Day Thirteen

Today is a letter to a band that has got me through the hard times... A letter...

Dear Colin Meloy,

The first time I heard you, was in a public access performance. I was laying in my parents bed not really looking for anything, but I stumbled across this beautiful moment of you staring into a camera singing your heart out. I think you were singing, "Red Right Ankle" or maybe it was "I was Meant for the Stage". Either way, I went out and searched for your album. I bought it, and I fell madly in love, and have remained so ever since.

It doesn't matter the mood I am in, I can listen to a song or an album and it instantly matches my mood. Sometimes, I think about your dialog in on the Colin Meloy Sings Live album and laugh to myself.

I love that every song tells a story, that at any given moment you can transport me to somewhere else, but I can also go inside myself and do some reflecting.

There are days when I listen to "We Both Go Down Together", "Engine Driver", "Here I Dreamt I was an Architect", and "Red Right Ankle" over and over and over again. I don't think those songs will ever leave me.

Once my housemates asked me how much I loved them, and I said, "More than cheese but less than Colin Meloy." And they knew exactly what that meant.

Mostly, just thank you for being amazing and for making amazing music.

Love,
Brittni