City and Colour - Against this grain

Against this grain

artist : City and Colour
album : Bring me your love

You need not, to climb mountaintops
You need not, to cross the sea
You need not, to find a cure
for everything that makes you weak.

You need not to reach for the stars,
when life becomes so dark
and when the wind
does blow against the grain
you must follow your heart
you must follow your heart

when all your friends
have come and gone
and the sun no longer shines
and the happiness for which you long
is washed away, like an oceans tide
when all the hard times, outweigh the good
and all your words are misunderstood

when the day seems lost from the stars
you must follow your heart
you must follow your heart

If you feel, you paid the price
and your wounds should cease to heal
and everything you love in life,
spins like a winding wheel
if you should wake, to find you're abandoned.
and the road you travel, leads to a dead end

when death creeps in, to play it's part.
you must follow your heart
you must follow your heart

Sebuah komposisi musik yang sederhana secara musikalitas tetapi mempunyai kekuatan pada liriknya. Ciri khas musik ciptaan Dallas Green memang kental, mengusung unsur akustik, folk, dan alternative country. Lirik yang memberikan inspirasi dan semangat yang tinggi dalam lagu ini. Lalu kenapa saya mencantumkan gambar seorang loper koran berseragam sekolah?
Lagu ini pas dan cocok sekali penggambarannya tentang sebuah penyulutan semangat untuk seseorang yang berjuang keras tengah meniti cita-cita, merasakan kerasnya kehidupan. Bahu kanan dan bahu kiri tak pernah bergerak seimbang, langkah yang gontai menyisakan harapan semu. Antara Keyakinan dan putus asa.
Sumpah! Saya pengen nangis membayangkannya.

You need not, to climb mountaintops
You need not, to cross the sea
You need not, to find a cure

for everything that makes you weak.

Tak perlu kau mendaki ke puncak gunung
Tak perlu kau menyebrangi samudra
Tak perlu kau mencari obat hanya untuk sesuatu yang kan buatmu tak berdaya.

If you feel, you paid the price
and your wounds should cease to heal
and everything you love in life,
spins like a winding wheel
if you should wake, to find you're abandoned.
and the road you travel, leads to a dead end

YOU MUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART!!

Dallas green menekankan = YOU MUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART dalam setiap akhir reff nya.

Pas banget di dengerin malam-malam menjelang tidur, sambil menceritakan dongeng kepada anak-anak anda, atau sambil membaca buku cerita bersama sang adik. ^^
Terus terang, itu keinginan pribadi saya.. bercengkrama with my beloved lil sistha.. berbagi cerita betapa tidak enaknya menjadi orang dewasa. ah! Aku kangen adekku. Sumpah setengah mateng!! :D

Sleep tight.


XOXO

-nax-

Meg and Dia - Agree To Disagree

by : meg and dia
Album : Here, here and here

Agree to Disagree

Your house, the coffee tastes like dirt
Not because I'm hurt, that's just what it tastes like
Dirt roads, remind me of my skin
Not because I'm wasting away
With the gravel you grounded, that's what it feels like

I won't be sorry, won't go moping around
In fact I'm doing quite well for now

Let's talk about giving up, that sounds so bitter sweet
Think I'll throw in the towel right now
I'll lay low on the ground and I'll be on my feet
When I can breathe, when I'm good and ready

This tree, lovers heart engraved
Not because I'm lonely, just because I hate it
Sunshine lives underneath my nose
Not because I'm burning all my hopes
Scorching all my favors, far as I can turn

And I'm not bitter, I'm not mouthing out words
Look at my face, believe me now

Let's talk about giving up, that sounds so bitter sweet
Think I'll throw in the towel right now
I'll lay low on the ground and I'll be on my feet
When I can breathe, when I'm good and ready

Let's talk about giving up, that sounds so bitter sweet
Think I'll throw in the towel right now
I'll lay low on the ground and I'll be on my feet
When I can breathe, when I'm good and ready

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Sekilas liriknya terlihat ringan, mudah di cerna dan teenage sekali. Di album Here, here and here komposisi musik Meg and dia mengalami perubahan yg signifikan. Kali ini sedikit mencampurkan unsur-unsur country pada ketukan drum dan nuansa gitar. Isi vokal dari Dia juga sudah mulai memperlihatkan karakternya dan bisa mengalir sendiri sesuai dengan irama musiknya. Perubahan yg mencolok telihat pada nada-nada dan setting gitar sang gitaris Meg yang juga sebagai backing Vokal dibanding dengan album sebelumnya.
Nuansa country yang lebih kental ada di lagu ini ( Agree to disagree). Album Here, here and here cocok sekali di dengarkan didalam mobil yang melaju dengan kecepatan 50/60 km menuju area pedesaan yang nyaman dan tentram. Penyajian dan komposisi musik yg easy listening dan ringan, namun sebenarnya secara musikalitas cukup rumit membuat saya mengacungkan jempol untuk band yang satu ini. Dan memilihnya sebagai musik tema liburan saya kali ini.
:D
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