Sort Of by Ingrid Michaelson

I started taking this songwriting class on Coursera offered by this teacher at the Berklee College of Music. Do I get to technically say that I now took courses at the Berklee College of Music? Ha! Anyway, he's offering some fun tips on what it means to write songs and what it means to tell stories. I love finding musicians who are amazing storytellers. It gets me invested in the song.

Recently, my friend Sudha put me onto Ingrid Michaelson. She's a musician from New York and she's got these simple and honest lyrics. 'Sort Of' is one of my favorites. It tells the story of dynamics between a couple. And tells the story of someone  who is openly honest about how she's just not strong enough to leave the person she is with. Can I get a witness? :) One of my favorite lines:

"...but your eyes are warning me this early morning, that my love's too big for you my love..."

Can you imagine saying that to someone and then walking away? "Sorry, my love is just too big for you right now, my love." Whew!

The c.d. 'Everybody' by Ingrid is what Sudha pointed out as the optimistic breakup CD. Check out 'Sort Of'' below. You'll hear that optimism in the chords, the upward progression in notes, and the major feel of it all: