KJLS-FM 103.3 10am Sundays
March 8, 2026
“When a Breakup Should Happen”
Part 1
Good morning, Central Kansas and around the world! Thank you for joining us this second Sunday of March Sunday morning, and happy almost Spring to all of you as we begin that season next week. I love it! And happy March Madness as we move into that basketball time in our lives. And I hope you are on time this morning, as we supposedly have another hour of daylight, sort of. Welcome to “Message at the Top.” Get set for the top 10 songs of our area as determined by the research from your requests, as well as our own research here at Mix 103 and in particular from Mediabase 24-7. Our motto is to enjoy the music and listen to the message so that the message can help us be better than we are. I am Fr. Mike Scully, and you have your dial set to Mix 103, the number one popular music station in Central Kansas. On our show today, we have music from Tate McRae, Taylor Swift and Pitbull among many others. And our topic will concern breakups.
As I have mentioned many times on this show, and after working with high school people most of my life, I know from my counseling that given the fact that most people do not celebrate a permanent commitment to someone after their first romantic meeting, there will be breakups. Breakups are very difficult, and we must be careful about what we do and say after we suffer through them. A romantic breakup disturbs a person's whole being and demeanor. People who suffer them feel terribly, at least for a while. But, the important thought with breakups is what we do after we suffer them. The feelings of a breakup will pass, but what we do as a result may not pass so quickly.
And so as we speak of breakups, we speak of what we do after we suffer them. Tate McRae has a song in our current top 10 about that thought. It is a song of a breakup which in my opinion as we study the circumstances, should happen. The lady in the relationship seems to have done things right in trying to establish whether the man is being honest with her or not. She has checked with a friend and in the song is talking to her once upon a time boyfriend directly. “Thought I might love you again,” she sings, “I’ll see how I feel. Now that you’re acting like that, I never will. Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal. Right now, I’m not even about you. The day I met you, I thought it was a blessing, In the heat of it, I always took your side. It’s a shame you out here tryna make it messy. We were good, I thought we made it through the ending. Could have picked it up exactly where we left it, took our future off your plate. Let’s go tit for tat, you asked for that. I was never as far away as you thought.” And then she breaks it off. Sometimes a breakup is needed for personal growth and she is doing it here. The song inspires the theme: when a breakup should happen. And here she is starting us off this morning. From her album “So Close to What,” a song rumored to be a song that is in response to one her ex boyfriend’s songs, the name of her song “Tit For Tat,” Tate McRae, hovering around our top 10 this week on MATT.
(double) TIT FOR TAT / Tate McRae
GREEDY / Tate McRae
Part 2
Tate McRae has taken five of her songs into our top 10 the past couple of years. Beginning our show with that in mind, let’s play all five. That last one was from the year 2o24, and a song from her album “Think Later,” her song, “Greedy” on MATT. “He says, ‘Are you serious,’” she begins her song speaking of the boyfriend in the relationship, “I’ve tried, but I can’t figure out; I’ve been next to you all night and still don’t know what you’re about.” But she says, “I would want myself. Please believe me. I’ll put you through hell just to know me, so sure of yourself, don’t get greedy—that stuff won’t end well.” I changed the words a little. She said of the song that it is about confidence and about female empowerment. And exactly what should be said to someone who wants to control a situation when he/she shouldn’t. In terms of our theme, when someone acts this way, it may be the time to consider some type of breakup.
Most of our songs will come in triple play throughout our show, and here is the first set, all from Tate McRae. It is a rather explicit song that I have a rough time with because I don’t think that something so important should be presented so casually. Hopefully she is describing a relationship that has grown into something that is a commitment, and they are expressing it as he drives his sports car with her. As she said in an interview, the “sports car” reminded her of the feeling of love. The spark of love is within all of us, and can be ignited to show love to all. Also from her album “So Close to What,” this is Tate McRae and her song “Sports Car” on MATT.
(triple) SPORTS CAR / Tate McRae
YOU BROKE ME FIRST / Tate McRae
WHAT I WANT / Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae
Part 3
Talking about having fun in life, that was Tate McRae again this time singing with Morgan Wallen from Morgan Wallen’s album “I’m the Problem”, and their song “What I Want” on MATT. As I say, it is a song about fun without too much of a commitment. “She said ‘You don’t want this heart, boy, it’s already broke’” they sing, “told me everything she touch / just goes up in smoke, only stay a couple nights, then she’s gonna be gone. I said, ‘Baby, that’s what I want. And you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no trust issues with me. I got ‘em too; you ain’t gotta worry ‘bout no exes that’s crazy, I got ‘em too. If you’re in a hurry, nah, you ain’t gonna hurt me tonight and it won’t be the worst thing if this is all it is and in the middle of a kiss.” The couple is only beginning their relationship and it sounds like they are being totally honest with each other, and almost like they expect there to be a breakup, our theme today. And they are okay with that. Certainly a way not to get hurt.
Before them, we heard from Tate McRae by herself this time and her song from 2020, “You Broke Me First.” “You broke me first,” she sings, “Maybe you don’t like talking too much about yourself, but you shoulda told me that you were thinking ‘bout someone else. You’re drunk at a party or maybe it’s just that your car broke down. Your phone’s been off for a couple months, so you’re calling me now. I know you, you’re like this, when things don’t go your way, you needed me to fix it and like me, I did, but I ran out of every reason. Now suddenly, you’re asking for it back. But I don’t really care how bad it hurts. When you broke me first, you broke me first. Where’d you get the nerve.” In terms of our theme today, there is no doubt that it is time for the breakup.
Some interesting thoughts as we work with an interesting theme today, namely when is it time to have a breakup, that thought coming from Tate McRae and her song “Tit For Tat.” Popular music always seems to have an approach to life about it, and popular songs always contain something to talk about in one way or another. Let me take you to break with a thought from the current Dalai Lama: “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” Now I didn’t know he said that, but certainly my quotation book couldn’t be wrong. But it is one great truth. I’m Fr. Mike, inviting you to keep your dial right there as we continue shortly on MATT on Mix 103.
Part 4
We continue with the only show of its kind in this area as we celebrate a couple days before Spring in America. It is great to have you with us on the station that plays the very best in popular music, and the show we have labeled as MATT, the show that takes the top 10 songs of today and yesterday, and discovers just what their approach to life is, often giving us some thoughts with which we can guide our lives toward the good, the show where our motto is to enjoy the music and listen to the message so that the message can help us. My name is Fr. Mike, your host, and we are featuring the songs of our show today as they talk about breakups.
We’ll hear from Taylor Swift a couple of times this morning. Here is the first time. The lady and the man in the relationship described in the song are still beginning a love relationship. They have dated in the past, and both of them discovered that there were other people in their lives with whom they could have a relationship. Their own relationship was one that had magic moments in which they thought that they had found the perfect match for themselves. But there were other times when just the opposite was true, when they were going "round and round" trying to discover how their relationship together would be. Her words: “Midnight. You come and pick me up, no headlights, long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise. It’s been a while since I have even heard from you. I should just tell you to leave 'cause I know exactly where it leads but I watch us go 'round and 'round each time. When we go crashing down, we come back every time 'cause we never go out of style. He's taking off his coat. I say, ‘I heard that you've been out and about with some other girl’. He says, ‘What you've heard is true but I can't stop thinking about you,’ and I said, ‘I've been there too a few times.’” They are still growing up with understanding love, and probably should just quit this relationship, our theme today. From her album “1989”, Taylor Swift for the first time today and her song “Style” from 2015 on MATT.
(double) STYLE / Taylor Swift
10 MUTT / Leon Thomas
Part 5
We’ll look at our top 10 in countdown fashion this morning, and that was number 10 and new to our top 10 from Brooklyn born Leon George Thomas III or just hip-hop artist Leon Thomas. He says of the song that the song along with the whole album named after the song was created shortly after a significant break-up. His ex had given him a dog and as he started working on the album, he began to notice similarities between his dog’s behavior and his own. Interesting. One of the things that he noticed was his desire for the feelings of love. “She said,” he begins his song, “’Take your time, what’s the rush?’ I said, ‘Baby, I’m a dog, I’m a mutt. Pardon my bluntness—I see prety faces, so I got trouble trusting. But I’ll let my guard down for you, said I’ll be vulnerable so you can break my heart if you want to.” And, to his chagrin, she does. He’s using some chemicals to create the feelings of love, and it messes up his natural desires and actions. In terms of our theme, he doesn’t want the breakup to happen, but it did and it was not a good feeling, one would guess.
Right now, let’s go to another triple play and begin it with a song from maybe the most popular band in the world today. It has a very clever video which you might want to view, but the words of the song do not match it. The song is a statement of the man in the relationship to the woman who for some reason is away, and the man desires her companionship. “I'm hurting,” they begin their song, “I'm broken down. I need your loving. I need it now. When I'm without you, I'm something weak. You got me begging. I'm on my knees. I don't wanna be needing your love; I just wanna be deep in your love. And it's killing me when you're away, ‘cause I really don't care where you are, just wanna be there where you are. And I gotta get one little taste. Sugar, please, won't you come and put it down on me? I'm right here, 'cause I need a little love and little sympathy. Yeah, you show me good loving. Make it alright, I need a little sweetness in my life.” Thinking of our theme with the song, the man is feeling what might be called a “broken smile” and is hoping that she will help with that, and certainly not go into a breakup. This is the band Maroon 5 from their album “V”, their song “Sugar” from the year 2015 on MATT.
