Our Melodies are Memories

Essentially, my ultimate goal in this endeavor is absolutely not to feed you the saddest songs that I know over and over until you want to either hang yourself because things are hard or cut yourself because you think you're a doucher. Don't get me wrong, I have enough sad music piled up to keep you internally bleeding for the rest of your natural life, but there's so much more to music than that.
Five For Fighting has been a favorite of mine for a really long time. My brothers used to make us all be quiet in the car so that we could listen to "Superman" everytime that it came on. His lyrics are both pointed and capitvating. I'll get around to some of the deeper ones later, I'm sure, but today I chose "Slice" off the newest CD.
In this day and age, American's even hate on their own country. I've been a loyalist for as long as I can remember, and I highly doubt that will ever change. One of the biggest challenges that comes from growing up in an exceptionally predominate LDS area, is the judgements that we have for the minority in the area. Now, I'm certain that this is true for just about any religion where they're all gathered in one general area, but it bothered me for a really long time.
This song is the epitome of learning to coexist and celebrate the amazing opportunities that we have as a whole. We are a nation of beautiful people. Sure, we might be morbidly obese, but we're happy about it :).
Finally, times change. They do. You have to roll with the punches and take life as it comes. You won't always be in a position to immediately see the positive of every situation, but we're are truly blessed to live in the country that we do, have family, friends, safety, and the opportunity to grow.
I am more than just a slice of American Pie.

There was a time a long, long time ago
Chevys and levees played on the radio
No cell phones, just 20,000 lights
Swaying on a saturday night alright

Can you imagine that slice of time
Rock and roll was young
People stood in line
To hear music that played into their lives
That you could carry till the day you die

Hey man sing me a song
When we were everyone
We were more than just a slice of American Pie
Have you read my blog today?
300 million little USA's
Your doorstep is just a click away ♥
We'll get together one of these days

How can you be as nice as me?
You're not from the same slice as me
Where do we go from here my friend
Is this the way our story ends

Hey man sing me a song
When we were everyone
We were more than just a slice of American Pie

I can't stop singing along..
Can you join in... come on
Are we more than just a slice of American Pie

We're top down lovers
It's saturday night
The band's running
And it feels so right
The moon's dancing and the stars are free
I caught your heart on a summer breeze
Whatever was or what's meant to be
Our melodies are memories

.....There was a time a long, long time ago
Chevys and levees played on the radio
No cell phones, just 20,000 lights
Swaying on a saturday night alright

Hey man. sing me a song.
When we were everyone
We were more than just a slice of American Pie

I can't stop singing along
Can you join in, come on
Are we more than just a slice of American Pie
We're more than a slice
We're more than just a slice of American Pie