music is such a big part of my life that i hate having to only pick one band and one musician. but anyway.
i've been a fan of maroon 5 since i was about five, so they'd definitely have to be my band. i love their older music a lot more than the new, even though the new is still (mostly) good.
i love their song "goodnight". i'm not sure why, but it's always been one of my favorites. i love the part that goes, "so much to learn, so much to learn, but i won't be there to teach you. i know i can't be close, but i tried my best to reach you. i'm so sorry, i did not mean to hurt my little girl. it's beyond me, i cannot carry the weight of the heavy world." my best guess as to why is that it sounds like the apology i wish i would get from my dad, even though i know i never will.
i recently started liking "payphone" again after my manager and i had some time and she pulled out her guitar and we sang for some of the patrons. "i'm at a payphone trying to call home, all of my change i've spent on you. where have the times gone, baby it's all wrong. where are the plans we made for two?" that verse always makes me think of my ex-best friend and all the promises he broke, but now i have a happy memory attached to the song too.
and i've recently gotten on an ed sheeran kick, as it says in my bio, and i've been trying to listen to more than just the songs that come on the radio (my main source of music). i love to know the reasons behind the songs he writes. even though they're sad, i'm in love with "small bump" and "supermarket flowers" currently.
he wrote "small bump" for his friends who had a miscarriage and lost their baby at 5 months. one of my favorite parts of the song: "you are my one and only. you can wrap your fingers 'round my thumb and hold me tight, and you'll be alright." i think this part means so much to me right now because my nephew is due in a little over a month. he's the first child of either of my siblings, so in effect, he's my one and only.
"supermarket flowers" is about his grandmother, but it's written from his mom's perspective. i think that one means so much to me because i lost my own grandma about 4 years ago. this part hits me every single time: "dad always told me don't you cry when you're down, but mom, there's a tear every time that i blink. oh, i'm in pieces. it's tearing me up, but i know, a heart that's broke is a heart that's been loved."
also worth mentioning among my favorites are passenger, adele, shawn mendes, christina perri, carrie underwood, miranda lambert, old dominion, kenny chesney, taylor swift, john mayer, jack johnson, birdy, and soundtracks like the greatest showman and phantom of the opera.
