Music Speaks To Me

This song has been echoing through my mind lately and I'm totally okay with it. When I first heard it I don't think I understood the subtleties. I think he's talking to his mom or grandma. It's called How to Die:

I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you when you're gone
She said, "I love you"
I'm gonna miss hearing your songs

And I said, "Please"
Don't talk about the end
Don't talk about how every living thing goes away

She said, "Friend,
All along-
Thought I was learning how to take
How to bend not how to break
How to laugh not how to cry
But really
I've been learning how to die
I've been learning how to die"

"Hey everyone,
I got nowhere to go
The grave is lazy
He takes our bodies slowly"

And I said, "Please"
Don't talk about the end
Don't talk about how every living thing goes away

She said, "Friend,
All along-
Thought I was learning how to take
How to bend not how to break
How to laugh not how to cry
But really
I've been learning how to die
I've been learning how to...
Die
Die
I've been learning how to die."

Jon Foreman - Learning How to Die Music Lyrics

There's a good video of him performing this song live here

It's from his EP Winter. He has other EP's called Summer, Spring and Fall. I love the rawness of it.

Here I am on this earth, learning how to die. How to die to my self and my needs and my wants. How to weep for the lost, how to die to my sin and selfishness.

I learned about these EP's from a podcast called Nuclearity. I'm kind of bummed that it's not on itunes anymore, otherwise I would totally recommend it.