Train of Thought

I was recently at a local pub attending a good friend's birthday celebration.  There was a three man band playing some classic songs and more recent hits.  You know those kind of songs that Pub bands play that get your toes tapping and the ladies clapping.  After about four or five songs they asked for requests and I shouted out, "Do you know any Train?"  To which the lead singer looked at me and said, "We don't sing 'Chick' songs."  Humm.  I didn't know what to make of that.  I have been a fan of Train since their Drops of Jupiter album came out a few years.  I have always been a fan of story tellers.  Another of my favorites is Amanda Marshall but I wasn't about to yell that out.  They band would have bought me a martini or some other fru fru drink.
 
One of Train's more recent hits is called Bruises. The chorus goes like this: 

These bruises make for better conversation
Loses the vibe that separates
It's good to let you in again
You're not alone in how you've been
Everybody loses, we all got bruises
We all got bruises

Every time this song comes on the radio or my play list it gets my attention. It speaks to me.  Some songs do that for all of us.  When one comes on that means something, you pay attention.  It invokes a memory, makes you smile or in the case of Bruises, it gives me strength.  It tells me that I am not alone, that everyone has something in their life that they are struggling with.  The song also tells us all that we don't have to suffer alone. 

 

So find a friend and find out what bruises they are carrying and let them know about yours.  It makes for better conversation.