach that's why it's salty when we kiss

I said I think that we can stay here
Cuz I feel our time has come
And we can walk down to the ocean and sit with the rising sun
So unpack your bags this instant no more running from town to town
And not that weve arrived so safely baby you can lay me down

Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down
Lay me down 

ooohh oh ooooh, oh oh oh ohhh
ooohh oh ooooh, oh oh oh ohhh

It's a cruel cruel world, to face on your own,
A heavy cross, to carry alone,
The lights are on, but everyone's gone,
And it's cruel

It's a funny way, to make ends meet,
when the lights are out on every street,
It feels alright, but never complete,
without you,

I trust you, if it's already been done, undo it,
It takes two, it's up to me and you, to prove it,
All the rainy nights, even the coldest days,
you're moments ago, but seconds away,
The principal of Nitzche, it's true but, it's a cruel world,

ooooh oooh oohh, ooh ooh oooh ooh, ooo wooah

We can play it safe, or play it cool,
follow the leader, or make up all the rules,
whatever you want, the choice is yours,
So choose,

I trust you, if it's already been done, undo it,
It takes two, it's up to me and you, to prove it,

ei ei ei ei ei, oh oh oh oh oh, ye oh oh,
ei ei ei ei ei, oh oh oh oh oh, ye eh, ye eh, ye eh,

I trust you, it's already been done, undo it,
It takes two, it's up to me and you, to prove it,

ei ei ei, woah wo, yeah eh
ei ei ei ei ei, oh oh oh oh oh, ye eh, ye eh, ye eh,

I trust you, if it's already been done, undo it,
It takes two, it's up to me and you, to prove it,
ei ei ei ei ei, oh oh oh oh oh, ye oh oh,
ei ei ei, oh oh oh oh oh, ye eh, ye eh, ye eh,

I trust you. 

This has been on my breast cancer playlist for a LONG time... but it's more special to me now that I've seen her play it live when she opened for BNL last month.

I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today
I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today

I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today
I just want to feel something today
I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today
I just want to feel something today

[CHORUS:]
Open me up and you will see
I'm a gallery of broken hearts
I'm beyond repair, let me be
And give me back my broken parts

I just want to know today, know today, know today
I just want to know something today
I just want to know today, know today, know today
Know that maybe I will be ok

[CHORUS]

Just give me back my pieces
Just give them back to me please
Just give me back my pieces
And let me hold my broken parts

I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today
I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok
I just want to be ok today

I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today
I just want to feel something today
I just want to know today, know today, know today
Know that maybe I will be ok
Know that maybe I will be ok
Know that maybe I will be ok 

Well, I know, I miss more than hit
With a face that was launched to sink
An' I seldom feel, the bright relief
It's been the worst day since yesterday

If there's one thing I have said
Is that the dreams I once had, now lay in bed
As the four winds blow, my wits through the door
It's been the worst day since yesterday

Fallin' down to you, sweet ground
Where the flowers they bloom
Well, it's there I'll be found
Hurry back to me, my wild calling
It's been the worst day since yesterday

Though these wounds have seen no wars
Except for the scars I have ignored
And this endless crutch, well, it's never enough
It's been the worst day since yesterday

Hell says hello, well, it's time I should go
To pastures green, that I've yet to see
Hurry back to me, my wild calling
It's been the worst day since yesterday

It's been the worst day since yesterday
It's been the worst day since yesterday

You're better then the best
I'm lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler then the flip side of my pillow, that's right
Completely unaware
Nothing can compare to where you send me,
Lets me know that it's ok, yeah it's ok
And the moments where my good times start to fade

You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Ohh, you make me smile

Even when you're gone
Somehow you come along
Just like a flower poking the sidewalk crack and just like that
You steal away the rain and just like that

You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Ohh, you make me smile

Don't know how I lived without you
Cuz everytime that I get around you
I see the best of me inside your eyes
You make me smile
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild

You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Ohh, you make me smile