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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

Part 2

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

Part 3

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.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Part 4

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

Part 5

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

Part 6

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.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Part 7

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

Part 8

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

Part 9

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.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

Part 10

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

Part 11

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

February 15, 2026

“What Can Make Us Thrive?”

Part 1

Hello Central Kansas and around the world! Thank you for joining us this third Sunday of February morning—ah, Spring continues to get closer. Those of us who have a problem with cold are beginning to feel a little better. Anyway, welcome to “Message at the Top.” I am Fr. Mike and get set for the top 10 songs of our area as determined by the research of Media base 24-7 and your requests, and get ready for some top 10 songs from years past as well. The songs of the past that we will play today include the songs of the Grammys of 2026 along with some other Grammy songs. Get ready for the songs on our playlist that professional music people say are the Grammys. Incidentally, I do not always agree with those professional music people, but I digress…..

Just a note before we get into the Grammys—we here at Mix 103 are not the same as the regular genre of popular music and therefore our top 10 is not always the same as the top 10 suggested by say, Billboard magazine, and that means that we will not always agree with their Grammy selections. But we will obviously use the same music. When I use the Grammys today, I’m talking about the selections that our genre of music and our top 10 deals with.

One of Lady Gaga’s songs has quite a list of honors at the 2026 Grammys. The song itself was the winner of the best dance pop recording and the album from which it was taken was the winner of best pop vocal album, namely “Mayhem.” It was also nominated for song and record of the year, and its album nominated for album of the year. The song is “Abracadabra” which was top 10 earlier in the year.

Lady Gaga writes about the song: “In many ways,” she writes, “the song is about how to deal with the challenge to yourself. I wanted to explore the question ‘What does it feel like to thrive rather than just survive all the time. Life presents obstacles everyone must overcome. But sometimes the barriers are self-imposed.” And so, she sings: “Pay the toll to the angels, drawing circles in the clouds, keep your mind on the distance when the devil turns around. Hold me in your heart tonight in the magic of the dark moonlight; save me from this empty fight, like a poem said by the lady in red. Now you’re both in a dance. It’s time to cast your spell on the night.” She describes the lady in red as the opposition one feels within, the internal pressure. Often the external world mirrors the cynical demands of one’s internal dialogue. But she wants more than endurance. She wants to thrive. The video which everyone should watch on You-tube in my opinion, features two Gagas: one in white and another in red with really good dancing—two sides battle, pitting the good against the bad, the innocent vs. the wicked. Great song and video.

So, let’s make it our lead song this Grammys 2026 special show, and talk about what makes us thrive in our human nature. And here she is from her album “Mayhem,” Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, that is Lady Gaga, her song “Abracadabra” on MATT.

(double) ABRACADABRA / Lady Gaga

APPLAUSE / Lady Gaga

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Closing off a double play from her, a statement of wanting to be appreciated. Not from our Grammys this year, it is from her album “Artpop” and her song, from 2013, “Applause” on MATT. “I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong, to crash the critic saying, ‘Is it right or is it wrong?’ If only fame had an IV, could I bear being away from you. I found the vein, put it in here. I live for the applause, live for the way that you cheer and scream for me. Give me that thing that I love—I’ll turn the lights on. Put your hands up, make ‘em touch, make it real loud.” It is a rather straightforward song seeking praise. In terms of our theme, when a person is too much into themselves as the lady was there, the only way such a person could thrive in life is to grow out of the selfishness we may have.

Now, let’s begin a triple play with a person nominated for best new artist of the year, and winner of best pop solo performance of the year with this song. It is my personal number 3 song of meaning for the year just passed. She said of the song: it is an ADHD anthem, it really showcases everything I felt during my last relationship, but also it is deeper than that, as it talks about how I feel about myself in general—being too messy one day and too clean another, struggling to find that balance in myself.” Here are some of the words: “You know I'm impatient, So why would you leave me waiting outside the station when it was like minus four degrees, and I get what you're satin'; I just really don't wanna hear it right now. Can you shut up for like once in your life; Listen to me, I took your nice words of advice about how you think I'm gonna die lucky if I turn thirty-three. OK, so yeah, I smoke like a chimney, I'm not skinny, But cut me some slack, who do you want me to be. 'Cause I'm too messy, and then I'm too clean. A thousand people I could be for you, and you hate the lot.” I left out a word in the lyrics. In terms of our theme today, we all see that our lives are just a little messy, and we need to do something about it if we are to accomplish anything with our lives, that is, thrive in life. It is from her album “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway,” the song “Messy” from Grammy winner British artist Lola Young on MATT.

(triple) MESSY / Lola Young

BAD DREAMS / Teddy Swims

THE DOOR / Teddy Swims

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Not on our Grammys this year, closing off a double play from him, a song about true love of self. From his album “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, part 1,” Teddy Swims and a song of the importance of being able to control false love, his song “The Door”, number 6 on MATT’s top songs of meaning from last year. He said of the song that it is a statement of how to save one’s own life and walk out of an abusive relationship. “I took a page out of your favorite book,” he begins his song. “You sold me lies just by the way you look, taught me a language that I’ve never speak. That ain’t for me. You took me higher that I ever flew, too many times, gave you a second chance. I’m just a man. No more thinking’ about you late night, no more runnin’ around with your friends now, done picking’ up pieces of my soul up off the floor. I said I would die for you, but I can’t take this pain no more. I thought I was willing’ but tonight I save my life when I showed you the door. I can’t play this game no more.” In terms of our theme, he is doing exactly what he needs to do to thrive in his life.

