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The past few days I've been driving my wife's car to work and I put in a cd I had left in there that I had made for my daughter.  I didn't burn an mp3 disc for whatever reason, I just made a regular cd but I was able to put Neighborhoods and Dogs Eating Dogs by Blink 182 on it.  Under normal circumstances I would bounce around the radio, flip cds, play from my phone via bluetooth, etc, but for some reason I have found myself listening to the mash up of these to albums over and over.  The more I listen to them, the more I like them.  The songs just seem to resonate with me where I am in life.  It has been a while since I found an entire album (or in this case an LP and EP) that hit that mark.  In fact, I think the last time might have been Blink's Dude Ranch (for the record Dammit is probably my all time favorite song).  It's hard to explain, but I just connect with the music so well right now.  Now I know we all have different genres we prefer, different bands,etc., but I really wish I could convey how connected I feel to these albums.  Not only that, I wish everyone had an album they connected to as much as I connect to these.  I think music is such an essential part of life, for enjoyment, reflection, redemption....I think if I had one gift to bestow upon the world, it would be a connection between themselves and music, whatever their preference, not necessarily mine.  I'm pretty confident that these two albums will go along with me for the rest of my life, not necessarily because they will always have the same connection with me, but because I will know that at one point I was so connected to them.  If I could implore the people of the world to do one thing, it would be to get yourself a great set of headphones, and tune everything out but the music.  Listen to the different layers, feel the beat, hear the words...once you make a true connection it's an emotional experience.  If you have never had a moment like that, my condolences, if you have, then you know exactly what I'm trying to convey in this blog post.  I'm gonna run and put the headphones back on, hopefully you get a chance to as well.

Just for shits and giggles I'm going to post the lyrics and a copy of the song that really has me hooked right now.

"Pretty Little Girl"
(feat. Yelawolf)

Nineteen, your eyes are glowing to my beating heart
Oh, it seems like it is fine as my hand is moving up your arm
And you never really know where it goes up until it starts
I got my eye on you
What you gonna do

Day dream near a stream with the linear bites
Oh, I listen to the song on repeat from the other night
And I can't picture you but I sure got the feeling right
What a crazy world
Pretty little girl

And we wake from the night in a bed with a bruise
And we're laughing out loud over the craziest news
And you reached for my hand I was scared in your room
We fell on the floor and we started to move
And your hands were like birds as they flew from the coop
Up my back they would climb just as I came unglued

She said
If you break my heart then I'll change your mind
And I will do it again
If you play the part then I will play mine
And I will do it again
If we miss the mark if we hold on tight
We'll be there to try it again

Nineteen as we roll across the bedroom floor
Your eyes they cannot lie as you're dreaming of our future home
And the kids are growing up as you and I we are growing old
What a crazy world
Pretty little girl

In the rain with the drink from the back of the bar
I would raise up my voice, you would raise it up more
We'd forget that our lives being apart it is hard
We'd thought we were close but it still feels far
Can we learn to get by if we learn to have scars
If we learn to forgive and accept who we are

You said
If you break my heart then I'll change your mind
And I will do it again
If you play the part then I will play mine
And I will do it again
If we miss the mark if we hold on tight
We'll be here to do it again

[Yelawolf:]
Wait a minute hold up a second
Don't leave me here with this feeling
Like I'm the one full of regret
Like I never did good for us both
Like you never did pull out that weapon
And stick that knife in my back
Was I supposed to accept it
When your words are like
More than just sticks and stones
Kinda like a bullet
A hollow tip that lodged in my bones
And I can't just swallow it
My pride is more than all that I own
So I gotta give it away
And some of the times I'm all the way wrong
But can't you see past me and see my fucked up home
That made me the meanest, the devil is just singing along
To the song I write til I'm alone at night
And I hang up the phone and bite my tongue
Cause I know that me and you is just only right
But one one one one

It's a cry from the past we have been through a lot
Every year has been great and a few have been tough
And your kids they will reach for the stars up above
We'll sit and relax as we're cheering them on
The ropes to the light from the crib to the grave
We started alone in the end we're okay

You said
If you break my heart then I'll change your mind
And I will do it again
If you play the part then I will play mine
And I will do it again
If we miss the mark if we hold on tight
We'll be here to try it again