last night was tv night
last night was the emmy awards. the stars were out on the red carpet looking great and everyone was talking up the starts of their new seasons. it got me so excited!
the grey’s anatomy season 3 dvd was just released last week along with its new soundtrack complete with peter, bjorn and john; mat kearney, ingrid michaelson, feist, and others. it’s fantastic! i’ll be buying the dvd sometime this week and i’ll be sure to review all of the extras and extended cuts.
i said that if a song from a show really stood out to me, i’d publish that along with my analysis and i must say, mat kearney’s brand new “breathe in, breathe out” (original version) from the grey’s anatomy season 3 soundtrack has taken me aback. i am stunned.
it wasn’t in a season 3 episode since it was only written a few weeks ago and recorded about 2 weeks ago. anyway, i’ll post the lyrics here to read–mat kearney is one of the best songwriters out there and i’ll do my best to promote that fact whenever it is blatantly obvious…like now:
Breathe In, Breathe Out
by Mat Kearney
breathe in, breathe out
tell me all of your doubt
everybody bleeds this way just the same
breathe in, breathe out
move on and break down
if everyone goes away, i will stay
we push and pull
and i fall down sometimes
i’m not letting go
you hold the other line
’cause there is a light in your eyes
in your eyes
hold on, hold tight
if i’m out of your sight
and everything keeps moving on, moving on
hold on, hold tight
make it through another night
with every day there comes a song with the dawn
breathe in and breathe out
look left, look right
to the moon in the night
everything under the stars is in your arms
wooooah. when he sings “in your eyes, in your eyes” the repeated phrase gets me every single time. the way he goes so high on ”eyes” just rips out the heart strings. i guess it just pulls on the notion of being still. it recalls some biblical themes as he talks about “breathe in, breathe out” almost like the “be still and know that I am God.” mat has a lot of religious themes running throughout his songs. this may just be about a relationship, as most of his songs are, but it never ceases to amaze me his ability to make them so ambiguous and applicable in both arenas. it suggests the human quality of God (that sounds horrible but…) in that he can be a best friend that you struggle with just as you would a friend, but he’ll be there continuously. it may be a stretch, but i think it’s awesome that i can even start to think of this song that way. i love the idea of just being still and processing life as it has come and blown winds of change; all the while clinging to those people that have never failed you.
Breathe In, Breathe Out by Mat Kearney (Grey’s Season 3 Music video)
i watched the very end of the actual emmy awards show and i wasn’t impressed by the winners–james spader’s speech may have been funny, but boston legal has never impressed me. the sopranos deserved to win because it was the last time they could, but i guess up against some of my favorites, it was disappointing to see them lose. i’m happy for 30 rock winning best comedy series. that show is so underrated–i hope this season brings about more viewers so it can easily stay on air.
-mk-
