Complete Surrender

Okay. I admit I was one of those who threw their TV remotes when Phillip Phillips won against high-pitched belter Jessica Sanchez. You can't blame me. It's been a while since a female won (yeah so I'm a women-empowerment advocate what) and there has been a saturation of white male guitarists on AI.

But it is about having the x-factor after all (no pun intended), and while Sanchez had the talent, Phillips had that and more. His songs engage. Like this one, which I just heard on the radio while driving home.

The first words that caught my attention were these:

"Your hope dangling by a string, I'll share in your suffering to make you well...To make you well."

And then...

"I surrender honestly. You've always done the same for me." - Gone, Gone, Gone by Phillip Phillips

Wow. Complete surrender. Selflessness is something I'll never learn. And I doubt the general public has ever lived up to the definition of the word either. But at least someone wrote a song about it. We at least can pretend it exists. Lol..negatron. 

Anyway...I thought it was a Mumford & Sons song until Google corrected me. I won't post the official MV because it was too festive (no really, there's like a mini festival at the end) and didn't suit my initial feel of the song. But that's just me. You can watch it here if you're stubborn. 

Or you can just click the video below.