Do I even need to explain this one?
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Someday I'm gonna go out to the country.
I'll drive 'til the highway ends,
Chasing after picture perfect sunsets
To take away my breath.
I'm tired of living in the city.
The world's got me tied on a string.
Wanderlust has overcome me.
Like Lewis and Clark, I'll dream.
There's a million different ways to go,
Only God can know where I will call my home.
Love lead me on
Where no one else has gone.
Faith keep me strong,
Love lead me on.
The open road can be so lonely.
I'm longing for someone to love.
If only I could share my new surroundings,
Open the doors above.
There's a million different ways to go,
Only God can know where I will call my home.
Love lead me on
Where no one else has gone.
Faith keep me strong,
Love lead me on.
Faith keep me strong,
Love lead me home.
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I realize, in retrospect, that there's a heavy religious theme in this song. I also realize, after listening to more of The Afters (and looking at the Genre column in my iTunes that I casually ignored before), that they're a Christian band.
If anyone reading this (yes, I'm talking about you, lone reader ..) knows me, though, he or she will know that religion isn't really my thing.
Regardless of their religious affiliation, I dig their sound. They remind me a bit of Snow Patrol with the softer side of Something Corporate with a dash of The Hereafter and .. maybe the melancholy aspect of Coldplay. The lead singer's voice reminds me of someone else, but I can't pinpoint who. Anyway, they're good. Check out their most popular song, "Beautiful Love." It's one of my favorites. The acoustic version is wonderful!
As for the song above, I simply meant it for the latter part of that first verse, about wanderlust.
That may be my new-old favorite word. Wanderlust.
Wanderlust. Wanderlust. Wanderlust.
It just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
- May (you search for deeper meaning).
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- She is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a hint of MoMA and the Whitney. She is Walt Whitman's "Myself" in "Song of Myself." She is an incomplete stanza of a finished poem. She is the subtitle at the bottom of the screen of a foreign film, spelled wrong. She is the low E string of a guitar. She is the G chord on a piano. She is the Tube, the NY Subway System, the T, the Metro, and everything in between. She is one of the grains of sand on a beach, anywhere in the world. She is the needle, injecting ink into someone's skin. She is the bubble racing from the bottom of a pint of Guinness. She is the Flat Iron building. She is the imaginary film in your digital camera. She is the musty smell of an old book you found in the back of a dusty bookstore. She is not one but two twins of the Gemini sign. She is the middle line at the bottom of the peace sign. She is the "you" when Paul McCartney sings "All you need is love." She is her. No one else.
I love The Afters. I’m so excited they joined the WAY-FM “Speaking Louder Than Before” tour with Jeremy Camp, Chasen, and Jason Gray. Did you know that they are also giving away a free Jeremy Camp download? Click on http://www.givmusic.com/2009/11/free-download-from-jeremy-camp/ for the free download. Here you can also find information about the upcoming tour, watch a music video, and purchase your tickets! Enjoy!
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