Eddie Vedder sings a Tom Petty cover “Room at the Top” at the 2018 Oscars as background for a montage of movie scenes in Memoriam of major entertainers departed in the past year.
I got a room at the top of the world tonight
I can see everything tonight
I got a room where everyone
Can have a drink and forget those things
That went wrong in their life…
I got a room at the top of the world tonight…
And I ain’t comin’ down, no I ain’t comin’ down
I ain’t comin’ down
Scene: Eric’s graduation yesterday. Sitting among hundreds of parents, friends, and family members. Beautiful…BEAUTIFUL…sunny afternoon. Whisps of gentle cooling breeze rustled the surrounding trees and the tassels. I close my eyes and the Eagles’ song Peaceful Easy Feeling comes to mind. If there is a God, he was here this afternoon.
The mood was set early. A student on his way to Julliard sang “You Raise Me Up” honoring parents and the faculty. His booming baritone voice filled our hearts and souls.
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be; Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.”
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