I'm all about music. Music is what makes me what I am, makes me do what I do, think what I think, all of that. It's the very heart of me, so when I read lyrics that just touch me, hear a song that moves me, it's going to be a part of me for quite some time. There are only so many songs in this life that really move me to the point of tears, because they remind me of something, someone, or a time that really reflects in my life. I can hear the song "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" by Dixie Chicks just fine, but once I start singing it to Ryan, which I dubbed his song when he was 6 months old, I just cry. I feel so passionately about that song, and the connection I have to it and to my son. The same goes for the song "Somebody's Hero" by Jamie O'Neil...That one is dedicated to Journey, and I only choke up when I sing it to her, not just hear it. It literally makes my heart just...burst in feeling. They're powerful songs, those two.

Back in 2001, when Don and I got together, Lifehouse hit popularity. We heard the song "Everything", and immediately thought of each other. Thus, it became our song. To this very day, i make sure I play that song on our anniversary, just to reinforce everything we feel about each other, and how we feel about one another. To this very day, almost eight years later, we still hold onto each other and tell each other we our each other's everything. He will always be my everything.

Today, I was talking to my friend Rox, and she was telling me about a Jason Mraz lyric that was to her favorite song. I was wondering what the song sounded like, so I typed the lyrics into google, which came up with the name of the song. From there, I youtubed the song so I could hear it. It's called "I'm Yours", and it's a fantastic song, very soothing, reminds me of a day on the beach. I could see why Rox loved the song (it doesn't hurt to mention that she's absolutely OBSESSED with Jason Mraz heheh). So then I told her about how Journey had started dancing around to it (the tune must have struck her, which Journey is very much like me...if there's a song that she loves, she lives that song out. Music is definitely a passion of hers) and that it was a nice change of pace than having to listen to "Bubbly" by Colbie Calliat for five million times (re-count that, five million, six hundred fourty-seven thousand, two hundred and seventy-three times...and counting still...). Rox was like "Oh, you have a Colbie Calliat fan, eh? You should check out the song "Lucky", it's a duet of Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliat!" So I was like, hmmmmmmmmm, maybe I should check that out.

Of course, I ALWAYS google lyrics for ANY song before I listen to it. I'm one of those people that get severely disappointed if the lyrics are just nonsensical babbling but the music sounds nice. I love lyrics that make sense, that make a story and paint a picture for me, it's like poetry, only better because it's put to music. When the music matches the lyrics, it's a dynamite song, A plus in my book. Again, I'm very finicky on things like pitch, nasal tone, how the music flows, how the lyrics flow, if they make sense, what kind of beat there is...things like that.  I read the lyrics, and my heart just about burst! This song, THIS SONG, if it would've been out eight years ago, would have been mine and Don's song from the beginning. Our beginning was never an easy one, and the odds were definitely against us. Living 1800 miles from each other was probably the most difficult thing we had ever faced, and though to most people that pries them apart, it just pulled us together so close and tight, we fused together. I honestly believe that's what sealed our relationship to the point of where it is now.  It's also funny, because it seems like no matter where we live, Colorado, Maryland, or wherever, I'm always home, because he is my home. He is what makes my heart beat every single day. I used to sit there saying "I wish I could go home" when I was sad, lonely or depressed, and wonder where home really was. Not until Don and I went through the trials and tribulations of our relationship did I realize, my home is with him, wherever he is, that's where my home is.

So now, without further ado, I'll give you the lyrics and the link to the song that made me laugh and cry all at the same time. I told Don we should make this our second go-round song. He laughed and told me "It should've been our first go round song, and then 'Everything' should've been our second go round, but I say yes, we should have both". I sure do love that man! I'm so blessed...or in this case, I'm so "Lucky". :)

Lucky
Do you hear me? I'm talking to you
Across the water, across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm tryin'

Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel you whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again

Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say good bye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you, I promise you, I will

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair

Though the breezes through the trees
Move so pretty, you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning 'round
You hold me right here, right now

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooh, Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh, Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh

www.youtube.com/watch

Though there's no video (just a screen with lyrics instead), it's the best quality sound one I could find. :)