A Thanksgiving Playlist to Help Keep You Sane

“Move Together”, James Bay

This one may be about two lovers who don’t have enough time with each other, but it can easily be translated for families travelling long distances to be close. I’m pretty lucky in that most of my family is very close—within an hour’s drive or so. But a lot of people are far, far away from their loved ones. Perhaps this is the last year you get to spend Thanksgiving with a certain family member. The idea, from the lyrics, that “we didn’t get tonight, we don’t have tomorrow” strikes close to home, and should remind us all that time is precious and we should take advantage of whatever time we have with those we love.

"Home now, end of the night And it’s colder to turn on your side And I know you are up in two hours But we didn’t get tonight, we don’t have tomorrow So don’t ruin now How we gonna move together? Just come closer If we don’t move together Come closer How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together? Just keeping the peace between the sheets And I creep in and everything’s loud And I’m sorry, I’ve woken you now And we’ll argue, the tiniest thing But we didn’t get tonight, don’t have tomorrow So I’m done whispering, done whispering How we gonna move together? Just come closer If we don’t move together Just come closer How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together? Just keeping the peace between the sheets"