On Being Stuck

 A confession: I've been stuck. 

I've had random blog-y ideas but in the last weeks, haven't had the ability to put them together. We've reached that place in this now, this whatever, that should feel better and for brief, shining moments, does feel like life, but in the bigger ongoing way, I am really, really stuck. Fried. Worn out. 

April is the cruelest month, says T.S. Elliot. Certainly, for those of us who work in academia, it's one of the most exhausting. I know that. And yet, I expect myself to transform the experience, transcend the exhaustion and GET IT OUT THERE. But I haven't. Because I'm stuck.

But today, I caught the lyrics to a song. My kids think my taste in music is hysterical which probably all kids do, but it's my affection for what they don't expect me to like that catches them off-guard. I like the group AJR. I really do. I love their exuberance and use of brass instruments. I love it that they are siblings, but mostly, I like how they approach life. 

Today I caught the lyrics to a song that's on their third album: Neotheater. The song: Can't Wait to See What You'll Do Next just stopped me in my tracks. It is, friends, the *essence* of this blog's inspiration. The song is bouncy and it just filled me with joy and seemed so GOOD for this moment. It made me...well, you can SEE what it did. I am putting it down.

So...without further ado, lyrics and song. 

And yes, I am still here, processing it and wondering about all of you...and myself...I wonder what we will do next... 

peace

-Leslie

AJR - Finale (Can’t Wait To See What You Do Next) [Official Audio] - YouTube

Finale (Can't Wait To See What You Do Next)

Song by AJR

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Lyrics

Don't you go, we need you here
You brighten up, a shitty year
Well, congratulations on your bit of success
We can't wait to see what you do next

Come outside, come outside
You fell low, but now you're high
You been outside, been outside
So go ahead and do it one more time
Come outside, come outside
You went hard, and you did fine
You been outside, been outside
So go ahead and do it one more time

They wanted, they wanted
They wanted, they wanted
They wanted heaven from me, I gave 'em hell
Now they want something bigger, I'm overwhelmed
And if you're just as hopeless, I wish you well
We can't wait to see what you do next

Come outside, come outside
You fell low, but now you're high
You've been outside, been outside
So go ahead and do it one more time
Come outside, come outside
You went hard, and you did fine
You've been outside, been outside
So go ahead and do it one more time

Don't you go, we need you here
You brighten up, a shitty year
Well, congratulations on your bit of success
We can't wait to see what you do next

They wanted, they wanted
They wanted, they wanted
They wanted heaven from me, I gave 'em hell
Now they want something bigger, I'm overwhelmed
And if you're just as hopeless, I wish you well
We can't wait to see what you do next

We can't wait to see
We can't wait to see
We can't wait to see
Can you wait a sec? Let me catch my breath, let me catch my
Let me catch my, I can't remember how I got here
Can you wait a sec? Let me catch my breath, let me catch my
I can't remember how I got here, got here

They wanted heaven from me, I gave 'em hell
Now they want something bigger, I'm overwhelmed
I think it's time to go now, I think my curtain's falling
Just don't forget about me when you get out of college
If it's my final album and if I am forgotten
I hope I made you smile, that's all I ever wanted

Well, congratulations on your bit of success
Welcome to the Neotheater
We can't wait to see what you do next
Eh, okay