All of My Days - Alexi Murdoch

Today I embarked upon a long journey from my current home in Sacramento, CA to my old home in Tucson, AZ to visit my parents and to leave my dog Sullivan in hands that are currently more capable of care and love than my own. The drive was long but it gave me 13 hours to listen (and at times, sing badly) to a large selection of my music collection. The over-abundance of time that I had to focus on my music gave me a chance to do some deep personal reflection. Listening to music has always been the best means for me to engage in this type of activity as I have the opportunity to connect and relate to the lyrics of others in order to process some of my own thoughts.

To date, the majority of my postings here have been pretty impersonal… although I had hoped to be a bit more personal in this project, I have found myself incapable of doing so; perhaps because I haven’t worked through the feelings and emotions I am experiencing right now or perhaps because I am just scared that you will all think I am crazy (assuming you do not already). My musical experience today inspired me and I helped me to realize that I can share a lot just by sharing some of the lyrics that touch me on a weekly basis (and it is less scary because I didn't write them). In addition to sharing a bit about myself I hope it will also expose some of you to music you might not otherwise hear (although I cannot promise that you won't see some fairly main stream and/or extremely corny stuff on here from time to time - I am a recovering Spice Girls fanatic after all).

So, with that said, my first set of lyrics is from a song that I have been listening to regularly for over year and a half. Although I have always liked the song I have never really connected with the lyrics on a personal level until today. I guess you just have to listen in the right place at the right time … and after 13 hours of music this is the one that hit home for me. Enjoy (you can listen to it on my MySpace page as well).


All of my Days – Alexi Murdoch

Well I have been searching all of my days
All of my days
Many a road, you know
I’ve been walking on
All of my days
And I’ve been trying to find
What’s been in my mind
As the days keep turning into night

Well I have been quietly standing in the shade
All of my days
Watch the sky breaking on the promise that we made
All of this rain
And I’ve been trying to find
What’s been in my mind
As the days keep turning into night

Well many a night I found myself with no friends standing near
All of my days
I cried aloud
I shook my hands
What am I doing here
All of these days
For I look around me
And my eyes confound me
And it’s just too bright
As the days keep turning into night

Now I see clearly
It’s you I’m looking for
All of my days
Soon I’ll smile
I know I’ll feel this loneliness no more
All of my days
For I look around me
And it seems He found me
And it’s coming into sight
As the days keep turning into night
As the days keep turning into night
And even breathing feels all right
Yes, even breathing feels all right
Now even breathing feels all right
It’s even breathing
Feels all right