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Day 643 - Day 278

            “I've been searching deep down in my soul.  Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old.  It feels like I'm starting all over again”
Goodbye To You: Michelle Branch, The Spirit Room

This song has a very deep seeded memory for me.  I fell in love with the acoustic version before I even knew there was an original version with more of the band.  It was just Michelle and a guitar, with an acoustic bass and a little hand percussion.  It was one of those versions where you can close your eyes and hear the music, but her voice and the words just seemed to stand out.

I had this song on a mixed CD because I thought it was great.  One day I was going through some very intense conversations between my (then) girlfriend and my family.  There was a situation where my family felt strongly about a position, and she was really hurt by how they viewed things because it implied many things about her and about me.  I had spent a life under the judgment and probable un-intentioned control of my family… but I had to start taking steps on my own.  Why should I change my steps just because of how some other people may or may not think about me?  Who cares really?

I remember pulling over on the side of the road to have a talk with her.  I was about to lose signal because I was way out in the Hill Country.  As I was on the side of the road, this song was playing and it all just kind of hit me.  I had been soul searching and I knew this was my moment.  The words I’d been hearing from my family were getting so old… over and over for years.  And it was time to start over again- to start a new beginning, and take a stand for what I believed… not what anyone else believed.  

Whenever I hear this song… I remember that day.  I remember my decision.  I feel so strongly that I made the right choice.  And, most importantly… I have never looked back.

*** Artist Notes ***
Delivering a goodbye…

Lyrics:
Of all the things I believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by

I've been searching deep down in my soul
words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said...

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold onto

I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes
And you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
Oh, woah

And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything that I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold onto


Goodbye to you 
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew 
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold onto
The one thing that I tried to hold onto

Oh Woah 
And when the stars fall I will lie awake
You're my shooting star



   

Taken in: United States / Texas / San Antonio (show map)

Taken on: October 5, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T1i, f/4.5, 1/13 sec, 25mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

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