(triple) SUGAR / Maroon 5
ONE LAST TIME / Ariana Grande
9 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift
Part 6
From Taylor Swift’s album “The Life of a Showgirl,” the first song from it this morning and the second song from her this morning, number 9 this week, and the song “The Fate of Ophelia”. It cleverly involves a study of one of the plays of William Shakespeare, namely his play “Hamlet” and Hamlet’s once-upon-a-time presumed future wife Ophelia. In the story, Mr. Shakespeare has Ophelia drown herself after a rejection from Prince Hamlet and after her father’s death at the hands of Hamlet. So a tragic situation, but the song writes a different ending. The song is a powerful anthem about being rescued from the brink of emotional and psychological collapse by an all-consuming lover. He brings about a true resurrection for her and according to the people who should know about such things, as I have said, resembles the likes of her famous current boyfriend. “Late one night,” she sings, “you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” It is exactly what is supposed to happen if there is a deep love of each other, and if the feelings are true, a breakup will never happen, our theme today.
Before her, we heard Ariana Grande Butera who began her singing career with children’s television shows and now is one of the premier female performers in America and Britain. It was from her album “My Everything” and her song from 2015 “One Last Time”. It is a song of admitting fault, and then begging a former boyfriend to come back to the lady in the song. “I was a liar,” she sings, “I gave in to the fire. I know I should've fought it. At least I'm being honest; feel like a failure ‘cause I know that I failed you. I should've done you better ‘cause you don't want a liar. And I know, she gives you everything. But, boy, I couldn't give it to you, and I know, you got everything. But I got nothing here without you. So one last time, I need to be the one who takes you home. One more time I promise; after that I'll let you go. I don't care if you got her in your heart, all I really care is you wake up in my arms. One last time I need to be the one who takes you home.” The lady is in very bad straits because she knows she has caused the problems. But since he has moved on, it just may be better for her to do the same instead of begging him. The situation is a good reason for the breakup to occur, our theme today.
We will continue with the thought generated by Tate McRae and her song “Tit For Tat” as we listen to and study top 10 music of the past and present from—coming up in order of appearance: Harry Styles, Ellie Goulding, Raye, sombr, Hozier and Olivia Rodrigo. To close off our first hour today, here is a thought from a great president, Mr. Abraham Lincoln: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool / than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Therefore, be very careful before you open your mouth. Abraham Lincoln knew what he was talking about / even back then. I’m Fr. Mike for “Message at the Top” on Mix 103. Hey, why not stay right where you are. We’ll be right back.
Thank you for joining us this morning. We are back for the second hour of “Message at the Top” on Mix 103 which gives you the top 10 popular songs of our area as of this week ending today March 8, 2026, the week that is thinking of Spring. We take the top 10’s of today and the past 46 years, put them all together with a theme, and then call our show MATT. Our theme this week came from Tate McRae and her song “Tit For Tat”, and we are speaking about when a breakup should happen. I’m your host, Fr. Mike on “Message at the Top”.
As promised, let’s begin this second hour with our number 8 song in our countdown that was our theme last week when we spoke about personal growth. It is a song about growing into maturity, and a great song to study. I’ll just quote from the internet about the song. It is a song about emotional openness, vulnerability, and letting love and light into one’s life. The title—Aperture--refers to the adjustable opening in a camera lens that controls how much light enters an image, and in the song, it serves as a metaphor for the human heart and emotional openness. So, a song about personal growth, vulnerability and embracing the unknown. And the video acts out that message extremely well. And so the words reflect that journey. “It’s best that you know what you don’t. Aperture lets the light in. We belong together. It finally appears: it’s only love. I won’t stray from it: I don’t know these spaces. Time won’t wait on me. I wanna know what safe is.” His own explanation is that the song was inspired by his experiences in Berlin, meeting new people, and immersing himself in music that encouraged freedom, openness and joy. He intended the song to reflect the power of embracing transitions, accepting flaws, and allowing positive change into one’s life. In terms of our theme this week, as we think about when a breakup should happen, well, one time would be when we’re not real sure about ourselves, yet move into a relationship. Great song and video to the song. It’s number 8 this morning, from his latest album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” Harry Styles and his song “Aperture”, number 8 this week on MATT.
(triple) 8 APERTURE / Harry Styles
LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO / Ellie Goulding
7 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND / Raye
Part 8
The number 7 song from Raye, a British singer/songwriter whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen from her album “This Music May Contain Hope,” and her song “Where is My Husband” on MATT. It is a song of desire for a partner in her life, or as she says in a traditional way, a husband. “Where is my husband,” the lady sings, “Why is this beautiful man waiting for me to get old? Why he already testing my patience? I only fear he taking time with other women that ain’t me / while I’ve been reviewing applications. Wait til I get my hands on him. I’ma tell him off too for how long he kept me waiting, anticipating, praying to Lord to give him to my loving arms. And despite my frustrations. And he must need me completely. Help me, Lord. I need you to tell me.” I describe it as a tongue-in-cheek desire for love song, the desire of a lady to find a person who truly loves her, a statement, I believe of someone’s need for romantic love. In terms of our theme this week, if a relationship is moving toward commitment and one of them in the relationship still doesn’t feel that they have achieved real love, it is time for a breakup.
Before her, we heard from Ellie Goulding and her song “Love Me Like You Do” from 2015 from the soundtrack of the very popular and controversial movie, “Fifty Shades of Grey”. “You're the light,” she sings, “you're the night, you're the color of my blood, you're the cure, you're the pain, you're the only thing I wanna touch. Never knew that it could mean so much. You're the fear, I don't care 'cause I've never been so high. Follow me through the dark. Let me take you past our satellites. You can see the world you brought to life. So love me like you do, touch me like you do.” It is a high song of meaning because of the strong love said to another who has been the person’s strength, and therefore something that should be said in a commitment every day. One of the rules for romantic life, our theme today, is to make sure there is a strong commitment if you say there is without even the possibility of a breakup, our theme today.
Back to our countdown today, and we are up to number 6 and a song about the fact that they have given themselves completely to each other, namely physically, and now one of them just wants to be friends. It is a contradiction. He sings, “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed? How can you look at me and pretend I’m someone you’ve never met?” It seems as though the lady in the relationship wants to have a breakup or at least a temporary time apart, but the two have already made it clear that they are committed to each other. It is unfortunately a common enough experience. In terms of our theme, one of the times in a relationship that should bring about a breakup, is when the relationship is only a physical one. Good song to study. This is Shane Michael Boose here, better known as sombr and his song “Back to Friends” from his album “I Barely Know Her,” number 6 this week on MATT.
(triple) 6 BACK TO FRIENDS / sombr
TAKE ME TO CHURCH/ Hozier
DRIVER’S LICENSE / Olivia Rodrigo
Part 9
The song featured on my website www.frmikescully.com tomorrow, the Song of the Year from the Grammys of 2022, from Olivia Rodgrio and her song “Driver’s License” from her album “Sour” on MATT. “Guess you didn’t mean what you wrote in that song about me,” she sings, “‘cause you said forever. Now I drive alone past your street.” The rest of the song displays the pain that the lady in the song feels: “I got my driver’s license last week,” she sings, “just like we always talked about ‘cause you were so excited for me to finally drive up to your house. But today I drive through the suburbs cryin’ ‘cause you weren’t around. And you’re probably with that blonde girl who always made me doubt. I know we weren’t perfect but I’ve never felt this way for no one and I just can’t imagine how you could be so okay now that I’m gone.” Tough situation for young love, and in terms of our theme, there is little doubt that the lady will not find love in that situation and therefore an instance when a breakup should happen, our theme today, and she should be prepared to move on.
Many of our extra songs today are taken from the most recent Sunday, August 8 before today in 2015. Such was the case with Hozier’s song, “Take Me to Church” from Irish singer/songwriter Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, better known simply as Hozier. As a clergy-person, you can bet that I was interested in that title, but it was not what I expected at all. The song is a love song, dedicated to the love of another, and it is not a happy song at all because it seems that the other is not as interested in the relationship as the man is. Hozier does make a couple criticisms of Church however, and so I looked up what he meant by the song. He said that the song was not an indictment against the Church as such. It is a song against institutions that undermine humanity, and in his mind, and I think it is true somewhat, the Church has undermined humanity in the actions of some of its members. Some of his words of criticism include: “Every Sunday’s getting more bleak, a fresh poison each week.” Be that as it may, the song is a song of wanting to be with another. “The only heaven I’ll be sent to,” he sings, “is when I’m alone with you. I was born sick, but I love it.” The man in the relationship is in very bad straits, it seem: he is worshiping this lady, but he knows that she is not worshiping him—because she is lying and offering only a deathless death. With our theme of breakups that should happen, this may be one of them unless they can find a way to truly communicate with each other.
We are studying the top songs of this week ending today March 8, 2026, and we are also studying some songs of the past top 10’s as well. And we have our last segment to go yet. First, a thought from Oscar Wilde on happiness: “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” Important lesson there. I’m Fr. Mike, and you’re listening to “Message at the Top” on Mix 103. I hope you stay right there.
