Weekly Shinedown - Song Sixteen - Burning Bright!

Hey There!

Here is another week of Shinedown for you!

Some time would have passed between me hearing Miracle, and Burning Bright! In this time, I just stuck with the Shinedown songs that I knew, and was really enjoying them. Then towards the end of October 2014, I found an album on their Spotify that consisted of all of their live performances, and it was called Shinedown - Somewhere In The Stratosphere. I remember listening to them sing in live from Washington State, and then an acoustic version live from Kansas City.

The main reason that I was drawn to this song was because it was quite an acoustic song in general, and it just seemed really laid back.

On Saturday 25th October 2014, me and my family travelled up to Scotland for a week's holiday there. The whole week, I was absolutely addicted to the Divergent book series, and I read it most of the time because there was very little internet up there. However, every evening, we went over to tis restaurant, and we were able to use the internet there. Unfortunately, this was the only time that I could listen to Shinedown on Spotify.

My most listened song this week was Burning Bright, and I was drawn even closer to this song by the end of the week. Coincidently, the song Burning Bright completely relates to the ending of the Divergent trilogy to me, so now every time I listen to this song, it reminds me of Divergent, and also the amazing break that I had in Scotland.

Finally, on Tuesday 11th November 2014, I decided that it was time to add some more songs into my Shinedown Spotify playlist, so Burning Bright was the first one that I selected!

If I could only master the Bm on my guitar, then this song would be amazing to play, but unfortunately, I'm not that skilled. You know what they say though, practise makes perfect!

I'd love to year some of your Shinedown stories below in the comments!

I'll see you all next Thursday!

Lois xx

P.S. I'll leave the lyrics to Burning Bright below incase you're interested!

I feel like there is no need for conversation
Some questions are better left without a reason
And I would rather reveal myself than my situation
Now and then I consider my hesitation

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning, burning bright

I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
To spare myself from the constant shame of my existence
And I would surely redeem myself in my desperation
Here and now I'll express my situation

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning

There's nothing ever wrong but nothing's ever right
Such a cruel contradiction
I know I crossed the line, it's not easy to define
I'm born to indecision
There's always something new, some path I'm supposed to choose
With no particular rhyme or reason

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright

The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning

I feel like there is no need for conversation