Now I’m not a longtime DMB fangirl, I’m a newbie. I got into them a little less than 2 years ago when I started dating my man. Since then, I’ve been to quite a few shows and totally get the hype.
The first time I heard Grey Street I felt like Dave was singing directly to me. It went through my ears into the depth of my soul. I’ve bawled my eyes out to this song and scream-sung it in my car at the top of my lungs. I still get chills whenever he plays it live. My Spotify history confirms my obsession.
When I was working on structuring my coaching practice my coach had me create my client avatar, the ideal person I want to work with. The next day as I was driving Grey street popped up on my playlist. I felt it. That deep inner knowing of “this”. Thank you, Dave Matthews, for so eloquently writing the characteristics of the women I desire do this soul moving work with.
“Oh, look at how she listens
She says nothing of what she thinks
She just goes stumbling through her memories
Staring out on to Grey Street
She thinks, "Hey, how did I come to this?
I dream myself a thousand times around the world
But I can't get out of this place"
There's an emptiness inside her
And she'd do anything to fill it in
But all the colors mix together
To grey
And it breaks her heart”
They say you’re most equipped to serve who you once were and those lyrics, that was me. Desperately chasing anything that would fill the void, the loneliness, the emptiness, the disconnection, and the grief I felt in life. Lilly just a few years ago lived a very grey internal existence. I still smiled on the outside but was drowning in my past wounds and the stories I told myself about them.
“She feels like kicking out all the windows
And setting fire to this life
She could change everything about her
Using colors bold and bright”
This part of the song gets me EVERYTIME. Because I did feel like kicking out the damn windows. I was so sick of feeling bad and out of control. Then the realization “she could change everything about her using colors bold and bright”.
And it’s true.
You can change. Your existence can go from grey to freaking bold and bright!
Grey Street encompasses what I want every woman to know, you can live a bold and bright life. You are capable of nurturing and experiencing a joy-filled relationship.
But you have to choose it. Everyday. Over and over again.
Are you where I was? Living a grey existence, feeling out of control, broken, and empty? If you’re sick of it, sick of your current reality, sick of your stories about it, and ready to set fire to it, ready to step into living bold and bright. I’d like to invite you to join me in my next group collective.
We will be focusing on deep transformation, through our mindset, our bodies, and our hearts. I want to help you get out of your head and speak from your heart. To follow your unique design and lead with love in everything you do.
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, email me at lilly@lillyrachels.com for more information. You don’t have to stay grey.
Live bold and bright,
Lilly