Welcome back for our final segment of the top 10 popular songs of our area this week according to Mediabase 24-7 and our research. I’m your host, Fr. Mike on “Message at the Top” on Mix 103. Thank you for joining us again this second Sunday of March, the day on which we started saving an hour of sunshine, more or less. I hope your morning has gone well for you, and I hope we have added to it just a little bit. Our theme today has come from Tate McRae’s song “Tit For Tat” and the theme that we are using with the songs of our show is “When a Breakup Should Happen.”
Back to our countdown, let’s listen to our number 5 song as of this week, a song which begins this triple play. It talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the ordinary.” He begins with the thought that everything is pretty much ordinary: “They say ‘The holy water’s watered down and this town’s lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually.” But he has a solution; he continues: “So, if our time is runnin’ out day after day, we’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” Right there, as I have said, is a great description of how to make a love relationship be a necessary part of true love--make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces, and if we learn to do that, we are ready for the commitment and not for a breakup. From his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” this is Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 5 on our countdown this week on MATT. (triple) 5 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
Time of Our Lives / Pitbull f/ Neyo
4 OPALITE / Taylor Swift
Part 11
The third song from her this morning, the second from her album “The Life of a Showgirl”, and “Opalite”, at number 4 this morning on MATT. She says that she has always loved opals. Opal is also Travis Kelce’s birthstone, Travis being Taylor Swift’s fiance. In the song, she took inspiration from the facts connected with opals, saying that opalite is a metaphor for the idea that happiness can be created voluntarily. Opal is also believed to symbolically represent hope, healing and positive energy. She described the song as a song about forgiving yourself for having gone through something that didn’t pan out the way you wanted it to / and giving yourself permission to have it all figured out. So she sings: “Life is a song, it ends when it ends; I was wrong, but alright, you were dancing through the lightning strikes, but now the sky is opalite.” The song is about the lady’s state of mind and being perfectly content with what is happening. And if she is perfectly content, she is certainly not ready for a breakup, our theme today.
Before her, MATT presented Armando Christian Perez better known as Pitbull and Shaffer Chimire Smith better known as Ne Yo and their song from Pitbull’s album “Globilization,” “Time of Our Lives” from the year 2014. It is a song which is an answer to a problem which begins the song: “I knew my rent was goin' be late about a week ago. I worked, but I still can't pay it.” So, what does the man in the song do? They sing: “But I got just enough to get up in this club, have me a good time, before my time is up. Hey, let's get it now, I want the time of my life. Oh, give me the time of my life. Let's get it now.” The man is ignoring the problem and instead having the time of his life, and the rap part of the song spells that out—drinking, dancing, sexual pleasure, lust and partying. It seems like a good time for him, but in truth the man is in for very bad times because he is forgetting the other important things in his life—like paying rent. I should mention however that they sing a rather positive thought in the song—they sing: “This is for anybody going through tough times. Believe me, been there, done that. But everyday above ground is a great day, remember that.” Amen. Be that as it may, he’s also forgetting any relationship and it will only end up in a breakup, our theme today, if he keeps behaving the way he is.
As usual, we close our show with the top 3 songs in our land. At number 3 is a song of wanting another to show her love for him by good dancing. “It would break my heart,” he sings, “if I find out you can’t move. You better show me now ‘cause when I take you to the floor, you gotta get down. Hey, Mr. DJ, play a song for this pretty little lady ‘cause if she dance as good as she look right now, I just might make her my baby.” It is a rather selfish song in the sense that the man is really only thinking of himself, but some general thoughts on dancing might be in order as we think of the song. As usual with him—Bruno Mars—the song has quite a good dance video. In terms of our theme this week, dancing doesn’t usually lead to a breakup, although I guess it could. This is Bruno Mars or his real name of Peter Gene Hernandez, and his song “I Just Might ”from his album “The Romantic”, number 3 this week on MATT.
(double) 3 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars
2 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean
Part 12
From London, England, Olivia Dean, coming from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need” on MATT, number 2 this week. The whole song is the statement of what I call the virtue which is most needed in any love relationship or any relationship really, namely, communication. “Talk to me,” she begins her song, “looks like we’re making up for lost time; need you to spell it out for me. Don’t be shy, just come be the man I need. Tell me you got something to give. I want it. I kinda like when you call me wonderful, whatever the type of talk it is. Come on then, I gotta know you’re meant to be the man I need. Talk to me. I’d like to think you feel the same way, but I can’t tell with you sometimes. So, let’s get on the same page. Stop making me read between the lines.” So, communication, and she gives the reason why. In terms of our theme this week, a couple will know exactly what to do—a breakup or a permanent commitment—if they have good communication.
And our number 1 song for four weeks altogether comes from the Korean movie and music of Huntr/X, three talented Korean ladies. It is the theme of a Netflix film that follows a Korean girls group—Huntr/X—who lead double lives facing off against a rival boys band, the Saja boys whose members are secretly demons. The words recall that story. “I was a ghost, I was alone, given the throne; I didn’t know how to behave, I was the queen that I’m meant to be. I lived two lives, tried to play both sides, but I couldn’t find my own place. Called a problem child ‘cause I got too wild. But now that’s how I’m getting paid. We’re going up, it’s our moment. You know together we’re glowin, gonna be golden. I’m done hidin’ now, I’m shinin’ like I’m born to be, oh, our time, no fears, no lies, that’s who we’re born to be.” I left out the Korean words, of course. As I have said with the song, it sounds like a song of determination to do the right thing, and in terms of our theme, such an attitude is necessary in a relationship because then the couple will take the time to determine exactly what they should do as they come to the possibility of a breakup or not.
Our theme today has been that thought of when we should break up which we took from Tate McRae and her song “Tit For Tat.” My prayer for you and me is that all of us will learn the value of friendship and really work at it. If you would like to contact me, my e-mail address is: frmikescully@yahoo.com or the address at the radio station: KJLS-FM, Hays, America, KS 67601. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you will find meditations on these songs and some meditations on great movies, and a transcript of the show. The meditation tomorrow is on the song “Driver’s License” which we played a couple minutes ago . We invite you to join us on the web every Sunday at 10 CDT by turning to www.hayspost.com and clicking on Mix 103. Thank you for your time today. My thanks to the producers of our show, and to our sponsors, especially Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, Auto World in Hays, Hays Car and Truck Alignment, and Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior & Senior High School in Hays. My closing thought for you is from author anonymous: “Dogs never bite me, just humans.” Whoa. Our number one song on March 8, 2026—today—is “Golden” from Huntrix and as we lead into it, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music on Mix 103, and among other things, my advice is “Hold a good thought.” From the beautiful city of Lawrence, KS, by way of the beautiful state of West Virginia, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be safe, peace to you, and be good!
1 GOLDEN / Huntr/X
March 1, 2026
“Personal Growth”
Part 1
Hello Central Kansas and around the world! Thank you for joining us this first day of the month of March, and happy almost Spring as we begin that season in three weeks. I love it! And we begin Daylight Savings Time next week as we spring forward together. Welcome to “Message at the Top.” Get set for the top 10 songs of our area as determined by the research from your requests, as well as our own research here at Mix 103 and in particular from Mediabase 24-7. Our motto is to enjoy the music and listen to the message so that the message can help us be better than we are. I am Fr. Mike, and you have your dial set to Mix 103.3, the number one popular music station in Central Kansas. On our show today, we have music from Harry Styles and Justin Bieber among many others. And we’ll begin that show with an excellent song from Harry Styles.
The song is called Aperture, and he said that he intended the song to reflect the power of embracing transitions, accepting flaws, and allowing positive change into one’s life. “It’s best you know what you don’t,” he sings, “Aperture lets the light in.” That is in reference to a camera’s aperture which controls how much of an image is visible to the photographer and affects the brightness and depth of the image. “We belong together” he continues, “it finally appears it’s only love. In no good state to receive, go forth; ask questions later. I won’t stray from it; I don’t know these spaces. Time won’t wait on me, I wanna know what safe is.” And the video acts out his desire, beginning with his normal life, and then moving into the transitions of his life with an alternate self and a difficult fall down steps and then dancing a la the movie “Dirty Dancing.” To me, it says, that we need to discover true life, and it is not an easy task. I love to study the video together with the words: it is the type of music and message that true songs of meaning are all about, I believe.
Let’s call our show “What is needed for personal growth?” We’ll see what the songs of our show suggest so that we can grow well. We’ll begin it with all the songs that Harry Styles has taken to the top 10, and starting us off is this 10+ song of meaning, the highest I get, from his latest album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” Harry Styles and his song “Aperture”, number 7 this week on MATT.
(double) 7 APERTURE / Harry Styles
WATERMELON SUGAR / Harry Styles
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We’re inside a six-pack of Harry Styles songs which began with his excellent latest song “Aperture.” That last one was from the top 10’s of the year 2020, from his album “Fine Line,’ and his song “Watermelon Sugar” on MATT. “Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin,” he sings. “And it sounds like a summer feelin’, it’s so wonderful and warm. Breathe me in, breathe me out. I don’t know if I could ever go without. I’m just thinking out loud. Watermelon sugar high. I want that summer feelin’, getting washed away in you. I just wanna taste it, Watermelon sugar high.” It is a song about feelings, and feelings are fickle which would lead us to a statement we have made a number of times. We hope that we have good feelings during our lives, but we must be prepared for some negative feelings as well. In fact, that is something that is almost needed in personal growth, our theme today, because those negative feelings help us truly understand how good we actually have it.
