Musical Inspiration for Dark Days

I’ve had some very dark days these last couple of weeks. So I decided to make this post about some of the music that makes these days a little brighter.

First up, is the first CD I put on today – Third Day’s album“Wherever You Are”.

Serious and inspirational

I picked this CD up at the local CUM Books (it stands for “ChristelikeUitgewersmaatskappy”, and is a Christian publisher in case you just found your jaw hanging on the desk or any Third Day fans wondered what kind of store is this?!) while browsing their music section. I’ll admit part of why I picked it up in the first place was because it’s a CD and DVD on one disc and I hadn’t seen that before. It turned out to be one of the best CDs I’ve ever bought without knowing the band or their music. I’ve had some good cries to this CD and it’s also helped me through some very dark times, including my mother’s passing.

My favourite tracks on this CD are “Cry out to Jesus”, “Mountain of God” and “Rise up”.

Painting your canvas

Second up is a song by a-ha from their CD “Lifelines”. I’ve probably been a fan of them since I was born as some of the first music I can remember listening to in the house was theirs (their first hit was the year before I was born) and is still a firm favourite. This specific song is “White Canvas” and the first verse of the song is:

Stories are painted
In lines on your face
Misunderstandings 
And little mistakes 
A chance to start over
Is all that it takes 
You know if you do
Your life is a canvas 
The colors are you 

Just fun and silly

Sometimes listening or singing along to fun or silly songs also helps. Two of these must include the “Do Virgins Taste Better Medley” and “The Unicorn Song”, written by Shel Silverstein. The first begs the question why dragons specifically prefer to eat virgins; the second gives the reason why we don’t see unicorns anymore – hint: it involves Noah’s ark. Both of these versions are by the Brobdignagian Bards.

As a last thought – I received this picture via email from my sister during the week. Think this is a good one to keep in mind – 

Found here