Vienna Teng's songs

Fatigue can cause me to become a useless, icky, gelatinous pile of sorrowful mush! I guess it does crazy things to the chemical balance of my brain. I'm just thankful that I'm learning to bounce back faster these days, although I think still not fast enough.

Anyway, I'm rediscovering the beauty and elegance of Vienna Teng's songs. Years ago I bought one of her CDs on a whim, primarily because I loved how it could follow the veins of my mood at the time. After some time of constantly playing it (and also because I lost my discman), it got stacked in with all our other CDs gathering dust in our living room cabinet.

Now that I encountered her songs again on Pandora, I'm suddenly reminded of that CD and how I'd like to listen to it again. But I guess that'll have to wait until I can get back home.

In the meantime, I'll have to settle with accidentally hearing her songs on internet radio. Here's one I heard just now. It's entitled "Daughter."

DAUGHTER by Vienna Teng

well it's you and it's me
me with a drink in my hand
the ice is tinkling like a wind chime
and late afternoon settles over the land
and you're talking about things
interesting just slightly
and things that matter too much
to say any way but lightly

did you know you're so beautiful
on the edge of summer
that years from now
I'll cry to remember
how very close you were
knowing this will I reach for you
knowing this will I reach for you
the way you want me to

well it's time to be wise
wise in the ways of the heart
to come out from under the covers
this voluntary state of apart
from the faces, oasis
in this Sahara of sorrow
these graces that hold me
it's from you that I borrow