Continuing playing all of Harry Styles’s songs that have made the top 10 on MATT, let’s go to a triple play from him and begin it with a song that speaks of being close, but the possibility of a break-up seems to be the dominant thought. “Golden,” he sings, “As I open my eyes, hold it, focus, hoping, take me back to the light; I know you were way too bright for me. I’m hopeless, broken, so you wait for me in the sky, browns my skin just right. You’re so golden. I’m out of my head and I know that you’re scared because hearts get broken. I don’t wanna be alone. Loving you is the antidote.” That may be, but it sounds like they have a bunch of work to do before their love will blossom. And you can bet, the way to personal growth, our theme today, is to think about and finally understand close love relationships. From his album “Fine Line” again, Harry Styles, and “Golden” from the year 2020 on MATT.
(triple) GOLDEN / Harry Styles
LATE NIGHT TALKING / Harry Styles
ADORE YOU / Harry Styles
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Closing off a triple play from him, and we still have one more from him in our six-pack of his songs, that was Mr. Harry Styles again, from his album “Fine Line” again and his song “Adore You” from 2019 on MATT. The song is a love song as you could guess from the title, a song of love to a particular person, although the video goes a different direction altogether, to say the least. “Walk in your rainbow paradise,” he sings, “strawberry lipstick state of mind. I get so lost inside your eyes. Would you believe it? You don’t have to say you love me, you don’t have to say nothing. You don’t have to say you’re mine. Honey, I’d walk through fire for you. Just let me adore you.” In terms of our theme, if the other in the relationship responds to his love pronouncements with the same intensity, chances are that that relationship will change their personal growth, our theme today.
Before him, him again, and his song from 2022, that was Harry Styles from his album “Harry’s House,” and his song “Late Night Talking”. It states a fact, I believe, and here is the fact: if you spend time talking, you will get to know each other well. “Things haven’t been quite the same,” he sings, “there’s a haze on the horizon. It’s only been a couple of days and I miss you. When nothing really goes to plan—you stub your toe or break your camera—I’ll do everything I can to help you through. If you’re feeling down, I just wanna make you happier. Wish I was around. We’ve been doing all this late night talking ‘bout anything you want until the morning. Now you’re in my life. I can’t get you off my mind.” That, of course, is the value of communication—it leads you to really know the other, and therefore really important for relationships, something that we say on this show a lot because these songs bring it up a lot. In terms of our theme, the art of communication is absolutely necessary for any personal growth to happen.
During our next segment, we will continue to listen to the music and messages of our songs to see what they say about personal growth. As is my wont, may I lead you to break with a quote. All of our closing quotes today come from Albert Einstein whose birthday is coming up later in March. He would have been 147 years old. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Now, that is a good secret for us who talk a lot. “Message at the Top” will continue right after these important messages. I’m Fr. Mike inviting you to keep your radio dial set at Mix 103.
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Welcome back, everyone. Thank you for making us part of your Sunday morning. Welcome back to the top 10 songs of our area as of the week ending this first Sunday, first day in March in the Heartland of America. I am Fr. Mike, your host for the only top 10 show of Mix 103 that gives you music and message, “Message at the Top.” Get ready for songs during this segment that give us topics that are as varied as you can get. Our main topic today is the question: “What do you need for personal growth?” It came from Harry Styles and his excellent song “Aperture.”
We have been playing all of Harry Styles’s songs that have gone into the top 10, and we have one more to go yet. The commentators on the song said it was about the artist’s relationship with fame and how his life is not the same as it once was since he has entered the public eye. I look at it as a statement of the need for change. “Holdin’ me back, gravity’s holdin’ me back,” he sings, “I want you to hold out the palm of your hand. Why don’t we leave it at that? Nothin’ to say when everything gets in the way. Seems you cannot be replaced and I’m the one who will stay. In this world, it’s just us. You know it’s not the same as it was.” He has had a relationship with someone in the past, and it is over, and he must let it go in order to have a happier life. As we think about what is important for personal growth, one of the thoughts must be that we are willing to move on when one relationship doesn’t work out. The song comes from an Album of the Year on the Grammys, Harry Styles’s album “Harry’s House,” and his song nominated for both Record and Song of the Year, “As It Was” from 2023 on MATT.
(double) AS IT WAS/ Harry Styles
5 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
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From his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” that was Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 6 on our countdown this week on MATT. The song talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the ordinary.” He begins with the thought that everything is pretty much ordinary: “They say ‘The holy water’s watered down and this town’s lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually.” But he has a solution; he continues: “So, if our time is runnin’ out day after day, we’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” Right there is a great description of how to make a love relationship be a necessary part of true love--make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces, and if we learn to do that, we will grow into good human beings, our theme today.
We are up to a triple play of three songs in our top 10 right now, beginning with number 10 which is new to our top 10 this week and our theme next week. It is a song of a breakup which in my opinion as we study the circumstances, should happen. The lady in the relationship seems to have done things right in trying to establish whether the man is being honest with her or not. She has checked with a friend and is talking to him directly. “Thought I might love you again,” she sings, “I’ll see how I feel. Now that you’re acting like that, I never will. Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal. Right now, I’m not even about you. The day I met you, I thought it was a blessing, In the heat of it, I always took your side. It’s a shame you out here tryna make it messy. We were good, I thought we made it through the ending. Could have picked it up exactly where we left it, took our future off your plate. Let’s go tit for tat, you asked for that. I was never as far away as you thought.” And then she breaks it off. In terms of our theme this week, sometimes a breakup is needed for personal growth and she is doing it here. From her album “So Close to What,” a song rumored to be a song that is in response to one her ex boyfriend wrote, the name of her song “Tit For Tat,” Tate McRae, number 10 this week on MATT.
(triple) 10 TIT FOR TAT / Tate McRae 9 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift
4 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars
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A song of wanting another to show her love for him by good dancing, number 4 on our playlist, from Bruno Mars or his real name of Peter Gene Hernandez, and his song “I Just Might” on MATT. “It would break my heart,” he sings, “if I find out you can’t move. You better show me now ‘cause when I take you to the floor, you gotta get down. Hey, Mr. DJ, play a song for this pretty little lady ‘cause if she dance as good as she look right now, I just might make her my baby.” It is a rather selfish song in the sense that the man is really only thinking of himself, but some general thoughts on dancing might be in order as we think of the song. As usual with him—Bruno Mars—the song has quite a good dance video. In terms of our theme this week, if the dancing leads to personal growth as sometimes it can, then it is worthwhile to the relationship.
Before him, we heard from Taylor Swift’s album “The Life of a Showgirl,” the first song from it this morning, number 8 this week, Taylor Swift and “The Fate of Ophelia”. It cleverly involves a study of one of the plays of William Shakespeare, namely his play “Hamlet” and Hamlet’s once-upon-a-time presumed future wife Ophelia. In the story, Mr. Shakespeare has Ophelia drown herself after a rejection from Prince Hamlet and after her father’s death at the hands of Hamlet. So a tragic situation, but the song writes a different ending. The song is a powerful anthem about being rescued from the brink of emotional and psychological collapse by an all-consuming lover. He brings about a true resurrection for her and according to the people who should know about such things, as I have said, resembles the likes of her famous current boyfriend. “Late one night,” she sings, “you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” It is exactly what is supposed to happen if there is a deep love of each other, and both will be willing to eventually work out the deep feelings of love between them. It is something that everyone of us truly need to do, and will bring about deep personal growth once we get into it, our theme today.
Two triple plays are all set for our listening pleasure as we begin our second hour next. We will continue with the thought generated by Harry Styles and his latest song which is a 10+ song, “Aperture.” Get ready for music from—in order of appearance: Iggy Azalea, Dua Lipa, sombr, All American Rejects, Raye and Post Malone. May I take you to break with another quote from birthday person Albert Einstein: “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.” Now, those are words that should be said by every one of us and the way to get done what you gotta do. I’m Fr. Mike for “Message at the Top” on Mix 103. We’ll be right back.
Good morning, again, everyone. Thank you for joining us this March Sunday morning. We are back for the second hour of “Message at the Top” which gives you the top 10 popular songs of our area as of this week ending today the first day of March 2026. I am your host Fr. Mike and we continue to give you the songs of our show in their raw music—so to speak—but also with their messages, messages that can help our lives be better than they are. Our motto is to enjoy the music, and to listen to the message. And our theme this morning deals with some things that are necessary as we grow in a personal way.
Let’s begin our second hour together this morning with music from Iggy Azalea. It is a situation in which the person in the song wants to "get back" at a former love partner, and the way she proposes / is to be like a black widow spider. “I’m gonna love ya until you hate me,” the lady in the relationship begins, “And I’m gonna show ya what’s really crazy. You should’ve known better than to mess with me, honey. I’m gonna love ya like a black widow.” The black widow spider is known for its venomous bite, especially the female. What the lady is saying is that the relationship is not only over, but it will be one that the other person will remember for a long time, and it will not be a pleasant memory, just as the bite of a black widow is never pleasant. The female actually eats the male after they mate, hence the name “black widow.” Tough song and not a way to find love. What the lady in the relationship should do in order to find love is get over her anger as quickly as she can. In terms of our theme today, one of the things necessary for personal growth is to get away from revenge or getting back at someone. This is Ms. Amethyst Emilia Kelly better known as Iggy Azalea singing along with Rita Ora, a British singer/songwriter/actress, from the album “The New Classic” and their song “Black Widow” from 2013 on MATT.
