Drivin' n' Cryin'

Lulu will know what I am talking about, but, have you ever been in your car and listening to music and then just burst out into tears? Weird!

I was running a work errand and I was driving down the 280 and DJ iPod played Alice in Chains and the next thing you know, I was totally crying!

"Alice in Chains?" you're thinking.

Some of you may know that they came out with an atypical recording in 1994 called Jar of Flies and, whereas, their other recordings are heavy, grunge guitar masterpieces, Jar of Flies is a little quieter, more melodic and filled with beautiful harmonies.

Track 2 is Nutshell, and this is the song that set me off this afternoon and I think what made me cry was just this overwhelming feeling of being homesick. (Homesick for what or where I am not even sure). Tho I know the lyrics, I can't really say that I KNEW them. They are just a bunch of words that I sing along with so I was really surprised when I read them, just now, to see what they really said.

We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can’t be my own
I’d feel better dead

Dude! I can't even stop crying now!