Hello Brains!
I wrote you a song.
(ukulele music starts)
Alone I was a fish,
trying to climb a tree.
Feeling stupid and discouraged
by all the monkeys looking down at me.
No one said they were above me.
but I could see,
and it only proved how easy climbing trees should be.
But, no matter what I tried, it hurt my fins to climb.
Two branches back for each branch up,
falling farther behind.
'Till one day back at the bottom,
I turned from the tree, and for the first time,
saw the ocean and a fish like me.
And the fish said
Hey you, it's totally true, we fish arent great at climbing.
But that doesn't mean we aren't great at swimming, jumping, diving
The world is full of fish like us,
once climbing to fit in.
But potential turns successful
when we learn how to swim.
So when you get discouraged
try different, try again.
'Cause failing might just mean you're trying to climb
instead of swim.
I looked down at my fins and saw
the fish was right.
I wasn't built the same,
and maybe that's all right.
So I took a breath, jumped in, and tried to swim,
and when I floundered, other fish taught me how to use my fins.
And they showed me
Yeah, dude,
it's totally true,
we fish aren't great at climbing.
But that doesn't mean we aren't great at
swimming, jumping, diving.
The world is full of fish like us, once climbing to fit in.
But potential turns successful when we learn how to swim.
So when you get discouraged
try different, try again.
'Cause failing might just mean you're trying to climb
instead of swim.
When I looked back, that tree was tiny.
I had come so far.
And the fish were all amazing,
though some still had their scars.
And most of us were happier than we thought we'd ever be.
Turns out the ocean's more exciting
than any tree.
The world likes to convince us that we should all climb trees.
So sometimes, fish don't realize
how awesome fish can be.
So next time you see someone at the bottom of a tree,
Pass along this message from those fish and me:
Be the fish that says:
Hey you, it's totally true,
we fish aren't great at climbing.
But that doesn't mean
we aren't great at swimming, diving, flying.
The world is full of fish like us,
once climbing to fit in.
But potential turns successful
when we learn how to swim.
So when you get discouraged
try different, try again.
'Cause failing might just mean you're trying to climb
instead of swim.
It's okay if you don't know how to climb
go out and swim.
(dog barks)
Thank you to Patreon Brains for not only helping me have the time to write this song, and raise a puppy,
But also, you guys helped me write it.
If you guys haven't been over on Patreon,
and you would like to help me with creative projects,
often I reach out for help, and so I got help with the lyrics,
I got help with the chords.
Sean Rosenberry is a music teacher,
and he transcribed the whole thing.
So, if you guys want to play the song yourself,
you can see the music in the description below.
Also it's my first real song and we had no idea if people would like it,
but I played it at my recent webinar for ADDA, link in the description,
and people liked it!
So, now you can get it on iTunes and Google Play!
And I didn't know any of this when I filmed this so,
voiceover!
Yay!
Thank you, thank you so much,
and I will see you next week.
Bye Brains!
(laughs)
We're gonna work on that.
And the fish said
Hey you, it's totally true, we fish aren't great at climbing.
But that doesnt mean we aren't
great at swimming, jumping, diving.
The world is full of fish like us,
once climbing to fit in.
But potential turns successful
when we learn how to swim.
So when you get discouraged