(triple) BLACK WIDOW / Iggy Azalea f/ Rita Ora
DANCE THE NIGHT / Dua Lipa
6 BACK TO FRIENDS / sombr
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Shane Michael Boose there, better known as sombr and his song “Back to Friends” from his album “I Barely Know Her,” number 6 on MATT. It is a song of commitment and a very good statement of it. That statement comes from the fact that they have given themselves completely to each other, namely physically, and now one of them just wants to be friends. It is a contradiction. He sings, “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed? How can you look at me and pretend I’m someone you’ve never met?” It seems as though the lady in the relationship wants to have a breakup or at least a temporary time apart, but the two have already made it clear that they are committed to each other. It is unfortunately a common enough experience. In terms of our theme, one of the ways to a complete personal growth experience is to realize what the physical expression of love should mean to a relationship. Good song.
Before him, we heard from Ms. Dua Lipa and another song extolling the art of dancing. It was from the movie “Barbie” soundtrack, and “Dance the Night” the name of the song. “Baby, you can find me under the lights,” she sings, “Diamonds under my eyes. Turn the rhythm up, don ’t you wanna just come along for the ride? Pull my outfits up tight, you can see my heartbeat tonight. I can take the heat, best believe, that’s the moment I shine. ‘Cause every romance shakes and it bends, don’t give a damn. When the night’s here, I don’t do tears, no chance. I could dance. Watch me dance, dance the night away. My heart could be burning but you won’t see it on my face. Watch me dance, dance the night away.” She is doing something that she likes—dancing—and the problem is that she may not be addressing some other problems in her life. In terms of our theme, dancing may not be the way to bring about personal growth, but it can certainly help.
Yet another triple play right now and let’s begin it with the group All American Rejects. They sing: “Let me know that I’ve done wrong, when I’ve known this all along. I go around a time or two just to waste my time with you. Tell me all that you’ve thrown away, find out games you don’t wanna play; you are the only one that needs to know. I’ll keep you my dirty little secret, don’t tell anyone or you’ll be just another regret, hope that you can keep it, my dirty little secret. Who has to know when we live such fragile lives. It’s the best way we survive.” It is a secret relationship that the couple in the relationship does not want anyone else to know about. And, as such it is going to be a problem because you can’t usually keep things like relationships secret. One of the things that we should not do in life, it seems to me, is to try to keep something secret when we know it will come out into the open. In terms of our theme, when it comes to personal growth, we don’t want to keep any secrets if it will hurt us in the long run. The beginning of another triple play, here, the group The All-American Rejects, and their song “Dirty Little Secret” from their album “Move Along” from the year 2005 on MATT.
(triple) DIRTY LITTLE SECRET/ All American Rejects
8 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND / Raye
CIRCLES / Post Malone
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The song that is featured on my website www.frmikescully.com yesterday, rapper /singer/songwriter Austin Richard Post, better known as Post Malone, from his album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” and his song “Circles”, a former number 1 for a long time. It is a song about a break-up that has occurred and you’re not really sure whether the man in the relationship feels it is worth working at it again or not. “Seasons change,” he sings, “and our love went cold, feed the flame ‘cause we can’t let go. Run away, but we’re running in circles. Run away. I dare you to do something, I’m waiting on you again, so I don’t take the blame. Let go, I got a feeling that it’s time to let go. I knew that this was doomed from the get-go. You thought that it was special. But it was just the sex though. I got a feeling that it’s time to let it go.” It is the situation of so many relationships, moving into the physical too soon, and then impossible to determine whether the relationship is real or not. Thinking in terms of our theme today, personal growth can never be defined by feelings of sexual love; it is defined by how much hard work we have done to be a better person.
Before him, we heard our number 8 song this week, our theme last week when we spoke about the need we all have for love. It is from Raye, a British singer/songwriter whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen from her album “This Music May Contain Hope,” and her song “Where is My Husband”. It is a song of desire for a partner in her life, or as she says in a traditional way, a husband. “Where is my husband,” the lady sings, “Why is this beautiful man waiting for me to get old? Why he already testing my patience? I only fear he taking time with other women that ain’t me / while I’ve been reviewing applications. Wait til I get my hands on him. I’ma tell him off too for how long he kept me waiting, anticipating, praying to Lord to give him to my loving arms. And despite my frustrations. And he must need me completely. Help me, Lord. I need you to tell me.” I describe it as a tongue-in-cheek desire for love song, the desire of a lady to find a person who truly loves her, a statement, I believe of someone’s need for romantic love. In terms of our theme this week, one of the needs we must meet in order to have good personal growth is the need to have someone love us.
And once again, we have played our way to a brief pause. In our next segment, get ready for a presentation of some songs of meaning from birthday person Justin Bieber. Our quotation for this segment once again comes from birthday person Albert Einstein. It is an equation which he knew a lot about: “If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." Sort of says it all. Don’t go way. I’m Fr. Mike, and this is the “Message at the Top” music network on Mix 103.
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My name is Fr. Mike and this is “Message at the Top” on 100,000 watts of power, today’s best music Mix 103, our only top 10 show that gives you the top 10 as we speak as well as top 10 music of the 2000’s, and even the 90’s and 80’s along with all of their messages. The title of our show this morning is “What is Needed for Personal Growth .” It came from our number 7 song from Harry Styles called “Aperture.”
Today is Justin Bieber’s birthday—32 years old. Born in London, Ontario, Canada, he has won two Grammy Awards out of 27 nominations, one Latin Grammy award, eight Juno awards, 26 Billboard Music awards, 23 Teen Choice awards, the most wins for a male indivdual, and set 35 Guiness World records. And even many more accomplishments. Quite a talented young man.
Let’s dedicate our segment 10 presentation to him, and begin it with a song which is a song of hope. “Youngblood thinks there’s always tomorrow,” the man in the relationship sings, “I miss your touch on nights when I’m hollow; I know you crossed a bridge that I can’t follow. Since the love that you left is all that I get, I want you to know that if I can’t be close to you, I settle for the ghost of you. I miss you more than life. Your memory is ecstasy.” The situation is one of hope because the man in the relationship is rejoicing that he has the memory of his girlfriend which somehow gives him the feeling of good times in the future. And in terms of our theme, the more hope we have, the better personal growth we will have. This is Justin Bieber from his album “Justice,” from the year 2022 and his song “Ghost” on MATT.
(triple) GHOST / Justin Bieber
LOVE YOURSELF/ Justin Bieber
WHAT DO YOU MEAN / Justin Bieber
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A great song of the importance of communication. Birthday person Justin Bieber, “What do You Mean” from his album “Purpose” from 2015. “What do you mean?” he begins the song. “When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say no, what do you mean? When you don't want me to move, but you tell me to go, what do you mean? Said we're running out of time, what do you mean? Better make up your mind. What do you mean? You're so indecisive of what I'm saying, trying to catch the beat, make up your heart. Don't know if you're happy or complaining, don't want for us to end. Where do I start? First you wanna go to the left and you want to turn right. First you up then you're down and between. I really want to know. What do you mean?” In terms of our theme, if there is one thing that one must absolutely have in order to grow personally, it is the art of how to communicate with others.
Before that song from him, another one that sounds like a good personality trait, namely loving ourselves in order to really understand love but the song is not that at all. It is called “Love Yourself”, from his album “Purpose” again. The song is a statement to a girlfriend that all she does is love herself, and therefore it is the end of any love relationship. “For all the times that you rain on my parade,” he sings, “And all the clubs you get in using my name, you think you broke my heart, you think I'm crying on my own. Well, I ain't, and I didn't wanna write a song 'cause I didn't want anyone thinking I still care. I don't. But now I know. You should go and love yourself.” That last phrase says it all—she really should love herself, the proper way, that is, with no selfishness at all since true love of self is part of love of God and love of others. And the person who knows this—really understands—will be content with life, and be able to grow in a truly personal way, our theme today.
Let’s close off our show as usual with the songs that currently occupy numbers 3, 2 and 1. At number 3 is a song about love of someone special on a deeper level. She says that she has always loved opals. Opal is also Travis Kelce’s birthstone, Travis being Taylor Swift’s fiance. Swift took inspiration from the facts connected with opals, saying that opalite is a metaphor for the idea that happiness can be created voluntarily. Opal is also believed to symbolically represent hope, healing and positive energy. She described the song as a song about forgiving yourself for having gone through something that didn’t pan out the way you wanted it to / and giving yourself permission to have it all figured out. So she sings: “Life is a song, it ends when it ends; I was wrong, but alright, you were dancing through the lightning strikes, but now the sky is opalite.” The song is about the lady’s state of mind and being perfectly content with what is happening. The lyrics use gemstone metaphors to visualize failed relationships as dark nights, in contrast to happiness as a bright opalescent sky. In that sense, that happiness will be how the relationship thrives and grows into deep love, something that all of us need as we grow personally, our theme today. It comes from her album “The Life of a Showgirl”, the second top 10 from that album today, and “Opalite”, at number 3 on MATT.
