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NEW JEWEL BLOG: January 25, 2010
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WHAT YOU ARE (Jewel and Dave Berg) I’M DRIVING AROUND TOWN KINDA BORED WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN I SEE A GIRL ON A BUS STOP BENCH DRESSED TO DRAW ATTENTION HOPING EVERYONE WILL STARE IF SHE DON’T STAND OUT SHE THINKS SHE’LL DISSAPPEAR I WISH I COULD HOLD HER, TELL HER, SHOW HER WHAT SHE WANTS IS ALREADY THERE A STAR IS A STAR IT DOESN’T HAVE TO TRY TO SHINE WATER WILL FALL A BIRD JUST KNOWS HOW TO FLY YOU DON’T HAVE TO TELL A FLOWER HOW TO BLOOM OR LIGHT HOW TO FILL UP A ROOM YOU ALREADY ARE WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE - IS BEAUTIFUL I HEARD A STORY THE OTHER DAY TOOK PLACE AT THE LOCAL V.A. A FATHER TALKING TO HIS DYING SON THIS WAS HIS CONVERSATION: IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS YOU CAN’T GO FIRST, I CAN'T HANDLE IT THE BOY SAID DAD, NOW DON’T YOU CRY REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A CHILD WHAT YOU USED TO TELL ME WHEN I’D ASK WHY, YOU’D SAY... GRAVITY IS GRAVITY IT DOESN’T TRY TO PULL YOU DOWN A STONE IS STONE IT CAN’T HELP BUT HOLD IT’S GROUND THE WIND JUST BLOWS THOUGH YOU CANNOT SEE IT’S EVERYWHERE JUST LIKE I WILL ALWAYS BE ALREADY ARE WHAT YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE - IS STRONG ENOUGH LOOK IN THE MIRROR NOW THAT’S ANOTHER STORY TO TELL I GIVE LOVE TO OTHERS BUT I GIVE MYSELF HELL I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF IN EVERY SEED THERE’S A PERFECT PLAN WHAT I HOPE TO BE I ALREADY AM A FLOWER IS A FLOWER IT DOESN’T HAVE TO TRY TO BLOOM LIGHT IS LIGHT IT JUST KNOWS HOW TO FILL A ROOM DARK IS DARK SO THE STARS HAVE A PLACE TO SHINE THE TIDE GOES OUT SO IT CAN COME BACK ANOTHER TIME GOODBYE MAKES HELLO SO SWEET AND LOVE IS LOVE SO THAT IT CAN TEACH US THAT WE ALREADY ARE WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE - IS BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG ENOUGH AND GOOD ENOUGH AND BRIGHT ENOUGH... Go to the homepage to download the song and listen it http://www.jeweljk.com/?em1=1121_-1_...nt=jewels_blog |
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01-27-2010, 02:49 AM | #2 |
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I'm a big fan of the demo take of this song--it definitely stands out a lot more to me than when she posted a vlog of it (even though she looked really cute in the vlog).
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01-27-2010, 06:27 PM | #3 |
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jajaja, maybe it is because of the guitar, Robby
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01-30-2010, 08:05 AM | #4 |
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I just listened to this song for the first time the other day and I teared up! It seems lately that her new songs are really affecting me upon first listen, which is rare I think! To me, it feels like lately she has been drawing from a deeper level of wisdom in her personal life and therefore also with her songwriting. As if she is uncovering her roots and returning to them...and then sharing them with us. She has come into her own.
I saw Jewel in concert back in Nov. and she played 'My Father's Daughter' and then followed that with 'Hole In My Heart'..... I hadn't heard of these new songs before going to the concert, as I had been behind on Jewel updates. I had just had a conversation before the concert with my bf about how I'm very much my father's daughter...so it was kind of ironic to hear this song I thought! I live about 1,700 miles away from my dad and I miss him so much. This song really got me. Then 'Hole In My Heart' totally did me in right after that. I had to get more Kleenex! From a woman's perspective, 'What You Are' is such a powerful statement. The message of this song is in the same vein as 'Stronger Woman'. We constantly put ourselves down, we downplay our qualities, so many of us do not realize &/or even deny our self worth because we compare ourselves to everyone else. And just as Jewel mentions in the song about the young girl thinking that how she looks & dresses determines her value, I also see so many young girls in their pre-teens & teens with this line of thought that is accepted as the norm. And it seems they are affected by low self-esteem at younger and younger ages all the time. We have 8 year old anorexic girls, 11 year old mothers, etc.....I just wonder how much longer this sort of social disease will continue.... I'm worried to know how little confidence our granddaughters and great-granddaughters will have in the future..... So, we must remind ourselves & teach our daughters that... ...Everything we hope to be, we already are...
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