Hey there Hive Open Mic friends,
This week the theme is "Buena Vibra" which means 'Good Vibes'.
I've covered the song 'Better Together' by Jack Johnson for this week.
Here’s the link to the original song -
Lyrics to the Song
There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a shoe box of photographs
With sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together
Mmm, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
Or brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
Mmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now and, and when I wake up
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together
If you look closely, you'll notice that the guitar is missing a string. I broke it just a minute before recording the song while tuning. I had everything setup and ready and then TING .
I didn't have a replacement string at home and with the current lockdown restrictions, I wasn't able to step out and get one from the store either.
Bad vibes took over for 10 seconds but I decided to get on with recording the song and figure it out. While recording, I realised I never really needed the string for the song anyway. It's funny how things work out when you move ahead with good vibes. Lesson learnt. You + Good Vibes is 'Better Together' Cheers!
Here's a Youtube Link to the cover, the videos starts after 7 seconds.
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