(double) 3 OPALITE / Taylor Swift
2 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean
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The winner of the category of best new artist from the Grammys, from London, England, Olivia Dean, coming from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need” on MATT, number 2 this week. The whole song is the statement of what I call the virtue which is most needed in any love relationship or any relationship really, namely, communication. “Talk to me,” she begins her song, “looks like we’re making up for lost time; need you to spell it out for me. Don’t be shy, just come be the man I need. Tell me you got something to give. I want it. I kinda like when you call me wonderful, whatever the type of talk it is. Come on then, I gotta know you’re meant to be the man I need. Talk to me. I’d like to think you feel the same way, but I can’t tell with you sometimes. So, let’s get on the same page. Stop making me read between the lines.” So, communication, and she gives the reason why. In terms of our theme this week, a couple dedicated to true communication can easily be the foundation of finding the love needed for true love, and the means of personal growth.
And our number 1 song has been here before. It comes from the Korean movie and music of Huntr/X, three talented Korean ladies. It is the theme of a Netflix film that follows a Korean girls group—Huntr/X—who lead double lives facing off against a rival boys band, the Saja boys whose members are secretly demons. The words recall that story. “I was a ghost, I was alone, given the throne; I didn’t know how to behave, I was the queen that I’m meant to be. I lived two lives, tried to play both sides, but I couldn’t find my own place. Called a problem child ‘cause I got too wild. But now that’s how I’m getting paid. We’re going up, it’s our moment. You know together we’re glowin, gonna be golden. I’m done hidin’ now, I’m shinin’ like I’m born to be, oh, our time, no fears, no lies, that’s who we’re born to be.” I left out the Korean words, of course. As I have said with the song, it sounds like a song of determination to do the right thing, and in terms of our theme, such an attitude is necessary if a relationship is to be true love, and perhaps the only way that a deep personal growth pattern can develop.
Our thought today has revolved around that idea of what it takes to enjoy great personal growth. My prayer for you and me is that we will grow well in our world whatever it is. My thanks to the producers of “Message at the Top,” to the staff here at Mix 103, and to our sponsors, Auto World in Hays, Hays Car and Truck Alignment, my friends at TMP-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, and at Holy Family Elementary School in Hays.
One of those sponsors asked me to say a word about how important the idea of being a minister is in today’s world which I have done several times on our show. Let me say this: if you feel that you can give yourself to the service of God as a minister, you are making a choice that will help our world, and that’s a pretty good thing.
If you have any suggestions for me, or if you want to comment on anything I have said, feel free to write me here at KJLS-FM, Hays, America, KS 67601 or e-mail me at frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you will find a transcript of this show along with meditations on the Gospels, songs and movies. You may want to join us on the web every Sunday morning at 10 am. Central Standard Time for the last time for a while by going to www.hayspost.com and choosing Mix 103. One final thought before we go, again from birthday person of 147 years this month, Mr. Albert Einstein: “Where there is love there is no question." That is one super quote, Mr. Einstein. As you listen to the number 1 song, ‘Golden” from Huntr/X, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103, and our advice to you among the other things we have said is to hold a good thought. From the wild and wonderful state of WVa, through the beautiful downtown of Lawrence, KS, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be safe, peace to you, and be good!
1 GOLDEN / Huntr/X
February 22, 2026
“The Need for Love”
Part 1
Good morning, Central Kansas and around the world! Thank you for joining us this morning. Happy last Sunday of February as we are close to March Madness in the college basketball world, and Spring is just around the corner! I hope your day will go well for you today. Thanks for spending part of your time with us. Welcome to “Message at the Top”, your top 10 show on Mix 103. You spend time with us every Sunday morning, and you not only know what popular songs make up the top 10 in our area, but you also learn their messages, and many times those messages can actually give us some good thoughts to make our lives have more meaning than they do right now. This morning we will spend time speaking about the need for love. I’m Fr. Mike; it’s great to have you with us today.
That idea of the need for love comes out strongly in the latest song from Raye, a British singer/songwriter whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen. She sings a song of desire for a partner in her life, or as she says in a traditional way, a husband. “Where is my husband,” the lady sings, “Why is this beautiful man waiting for me to get old? Why he already testing my patience? I only fear he taking time with other women that ain’t me while I’ve been reviewing applications. Wait til I get my hands on him. I’ma tell him off too for how long he kept me waiting, anticipating, praying to Lord to give him to my loving arms. And despite my frustrations. And he must need me completely. Help me, Lord. I need you to tell me.” I describe it as a tongue-in-cheek desire for love song, the desire of a lady to find a person who truly loves her, a statement, I believe of someone’s need for romantic love.
That thought can be generalized to say that everyone needs to have love in general in their lives. I think of the situations in our world that are having problems, and where we need love right now. What are those situations? Where are those places? Of course, I think of the places in our world that are torn apart by violence and hatred, Syria, Ukraine, the Mid-East. People are getting killed every day because ultimately of the lack of love. I realize that there is more to it than that, but isn’t that the bottom line? We simply are not into giving each other the love that everyone of us deserves.
But I not only think of those places. I think of our own community and our own families. Isn’t it true that our families would be so much better if each member of the family would honestly try to love everyone in the family a little more, and isn’t it true that if every family truly loved each other, it would tend to rub off on the community in which we live? It may be naïve on my part, but I believe it really is that simple.
Therefore, let’s choose the general statement “The Need for Love” as our guide today, and our theme-setter is this song of the need for romantic love from her album “This Music May Contain Hope,” this is Raye and her song “Where is My Husband”, number 7 this week on MATT.
(double) 7 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND / Raye
Ho Hey / The Lumineers
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The Lumineers on MATT, a rock folk group formed in 2005 and based in Denver, CO, and their song from their debut album named after them, The Lumineers, “Ho, Hey”. It is a song that speaks of the general need for love. They use the catch words “Ho” and “Hey” throughout and tell a very good story. “I’ve been trying to do it right,” they sing, “I’ve been living a lonely life. So show me family, all the blood that I would bleed. I don’t know where I belong, I don’t know where I went wrong, but I can write a song. I belong to you, you belong with me, you’re my sweetheart. Love, we need it now, let’s hope for some / ‘cause we’re bleeding out.” They are talking about romantic love, it is true, but that’s a great line for all of us—“love, we need it now—let’s hope for some / ‘cause we’re bleeding out. It leads me to think of some places in which we need love right now, our theme today.
Back into our playlist right now, let’s go to number 4 this week and a song about love of someone special on a deeper level. She says that she has always loved opals. Opal is also Travis Kelce’s birthstone, Travis being Taylor’s fiance. Swift took inspiration from the facts connected with opals, saying that opalite is a metaphor for the idea that happiness can be created voluntarily. Opal is also believed to symbolically represent hope, healing and positive energy. She described the song as a song about forgiving yourself for having gone through something that didn’t pan out the way you wanted it to / and giving yourself permission to have it all figured out. So she sings: “Life is a song, it ends when it ends; I was wrong, but alright, you were dancing through the lightning strikes, but now the sky is opalite.” The song is about the lady’s state of mind and being perfectly content with what is happening. The lyrics use gemstone metaphors to visualize failed relationships as dark nights, in contrast to happiness as a bright opalescent sky. In that sense, that happiness will be how the relationship thrives and grows into deep love, something that all of us need, our theme today. It comes from her album “The Life of a Showgirl”, the first top 10 from that album today, and “Opalite”, at number 4 on MATT.
(triple) 4 OPALITE / Taylor Swift
BAD AT LOVE / Halsey
MEANT TO BE / Bebe Rexha f/ Florida Georgia Line
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That was Bebe Rexha, singer/ songwriter/ record producer from Brooklyn, New York and country duo Florida Georgia Line and their song “Meant to Be”, a number 1 song from 2018. And a pretty good message, I believe. The message: let’s take our time to work things out, and if it’s meant to be, then it’s right. Of course, I would add that God will work with us as we work things out, but I am a clergyperson, remember. “Lay on back and relax,” the man in the relationship says, “No need to go nowhere fast, let’s enjoy right here where we at. Who knows where this road is supposed to lead? We got nothing but time. If it’s meant to be, it’ll be. So won’t you ride with me, see where this thing goes.” The reason why they need some time to see where the thing goes is given by the lady in the relationship: “I don’t mean to be so uptight, but my heart’s been hurt a couple times by a couple guys that didn’t treat me right. I’m tired of the fake love.” We all need love, our theme today, love that is not fake and when we are hurt because of a messed up romantic love or fake love, it becomes clear how much we really need the love.
Before them, we heard from Halsey, and her song “Bad at Love”. She seems to be in the process of loving, mentioning the boys and where they are from, and saying “I believe that we’re meant to be, but I’m bad at love.” It is from her album “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” from 2017. Actually she is just having a good time, and doesn’t want to settle down, even though she tells the boys that she will settle down. Bad situation, to be sure. When we fool around with romantic love, it’s bound to come back to haunt us. Because, our theme today, we all need love, and when we don’t have it, even if it is only romantic love, we will really feel it.
