R is for Round 15 (Bonus R)

15 years ago I started a new tradition of picking a "SONG OF THE YEAR" for my birthday. The song is a vision of where I have been and a glimpse into where I am heading ... the past years have been:

Precious Illusions - Alanis Morissette (2002)

Good Enough - Darren Hayes (2003)

Kinda Hard - Eric Himan (2004)

Farewell to the Old Me - Dar Williams (2005)

Whole- Casey Stratton (2006)

Phoenix Rising - Dan Paul (2007)

Lessons Learned - Carrie Underwood (2008)

32 Flavors - Ani DiFranco (2009)

Coming around - Christopher Dallman (2010)

Let the Rain - Sara Bareilles (2011)

Stronger - Kelly Clarkson (2012)

I'm Not Your Hero - Tegan & Sara (2013)

Fall Asleep – Jars of Clay (2014)

Elastic Heart – Sia (2015)

Rebel Heart - Madonna (2016)

This year I have started thinking about where I am and where I belong. I realize between work and personal life I have finally found a "Home". In a circular pattern that life is I am seeing Depeche Mode later this year. A friend said this song reminds them of me. So here is my 2017 song:

Depeche Mode - Home

Here is a song from the wrong side of town/ Where I'm bound to the ground by the loneliest sound

And it pounds from within and is pinning me down

Here is a page from the emptiest stage/ A cage or the heaviest cross ever made/ A gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid

And I thank you for bringing me here/ For showing me home/ For singing these tears/ Finally I've found that I belong here

The heat and the sickliest sweet smelling sheets/ That cling to the backs of my knees and my feet/ Well I'm drowning in time to a desperate beat

And I thank you for bringing me here/ For showing me home/ For singing these tears/ Finally I've found that I belong

Feels like home/ I should have known/ From my first breath

God send the only true friend I call mine/ Pretend that I'll make amends the next time/ Befriend the glorious end of the line

And I thank you for bringing me here/ For showing me home/ For singing these tears/ Finally I've found that I belong here

I have also set up a playlist on Spotify....