It’s me and the moon, she said
Song of 8/29/2010: Me and the Moon by Something Corporate. So last night was the Something Corporate concert. It was amazing, to say the least. There is something absolutely fantastic about seeing a band you’ve loved for a good portion of your life perform the songs that have helped you through good times and bad. It’s an affirming feeling to hear all of the lines that have shaped your life and know that they mean as much to the person singing them as they do to you. There is something more fantastic about that band being incredible live. The energy the band has, the fact that pianist/lead singer andrew macmahon was so passionate that he needed two mikes for when he had to burst up from the piano bench and needed to continue to sing. I knew every song, the opening rifts literally sending chills down my spine. The whole show began with the song Reunited and to me it was more than a reunion, it was a reawakening to something amazing that for the first time I got to be a part of. When Something Corporate stopped touring, I hadn’t been in a place where I could go to shows. I heard people all around me talking about this time they saw Something Corporate and that time and I’m not going to lie, I’m kind of jealous I didn’t get more of an opportunity to get to know their live playing. But it’s fun. It’s fun when an entire crowd sings along. It’s fun when you go and the songs aren’t just songs, they are a part of you that has always existed but is now taking a different shape. It’s fun when you realize that everything you’ve loved about a band is still true even after four years, that all the songs that are special to you are special to the band as well. On the first encore, Andrew comes out and says something along the lines of, I hope you don’t mind but the song I’m about to play is kind of long. Immediately I knew they were playing my favorite song. Hearing Konstantine played live means more to me than I think I even knew at the time. I almost cried seeing the passion on his face for a song that has been such a huge part of my life. It was seriously a night that I won’t forget for a long time. The best way to sum it up is that it was absolutely amazing and I feel lucky that I was a part of it.
Thanks Nick for coming with me, I couldn’t think of a better person to have shared that experience with.
I am a butterfly, but you wouldn’t let me die. It’s me and the moon she said.
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