Before that song from him, we heard another one that was part of this year’s Grammys, from his second album, “I’ve tried everything but Therapy, part 2,” Teddy Swims and his song “Bad Dreams”. The album was nominated for best pop solo album of the year. In the song, he wants the peace and quiet of living because his friend is causing problems. “Sun is going down,” he begins his song, “time is running out; no one else around but me, steady losing light, steady losing my mind, moving shadows and grinding teeth. Without you, there ain’t no place for me to hide; without you, there’s no way I can sleep tonight, what I’d do for a little bit of peace and quiet; without you I keep slipping’ into bad dreams where there’s no you and I.” So, he wants the peace and quiet and instead, he is worrying about his relationship. Thinking of the message with our theme, if he wants to thrive in life, he needs that peace and quiet, and therefore needs to put that thought of the relationship out of his mind.

Our theme this week is the thought of how to truly thrive in our world today as we play the songs of the Grammys of this year and some from previous years as well. I’m Fr. Mike inviting you to stay with us. After a short break, we will continue our songs and their meanings, spending time with people like Docheii and Rose. May I lead you to break with a thought from Abraham Lincoln: “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” A lot to think about there—and lying will never help as we strive to thrive in today’s world. Your dial is set for “Message at the Top on Mix 103”. Stay with us!

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Part 4

Good morning, everyone! You are in tune with “Message at the Top,” your top 10 show that not only plays music of the current top 10, but the music of great top 10 songs of meaning from the past. We welcome you back to the songs that are most popular in this area. We take the top 10 and the songs of meaning of the past top 10’s and study their messages, and then call our show MATT. I’m your host Fr. Mike. It’s great to have you here. We are playing the songs on our playlist that won Grammys this year. We took our theme of thriving in today’s world from the song “Abracadabra” from Lady Gaga’s best pop vocal album of the year “Mayhem.”

Let’s begin this segment of MATT with a song that was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year and sounds very much like a previous song from 2011. It comes from rapper/singer/songwriter Docheii and her song “Anxiety.” She uses as a sample—that is a similar sound—Gotye’s 2011 song “Somebody That I Used to Know.” The song’s meaning is tangled with fear, fame, and frustration, and therefore quite appropriately named “Anxiety.” “Anxiety keep on trying me,” she begins her song, “I feel it quietly, Tryna silence me, My anxiety, Can't shake it off of me, somebody's watching me and my anxiety.” And the lyrics dive straight into the mess of modern life. Some of those messes include happiness and unhappiness, success and failure, and continually a constant pressure on her mind, body, and identity. In terms of our theme this week, in order to thrive in today’s world, we have to manage the anxieties of our day to day living. From her album “Alligator Bites Never Heal,” this is Docheii, and her Grammy nominated song, “Anxiety” on MATT.

(double) ANXIETY / Docheii

FLOWERS / Miley Cyrus

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The number 5 song of all the songs of 2024 and the number 1 song of all the songs of 2023, from Miley Cyrus and her album “Endless Summer Vacation”, and her song “Flowers”. She also received a Grammy last year for best pop solo performance for the song. It is a song of how to get over a love relationship after the breakup. “We were good, we were gold,” she sings, “we were right till we weren’t, built a home and watched it burn. I didn’t wanna leave you, I didn’t wanna lie, started to cry but then remembered I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand, talk to myself for hours, say things you don’t understand. I can take myself dancing and I can hold my own hand. Yeah, I can love me better than you can.” I have said that one can look at what the lyrics say as a selfish attitude, but I prefer to talk about it as a song encouraging self-worth, and in order to thrive in today’s world, our theme today, we have to have a good dose of self-love and self-worth, but not too much because it does become selfish.

Let’s go to another triple play and begin it with a song from the Grammys this year that was nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year as well as a song nominated for best pop duo performance. The song itself is described as a drinking game song, and a song and video of pure energy as the lady in the relationship tells us to enjoy our friends in the APAPTEU, that is, in the different apartments of living. “Kissy face, kissy face sent to your phone,” they sing, “but I’m tryna kiss your lips for real; red hearts, red hearts, that’s what I’m on. Come give me somethin' I can feel. Don’t you want me like I want you; don’t you need me like I need you now? Sleep tomorrow, but tonight go crazy. All you gotta do is just meet me at the APAPTEU.” In terms of our theme, in order to have relationships thrive, they have to spend significant time together first. This is Rose along with Bruno Mars and their song APT on MATT.

