Slow down and breathe

I'm 38 years old, married, with two kids, living in suburban outskirts of Minneapolis, MN. Typically, moms with kids in grade school listen to nursery rhymes, Boo Bah, and cartoon theme songs. I'm into lots of different kinds of music...jazz, classical, contemporary Christian music, the Beatles, current rock, 80's dance music, and so on....but I'm hooked on one song in particular. It's been out for about a year, but I've just been hearing the lyrics in the past couple of months. I guess I can relate to the lyrics that twenty-one year old Anna Nalick uses in her song "Breathe (2am)." It's like life is so busy and crazy sometimes, that all you can do is remind yourself to slow down. Slow down just long enough to look up and outside yourself. I'm making some time this week to just breathe.

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

In May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a Day", he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
whoa breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

"Breathe (2 AM)" by Anna Nalick