We are working with that theme of “the fact ” that we all need love on MATT this morning. It came from newcomer to our playlist Raye and her song of desire for love “Where is my Husband”. In our next segment, we will hear from among others Alex Warren and Adele. May I lead you to break with a thought from Marcus Aurelius from way back in time, speaking of revenge / and sage advice for every time frame of life: “The best revenge is to be unlike him/her who performed the injury.” Now, that is one great statement. “Message at the Top” will continue right after these important messages. I’m Fr. Mike inviting you to keep your radio dial set at Mix 103.
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It is so good to have you back with us as we continue with MATT on Mix 103. Thank you for joining us; we welcome you back to the top 10 songs of our area as of the week ending today, February 22, 2026. I am Fr. Mike, your host for the only top 10 show of its kind, “Message at the Top.” During this segment, we have top 10 music from the present and the past. They will ingeniously fit into a theme that we have named “The Need for Love” from Raye and her song “Where is my Husband.”
And let’s go to the group Maroon 5. The song has its own story, but the video might even be more interesting, and something to check out on YouTube. Adam Levine of Maroon 5 says of the video: "As different as we all are, there are common themes that bring us together, inspire and show everyone what is important today. With this video, we’ll present the world today and beyond, creating more than just a music video." And they do. It is an excellent video to study. But the song is about a love relationship. “Here I am waiting,” they sing, “I’ll have to leave soon; why am I holding on? We knew this day would come, we knew it all along, how did it come so fast? This is our last night but it’s late, and I’m trying not to sleep ‘cause I know when I wake, I will have to slip away. And when the daylight comes, I’ll have to go, but tonight I’m gonna hold you so close ‘cause in the daylight we’ll be on our own.” So, a slice of life in which the lovers will have to part, and it is very difficult. Fitting into our theme today, they both know that they need love, and they do not want the negtive feeling of just the opposite to take over. This is the group Maroon 5 from their album “Overexposed,” and their song called on the video “The Daylight Project,” the song “Daylight” on MATT.
(double) DAYLIGHT / Maroon 5
8 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift
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From her album “The Life of a Showgirl,”the second song from it this morning, that was number 8 this week, Taylor Swift and “The Fate of Ophelia” on MATT. It cleverly involves a study of one of the plays of William Shakespeare, namely his play “Hamlet” and Hamlet’s once-upon-a-time presumed future wife Ophelia. In the story, Mr. Shakespeare has Ophelia drown herself after a rejection from Prince Hamlet and after her father’s death at the hands of Hamlet. So a tragic situation, but the song writes a different ending. The song is a powerful anthem about being rescued from the brink of emotional and psychological collapse by an all-consuming lover. He brings about a true resurrection for her and according to the people who should know about such things, as I have said, resembles the likes of her famous current boyfriend. “Late one night,” she sings, “you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.” It is exactly what is supposed to happen if there is a deep love of each other, and both will be willing to eventually work out the deep feelings of love between them. It is something that everyone of us truly need to do, our theme today.
Let’s go to another triple play right now, and begin it with a song from Alex Warren. The song talks of an “ordinary” love relationship and says that what he has for a friend of his is not part of “the ordinary.” . He begins with the thought that everything is pretty much ordinary: “They say ‘The holy water’s watered down and this town’s lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually.” But he has a solution; he continues: “So, if our time is runnin’ out day after day, we’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” Right there is a great description of how to make a love relationship be a necessary part of true love, our theme today--make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces. From his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” this is Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 6 on our countdown this week on MATT.
(triple) 6 ORDINARY / Alex Warren
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE / Adele
WISH YOU THE BEST / Lewis Capaldi
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Closing off a triple play, that was Glasgow, Scotland-born Lewis Capaldi and his song “Wish You the Best” from his album “Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent” from 2023: “I miss knowing what you’re thinking,” the boyfriend says in the song,” and hearing how your day has been. Do you think you can tell me everything? But leave out every part about him. Right now, you’re probably by the ocean while I’m still out here in the rain. Maybe it’s supposed to be this way. But oh, my love, I wanna say, ‘I miss the green in your eyes’ and when I said we could be friends, guess I lied. I wanna say ‘I wish you never left,’ But instead, I only wish you the best. I wanna say, ‘Without you, everything’s wrong’ and you were everything I need all along. I wanna say ‘I wish that you never left’, but instead, I only wish you the best.” To me it is an unbelievable attitude—he has broken up with her, and it was difficult, of course, but he has accepted it and moved on with very good thinking. He still needs love, our theme today, but he has chosen to look for the romantic kind in another setting. Great song.
Before him, we heard from her Grammy-winning album of the year “25,” ”her” being Adele Laurie Blue Adkins or simply Adele, and her song “Water Under the Bridge”. It is another “want to be in love” song. The lady in the relationship definitely wants the man in the relationship to be the one for her, as she sings, but she seems realistic at the same time. She sings “If you’re gonna let me down, then let me down gently.” And she has good reason to believe that he is going to let her down because he doesn’t seem to be responding to her: “It’s so cold out here in your wilderness. I want you to be my keeper, but not if you are so reckless.” She doesn’t want to say that their love is just water under the bridge, and she begs him, “Say it ain’t so.” A tough romantic situation, and one that brings up the question of what is really happening. She still wants that romantic love situation, realizes she can’t have it, and basically accepts the facts, but still wants the love to be there, our theme today.
As we just said, our theme today is the fact that we all need love, and want it as well. It came from a song from Raye called “Where is my husband.” As always, the songs of our show can take that theme and work with it—with a little bit of help. Songs always seem to say a lot if we are looking for the messages. As we head to break, here is a thought from the wisdom of Joe Dirt, the movie, “Life’s a garden… dig it.” Now, that is great advice! And living well always means that love is very much a part of that life. I’m Fr. Mike, and this is “Message at the Top” on Mix 103. We’ll be right back.
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Every song has a message and most of the time, that message can help our lives. That is our belief on this show. Welcome back. I am Fr. Mike, your host for “Message at the Top” which is the top 10 show of Mix 103 that gives you the songs of today along with their meanings and some great top 10 songs from the past with their meanings as well. We play the music, hope you enjoy it, and we advise you to listen to the messages so that our lives may be able to take on a better quality. It’s great to have you with us again as we play the songs that make up the popular music of today and yesterday. We have taken our theme of “we all need love” from Raye’s song “Where is my husband.”
Our number 10 song on our playlist begins this triple play. It is a song about growing into maturity, and a great song to study. I’ll just quote from the internet about the song. It is a song about emotional openness, vulnerability, and letting love and light into one’s life. The title—Aperture--refers to the adjustable opening in a camera lens that controls how much light enters an image, and in the song, it serves as a metaphor for the human heart and emotional openness. So, a song about personal growth, vulnerability and embracing the unknown. And the video acts out that message extremely well. And so the words reflect that journey. “It’s best that you know what you don’t. Aperture lets the light in. We belong together. It finally appears: it’s only love. I won’t stray from it: I don’t know these spaces. Time won’t wait on me. I wanna know what safe is.” His own explanation is that the song was inspired by his experiences in Berlin, meeting new people, and immersing himself in music that encouraged freedom, openness and joy. He intended the song to reflect the power of embracing transitions, accepting flaws, and allowing positive change into one’s life. We’ll make it our theme next week. In terms of our theme this week, as we think about the need for love, quite definitely, there is a need for true love of self as we mature. Great song and video. It’s number 10 this morning, from his latest album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” Harry Styles and his song “Aperture” on MATT.
(triple) 10 APERTURE / Harry Styles
STEREO HEARTS / Gym Class Heroes
5 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars
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A song of wanting another to show her love for him by good dancing, number 5 on our playlist, from Bruno Mars or his real name of Peter Gene Hernandez, and his song “I Just Might” on MATT. “It would break my heart,” he sings, “if I find out you can’t move. You better show me now ‘cause when I take you to the floor, you gotta get down. Hey, Mr. DJ, play a song for this pretty little lady ‘cause if she dance as good as she look right now, I just might make her my baby.” It is a rather selfish song in the sense that the man is really only thinking of himself, but some general thoughts on dancing might be in order as we think of the song. As usual with him—Bruno Mars—the song has quite a good dance video. In terms of our theme this week, most of the time dancing can enhance true and deep love for another, and make love become something we really need, our theme today.
Before him, we heard from the group Gym Class Heroes formed in Geneva, New York in 1997, and singing with them is Adam Levine of Maroon 5, from Gym Class Heroes’ album “The Papercut Chronicles 2”, and their song “Stereo Hearts”. The refrain of their song is this: “My heart’s a stereo. It beats for you, so listen close, hear my thoughts in every note; make me your radio, and turn me up when you feel low. The melody was meant for you; just sing along to my stereo.” I think that they are clever lyrics reflecting a situation in which the man in the relationship experienced some difficult times with past love relationships. Now, as he sings, “Thought love was dead; now, you’re changing my mind.” So, a love song that is a pretty good way for the man in the relationship to say that he loves his girlfriend. In terms of our theme, it is romantic love that the man in the relationship needs.
