We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hooooopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place 319 more times
Soul, R&B, and Pop uber-queen Rihanna remains tight lipped as to the location of the Hopeless Place she sings about in her Number One total club banger superhit, but I believe I have pieced together enough clues from the mega-song’s lyrics that I can without a doubt say I have found Rihanna’s Hopeless Place.
As the winner of multiple Billboard, Grammy, BRIT, MTV, BET, ASCAP, AMA, GED, SAT, ACT and LMNOP awards, it has gotten harder and harder for Rihanna to find any place to call her own, much less one that’s hopeless. There are so many awards she needs a warehouse to keep them all. Her albums have sold over 25 million, her singles over 45 million, and her net worth hovers close to $75 million… give or take a million.
She owns homes in Los Angeles, New York City, and Barbados.
And she’s not even 24.
How in the world is Rihanna supposed to find a Hopeless Place with all that sweet stuff going on?
I think she’s left us clues in her song:
Yellow diamonds in the light
Standing side by side
Shadow crosses over mine
What it takes to come alive
Shine a light through an open door
Turn away cuz I need you more
Feel the heart beat in my mind
It’s the way I’m feeling I just can’t denyyyyyyyyyyyy
It’s all right there: she’s singing to all those in the middle of potty-training. Specifically, all those in the middle of a 3 a.m. PT session. Yellow diamonds of urine in the night, standing side by side as we hold our little ones up, their shadows crossing over ours, as they hang on tight in the dim bathroom light, hoping at 3 a.m. that we somehow come alive. The harsh hall light shines through the open door, as our parenting partners check the score. We turn away cuz our mini-me needs us more. We feel the heart beat in our heads warning of the migraine to come from not being in bed.
It’s a feeling that we just can’t deny.
I know. So obvious. The most hopeless place. Where we find love every time we see those big eyes looking up at us, trusting us to not let them fall in.
About Alexandra
I am so glad I’m done with potty training. Of course, that also means I’m less likely to meet Rhianna.
Twitter Name: uppoppedafox
Do you remember those days?
Ay, almost lost my mind.
And then those big eyes would look up at me, and I’d be ready to go another round.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
All I can think about when it comes to Rihanna is..
Umbrella, Ella, Ella, Ella, Ella ………..
Thanks for sparkin’ up this song. Maybe I can listen to it now.
It’s SUCH a huge hit.
I was listening to it and thought what in the world is she even saying??
And the video? HO MY GOD but scary as shit.
So, then I thought…ohhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s the poooooty she’s singing about.
I so get her now.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
Finally you’ve given me a reason to enjoy the song! Love your spin on those lyrics.
“We all live in a yellow submarine!”
:-)
Twitter Name: jlweinberg
HEY! What a nice surprise to see you here! I love AimingLow…my everyday pleasure, and since all the writers here IZ SO SMART :brushinglintoffshoulders: I never have to feel guilty about it.
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
I guess I’ll be singing this song REAL soon.
Twitter Name: AlisonSWLee
You will see, I am right.
xo
When their peepee hits the toilet, you will see them as yellow diamonds.
I.am.right.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
you know you just might be right…lol…and then one day he just went and came out smiling…and i kissed the ground, crying because diapers are so darn expensive…haha
ISN’T THAT THE TRUTH???!!!
Oh, joy, we had two under two.
When the diapers were out of the picture it was Yellow Diamonds….
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
You said “club banger”. I about died.
ppffft..
Now YOU just made me spit out my apple tea.
Because you always make me laugh like that.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
I am deep in this right now. “Mommy look I made yellow pee!” Maybe I will start calling it diamonds.
Twitter Name: sellabitmum
DEEP, and the only payback is the look in their eyes when we jump up and down clapping “GOOD JOB! GOOD JOB!”
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
All of her songs do conjure up potty notions don’t they? At least now there will be some amusement when I have to listen to this one next? I can’t wait to tell the kids what it’s about! Thank you…hee hee hee!
Any houses opening up for sale around you, dear one??
