"Circle" as written by Edie Arlisa Brickell, Kenneth Neil Withrow, John Bradley Houser, Brandon Aly and John Walter Bush....
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
And we notice you don't come around
Me, I think it all depends on you
Touching ground with us but
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And being alone is the, is the best way to be
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say goodbye
Everything is temporary anyway
When the streets are wet, the colors slip into the sky
But I don't know why that means you and I are
That means you and I
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And being alone is the, is the best way to be
When I'm by myself, it's the best way to be
When I'm all alone, it's the best way to be
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
And we noticed you don't come around
La la la la la la la
And we notice you don't come around
Me, I think it all depends on you
Touching ground with us but
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And being alone is the, is the best way to be
When I'm by myself it's the best way to be
When I'm all alone it's the best way to be
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say goodbye
Everything is temporary anyway
When the streets are wet, the colors slip into the sky
But I don't know why that means you and I are
That means you and I
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else
It seems
And being alone is the, is the best way to be
When I'm by myself, it's the best way to be
When I'm all alone, it's the best way to be
When I'm by myself, nobody else can say
Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
And we noticed you don't come around
La la la la la la la
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That's what I hear Edie saying in this song. Her friends notice she's not coming around, and she feels like they have been distancing themselves from her. Her quitting and giving up is because, in her perspective, she wasn't good enough for them to want to be close, and so rather than allowing them to slowly break it off with her, she's ripping it off like a band-aid to try and end the hurt. But it just hurts more.
That's just my interpretation though, based on my own experience.
i don't know if it's just that initial stubborn "I'm right, you're wrong" attitude after you have a fight with someone, or if it is someone sucluding themselves and dropping out of their circle of friends because they really have given up on life.
any ideas?
For me, as another commenter here similarly posted, this song makes me think of my Disease of Addiction. You see, I, like millions in our country, suffer from this Disease. Because I've used drugs in the past in my active Addiction, does that mean that I'm forever going to be an addict? Yes... and No.
Let me explain. Because I have this Disease of Addiction, I'm forever going to identify as an addict, but that doesn't mean I'm going to use drugs until they drag me to my grave. I'm currently a Recovering addict which means I am clean, drug-free because I finally made a decision, a choice, to arrest my Addiction and get help to get and remain clean. I, personally, did this with the help of Rehab professionals, other Behavioral Health professionals, my peers in Recovery and by the Grace of God, my everything.
So, getting back to breakups, I had a breakup a few months ago. I was enjoying my beautiful, clean life when my Addiction... in it's patient, cunning, baffling way... pulled me back into my active Addiction, once again a slave to the drug. Up until then, when I was clean, I was regularly attending multiple weekly Narcortics Anonymous (na.org) meetings, meeting new friends and becoming part of something good.... a Program proven time and again to help addicts fight and overcome their active Addiction and be not only clean, but in a place even better then before they even put a drug or chemical in their body.
My break-up, then, was me leaving my peers, my friends in Recovery out of the tremendous shame and guilt I had that I was right back using drugs again. I isolated myself, essentially breaking up with my loved ones and even society as a whole. I knew, though, that I was continuing down a path that I did not want my life to be. Truly, by the Grace of God, I was aware of what I needed to do, as I was taught in the Program and through previous Rehabs. Thus I once again made the choice to check myself into a Rehab to get and remain clean.
Today my body, mind and spirit are drug-free, chemical-free. I am back reconnecting with my peers in Recovery who have welcomed me back with open arms. I am tremendously grateful for another chance due to the choice I made to not pick up a drug again. Today a make that same choice... to not pickup a drug, but rather to immerse myself in the Narcotics Anonymous (na.org) Program which is structured not just to help keep people drug-free, but to have a much better idea of who they, who I, am. Working what we call the 12 Steps leads us to a better life, to be a better person, even if we had never picked a drug or drink.
So, for me, my breakup became, with my choosing to surrender myself, a reunion... a beautiful reconnection with those that will help me as I help them, as we all help each to live a tremendously Blessed and awesome life... in Recovery.
God Bless and Godspeed,
NurseDave
Nursedavek@hotmail.com