I find myself judging me for things done in anxiety. The things I should be doing eat at me, whispering in my ear deafeningly. I cannot grow a care… Though I know the reasons that I should.
The things that would happen are just as bad, telling me how important it is and why I should be sad. Instead the urging only reverses my mind to anger quixotically, making a monster of the rage building deep inside of me.,
The could be is somehow worse, for in me, these are the ones that hurt. I feel like I am not enough, because I can not make them happen no matter how hard I try.
So the should, the would, and the could, each have their place in stretching my anxiety into another day. They make me into a nervous wreck, weighing each mistake as a possibility. Fighting the trio I become a careless me.
Usually, I pick a single song…Today I want to talk about covers. These have such a fine line. I love Disturbed’s cover of Song of Silence and Hate Seether’s Careless Whisper…Though both were well done the second rubs me the wrong way because of how special that song is to me. There are several songs that people don’t realize are cover songs. (Like the Fugee’s hit of “Killing me softly” was originally sung by Roberta Flack. ) Well done covers change a song and add something to it. Sometimes That makes the song terrible. Sometimes it improves it. Depends very strongly on who is listening. It is entirely possible to enjoy both versions. I love Zombie by the Cranberries and by Bad Wolves. I also enjoy Enter Sandman by both Metallica and SHEL. So covers are not always an if /or situation.
That being said…What is your favorite covered song? Who sang it originally? Who covered it, and was the cover better?
Last week I gave you excuses and the slow dripping of art and poetry for the week. This week I scheduled at the same time…mostly because I don’t believe I am going to have the wherewithal to do better this week. I will try to do better in April. I do want to point out that the poetry I shared was from stuff I have yet to put on pretty graphics. I did want you to see new stuff, but the energy levels I have been keeping as the stress levels have been this high have been abysmal. I have been writing…and I will have some new graphics in April to share. (Those were in previous volumes and ones I had decided not to share originally.) This week I will be sharing some of the book covers I have designed that are still waiting for someone to want them. I will also share more art and poetry. Next week will, for good or ill, see this stress done. I will go back to my normal routine. Thank you again for your patience with me.