When I made Foo Fighters' "Friend of a Friend" my "song of the week" on Monday, little did I know the group would hit the headlines today as the music of choice for one of the trapped Tasmanian miners.
Not surprising really. These are songs of life and death, hope and fear, victory and pain.
I got a big shock when I replayed "In Your Honour" today. The lyrics of every song off that double album seem to have been written just for the trapped men.
Lines such as these from "Miracle" would speak rather strongly to them....
Crazy but I'm relieved this time
Begging for sweet relief of blessing empty sky
Dying behind these tired eyes
I've been losing sleep
Please come to me
Tonight
Hands on a miracle
I got my hands on a miracle
Believe it or not, hands on a miracle
And there ain't no way
Let you take it away
Everything that we survived
It's gonna be alright
Just lucky we're alive
Got no vision I've been blind
Searching every way you're right here in my sights
Away
or from "Another Round"
Can you go another round?
I will follow you down and out
Lets go another round
I will follow you down and
We could just lay around
Stare at the ceiling
or from "Over and Out"
Cages and alarms
Keeping us from harm
I will be the guard
Hope to rest upon
Everything is done
Nothing left at all
Are you there?
Do you read me?
Are you there?
I don't feel you anymore
And other tracks are similar!
Not surprising really. These are songs of life and death, hope and fear, victory and pain.
I got a big shock when I replayed "In Your Honour" today. The lyrics of every song off that double album seem to have been written just for the trapped men.
Lines such as these from "Miracle" would speak rather strongly to them....
Crazy but I'm relieved this time
Begging for sweet relief of blessing empty sky
Dying behind these tired eyes
I've been losing sleep
Please come to me
Tonight
Hands on a miracle
I got my hands on a miracle
Believe it or not, hands on a miracle
And there ain't no way
Let you take it away
Everything that we survived
It's gonna be alright
Just lucky we're alive
Got no vision I've been blind
Searching every way you're right here in my sights
Away
or from "Another Round"
Can you go another round?
I will follow you down and out
Lets go another round
I will follow you down and
We could just lay around
Stare at the ceiling
or from "Over and Out"
Cages and alarms
Keeping us from harm
I will be the guard
Hope to rest upon
Everything is done
Nothing left at all
Are you there?
Do you read me?
Are you there?
I don't feel you anymore
And other tracks are similar!
Dockers are Fighters
Justice is done! Dockers given the points. This is the outcome I foreshadowed last Sunday. Common sense has prevailed. Well done the AFL.
Runners are Fighters
There is no finish line. Even after 58 years including 44 years of running the fight is still in me. I will need every bit of fight to win the challenge against the Speedy Geese relay team in the half marathon on 14 May.
While I am on a roll today, here is my half marathon pace plan
(a) run every km in exactly 4:15.
And here is my race plan
(b) watch Katie for the first 7km not letting her get too far ahead. I may catch her but she will kick past me as she approaches the first change at Scrivener Dam.
(c) pass Charlie up the first hill after Scrivener then hold her off for the next 7km by surging down every hill.
(d) in the last 7km, when Maria catches me on the flat, sit in behind her then out-sprint her to the line. (Have I ever out-sprinted Maria? This may be a first.)
That will give me a time of 89:40 and the relay team a time of 89.45. My best chance is to have a good lead over Maria when she takes over!
Still, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. I wonder if the saying applies to geese?
While I am on a roll today, here is my half marathon pace plan
(a) run every km in exactly 4:15.
And here is my race plan
(b) watch Katie for the first 7km not letting her get too far ahead. I may catch her but she will kick past me as she approaches the first change at Scrivener Dam.
(c) pass Charlie up the first hill after Scrivener then hold her off for the next 7km by surging down every hill.
(d) in the last 7km, when Maria catches me on the flat, sit in behind her then out-sprint her to the line. (Have I ever out-sprinted Maria? This may be a first.)
That will give me a time of 89:40 and the relay team a time of 89.45. My best chance is to have a good lead over Maria when she takes over!
Still, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men. I wonder if the saying applies to geese?
