Week One Hundred and Thirty-Three: Matchbox Twenty - "Unwell" - More Than You Think You Are

So I have been making a conscious effort to get myself out of the house on the weekends. I don't want to look back on my life one day and regret that I did not take full advantage of opportunities to be a part of the human race, even if I can honestly say that I absolutely despise at least 75% (possibly more) of the human race.

Therefore, I planned a little trip out to Grapevine Mills Mall, an outlet mall that housed a coffee shop where I worked for a few years in college. I have mentioned it in other posts. It was called Torrefazione Italia, and it was inside the Virgin Megastore.

I bundled up tightly since it is ridiculously cold in Dallas right now, and I made my way out to Grapevine. Everything was going well until traffic came to a complete stop. Then I realized that everyone in the lane in which I was traveling was also headed to Grapevine Mills Mall (or at least the general vicinity of said mall).

Since I drove to that mall almost daily for approximately two years, I knew that we were at least a mile or more away in standstill traffic.  I also knew that I had to make a snap decision because there was only one more exit before I was stuck in that nonsense of a mess for good.

Needless to say, I did not make it to Grapevine Mills Mall, but I did enjoy a delicious bowl of Tomato Basil Soup and a Chocolate Eclair from a nearby La Madeleine on my way back to Dallas. I was also inspired to try my hand at making some of my very own Tomato Basil Soup from a mock recipe that I found online.

While cooking and listening to Pandora, this very song came on, and I realized that Matchbox Twenty was yet another phenomenal band that I did not appreciate near enough while in my "I'm-so-goth-and-sad" days. Therefore, I will share not only "Unwell" but also a few of their other tunes that I like called "If You're Gone", "3AM", and "How Far We've Come". Oh, and the soup is still not quite ready, so I'll have to tell you how it turns out some other time...

All day staring at the ceiling
Making friends with shadows on my wall
All night hearing voices telling me
That I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something

Hold on
Feeling like I'm headed for a breakdown
And I don't know why

[Chorus]

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be...me

I'm talking to myself in public
Dodging glances on the train
And I know, I know they've all been talking about me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong with me
Out of all the hours thinking
Somehow I've lost my mind

[Chorus]

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

I've been talking in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're taking me away

[Chorus]

But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

Yeah, how I used to be
How I used to be
Well, I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
How I used to be
I'm just a little unwell