come away with me

The first time I heard this song, I felt sleepy and bored. It was playing on Shiho's car as she was driving us to West Beach, Indiana, some years ago. It was a lazy, dreamy, & peaceful day. I learned to love the song ever since, and longed to hear it everytime I felt nostalgic, melancholic and longing for that idyllic day spent with friends I felt close with.

This past weekend, while working from home (yes, that's right), I browsed through old pictures of Chicago and couldn't help playing this song again. It is a classic for me- a song that I will always keep playing. And it again represents how I feel starting this past weekend and probably for weeks to come...

Come Away With Me
Nora Jones

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me