APT / Rose f/ Bruno Mars

ABOUT DAMN TIME / Lizzy

LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN / Silk Sonic

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That was the super duo Silk Sonic, that is Peter Gene Hernandez or Bruno Mars again and Brandon Anderson Paak better known as Anderson Paak, and their song “Leave the Door Open,” from 2021 and their album “An Evening With Silk Sonic” on MATT. The song was the Record of the Year of 2022. “Say, what you doing,” they sing, “Where you at. Oh, you got plans—don’t say that. My house clean, my pool warm. We should be dancing’, romancing’ in the east wing and the west wing of this mansion. I ain’t plain’ no games, every word I say coming straight from the heart. So if you’re tryna lay in these arms, I’ma leave the door open.” I believe that the important phrase in that invitation is this: “I ain’t plain’ no games, every word I say coming straight from the heart.” And in general, if people can do this, they are learning to truly thrive as individuals, our theme today.

Before them, the Record of the year according to the Grammys of 2023, that is the song that was performed the best, Melissa Vivian Jefferson, better known as Lizzo, from her album “Special,” and her song “About Damn Time”. It is a song that answers the question of what makes us alright. We like to be alright all the time, of course, and so we have to consider what makes us that way. The lady in the song is one determined lady as she has made up her mind, and she intends to do something about it. “I been so down and under pressure,” she sings, “I’m way too fine to be this stressed, I’m not the girl I was or used to be, I might be better. Turn up the music, turn down the lights, I got a feeling’ I’m gonna be alright. It’s about damn time.” Usually, a person with this strong a determination will truly be able to thrive as they grow, our theme today.

Ah, these songs always give us deep thoughts to think about. “How to Truly Thrive in Life” is our theme today, that thought coming from Lady Gaga and her Grammy award winning song “Abracadabra .” Our next set of music and message will explore that theme with the music of Sabrina Carpenter in double play, David Baguette, Raye, Justin Bieber, and Alex Warren. May I take you to break with this thought from country singer Naomi Judd. It sounds obvious, but as you think about it, there is a lot of wisdom here: “A dead end street is a good place to turn around.” See what I mean, and living it out will tend to lead to help us out as we strive to thrive in our lives. I’m Fr. Mike, listen to these words of wisdom, and then I hope you come back for more / wisdom.

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Part 7

Every song has a message, and this is the show that plays the song and gives you that message. This is “Message at the Top” on Mix 103, your “top 10 songs of the present and past” show in which we give you meanings as well as music. In fact, as always, we invite you to enjoy the music and listen to the meanings so that your lives can be even better than they are. Our extra songs this morning are all Grammy award winners or nominees. I am Fr. Mike. Thank you for joining us for these songs and the thoughts that go with them. What is amazing about those songs is that with a little bit of help, they can actually teach us something about ourselves and about our behavior. The topic of our show today concerns the idea of what can make us thrive in life. It came from super star Lady Gaga and her song “Abracadabra.”

As promised, let’s begin this second hour together with a double play from Sabrina Carpenter. It is the winner of the best pop solo performance and was nominated for both Song and Record of the Year. The album from which the song is taken, namely “Man’s Best Friend” was nominated for best pop vocal album of the year along with the album of the year. She begins the song, “You said your phone was broken, just forgot to charge it; Did you just say you’re finished? Didn’t know we started. It’s all just so familiar, what do you call it? Stupid, or is it slow? Maybe it’s useless? But there’s a cuter word for it, I know, Man-child. Why you always come a-running to me? Won’t you let an innocent woman be? Never heard of self-care, half your brain just ain’t there. Man-child, why you always come a-running, taking all my loving from me?” It is a song that is speaking of the immaturity of young adult love, especially men and it is a picture of what can happen when one is only out for fun in a relationship. It is only a selfish relationship and before they can grow into a relationship that will thrive, our theme today, they have to grow away from the selfishness. This is Grammy award winning “Manchild”, Sabrina Carpenter on MATT.

(tripe) MANCHILD / Sabrina Carpenter

ESPRESSO / Sabrina Carpenter

10 GONE GONE GONE / David Baguette, etc.

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Beginning our countdown this morning, that was number 10 right now on our playlist coming from 3 artists, David Guetta at DJ, and Teddy Swims and Australian singer Toni Watson better known as Tones and I and their song “Gone Gone Gone” on MATT. One of the people who write about these songs says that this song explores the intensity and volatility of a passionate relationship. “We were fire,” they sing, “impossible to tame like oil in the ocean, no way to put out the flame. We were just runnin, eyes closed in the dark, headed for a wall, full speed, oh, it’s about to leave a mark. I only want you when you’re gone, playing like we’re done. I love your game, drive me insane.” That is, the feelings of an intense relationship are not easy to study or understand because they are too mixed up, and often cause problems. What is necessary is that we work with those feelings so that we have an idea of the good decisions that can be made in order to overcome those problems, and realize that we can solve even the toughest problems. We do that, and we are truly thriving, our theme today.

