Although I'm not a huge fan of listening to Kimya Dawson's songs, I find her to be an inspirational person.
Click here for some background info to understand why I feel this way.
1.) She's unconventional. I couldn't believe it when I read Kimya Dawson is in her 40's. She's performing and writing songs that any awkward teenager could appreciate and you can tell she's doing it her way. I can't even think of any other songwriters that really sound like her.
2.) She puts raw emotion into her songs, but sings with an I don't care, almost monotone attitude.
3.) She's philanthropic.
Here are the lyrics that spurred this post, found here:
"When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky
And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me
But it's only really scary cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been
So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye"
"When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
*I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole
So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul
But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back and I float and I sing
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything"
"We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole"
~ Kimya Dawson, I Like Giants
<3 it.
Click here for some background info to understand why I feel this way.
1.) She's unconventional. I couldn't believe it when I read Kimya Dawson is in her 40's. She's performing and writing songs that any awkward teenager could appreciate and you can tell she's doing it her way. I can't even think of any other songwriters that really sound like her.
2.) She puts raw emotion into her songs, but sings with an I don't care, almost monotone attitude.
3.) She's philanthropic.
Here are the lyrics that spurred this post, found here:
"When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky
And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me
But it's only really scary cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been
So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye"
"When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
*I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole
So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul
But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back and I float and I sing
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything"
"We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole"
~ Kimya Dawson, I Like Giants
<3 it.