Paperweight

My roommates and I are obsessed with The Last Kiss Soundtrack right now. You can read about Stef's favorite songs on her blog (http://www.stefshaf.blogspot.com/), and she inspired me to share this one...

Paperweight

(Schyler Fisk feat. Joshua Radin)

Been up all night

staring at you

wondering what's on your mind

i've been this way with so many before

but this feels like the first time

you want the sunrise to go back to bed

i want to make you laugh

mess up my bed with me

kick off the covers i'm waiting

every word you say

i think i should write down

don't want to forget come daylight

happy to lay here

just happy to be here

i'm happy to know you

play me a song

your newest one

please leave your taste on my tongue

paperweight on my back

cover me like a blanket

mess up my bed with me

kick off the covers i'm waiting

every word you say

i think i should write down

don't want to forget come daylight

and no need to worry

that's wastin time

and no need to wonder what's been on my mind

it's you it's you it's you

every word you say

i think i should write down

don't want to forget come daylight

and i give up

i let you win

you win cause i'm not counting

you made it back to sleep again

wonder what you're dreaming

For those that wonder what Mars Hill Graduate School is all about, I think this song is a good picture. Going beyond the obvious sexual nature of this song, I think the idea of inviting someone into our bed to mess it up together is a pretty good analogy. We are being asked to invite others into the intimate places within us, not just for cathartic reasons, but allowing others to mess with our stories...even if it means getting hurt in the process. Because it is just that - process. I tell a story, you enter my story, we mess with it, you may hurt me, but from that hurt I learn even more about my own story, and you learn how to respond better to others. Voila! Mars Hill Graduate School...anyone else want to sign up for this craziness! =)

But there is also a playfulness. We all seem to have this "just happy to be here" attitude that gets us through the days that suck. And there is a sense of profoundness in what we are learning from professors and from each other. Perhaps I am reading too much into these lyrics, but it just fits!