Before them, we heard the close of the double play from Sabrina Carpenter. It is her extremely popular song that I would rank at number 4 both years of 2024 and 2025 from her album “Short n’ Sweet,” and her song “Espresso”. It was the winner of the best pop solo performance from last year’s Grammys. She said of this song: “The song is kind of about seeing femininity as your superpower, and embracing the confidence of being that lady.” I changed a word in that statement, and her song goes: “Now, he’s thinking ‘bout me every night, is it that sweet? I guess so. Say you can’t sleep; I know that’s me, espresso. I can’t relate to desperation. My ‘give a cares’ are on vacation, and I got this one boy and he won’t stop calling. When they act this way, I know I got ‘em. Too bad your ex don’t do it for ya. Walked in and dream came trued it for ya. Soft skin and I perfumed it for ya. I know I Mountain Dewd it for ya. That morning coffee brewed it for ya. One touch and I brand nod it for ya. That’s me, espresso.” I changed some of the words. I’ve said before that it is an interesting use of the English language—making verbs out of nouns. I think it means that the lady in the relationship is the “Espresso” and she is totally in charge, and in terms of our theme, part of what makes us thrive in life is self-confidence. Of course, there can be too much of it, and too much is just plain selfishness, which will destroy any permanent commitment the couple tries.

We will continue our countdown now to number 1 without interruption. Number 9 begins another triple play. It comes from a British singer/songwriter who goes by the name of Raye 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. In terms of our theme, the only way to thrive in today’s world of love is to find someone who truly loves us. This is from her album “This Music May Contain Hope,” this is Raye and her song “Where is My Husband”, number 9 this week on MATT.

(triple) 9 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND / Raye

8 DAISIES / Justin Bieber

7 ORDINARY / Alex Warren

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That was Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”, number 7 on our countdown this week”. Alex Warren was nominated for best new artist at the Grammys. 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.” It comes from his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)”. 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 thrive, our theme today--make the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces.

Before him, we heard the number 8 song right now in our countdown. It is a song that speaks of the makeup of a permanent commitment again from his latest album “Swag” and “Daisies”, Canadian singer/songwriter Justin Bieber. “Swag” was nominated for the best pop solo album; the song was nominated for best pop solo song of the year at this year’s Grammys. “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 can that relationship thrive, our theme today.

Our final half-hour is up next for us during which we will hear numbers 6 through 1 right now. Leading us to break, here is a thought from authors Dan Zadra and Kobi Yamaha from their excellent leadership book, How Many People Does It Take to Make a Difference. “The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.” Amen to that, and that is something that can help us thrive in our lives. I’m Fr. Mike, our show is MATT, this excellent radio station is Mix 103, and we’ll be right back.

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Part 10

We are back for our top 10 show on Mix 103 that gives us the songs as well as their messages. I am your host Fr. Mike. Thanks for taking the time to join us today. As usual, our guide is to enjoy the music AND listen to the message so that our lives can be better than they are right now. We take the songs and messages of the current top 10 and also top 10’s of the past, and figure out how they fit into a theme, a theme that reads “What can make us thrive instead of merely survive.” And we are listening to some songs from the Grammys along with our top 10.

In that top 10, we are up to number 6 which begins a double play of top 10’s from Taylor Swift. The song has been on our playlist for quite a while and 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. And their love will truly thrive, our theme today. From her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” this is number 6 this week, the first of two from her, Taylor Swift and “The Fate of Ophelia” on MATT.

(triple) 6 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift

5 OPALITE / 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 countdown, 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 make a relationship thrive.

Before him, we heard the close of a top 10 double play from Taylor Swift, the song called “Opalite”, at number 5 on our countdown. It comes from her album “The Life of a Showgirl” again. 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, our theme today.

We advance to number 3 in our countdown, and it comes from the Korean movie and music of Huntr/X, three talented Korean ladies. At the Grammys, it was nominated for song of the year and best pop group song. 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, that is the beginning of how to make things thrive in life. This is number 3, “Golden” on MATT.

(double) 3 GOLDEN / Huntr/X

2 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean

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Falling from the number 1 position this week, 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. 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 will see their relationship thrive, I believe.

And the new number 1 song is from another person nominated for best new artist at this year’s Grammys, Mr. Shane Michael Boose, better known as sombr and his song “Back to Friends” from his album “I Barely Know Her,” on MATT. It 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 a relationship can thrive in today’s world.

And we have reached the end of our time together for another Sunday. Thank you for your time today. We have given you the top 10 songs of our land this week along with some award winning songs according to the Grammys of this year. We have used the theme of “how can love thrive” from Lady Gaga’s Grammy award winning song “Abracadabra”. My prayer for you and me is that love will thrive in everything that we do. My thanks to the producers of “Message at the Top,” to the staff here at Mix 103, and to our sponsors, especially my friends at Hays Car and Truck Alignment and Auto World, TMP-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, and Holy Family Elementary School 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, KS 67601 or e-mail me at frmikescully@yahoo. I also hope you visit my website at www.frmikescully.com for some meditations on the Gospels and these songs and some great movies. Remember that you can enjoy us on the web every Sunday morning at 10 wherever you are by tuning to www.hayspost.com and choosing Mix 103. One final thought: "When the grass looks greener on the other side, it's time to fertilize your own lawn." To be sure! And that will enable us to thrive in life. The number 1 song from sombr and “Back to Friends”—will lead us out, and as we do that, may I remind you that you are listening to today’s best music Mix 103, and our final advice to you among the other things we have said is to hold a good thought. From beautiful downtown Lawrence, KS and the beautiful state of West Virginia where I will be for a while, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Be safe, peace to you, and be good!

