Nueva!

Brandi and the boys have another new song, and it is (I've come to decide, with the help of a certain other BCB fanatic) even better than the first one! This one's called "Looking Out," and the lyrics were kind of a pain to decipher, but I had to do it anyway. I'm not positive about any of it, but here's what I've got:

I went out looking for the answers
and never left my town
I’m no good at understanding
but I’m good at standing ground

And when I asked a corner preacher
I couldn’t hear him for my youth
Some people get religion
Some people get the truth
I never get the truth
I never get the truth


I know the darkness pulls on you
and it’s just a point of view
When you’re outside lookin’ in
you can belong to someone
When you feel like givin’ in
and the comin’ of the end
Like your heart could break in two
Someone loves you

I laid a suitcase on my chest
so I could feel somebody’s weight
and I laid you to rest
just to feel the give and take

I’ve got a new interpretation
and it’s a better point of view
You were lookin’ for a landslide
I was lookin’ out for you
I was lookin’ out for you
Someone’s lookin’ out for you

I know the darkness pulls on you
and it’s just a point of view
When you’re outside lookin’ in
you can belong to someone
When you feel like givin’ in
and the comin’ of the end
Like your heart could break in two
Someone loves you.

I am afraid of crossing lines
I am afraid of flying blind
afraid of inquiring minds
afraid of being left behind

I close my eyes: I think of you
I take a step: I think of you
I catch my breath: I think of you
I cannot rest: I think of you

My one and only wrecking ball
and you’re crashing through my walls
When you’re outside lookin’ in
you can belong to someone
When you feel like givin’ in
and the comin’ of the end
Like your heart could break in two
Someone loves you
(lyric updates/corrections 2/13)

My favorite lines totally are these: "My one and only wrecking ball/and you're crashing through my walls"--those are the lines that made me love this song more than "Avenue of Second Starts."

I just went out to dinner with my mom, and the whole time I was singing this in my head. It's the greatest ever. I think I might have to revise my list of top ten Brandi Carlile songs. Is it better than "Downpour"? Not yet. But it is better than "The Clock."

Apparently, "point of view" sounds exactly like "part of you" when it comes out of Brandi's mouth. She needs to work on that enunciation thing.