Brandi Carlile was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last week. Never heard of her. Wouldn't know Brandi Carlile from Brandy Alexander.
Turns out she's a songwriter, and she sang one of her creations, something called Right On Time. I liked the sound of it. It was hard for me to understand the lyrics (understanding the lyrics has 2 parts: First, the sound has to be translated to words in my brain (hard part #1), and then the words have to make some sense in my brain (hard part #2, but could be made easier by the songwriter) at the time, but what I did pick up sounded interesting. Later, I found the lyrics online:
Come back now, even if you call me out
You might be angry now, of course you are
I'm scared to, didn't mean to take it out on you
I know I always do, you're the strongest person in the room
Turn back time, help me to rewind and we can
Find ourselves again
It's not too late
Either way, I lose you in these silent days
It wasn't right
But it was right on time
Don't look down, I can feel it when your heart starts pounding
It's beyond your control, you know it is
It's getting to the point where I can't carry on
I never held my breath for quite this long
And I don't take it back, I did what I had to do
It's not too late
Either way, I lose you in these silent days
It wasn't right
But it was right on time
It's not too late
Either way, I lose you in these silent days
It wasn't right
But it was right on time
Brandi, you have to make that shit easier to understand if you want me to understand. Take a cue from Jimmy Buffett. You don't need a secret decoder ring to understand the Margaritaville lyrics. Or the Why Don't We Get Drunk lyrics. Or the You Call It Jogging lyrics. Or Little Miss Magic. Or Volcano. Or Come Monday. Or Coconut Telegraph.
Help me rewind so we can find each other again? It's not too late. But either way I lose you. Right on time. I did what I had to do. It wasn't right. Of course you're angry. But it was right on time.
I got this much: She did what she had to do, it wasn't right, she made her lover angry.
What the fuck was right on time?
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