Retrace

Anberlin has always been mine and Kyle's favorite band since highschool. We recently got to see them in concert at the state theatre in St. Pete. It was amazing and simply perfect! It caused me to go back and listen to some of their past albums. I came across this song last night that I hadn't heard in very long time...and when I heard it, it immediately reminded me of the fall of 2008. Kyle and I had actually broken up at the end of this summer and it was certainly a difficult time for the both of us. (Maybe ill tell that story in detail here someday...it's not one of my favorites, but it is a part of Our story...and without it we wouldn't be who we are today.) When Kyle and I had gotten back together, I remember he had shared with me that he had listened to that song often during our time apart. He said it encompassed all that he was feeling during that time. As you can imagine, my heart just about exploded.

And this is why I love music. A song can ring true with every thing inside of you, just like this song did with Kyle. Songs live alongside memories, good and bad. And I love that sweet moment when you hear a song and it takes you right back to a moment in time you don't want to forget. 

Thankfully, this song did not mark the end of our story. If it did, I'd probably hate Anberlin to pieces and would send this song to it's grave where the songs of Britney spears and backstreet boys lie. :)

"Retrace" - Anberlin

Oh how I've tried to get you out of my head

And I lied, the broken words I said

Never thought I'd walk on this street again

Standing where it all began

And I tried to forget

When I left this town

But it takes me right back

When I come back around

Retrace the steps we took on that lost summer night

I'm back there by your side

Retrace the steps we took when we met,

Worlds away, counting backwards while the stars are falling

Oh now I find, every subtle thing screams your name

It reminds me of places and times we shared

Couldn't live locked in these memories

Now I'm chained to my thoughts again

And I tried to forget

When I left this town

But I'll take you right back

If you come back around

Retrace the steps we took on that lost summer night

I'm back there by your side

Retrace the steps we took when we met,

Worlds away, counting backwards while the stars are falling

I need some shelter, I need some safety

Photographs, they haunt me lately

Chasing shadows as the evening takes me

I'm still searching, but the picture's fading

And nowhere else has ever felt like home

And I can't fall asleep when I'm lying here alone

I replay your voice, it's like you're here

You moved the earth, but now the sky is falling

Retrace the steps we took on that lost summer night

In my mind I'm back by your side

Retrace the steps we took when we met,

Worlds away, counting backwards while the stars are falling