A friend of mine recently introduced me to Mika, a European pop/rock star, and in the last few days it's the only album I've been able to listen to. The songs are, for the most part, catchy and upbeat, and reminds me a whole lot of a modern day Queen. One song she specifically mentioned I should look at was a song called "Happy Ending." The more I hear it, the closer it brings me to tears.
(edit: I can't find a copy of the video that doesn't have embed disabled; here's a link if you really want to watch it.)
Some of the lyrics relate to a few blog posts ago, where I wrote about dreams and whether fantasies or nightmares are better.
"Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell"
"2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on"
I know these feelings all too well. Mika sings that sometimes it's easier to just go to sleep and let ourselves get taken away into another world, but we're always confronted by the bitter truth when we wake up.
But the mood of the song is not completely a downer. The way it builds reminds me of the way you heal after being hurt. It's slow and gradual, but somewhere there's a small bit of hope that carries you forward, even if you really don't know what that bit of hope is or where it's coming from.
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