On the Radio by Regina Spektor

lol: turn off the music from my own mp3 player-- bottom left sidebar

This is my new favorite Regina Spektor song. Every new song I hear by her ends up being my favorite, actually. Her voice is so unique, and her lyrics are fantastic too. Mmm. Such happy music:)

This is how it works: you're young until you're not.

You love until you don't.

You try until you can't.

You laugh until you cry.

You cry until you laugh.

And everyone must breathe until their dying breath.

No, this is how it works: you peer inside yourself.

You take things you like,

and try to love the things you took.

And then you take that love you made

and stick it into some--

someone else's heart

pumping someone else's blood

And walking arm in arm, you hope it don't get harmed,

But even if it does,

you'll just do it all again.

This is so great. Some things are just inevitable; you can't control everything. You can only do so much- I think that's why she mentions how they listened to the song on the radio twice. It's happening, and there's nothing to stop it, so you might as well just pause and listen to the long solo. And she portrays love in words so well... it's as if she's giving two different views on love- one's a bit apathetic toward the idea, and the other's hopeful. But they're both true.

And she even says that you gotta love yourself before you can love someone else. My goodness, I love Regina Spektor. She could teach us so much. Try listening to some of her other songs.