chasing the sun

I discovered this song for the first time at a kind of blah moment in my life…I was living alone and working at a job for which I was frustratingly over-qualified. I rediscovered it today as I ventured for the first time into the Shared Music section of iTunes, a very happy place that I shall visit again. Just reading the words is really not enough. Julie Miller’s style resembles that of Alison Krauss and Patty Griffin. Her childlike voice is haunting, but resolute. And the strings and background vocals add lots of necessary drama.


Broken Things
Julie Miller

You can have my heart
Though it isn't new
It's been used and broken
And only comes in blue

It's been down a long road
And it got dirty on the way
If I give it to you will you make it clean
And wash the pain away

You can have my heart
If you don't mind broken things
You can have my life, if you don't mind these tears
Well, I heard that you make old things new
So I give these pieces all to you
If you want it, you can have my heart

So beyond repair
Nothing I could do
I tried to fix it myself
But it was only worse when I got through

Then you walked right into my darkness
And you speak words so sweet
And you hold me like a child
Till my frozen tears fall at your feet

You can have my heart
If you don't mind broken things
You can have my life, if you don't mind these tears
Well, I heard that you make old things new
So I give these pieces all to you
If you want it, you can have my heart



It’s amazing how songs can sometimes say those things we’re thinking, but can’t put into words. For me, this song was and is very meaningful in that respect. It is hurtful to think about offering my heart, this frail vessel to God because sometimes I just feel so wretched and tired that I want to quit. I can especially identify with trying to fix things myself and having them only end up in a worse state afterwards.

I’m not sure of why he wants them, but I imagine I’ll give him the pieces anyway…