forty-five

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Shut Your Eyes
Snow Patrol
Eyes Open
2006

I don't know how I feel about Snow Patrol.  Sometimes I love them.  Sometimes they cheese me out (a bit).  I was listening to their new album and dancing around the kitchen in between washing dishes and peeling a sweet potato when I thought of this song and HAD to listen to it.

I love this song and, as I rediscovered tonight, I can listen to it over and over again without ever getting sick of it.  This song is kind of like a big, deep breath.  The kind you're supposed to take when you're feeling a little stressed out.  I like songs that I can get lost in; songs that kind of lift me and carry me away.  This is one of those songs.  I love that the music sounds like the sensation of spinning in that "big chair"...it makes me "dizzy, light, and free".

My favourite lines are definitely:

"And when the worrying starts to hurt
And the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
You can imagine this place, yeah, our secret space at will"

I can't quite articulate myself at the moment , and have more to say, (maybe it's the sleepiness settling in behind my eyes)--BUT, I love the idea of being able to imagine yourself somewhere else.  My imagination was seriously my favourite toy when I was a kid, so I kind of like how present the idea of imagination is in this song--like when you were a kid and could imagine that a chair-on-wheels was your time machine or rocket ship.  And now I'M going to sound totally cheese, but I seriously think this song sounds even better if you listen with your eyes closed.  Really.  I swear.