Monday, November 15, 2010

What Good Does It Do?

A friend took me to see Sara Bareilles tonight. Always really liked her, but she blew me away. I had no idea how amazing she was. She sang this song. I hadn’t heard it before. By the end, I was sobbing. Wiping my nose on my shirt sobbing.

I don't want to talk about it to you
I'm not an open book that you can rifle through
The cold hard truth that you'll see right to
I'm just basket case without you

He's not a magic man or a perfect fit
But had a steady hand and I got used to it
And a glass cage heart and invited me in
And now I'm just a basket case without him

You're begging for the truth
So I'm saying it to you
I've been saving your place
And what good does it do?
Now I'm just a basket case
Now I'm just a basket case

I don't say much and it'll stay that way
You got a steel train touch and I'm just a track you lay
So I'll stay right here underneath you

I'm just a basket case and that what we do

You're begging for the truth
So I'm saying it to you
I've been saving your place
And what good does it do?
Now I'm just a basket case

Won't somebody come on in and tug at my seams?
Oh, send your armies in of robbers and thieves
To steal the state I'm in I don't want it anymore

You're begging for the truth
So I'm saying it to you
I've been saving your place
And what good does it do?
Now I'm just a basket case

Basket Case
Sara Bareilles

2 comments:

Avenjer said...

Hmmm, who could you possibly be relating that song to? I'm guessing either Oprah or George Bush. Ahh Sara. Yep, a few years ago, just a few months before her "love song" was released, I went to see British singer Mika. Sara was his opening act (since they both play the piano it was a perfect fit for the type of audience in attendance.) But nobody knew who she was. It opened with just Sara on the keyboard with one guy beating drumsticks on an overturned paint bucket for the drum beat. She started with "love song" I turned to my friend and said "I don't know who she is but that song is a hit." She sings a few more tunes and then Mika came out for his whole concert, which was fantastic. We watched the whole show from a high balcony overlooking the small venue, the show ends, the lights come up, we turn around and there's Sara leaning against the wall right behind us. She had been there the whole time since Mika's show started. She was nice in person and soon others stopped to say hello etc, so eventually, we left her to it and headed out for a late dinner. And a few months later "love song" came out and everybody knew her name. She is the real deal.

Brandon said...

I knew I liked her, but I had no idea how amazing she really is. It can't be captured on a CD. She blew my mind with how gorgeous her voice was. Her irreverant and edgy humor was a shock as well. Loved it. She is a treasure.