1 BACK TO FRIENDS / sombr

February 8, 2026

“Can Dancing Help”

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Good morning, Central Kansas and around the world! Thank you for joining us this Valentine’s Day week, 2026 and welcome to “Message at the Top.” We celebrate “Love Day” on Saturday. Close to 80 or 90% of the songs we play here at Mix 103 have “love” as part of them in one way or another, and it is only fitting that we have a day set aside to think about love. So, happy “love” day to all of you. Also, happy Super Bowl Sunday to those of you interested in football. Do you have an opinion? Most football fans do, and therefore I do, but an expert I am not. / But that is not why we are here. Get set now for the top current popular songs of our country right now and some songs of the past as well. My name is Fr. Mike and welcome to MATT!

I’m thinking about a song that entered the top 10 last week and I began thinking about dancing, something at which I have zero practical experience. According to Wikipedia, dance is the art of movement of the body, usually rhythmically and to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures. "A dance" is any one prescribed sequence of such movements, or the music to which it is performed, or an event at which it takes place. Dance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication recognizable in other animals; in bee dances and behavior patterns such as mating dances.

Well, as I was thinking of all of that—without the fancy distinctions, etc.—I thought that dancing could be a means to help us at times. There are many areas of life in which you and I need a lot of help, and the relaxation and fun of dancing just may fit into that thought. I believe it is the reasoning behind Bruno Mars’s song.

It 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.

There is often a problem with doing something that we really like. We get so caught up in it that we neglect some other important things. And so the question that comes to my mind as I think of this action which I do not know very much about—the question that comes to my mind is “Can Dancing Help?” That will be an interesting subject for our songs to take up today.

Starting us off, from his album yet to be released, “The Romantic,” this is Peter Gene Hernandez better known as Bruno Mars and his song at number 7, ”I Just Might” on MATT.

(double) 7 I JUST MIGHT / Bruno Mars

THAT’S WHAT I LIKE / Bruno Mars

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Closing off a double play from him, and in his honor we will have two more double plays on our show today in his honor, that was Peter Gene Hernandez better known as Bruno Mars and his song, Song of the Year a number of years ag0, from his album “24K Magic,” “That’s What I Like” from 2017 on MATT. It is the message of the man in the relationship to his girlfriend to come and be with him. “Anything you want,” he sings, “just to put a smile on it. You deserve it, and I’m gonna give it to you. Gold jewelry shining so bright, strawberry champagne on ice, lucky for you, that’s what I like.” And he likes a bunch of other stuff that they can do together as well. In terms of our theme, being able to dance will certainly help their celebration.

Our first triple play of the day will begin with our number 5 song on our playlist at the present time from Taylor Swift. The song has been on our playlist for quite a while and 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. In terms of our theme, dancing with each other will no doubt help develop the relationship. Number 5 on our countdown right now from Taylor Swift and the first song from her album “The Life of a Showgirl,” “The Fate of Ophelia” on MATT.

(triple) 5 THE FATE OF OPHELIA / Taylor Swift

WITHOUT ME / Halsey

DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD / Swedish House Mafia

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A super song in my opinion. From producers known as Swedish House Mafia, and Swedish singer John Martin, and their song “Don’t You Worry Child” from 2012 on MATT. It is another song about a breakup and learning from it. The lesson the person in the song learns is that things will work out well. “There was a time I used to look into my father's eyes,” he sings. “In a happy home, I was a king, I had a golden throne. Those days are gone, now the memory's on the wall. I hear the songs from the places where I was born. Upon a hill across a blue lake, that's where I had my first heartbreak. I still remember how it all changed. My father said, 'Don't you worry, child. See heaven's got a plan for you.” The song points out the theological thought that God is at work even in the most dire of circumstances for young people in love. Even though there is a breakdown of a relationship in which love was present and no longer is, God or heaven is at work. In fact, the theological fact is that God will always be at work in every part of our lives, helping us achieve a good life. Even dancing could be better as a result, our theme today.

Before him, MATT presented Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, that is, Halsey at number 7 of all the songs of 2019, a former number 1 and her song “Without Me”. It is a song about someone that the lady in the song helped, but apparently he had forgotten her after he felt better. “Found you when your heart was broke,” Halsey sings, “I filled your cup until it overflowed, took it so far to keep you close, I was afraid to leave you on your own. I said I’d catch you if you fall, put you right back on your feet just so you could take advantage of me. Tell me, how’s it feel sittin’ up there? Feeling so high, but too far away to hold me. I’m the one who put you up there. I don’t know why / thinking you could live without me.” Her love was blind she sings, and in terms of our theme, dancing probably wouldn’t help the situation—she needs a lot more than that.

