Phoebe, nearly a year on, still a work in progress

[Phoebe]

Today I was listening to a CD that I bought a few weeks ago, and the lyrics to this song finally made it through to my ears. This song sounds pessimistic, I suppose, but it doesn't come across that way to me. If you listen to it, it is strangely upbeat. Life isn't perfect, it isn't what I imagined, but it is what it is and it goes on. And you know what? I'm OK with that.

I liked my old life, but as the song says, "I miss it like a hole in the head."

It wasn't real and I don't need it. What I do have is the opportunity to make myself a life of my choosing, and that is a very good thing.

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Holes, by Passenger

I know a man with nothing in his hands, nothing but a rolling stone
He told me about when his house burnt down, he lost everything he owned
He lay asleep for six whole weeks, they were gonna ask his mother to choose
When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you something
When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
Now I've got a hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt, a whole lot of trouble, he said
But now the money's gone, life carries on and I miss it like a hole in the head

I know a woman with kids around her ankles and a baby on her lap
She said one day her husband went to get a paper and the mother *%$&#% never came back
Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise, keeping the wolf from the door
She said the wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked so why you gotta worry me for
Now he left a hole in my heart, a hole in a promise, a hole on the side of my bed
Oh but now that he's gone, well life carries on and I miss him like a hole in the head

Well sometimes you can't change and you can't choose
And sometimes it seems you gain less than you lose
Now we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Well we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on