hikingout posted 10/2/2020 08:20 AM

This song was very popular at the start of year 2 for me. I heard it this morning on my way to work, and it hit me in the feels.

"Better Boat"
(Kenny Chesney, feat. Mindy Smith)

I ain't lonely, but I spend a lot of time alone
More than I'd like to, but I'm okay with staying home
My how the last few months have changed
I'm smilin' more despite the pain

I breathe in, I breathe out
Got friends to call who let me talk about
What ain't working, what's still hurtin'
All the things I feel like cussing out
Now and then I let it go
I ride the waves I can't control
I'm learning how to build a better boat

I hate waiting, ain't no patience in these hands
I'm not complaining, sometimes it's hard to change a man
I think I'm stronger than I was
I'll let God do what He does

I breathe in, I breathe out
Got friends to call who let me talk about
What ain't working, what's still hurtin'
All the things I feel like cussing out
Now and then I let it go
I ride the waves I can't control
I'm learning how to build a better boat

I breathe in, I breathe out
Got friends to call who let me talk about
What ain't working, what's still hurtin'
All the things I feel like cussing out
Now and then I let it go
I ride the waves I can't control
If it's working I don't know
When I get done, the thing may not float
But I'm learning how to build a better boat

78monte posted 10/2/2020 08:49 AM

My FWW gets emotional frequently when she listens to the words of certain songs. She puts her mind there and truly feels my hurt. I can remember exactly where we were the last time we heard the song you mentioned.

MrCleanSlate posted 10/2/2020 11:59 AM

HO,

Sharing stuff can help us all feel better at times, especially meaningful songs/lyrics.

Amazing how a song can become so interwoven into our lives and take us back to a moment or a place.

For me it is Woman by John Lennon, that came on one evening a month or so after D-Day when my BW and I were having a heart to heart talk. Man did I cry listening to that. Still do every time I hear it.

See, now you got me all emotional just thinking about what your song means and to you and what mine means to me.

Thanks for sharing.

Bulcy posted 10/2/2020 12:25 PM

The more I have started to work on understanding and fixing me the more emotional I have been. Both my BS and I have been crying at things on the television that in the past I would have brushed off. We recently watched a series called Julie and the Phantoms off the back of a song we heard which made us both cry. "Unsaid Emily" worth checking out.

The song that always gets me post d-day is "If not you" by Dr Hook. We went to see them soon after d-day, it has become our song.