Lara Zielin

STATUS: Not invited. To Steve Martin’s wedding, that is. Look at this guest list! Holy wah. That’s a dream room right there. I totally would have crashed it if I could have: Why, hello, Diane Keaton. Your turtleneck looks smashing this evening. Mwah, I’ve known Steve for ages. We met on the set of Bowfinger. What? My invite? I, er, left it in the car. No, really, there’s no need to flag down security … [heard faintly from beyond gate at front of driveway] Congratulations, Steve! Best wishes to you and whats-her-name!

The weekend was good. Seriously productive, writing-wise, and also organizationally. Did some rehab to the back patio and it looks way, way better. It’s amazing what a couple hundred bucks and a trip to Meijer can do. I’m SUCH a TLC girl.

So, I often write while rocking out to iTunes, and I’ve found myself inspired by some good songs lately. So I thought I’d write down some kick-ass lyrics and songs that makes me want to pound the keys harder. Here goes:

If some night I don’t come home, please don’t think I’ve left you alone. The same place animals go when they die, you can’t climb across a mountain so high. – Arcade Fire, Keep the Car Running

I think I adore this song because I’m learning to play the drums and the drums in this song are so cool. But I like poetry behind the notion of someone going to the “same place animals go when they die” and it being a place others can’t necessarily follow.

I got a girl in the war, Paul, her eyes are like champagne. They sparkle, bubble over, but in the morning all you’re left with is rain. – Josh Ritter, A Girl in the War

Josh Ritter has some great lyrics, but this is one of my favorite lines. Ever.

I wanna have the same last dream again, the one where I wake up and I’m alive. Just as the four walls close me within, my eyes are opened up with pure sunlight. I’m the first to know, my dearest friends, even if your hope has burned with time, anything that’s dead shall be re-grown, and your vicious pain, your warning sign, you will be fine. – Angels and Airwaves, The Adventure

I found this song on an iTunes playlist dedicated to the memory of Steve Irwin. I LOVED that man and I still mourn his passing. This song is so inspiring to me – about there being so much hope in life no matter what. “Anything that’s dead shall be re-grown.” Amen.

There’s a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D, I’m laughing at you you’re laughing at me. There’s a room of shadows that gets so dark brother, it’s easy for two people to lose each other in this tunnel of love. – Bruce Springsteen, Tunnel of Love

Okay, so The Boss has amazing lyrics, but there’s something about this song that just gets me every time I hear it. Maybe it’s the metaphor of love as a dark ride through a mysterious tunnel that you think is going to be so fun but it can get really scary and shadowy. But is still worth it.

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