Better Days

It seems like every time I turn the radio on, I immediately turn it off again. I love dance/hip hop as much as the next person, but I'm sorry... "My Humps"? (Dammit, it's stuck in my head now!) What happened to songs that are ABOUT SOMETHING? What happened to "inspired lyrics"? I guess I don't "get" today's pop music. I'd totally given up on the radio and joined the ranks of ipoders.

Today, on my way to lunch I accidentally left my ipod at work. I hesitantly flicked the radio on and heard the Goo Goo Dolls latest single. Wow. It's a sort of generic Christmas prayer. It's beautiful, it's haunting, and most importantly, it's not about someone's ass.

Better Days

And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

And it's someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

Thank you, Johnny. I needed this.