CLOUD CULT!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

I realized how much I fucking love Cloud Cult.
I put their album down for about 3 weeks, and this morning I revisted it.
--->Which as a side note, is my favorite thing to do.
I take a cd that is near played-out for
me, by means of myself -really, and I bury
it and put it out of my mind for awhile, then I go back to it and listen to it again.
It's like falling in love again.
It's like the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder".
Yeah, that happens, for sure. Or when I bust out something from the vault,
(It's surprising how much of "Very Unnecesary" by Salt 'n Peppa that I
remember the words to. ) and I get to time warp myself back to the time that
I listened to that album/artist. Ok, tanget over, moving on.
I was listening to 'Meaning of 8' on my way home. Damn!!! What a remarkable cd!!!!
Everytime I listen to it, I still love it. Dare I say that it is my most favorite cd of all time??
Shit dogg, it's getting close. There are songs that I get a little choked up on when I sing along with them. And I like that. I like that a song written by a stranger can move me personally. It applies to me in my own way and by my own relation. Knowing some of the background with this particular band makes it clear to what events the lyrics are translating, but still, the music seems to embrace all situations as such and gives you a means to overcome the dire straights that you're going through. This band has suffered something so great and yet Craig, lead singer dude, is able to sing "I guess I'm lucky." What the fuck? I mean, he lost his 3 year old son. It was totally unexpected and unavoidable. To me, losing your child would be the worst pain ever. I can't imagine. But here is this husband and wife on stage, bleeding their hearts out for us all to enjoy. They invite us into their world by means of beautiful music. Beautiful, uplifting music!! "It's a song, Life is like a song, It's a song, a hummable song" Fuck yeah it is!! This band moves me. This band makes me feel that no matter what, as long as you LOVE - you will overcome. As long as you take it in stride, keep your head on level, and LOVE everyone you encounter. . you'll be okies. Oh, and recycle. They seem to like that too.

So, it is with everyone that is important to me, that I must pay hommage to this band. I need to show the love I have for them to them. But I don't want to come off as some creepy groupie weirdo girl. I have enough trouble seeming like a creepy weirdo girl :) haha BUT I really want to give them something. The whole band! Something to say. . .thank you. Something to show my gratitude. Sometimes I don't feel like my words are enough to show someone how thankful I am that they are in my life. Sometimes I have to make things to show them how appreciated they are. I want to do that for Cloud Cult. For showing me that it's darkest before the sunrises.
Damn. Great fucking band.

"Take Your Medicine" is one of my favorite songs. It's great. It was this song that really broke me down a few weeks ago when I had a hard night at work. I was driving home and it came to the latter part of the song, where the lyrics go:
"These are things that I keep hidden in my belly, I can't see them but they control my life. For a moment you can see right through me, see right through me, Help me make this right."
Damn. I bawled. The whole drive home. Pounding it out with a closed fist to my chest. ."Help me make this right." with my hot tears streaming down my cold cheeks. I'm sure all the people that I drive by on 94W at 9am think I'm nuts. Everyday it's something different that I'm rocking out to in my car. Everyday it's some sort of antics for the morning commuters to be amused with.

*sigh*
But yes. I love you Cloud Cult.
Thank you.