Daughtry 'September'

~When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch.
~Unknown


Alright, so I have found that I go through phases when it comes to music. Not types of music, or even artists, but certain songs. I'll love one song for a week or two and listen to it over and over... and then I find a new favorite. I love how music affects me, how it makes things better and puts things into perspective. So, I find a song that really explains how I'm feeling or one I can connect to.

I really like Daughtry. That isn't to say I like all their music but that I like a lot of it. Some of my favorite songs are 'Used To,' 'No Surprise,' 'Life After You,' 'Feels Like Tonight,' 'Home,' and 'Over You.' I recently found the song 'September' and thoroughly enjoy it :)

How the time passed away, all the trouble that we gave

And all those days we spent out by the lake

Has it all gone to waste? All the promises we made

One by one they vanish just the same

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Of all the things I still remember

Summer's never looked the same

The years go by and time just seems to fly

But the memories remain

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In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain

Nothing to lose but everything to gain

Reflecting now on how things could've been

It was worth it in the end

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Now it all seems so clear, there's nothing left to fear

So we made our way by finding what was real

Now the days are so long that summer's moving on

We reach for something that's already gone, yeah

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Of all the things I still remember

Summer's never looked the same

The years go by and time just seems to fly

But the memories remain

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In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain

Nothing to lose but everything to gain

Reflecting now on how things could've been

It was worth it in the end

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We knew we had to leave this town

But we never knew when and we never knew how

We would end up here the way we are

Yeah, we knew we had to leave this town

But we never knew when and we never knew how

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Of all the things I still remember

Summer's never looked the same

The years go by and time just seems to fly

But the memories remain

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In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain

Nothing left to lose but everything to gain

Reflecting now on how things could've been

It was worth it in the end

I get something different out of this song each time I listen to it. Mostly, I've just decided that I am happy with my life. The last line of the song is probably my favorite. I don't know that I would go back and do anything differently. I've learned a lot from getting to where I am now.

I've also thought a lot lately about how things I always thought would be a big deal weren't. Like, getting my first job, my first car, graduating from high school, moving out... Yes, they were important and big things but life didn't seem so different. My life just seemed to smoothly move to the next thing. It's like your birthday. Everyone asks if you feel older. Does sixteen really feel different?! Does eighteen? And to you it's just another day (haha, besides the cake and attention and gifts). But really, one day someone asks you your age and you have to think because you don't feel like the number went up.

Man, I hope this makes some sense... I totally understand it in my head. I don't know that it has to do with the song, but it has been on my mind lately. I find it interesting to think about :)