Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Music Monday

September 21, 2015

I’m re-watching “My So-Called Life” and this song was in the pilot episode – Everybody Hurts by REM. Today it seems particularly appropriate since in my own life and family the Oh Crap punches just keep coming.

This month I celebrate the anniversary of my almost falling off the edge back in 2008. I say celebrate because it was the true beginning of my recovery from depression and the things that contributed to it. I took a walk in the cool morning air at the local duck pond one morning and realized that I had to hang on – for my children’s sake mostly – because I didn’t know what the future held. Maybe things could (and would) actually get better. That’s what kept me hanging on. That was the real beginning to my recovery. And here I am 7 years later still making progress, still hanging on. Some things haven’t changed, some may never change, but many others have and for the better.

I could talk more, but I won’t because I tend to derail things so quickly. And I won’t comment because I think this song is simple enough to get. Just know you are not alone – even if you feel like it – there are people who can help you. And there are other people who are hurting who need a friend and you could be that friend.

“Everybody Hurts” – REM

When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you’re sure you’ve had enough
Of this life, well hang on

Don’t let yourself go
‘Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it’s time to sing along
When your day is night alone (Hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (Hold on)
If you think you’ve had too much
Of this life, well hang on

Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don’t throw your hand, oh no

Don’t throw your hand
If you feel like you’re alone
No, no, no, you are not alone

If you’re on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you’ve had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
Everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes

So hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts

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