Music Monday!
Music can be a great source of comfort and inspiration when you’re feeling down.
Today’s song is: “Home” by Phillip Phillips (what a silly name)
Listen to the song here:
Lyrics:
“Hold on to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave, wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home
Settle down, it’ll all be clear
Don’t pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble—it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home
Settle down, it’ll all be clear
Don’t pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble—it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found
Just know you’re not alone
‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home”
Why this song’s so cool: Catchy and pleasantly upbeat. Not to mention extremely fun to harmonize along to.
Why this song’s helpful: THIS: “Just know you’re not alone, ‘Cause I’m gonna make this place your home.” It’s repeated many times, and I’m glad. It’s an important thing to remember, and it can be especially difficult to remember when you are suffering or in pain, such as the pain and suffering accompanying depression.
“If you get lost, you can always be found.” This is a particularly affirming quote that is helpful for those feeling especially lost and alone. When in crisis, dealing with loss, feeling lost, confused, and alone, suffering from depression, or all of the above, you tend to suffer an influx of increasingly negative and hopeless thoughts. You’re mind becomes confused and irrational, making the truth difficult to accept or even see at all. That’s why it is so important to have a strong support system to tell you those truths over and over again – for them to believe, even if you can’t. Music can be a part of your support system, and the lyrics of this song can be a resource for having those positive and affirming messages repeated over and over to you – the more you hear positive messages that you are not alone, the more likely you will be to believe them.
“For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
-Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
More about Phillip Phillips:
http://www.phillipphillips.com/
The Psychology of Home:
Home is Where Your Butt Is: