It's hard to believe it's Thursday again -- the symbolic end of the week here at Ferry Tales. And that means it's time for our third installment of Thursday Night Music--the feature that encourages you to kick back, crank up the volume and stare off vacantly into space. Wait, that's just the guy next to me on the ferry -- never mind that.
Regardless, showing that we draw from many decades of music here at the blog, this week's artist is Jon Mayer, with his powerful 2010 ballad "Half of My Heart." The song, which is an entendre inside an entendre inside an entendre, is one of our favorites from the "Battle Studies" album--a collection of songs that Mayer described as "lessons, a lot of the observations, and a little bit of advice. Like a handbook, like a heartbreak handbook." Enjoy!
I was born in the arms of imaginary friends
Free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been
Then you come crashing in, like the realest thing
Trying my best to understand all that your love can bring
Oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
Half of my heart takes time
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That I can't keep loving you
Oh, with half of my heart
I was made to believe i'd never love somebody else
I made a plan, stay the man who can only love himself
Lonely was the song I sang, 'til the day you came
Showing me a better way and all that my love can bring
Oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation
Half of my heart takes time
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That I can't keep loving you
Oh, with half of my heart
With half of my heart
Your faith is strong
But I can only fall short for so long
Time will hold, later on
You will hate that I never gave more to you than half of my heart
But I can't stop loving you
But I can't stop loving you
But I can't stop loving you with half of my...
Half of my heart
Half of my heart
Half of my heart's got a real good imagination
Half of my heart's got you
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you
That half of my heart won't do
Half of my heart is a shotgun wedding to a bride with a paper ring
And half of my heart is the part of a man who's never really loved anything
Half of my heart
Half of my heart
Half of my heart
Half of my heart
Half of my heart
Half of my heart
You had me until the John Mayer. Now I'll have to revisit the hilarious Kitsap county marketing campaign and cutting-edge dissemination of public transportation benefits, not to mention every aspect of my deep-rooted Sting appreciation, in light of these Mayer-colored glasses (with Taylor Swift, for cryin' out loud).
ReplyDeleteHaha, who is PB? Identify yourself!
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