Took this photo today while walking home in Brooklyn. A perfect metaphor for persistence, unexpected beauty, blooming where you’re planted, all the clichés that mean: “Surprise! Life is cool! Remember?”
And it reminded me of these Spearhead lyrics. Because what doesn’t remind me of Spearhead lyrics?
“… grass can grow up through a crack in the sidewalk
and what I see when I look in your eyes
grass that’s truly greenest sprouting inside
I wasn’t even looking when I realized
that you had the vibe that was my fertilizer
thought love in this world was dead and buried and gone
how could I be so cynical when I was so young
you hit me in the chest like and 808 boom
I found love is the shit that makes life bloom!
Love is the shit that makes life bloom
and you never know when you might step in it!”
– Michael Franti + Spearhead