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Hey, this is JR, and you're listening to Positive Tunes 好歌學英文
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where we talk about positive songs and artists, and teach you the English lyrics.
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Recently there was a night I couldn't sleep.
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I started to feel worried about my future 'cos everything ahead of me just seemed to be so vague and blurry.
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And that's when this melody hit my head.
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I was lying in my bed. I couldn't sleep.
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I turned on my smartphone and played this song till I finally fell asleep.
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It gave me that kind of assuring feeling.
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And as I just mentioned, yes, this is the song that we're gonna learn today. Josh Wilson's 'Carry Me'.
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Josh Wilson is 32 years old this year, and he's been in the music scene since 2004 with eleven records.
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And the song we've chosen today is called 'Carry Me' which is the same title of his album in 2013.
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During a radio interview back in 2013, he mentioned how he came up with the inspiration for writing this song.
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It started on a summer day when he woke up feeling dizzy.
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He didn't know why. And it kept on for days.
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He ended up nearly passing out in a store. So that's when he realized that something was going wrong.
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He called his wife, and he went to see the doctors.
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Things got worse. He had trouble breathing, arms and legs were numb.
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He thought it was a heart attack. But instead the doctors told him it wasn't anything physical, it was a panic attack.
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And that got Josh really confused.
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'Cos he was doing the things that he liked. He was working on his record, he was on tour, he was not really stressed.
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But then the symptoms continued for days. And eventually he had to cancel the last performance on his tour.
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When he was asked about this song he said,
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"I like to think that I have everything under my control, but that's not true. God is the only one who has everything under control."
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And that's where the inspiration came from.
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So this is the song we're gonna sing and teach today. It's called 'Carry Me' by Josh Wilson.
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And that's what it sounds like. 'Carry Me' by Josh Wilson.
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Ok, it's time for us to break down the lyrics and teach you the English within it.