twenty-something

Usually, with music I relate to, I imagine I'm singing it. To somebody, maybe. I'm Josh Kelley soulfully serenading somebody special. I'm the dude from Franz Ferdinand looking to make somebody to love me. I'm Kelly Clarkson belting out a tune to my ex-boyfriend. It's sort of a self-centered view of music, I suppose, but when I'm rocking to my iPod, it's really all about me. (Such is our post-iPod world.)

But this song -- Coldplay's newest single -- I'm actually imaging somebody else singing it to me. See, I'm kind of lost right now, and I feel a bit "broken," definitely not myself. And it would be nice to have some handsome stranger (certainly not Chris Martin), singing to me, promising to "fix me," even though I know I'm the only person who can do that.

Ah, self-help from X&Y... (Download "Fix You" from iTunes.)

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...

- Coldplay, Fix You