When Life Seems Overwhelming, Keep Calm and Carry On

I got an email a few days ago about registering for my graduate classes...
My life is changing faster than I would like, as excited as I am for the fall, it is pretty scary. This playlist is me working through some of those feelings. I tried my best to keep out the sad feelings of having to lose my lover, and focused more on feeling scared and unsure and looking for hope, ending with more hopeful tracks...



I'm Scared of a Lot of Things-Benjamin Jameson Morey
Ben Morey is a genius in my mind. His lyrics are so powerful and the music so pleasing to my ear. I love all of his songs, but this is one of my favorites. This song is the inspiration for the rest of the playlist...

Will the days in front of me hold some sort of mystery?

And will I finally learn to greet them hopefully?

I'm so scared that this is it, that there's no grander scheme I fit

and there's no better place that I'm suppose to be.

Lost Cause-Priscilla Ahn

This is from Priscilla Ahn's new album, which if you haven't noticed, I am in love with. I know I have felt this way with my life so many times. What is the point to anything?

I'm pretty lazy, I like to sleep

You could say I am pretty beat

Oh, am I just a lost cause?

Over the Rainbow-Ingrid Michaelson

I picked Ingrid's version of this song over the original cause while the lyrics are the same, I feel like this version is more powerful...

Why then oh why can't I

The World at Large-Modest Mouse

You don't know where and you don't know when.

But you still got your words and you got your friends.

Walk along to another day.

Work a little harder, work another way.

No One Said it Would be Easy-Cloud Cult

And everything you need is here

Everything you fear is here

And it's holding you up

It just keeps holding you up

Hands-Jewel

And not to worry

cause worry is wasteful 

and useless in times like these

The Art of Falling-Greg Holden

Better to fall on your face than to stay on your feet 

as long as you tried

Lady in Spain-Ingrid Michaelson

I can be anything that I see

I can do anything I want to

I Don't Want to Wait-Rosi Golan

Moment that I wait, or I hesitate 

is a moment I waste

And I can see it all passing me by

 I can see it all passing me

The Good Life-Weezer

It's time I got back to the good life

Waiting for My Chance to Come-Noah and the Whale

And no one's gonna get in my way

Gonna figure it out for myself

Yeah no one's gonna make me stay

Gonna figure it out myself

I'm Dead-Benjamin Jameson Morey

Ending with who I started with...I heard this song live, just Ben and his guitar and it was amazing, to be honest so much better than this recorded version. While this song is sad, it is humorous as well and my way of ending on a high note.