Important things being said there—not because I said them, but because we all need to understand them in order to understand life and love a little more. We’re talking about the best in pop music for the past 46 years on our show that we call MATT. Today, we’re studying each song with the thought of the truth of whether dancing might help the situation or not. Let’s take a little break right now, and let me lead you to that break with this thought from Mrs. or Mr. Anonymous: “I walk around like everything’s fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.” Lots of people are hurting and most of the time we don’t know that they are hurting. That’s so true. You’ve got MATT on your dial today, this 8th day of February, 2026 the beginning of Valentine’s week. I’m your host Fr. Mike, and this is your invitation to stay right where you are—which is on the Mix.

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We continue with MATT on Mix 103. Welcome back to the only show of its kind in these parts. We take the messages of the songs we play here on Mix 103, and we look at those messages in the hopes that you and I can learn to live better. I’m Fr. Mike, your host, and it is great to have you with us again today. Our theme came from the thought of Bruno Mars’s song “I Just Might” and we are thinking about whether physical dancing can help the situations of our lives.

As promised, we will have three double plays of our lead singer Bruno Mars on our show today, and here is another one. Bruno Mars will often sing with other people in their hit music and this is one of them. The song itself is described as a drinking game song, and a song and video of pure energy as the lady in the relationship tells us to enjoy our friends in the APAPTEU, that is, in the different apartments of living. “Kissy face, kissy face sent to your phone,” they sing, “but I’m tryna kiss your lips for real; red hearts, red hearts, that’s what I’m on. Come give me somethin' I can feel. Don’t you want me like I want you; don’t you need me like I need you now? Sleep tomorrow, but tonight go crazy. All you gotta do is just meet me at the APAPTEU.” In terms of our theme what makes the place so special for them is the friendship it fosters. And dancing will fit right into that feeling, our theme today. A song about a place in both English and Korean, their song APT from New Zealand born and South Korean singer Rose whose real name is Roseanne Park, along with the help of Bruno Mars, APT meaning the Korean word APAPTEU or in English “Apartment” from last year on MATT.

(double) APT. / Rose f/ Bruno Mars

GRENADE / Bruno Mars

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Closing off our second double play from him, Bruno Mars and a former number 1 song from his album “Doo Wops and Hooligans,” and his song “Grenade” from 2010, and a song about someone who is not giving the way the person in the song thinks the other person should. “Easy come, easy go”, the man in the relationship sings, “That's just how you live, oh take it all, but you never give. Gave you all I had, and you tossed it in the trash. To give me all your love is all I ever asked / ‘cause what you don't understand is I'd catch a grenade for you, throw my hand on the blade for you, I'd jump in front of a train for you, I'd do anything for you. I would go through all this pain, take a bullet straight through my brain. Yes, I would die for you, / but you won't do the same.” He is willing to give everything; she is willing to give nothing. The video to the song shows the effects of the despair the person in the song feels, and it is NOT the way to work with a breakup. As we consider our theme today, what a person gotta do in life and love is to learn to really give to others. And dancing may help that couple, but it doesn’t seem to be in their consideration.

Now let’s go to a triple play of three songs on our playlist right now beginning with a song about intense love. One of the people who write about these songs says that this song explores the intensity and volatility of a passionate relationship. “We were fire,” they sing, “impossible to tame like oil in the ocean, no way to put out the flame. We were just runnin, eyes closed in the dark, headed for a wall, full speed, oh, it’s about to leave a mark. I only want you when you’re gone, playing like we’re done. I love your game, drive me insane.” That is, the feelings of an intense relationship are not easy to study or understand because they are too mixed up, and often cause problems. What is necessary is that we work with those feelings so that we have an idea of the good decisions that can be made in order to overcome those problems, and realize that we can solve even the toughest problems. And an immense help would be the togetherness that dancing, our theme today, provides. This is the number 8 song right now on our playlist coming from 3 artists, David Guetta at DJ, and Teddy Swims and Australian singer Toni Watson better known as Tones and I and their song “Gone Gone Gone” on MATT.

(triple) 8 GONE GONE GONE / David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I

6 ORDINARY / Alex Warren

4 OPALITE / Taylor Swift

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The song is called “Opalite”, Taylor Swift again, on our playlist right now with this song, at number 4 on MATT. It comes from her album “The Life of a Showgirl” again. 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. She refers to the dancing that is our theme today.

Before her, we played our number 6 song this morning on our playlist from

Alex Warren, and his song “Ordinary”. 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.” It comes from his album “You’ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)”. 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 real, and one of the helps to do that is to work at making the mundane happenings so special that they become masterpieces. Dancing, our theme today, just might fit into that.

We’ll be right back with two triple plays, and in order of appearance—listen to this line-up: Eminem, Charlie Puth, Justin Bieber. Raye, the band Jesus Jones and the band Glass Animals. Pop music always has a message and when you listen carefully, you hear some interesting stories and attitudes and sometimes pretty heavy commentary. We go to break with a thought from George Carlin, and therefore a little wacky: “Here’s all you have to know about men and women: Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.” And I can hear the women in the audience: That’s so true! I’m Fr. Mike, inviting you to keep your dial right there, as we continue shortly with MATT.

