Have You Ever Heard the Lyrics?

Come Back to Me - Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles

Gifts and flowers lay upon the lid
The pink silk above your face
Tears make a ribbon of diamonds in the dark
My daddy breaks down at the funeral home
Friends and relations make an annoying sound
We sit and wander around the room
Ribbons are folded on the rose bouquet
And I hear a voice that sounds so much like yours

Please, please come back to me
I cry soft to you through the bedroom wall
Oh, please come back to me

Playing in Cleveland on a Wednesday Night
Recovering from the night before
Well, I am broken and crying in the ladies room
The opening band is playing out their song

Please, please come back to me
I cry soft to you through the bedroom wall
Oh, please come back to me

I made a shrine for you on the kitchen wall
With flowers that and surrounded with souvenirs
You were walking through the house last night
I knew it was you from the space in your step

Please, please come back to me
I cry soft to you through the bedroom wall
Oh, please come back to me

Last night while I was sititng in the stands watching basketball, we are playing in our conference tournament this weekend, I finally HEARD the lyrics in the song above. I tend to have a short attention span where new music is concerned. At least twice a month I have a new musical obsession. It is a good thing I have an "artist alley" segment in my One Tree Hill podcast to feed my need.

Well, last week I was introduced to Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles. I even used a clip of their song "Modern Trick" in my One Tree Hill Podcast this week.

But most of the time, and you know it's true, we listen to a song but never really hear it. I did that with the song "Come Back to Me." It is so haunting. The person is torn apart. Death has taken her love from her and she goes through the sureal moments of the funeral and then how daily life almost seems unbearable. It is so powerful.

Music and lyrics, together they can touch you in ways you would never have imagined. And for a few minutes take you somwhere you never believed you could go.