The power of the second verse (entry no.36)

 My European adventure came to a close a few days ago. I got home Sunday afternoon knowing that I had to get up bright and early for work the next day. Despite the jetlag my shift wasn't bad, 7:45 to 2:00, plus I was at self-checkout so it really wasn't a difficult day. But one thing I should mention about self-checkout is the fact that it is freezing cold by those machines. So cold that I now have a bit of a sore-throat to top off my jet lag. I feel like I came back from vacation and hit the ground running, but I guess that's life for you. There are no grace periods between vacation and normalcy. When I ended that shift on Monday I proceeded to take a 4 hour nap and somehow I woke up even more exhausted! However, thanks to the jet lag it has been easier to get up early. Portugal is 6 hours ahead while Spain is 7 so you can imagine how disorienting that is at first.

I can't believe summer is over! In a little less than 3 weeks I am going to have my last first day of school! In less than a year I will have completed my college program and a year after that the plan is to move to Portugal with one of my best friends. There is a lot of change coming my way but I'm ready for it, ready for a new adventure. To get away from the exasperation that is North American living. Although there were some things I missed from home while I was away. One of these was my McDonald's ice coffee, no joke, the addiction is strong. I also missed good air-conditioning but I guess that is what has now gotten me sick ironically. Gosh my head is pounding, I really should get to bed but I really wanna finish writing this entry. It is almost 1 am and once again I need to be up early tomorrow. Why do I do this to myself! 

I've really be wanting to write a music based entry again about some new songs that I found. But for the remainder of this entry I want to focus on one song in particular which is "Defying Gravity" from the Broadway Musical "Wicked". The chokehold this song has had on me since I first heard it months ago is insane. It's all about being strong and independent, I talked about it briefly in entry no.22 mentioning that I enjoy screaming it at the top of my lungs while driving. The song is nearly 6 minutes long and in it the main character Elphaba declares that nobody can bring her down and she's through letting others tell her what she is and who she can and can't be. It's a pretty awesome performance to watch and ends with her soaring in the sky for the first time thus defying gravity. One of my favorite lines is towards the beginning of the song when she says "Too long I've been afraid of, losing love I guess I've lost, well if that's love it comes at much to high a cost!" 

What a beautifully powerful pre chorus at the end of verse 2! That's another thing you should know about me, the second verse of a song is always my favourite. This is because the first verse is kinda like the test dummy, ushering you into the world the song belongs to and providing you with context. Meanwhile, verse 2 contains the meat of the story now that it has a foundation making the chorus that follows afterwards even more powerful. Great examples of the power of verse 2 can be found in Olivia Rodrigo songs for instance. For example "Driver's License", "And all my friends are tired, of hearing how much I miss you but, I kinda feel sorry for them, cuz they'll never know you the way that I do." In verse 1 she explains the loss she is suffering saying that she got her driver's license but the person she most wanted to tell is gone. Then in verse 2 she focuses on the severity of the loss and the repercussions. It's truly spectacular songwriting! Anyways, that's enough rambling about music for me today. I have to get to bed and try to shake off this cold before the weekend comes. 

You're still here? Meet me at entry no.37 :)

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