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Part 7

We continue with the only top 10 show of its kind in this area, maybe the world. It is great to have you with us on Mix 103 and the MATT music network, our show being the show that takes the top 10 of today and yesterday, and discovers what the meanings of the songs are, often giving us some thoughts to live by, a show that works with the idea that it is just fine to enjoy the music, but we should also listen to the message. My name is Fr. Mike, your host, and we have featured the current top 10 song “I Just Might” from Bruno Mars, and we are talking about the possibility that dancing might help a situation.

As promised, let’s go to a song from Eminem and with him is Rihanna. It has a great video by the way. The words of the rap part of the song are difficult to catch, but it is the story of a mental sickness that has taken over the mind of the person in the song, maybe autobiographical—Eminem himself, who has given into the glory of the moment—“I wanted the fame,” he sings. Fame made him a balloon that finally blew. He calls it a monster that he has accepted. “I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed,” the person sings, “get along with the voices of my head. You’re trying to save me, stop holding your breath; and you think I’m crazy.” Really interesting song, and in terms of our theme today, being able to dance with someone is usually a way to make us feel better. From 2013 one of our very high songs of meaning, a really interesting song to study from Marshall Bruce Mathers III better known as Eminem and Robin Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna, part of Eminem’s album “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” and the name of the song “The Monster” on MATT.

(triple) THE MONSTER / Eminem f/ Rihanna

ONE CALL AWAY / Charlie Puth

9 DAISIES / Justin Bieber

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The number 9 song right now in our countdown. It is a song that speaks of the makeup of a permanent commitment again from his latest album “Swag” and “Daisies”, Canadian singer/songwriter Justin Bieber on MATT. “’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, and dancing, our theme today, can certainly help that situation.

Before him, we heard from Charlie Puth and his song “One Call Away”. It came from the album “Nine Track Mind” from 2015. He sings in the song “I’m only one call away, I'm only one call away; I'll be there to save the day. Superman’s got nothing on me. I'm only one call away. Call me if you need a friend. I just wanna give you love. Reaching out to you, so take a chance. Come along with me and don't be scared. I just wanna set you free. You and me can make it anywhere. For now, we can stay here for a while 'cause you know, I just wanna see you smile.” It seems the man in the relationship would like it to turn into a real relationship but for right then, he was just interested in making her feel good. And in terms of our theme, dancing can definitely help the process of making a relationship real.

Back to our playlist now as we begin another triple play. It comes from a British singer/songwriter who goes by the name of Raye 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. In terms of our theme, dancing would certainly help, but she has to discover him first. This is new to our top 10 from her album “This Music May Contain Hope,” this is Raye and her song “Where is My Husband”, number 10 this week on MATT.

(triple) 10 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND / Raye

RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW/ Jesus Jones

HEAT WAVES / Glass Animals

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The song featured on my website today, www.frmikescully.com, the number 2 song for the whole year of 2020, from the British band Glass Animals from their album “Dreamland” and their song “Heat Waves” on MATT. It is the story in song of a man in the relationship who broke up with his fiancée for some reason and now is looking at that relationship in a philosophical way. “Last night all I think about is you; can’t make you happier now. Usually I put something on TV so I never think about you and me, but today I see our reflections clearly; in Hollywood, laying on the screen. You just need a better life than this. Heat waves been faking me out.” According to the leader of the group, the song is about realizing you can’t make everyone happy. And when we try to, then we have to cover up our feelings and hide inside TV shows or video games or drink or drugs. There will be negative feelings in life, and the solution must be something other than activities which hurt us in the long run, and in terms of our theme, dancing usually will help in the long run.

Before them, we heard an excellent song from the British band Jesus Jones who ceased recording at the turn of the century, their song, “Right Here, Right Now”. It is a 10+ category song, the highest I get, a song from 1991. It is from their album “Doubt”. They see the changes that have happened in the world and a world changing before their eyes and sing, “You know it feels good to be alive, right here, right now. There is no other place I want to be; right here, right now, watching the world wake up from history.” The song says to us: if we want to face the mediocrity of our lives, we have to face what causes the mediocrity right here right now, and work directly on them in some way. Can dancing help, our theme today? I think so; it might give us a time to do some serious thinking.

Which brings us to a break in the action, as we pause to think of how dancing may or may not help a situation. Let me give you this thought from my favorite author, Mr. Mark Twain: “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Good thought, Mr. Twain—no cynicism there. Stay with us—you have MATT on your radio dial this morning on Mix 103.3.

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Part 10

This is the MATT music network, as we are apt to say here, as we play only the top 10 songs that have graced our airwaves over the past 46 years, and we talk about them from what they talk about—that is their meanings, saying as we do so that we can enjoy the music, but we should listen to the message so that the message can make our lives better than they are already. Happy Valentine’s Day week! I am Fr. Mike, and I welcome you back to our show that is using the thoughts of the latest song from Bruno Mars, “I Just Might,” namely dancing.

