Can We Talk About London Grammar?

January 15, 2015

Can we talk about London Grammar for a full second and a half? I don’t think I’ve ever been so obsessed with a band ever. (That’s probably a lie, but I have a bachelor’s degree in over-exaggeration).

Every morning when I step into the shower, there it is. (London Grammar)

Every evening when I get into my car to drive home, there it is.

Every late, late evening when I’m up blogging about nothingness, there it is. There it is. There it is.

It’s like I can’t get sick of them. The lead singer’s voice is so compelling. There’s something so truthful about it, and real. Every time I’m doing anything, I feel like I could go for some London Grammar. I feel like they are the only ones who understand exactly how I feel. At literally any given time.

Earlier today, I was feeling bad about a few things. Turned on some London Grammar, felt better. This song especially touched me, it’s called Wasting My Young Years. I mean, just read this lyric:

“Don’t you know that it’s only fear. I wouldn’t worry, you have all your life. I’ve heard it takes some time to get it right.”

I mean, it’s so fucking simple it’s the most real thing I’ve heard in all of my existence-ness. It’s poetry. Best words in best order. When she says ‘it’s only fear’ I want to be like ONLY fear? ONLY FEAR? Only the one thing that holds every and any person back, only the biggest driver behind every single decision ever made in the world, besides love. ONLY fear?

It’s magical. When you say big things to me in a simple way, it knocks me out and I can’t stop talking about it.

All of their songs are songs I cry to. Do you ever cry when you’re singing along with one of your favorite artists? Or is that only me after a long workout and a stressful day? I cry. I tear a lot. But it’s like, not like a sobbing cry. It’s more like this song is so beautiful, singing along makes me cry.

Probably my favorite song ever is Stay Awake. There’s a lyric in there where she says “I live and breathe under the moon”, and I always recite it when I’m getting on the road for home at night. I always recite it when I’m stepping into a hot shower. Because it’s so true. We’re all miraculous beams of light interacting with one another in a volatile world. No one remembers how much light they have inside of them and everyone is quick to call you crazy if you bring it up.

This is why I bring it up here, where I have the mic and everyone reading has to wait until I’m finished to speak. It’s so awful, I know. Start a blog so you can feel the same way.

And then there’s “Strong”, a song I heard driving on the freeway the other night, all on my own! I haven’t updated you guys on my fear of freeway stuff in a while, and let me just say it’s a slow and sure process. I drive the freeway when I feel like I can, and the other night I felt like I could, and this song “Strong” came on by London Grammar and let me tell you. They say there is no fear in love, but there is also no fear in London Grammar. Everything is beautiful there.