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
How do I get me one of those LMNOP awards?
Freakalicious, you done did get the LMNOP award AND the UVWXYZ award.
You are that agood.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
I’m so glad someone has explained that song to me. Because I have been very confused
Twitter Name: TamingInsanity
No longer, the clues are right there.
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
You are crazy! I’m really glad you explained that to me though. I happen to have had that song stuck in my head for the last hour and this is at least helping me pull through. My other option was to stick a spoon in through my ear and begin digging my own brain out.
Twitter Name: suitcasetricks
I love being crazy.
I fit in with the people I share the house with.
xo
P.S. sHHH….Aiming Low doesn’t know this but I’d pay them to write here.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
As usual, I’m giggling over here.
Twitter Name: aladyinfrance
Yay to making you giggle, especially this month.
I love you, sweet lady.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
Hahaha! Love it. I’ve got a newly potty trained kiddo and those night time potty runs are frequent these days.
Before reading this post, I figured she was singing about the D.M.V. ;)
NO! the clues are too CLEAR!
Yellow diamonds!! Yellow diamonds!!
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
I potted trained triplets so I can really relate to this post.
Rihanna filmed her video for this song in Northern Ireland. None of the locals knew the name of the song when she was filming, so when the video came out they were devastated. But now that this post has explained the real meaning of the song, the Irish people can breathe a sigh of relief. Thanks for the clarification.
That is so interesting. Ireland? I didn’t know that. I’m going to google and find out.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
This is seriously one of your best piece, A. So original and funny! AND I had no idea Rihanna knew of my potty-training plight. That one so young be so wise. LOVE IT!
Twitter Name: theflyingchlupa
I hope you think of Rihanna’s reassuring words next time you take little Chalupa to the potty at 3 in the morning.
We’re more alike to the superstars than we know.
i love you, flying chalupa.
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
When I was 24, I had an apartment behind a grocery store.
Not in Barbados.
Obviously, you and I need to start wearing fishnets. I think that’s the key.
Probably.
Twitter Name: julie gardner
Me at 24…I barely scraped together gas for the car.
xo
Thanks for always leaving the awesomest comments in bloggytown, Julie.
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
LoL. By George, I think you’ve got it. Thanks for the laughs. :)
Thank you, Cindi…it just came to me and I thought…THAT”S her hopeless place…
Thank you for visiting…AimingLow has the best funny people. A great way to spend a few minutes on the internet.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
My daughter is completely potty trained, yet she makes me hold her hand while she has her bowel movements. Has anyone written a song about that? Not just a song, but an ANTHEM?
Twitter Name: GaytheistGospel
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE in a hopeless place.
My mind trick worked, you will never ever be able to hear that song again without thinking of me.
The lengths I go to to control your mind.
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
I hope she does a follow-up hit about the times when they are bundled up in 7 layers of snow gear and buckled into the 4 point harness, the van is in reverse….and then “pee, pee, pee…” because that is my reality these days.
oh how tempting it is to just say “go ahead, those seat covers are totally machine washable.”
I have done that so much, reason why we got the Heavy DUTY Kenmore,,,for the extra capacity load cycle.
Thanks for always being so supportive and encouraging…means a lot to me, and I appreciate it.
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
This?
Is why I love the shit out of you.
I did not expect that at the end.
Genius.
Only a mom could pick that up ;)
Days without sleep will get the crazy going …you know that, don’t you dear one??
Hope you are well, my lovey.
xo
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
That is pretty creative thinking! Probably right also!
So nice to see you, Pat! Yes, when their peepee hits the toilet, it’s like yellow diamonds.
Oh, to finally be out of diapers.
It is such a joy.
Thank you for stopping by!!
Twitter Name: gdrpempress
I think this is why I make people talk to me while I pee – it’s not boredom, it’s love.
Twitter Name: TheSuniverse
HAHAHAHAHA!
Thank you for making sense of this song’s insipid lyrics! Argh!
XO
A.
Twitter Name: AnnaLefler