Let’s do a remembrance of a birthday this week on Saturday. Rob Thomas will be 54 years old, and let’s remember his song “Lonely No More.” It is a song about loneliness, a common problem in the young world. “Now it seems to me,” he sings, “that you know just what to say, but words are only words. Can you show me something else? Can you swear to me that you’ll always be this way. Well, I don’t want to be lonely no more. I don’t want to have to pay for this. I don’t want another lover at my door. It’s just another heartache on my list. I don’t wanna be angry no more. So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure I don’t wanna be lonely anymore.” It’s a great message because he is speaking directly to someone else, telling her that he doesn’t want the feeling of loneliness, and that is direct communication. In terms of our theme today, one of the ways to keep good communication is to keep dancing together. This is the number 1 song from 2005 according to MATT from Rob Thomas from his album “Something To Be,” and his song “Lonely No More” on MATT.

(triple) LONELY NO MORE/ Rob Thomas

IT WILL RAIN/ Bruno Mars

LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN / Bruno Mars

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Closing off the third double play from him on our show today, MATT presenting Mr. Bruno Mars and his song "Locked out of Heaven" from his album "Unorthodox Jukebox" from 2012_. The song is a song of total love to someone who has come into the life of the man in the song, and it has changed him to be a better person. "Never had much faith in love or miracles," he sings, "Never wanna put my heart on the line, but swimming in your water is something spiritual: I'm born again. 'Cause you take me to paradise, yeah, you take me to paradise and it shows 'cause you make me feel like I've been locked out of heaven for too long." The song is controversial in religious circles because he describes his love encounter in terms of a spiritual encounter with God, and the use of the word "sex". In these songs physical love often is presented as a proof of love, but in reality, physical love is only part of love, and in fact, one of the lesser important parts of it. My opinion, of course, and in terms of our theme, a way to make us really feel better is to learn to love together with the natural feeling of love, and something that can easily be helped by dancing.

Before that song of the double play, we heard another song from him, Bruno Mars, and his song from the album “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” and his song “It Will Rain” from 2014. The song is a statement of love to someone from a negative point of view. He is singing that he loves her, and it will really show if they break up. The video to the song depicts the same thing adding the possibility that they have already broken up. “If you ever leave me,” the man in the relationship sings, “leave some morphine at my door ‘cause it would take a whole lot of medication to realize what we used to have. There’s no religion that could save me no matter how long my knees are on the floor. So keep in mind all the sacrifices I’m makin’ to keep you by my side, to keep you from walkin’ out the door. ‘Cause there’ll be no sunlight if I lose you. Every day, it’ll rain, rain, rain.” In the song, the man talks about how he has made sacrifices for the relationship. You wonder whether the person has to point that out, making sacrifices that is. If you have to point it out, the chances are that it will fail, and take away any hope for the relationship, but our theme, the good part of dancing, just may help build the relationship a little better.

As usual, we close with the top 3 songs right now. At number 3 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, dancing may help in their discovery of the truth, but it may just exasperate the problem as well. This is number 3 right now from Shane Michael Boose, better known as sombr and his song “Back to Friends” from his album “I Barely Know Her,” on MATT.

(double) 3 BACK TO FRIENDS / sombr

2 GOLDEN / Huntr/X

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From the Korean movie and music of Huntr/X on MATT. It is at number 2 on our countdown as we speak. It comes from three talented Korean ladies known as Huntr/X. 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, dancing together might help that situation.

And the number 1 song this week comes from a Breakthrough Artist of the Year, from 26 year old Olivia Lauryn Dean from London, England. It has been number 1 for three weeks in a row now, coming from the album “The Art of Loving,” and her song “Man I Need”. 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, dancing can certainly help the process of communication.

Our theme has been the question that came from Bruno Mars’s new song “I Just Might,” namely will dancing help a situation. My prayer for you and me is that we will find help as we try to become better people, like dancing if you are into that. If you would like to email me, my email address is: frmikescully@yahoo.com and at the radio station: KJLS-FM, Hays, America, KS, 67601. My website is www.frmikescully.com where I give you some Christian meditations on the Gospels and songs of our show and movies, one for every day of the year. Our meditation today, as I mentioned is on the song “Heat Waves”. Thank you for your time today. Remember that you can join us on the web also every Sunday morning at 10 by tuning to www.hayspost.com on your internet device and choosing Mix 103 or KJLS. My thanks to the producers of our show, and to our sponsors especially Holy Family Elementary School in Hays, Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior and Senior High School in Hays, and Hays Car and Truck Alignment. Enjoy the Super Bowl tonight if you are a football fan. A closing thought from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; / but we ask the reason for all evil, pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.” Such a great insight—we complain about things like crazy, but we don’t appreciate all the good things we have. Like learning how we can get help from the popular music of today. Next week’s show will include the Grammys in our genre of music from 2026, winners and nominees; hope you’re here. Right now our number 1 song is from Olivia Dean and as we close with it, may I remind you—from beautiful downtown Lawrence KS, my name is Fr. Mike Scully. Hold a good thought. Stay safe, peace to you, and be good!

1 MAN I NEED / Olivia Dean