Challenge 93: Favorite Song: ‘Alaska’ by Maggie Rogers
One of the first times I heard this song, I was driving down the highway. When it came to the lyric "and I walked off you/and I walked off an old me" this profound sense of clarity, freedom and sadness washed over me, because of the extreme relevancy the song has to my own life, as of late. So, of course, I started crying, because what else does one do when they see their broken life suddenly so clearly justified? :P
https://youtu.be/PNWsW6c6t8g
Here are the lyrics:
I was walking through icy streams
That took my breath away
Moving slowly through westward water
Over glacial plains
And I walked off you
And I walked off an old me
Oh me oh my I thought it was a dream
So it seemed
And now, breathe deep
I'm inhaling
You and I, there's air in between
Leave me be
I'm exhaling
You and I, there's air in between
You and I, there's air in between
Cut my hair so I could rock back and forth
Without thinking of you
Learned to talk and say
Whatever I wanted to
And I walked off you
And I walked off an old me
Oh me oh my I thought it was a dream
So it seemed
And now, breathe deep
I'm inhaling
You and I, there's air in between
Leave me be
I'm exhaling
You and I, there's air in between
You and I, there's air in between
You and I, there's air in between