Another triple play is up for us right now, as we listen to and study from Justin Bieber first of all. It is a song that speaks of the makeup of a permanent commitment again. “Throwin' petals like, "Do you love me or not?” he begins his song, “Head is spinnin', and it don't know when to stop. You said ‘Forever’; did you mean it or not? Hold on, And if it ain't right, you know I respect it. But if you need time, just take your time. I get it. Way you got me all in my head, Whatever it is, you know I can take it. I'm countin' the days, how many days 'til I can see you again?” It is an important point that even though the permanent commitment has been made, there are still question marks, questions which the emotions of the moment only make more difficult and there must be days of re-commitment, and important words said in the process. Then and only then will the couple understand the need for true love, our theme today. This is from his latest album “Swag” and and his song “Daisies”, number 7 this week, Canadian singer/songwriter Justin Bieber on MATT.
(triple) 7 DAISIES / Justin Bieber
THINKING OUT LOUD / Ed Sheeran
SHAPE OF YOU / Ed Sheeran
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Closing off a double play from him, the song featured on my website yesterday, www.frmikescully.com, a love song dedicated to the idea that love at first sight will work out, from his album which is a division sign, the year 2017, “Shape of You”, Ed Sheeran on MATT. The man in the relationship sings that he is at a bar, and the lady comes in. They dance, and he sings, “Girl, you know I want your love. Your love was homemade for somebody like me. Come on now, follow my lead. I may be crazy, don’t mind me. Say, boy, let’s not talk too much. Come on now, follow my lead. I’m in love with the shape of you.” So, a beginning love that advances too quickly to the physical in my opinion, but be that as it may, he mentions the idea to his girlfriend that she should follow his lead, and in terms of our theme, both are manifesting the need to have romantic love even as they are merely beginning their relationship.
Before him, we began the double play from Ed Sheeran with his song “Thinking Out Loud.” It was the Song of the Year from 2015 according to the Grammys from his album “X” or a multiplication sign. It is a song that speaks of a solid commitment between lovers. That is a common enough sentiment of the songs that we listen to, of course, but he adds a characteristic that is extremely important for any romantic commitment, and also for any other commitment. The nuance that he adds is that not only has the commitment occurred at one particular time, but he says that he will "fall in love every single day." There is no time limit when it comes to love. If we love someone, we will love them "right where they are," that is, every moment, every day. "When your legs don’t work like they used to before,” he sings, “and I can’t sweep you off of your feet, I fall in love with you every single day, and I just wanna tell you I am. I’m thinking out loud that we found love right where we are.” As I say, a great love commitment song, and exemplifying the fact that they both need love, our theme today.
Our topic this morning is revolving around the thought of the need we all have for love. Get ready during this next segment for people like Train and Olivia Dean. A closing quote for this segment from author Maria Robinson: “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Great thought and a secret to a good life. Don’t even think of touching that dial—it is set for Mix 103 and MATT, and we’ll be right back.
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Welcome back to the show that gives you the top 10 of today and yesterday along with their messages. We call it MATT on Mix 103. I’m your host, Fr. Mike, and we have taken off from an idea from Raye and her song “Where is My Husband” with the theme of ‘we all need love”. Let’s see how the songs of this segment fit into that thought.
The segment begins with songs from one band, namely Train and their lead singer Pat Monihan who is celebrating 57 years of life this Saturday. We begin it with their song that speaks of the direction that the fiancée in the song gives to the man in the relationship. “Your lipstick stains the front lobe of my left side brain," they sing, "I know I wouldn’t forget you, and so I want to let you blow my mind. I know when we collided that you’re the one I have decided who’s one of my kind. Hey soul sister, ain’t that 'Mister Mister' on the radio. I don’t wanna miss a single thing you do tonight. You give my life direction, watching you is the only drug I need; I want the world to see you'll be with me.” It is a clever love song about being soulmates to one another, using the name of the rock group “Mister, Mister”—same name, said twice—to illustrate it. Tying the song into our theme today, if a couple are soulmates, they are truly in love, something that they both need in the song. This is the number 1 song of popularity for the year of 2010 from the group Train from their album “Save Me San Francisco”, and “Hey, Soul Sister”—happy birthday, Pat Monihan—on MATT.
(triple) HEY, SOUL SISTER / Train
DROPS OF JUPITER (TELL ME) / Train
PLAY THAT SONG / Train
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The joyful sounding song of positive happiness in a romantic way, from their album “A Girl A Bottle A Boat”, that was “Play That Song” from 2017 on MATT, Pat Monihan and his group Train sing what I call a happy song that the man in the relationship wants is one that makes him “go out” all night long. Now, I’m not real sure what “go out” means, but I’m sure it has the idea of being happy with the lady that he is thinking about. Therefore, for him, it is a positive thing, and he wants to keep it. It takes off on the melody of “Heart and Soul” as in learning to play the piano—I can even do it. It is actually a love song, imploring someone to play the song that reminds the man of a lady in his life. “Play that song,” they sing, “the one that makes me want to go out all night long, the one that makes me want to think of you. That’s all you got to do. Hey Mr. DJ, play my baby’s favorite song.” He wants the relationship to continue to be a happy one as he realizes his need for love, our theme today. It is a happy song and video by the way.
Before that song from them, we heard another song from them, Train, and their grammy award winning song “Drops of Jupiter” from their album named after the song. It is what MATT called the number 3 song of all the songs of meaning of 2002. It is a song about communication. The song itself is a very interesting one in that the girlfriend of the person in the song seems to have left, and decided to go and presumably, to search for another love involvement. “Tell me,” they sing, “did you sail across the sun. Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded, and that heaven is overrated?” He wants her to admit that she didn’t have a very good time looking for another love situation—and from the song, you really don’t know what the experience did to her. He’s only singing how he feels / which is not so good. Feelings can often lead to mistakes because we tend to want good feelings all the time, and feelings and emotions being so complicated themselves often lead to complications in our lives, and cause a lot of pain. As we need love, our theme today, we have to watch that our feelings do not dominate and we only feel the need for love without actually seeking it.
As usual, we close off our show with the top 3 songs of our land. At number 3, falling from number 1 last week is a statement of a commitment which I believe is very good. That statement comes from the fact that they have given themselves completely to each other, namely physically, and now one of them just wants to be friends. It is a contradiction. He sings, “How can we go back to being friends when we just shared a bed? How can you look at me and pretend I’m someone you’ve never met?” It seems as though the lady in the relationship wants to have a breakup or at least a temporary time apart, but the two have already made it clear that they are committed to each other. It is unfortunately a common enough experience. In terms of our theme, recognizing the importance of the physical commitment is a way to understand how much we need romantic love, our theme today and it is a statement of the need for love in our lives, but romantic love of another is much more than that. This is Shane Michael Boose, better known as sombr and his song “Back to Friends” from his album “I Barely Know Her,” number 3 on MATT.
(double) 3 BACK TO FRIENDS / sombr
2 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean
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The winner of the category of best new artist from the Grammys, from London, England, Olivia Dean, coming from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need” on MATT, number 2 this week. The whole song is the statement of what I call the virtue which is most needed in any love relationship or any relationship really, namely, communication. “Talk to me,” she begins her song, “looks like we’re making up for lost time; need you to spell it out for me. Don’t be shy, just come be the man I need. Tell me you got something to give. I want it. I kinda like when you call me wonderful, whatever the type of talk it is. Come on then, I gotta know you’re meant to be the man I need. Talk to me. I’d like to think you feel the same way, but I can’t tell with you sometimes. So, let’s get on the same page. Stop making me read between the lines.” So, communication, and she gives the reason why. In terms of our theme this week, a couple dedicated to true communication can easily be the foundation of finding the love needed for true love, our theme today.
And our new number 1 song has been here before. It comes from the Korean movie and music of Huntr/X, three talented Korean ladies. As I have said, it is the theme of a Netflix film that follows a Korean girls group—Huntr/X—who lead double lives facing off against a rival boys band, the Saja boys whose members are secretly demons. The words recall that story. “I was a ghost, I was alone, given the throne; I didn’t know how to behave, I was the queen that I’m meant to be. I lived two lives, tried to play both sides, but I couldn’t find my own place. Called a problem child ‘cause I got too wild. But now that’s how I’m getting paid. We’re going up, it’s our moment. You know together we’re glowin, gonna be golden. I’m done hidin’ now, I’m shinin’ like I’m born to be, oh, our time, no fears, no lies, that’s who we’re born to be.” I left out the Korean words, of course. As I have said with the song, it sounds like a song of determination to do the right thing, and in terms of our theme, such an attitude is necessary if a relationship is to be true love.
We have looked at that idea today—the thought of our need for love. My prayer for you and for me is that we will all reognize the need we have for love, whether romantic or otherwise in our lives. Thank you for your time today. My thanks also to the producers of “Message at the Top,” to the staff here at Mix 103, and to our sponsors, my friends at TMP-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, Hays Car and Truck Alignment and Auto World in Hays. If you have some song suggestions, or if you want to comment on anything I have said, feel free to write me here at KJLS-FM, Hays, America KS 67601 or e-mail me at frmikescully@yahoo.com. My website is www.frmikescully.com where you will find some meditations on the Gospels and these songs and some interesting movies. You may want to join us on the web at www.hayspost.com and clicking on Mix 103 at 10 CST every Sunday morning. One final quote before we leave. It comes from comedian Steve Martin: “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” Yes, and it helps life if we laugh once in a while. As Huntr/X leads us out with their song “Golden,”, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103, and our advice among other things is to hold a good thought. From the beautiful state of West Virginia through downtown Lawrence, KS, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be safe, peace to you, and be good!
1 GOLDEN / Huntr/X