This is the starting of my greatest fear...

Dear Andrew,

How did you know?

This is the starting of my greatest fear

I'm all packed up, getting out of here

but then you call and tell me not to go

that I'm the one who put the rock 'n roll

in your life

This is the starting of a brand new day

I never liked this town much anyway

I need this city like I need the rain

I know that somewhere there's a north bound train

Oh I'll make it without you

make it without you

and though my body's laying here

it's my mouth that must be lying now

This is the starting of my fall from grace

My self esteem oh it's seen better days

No I'll never let this go to waste

I'll keep this memory on the map I trace

back to home

My friends go out, but I've been staying in

I know I should but that's the way it's been

I never cared much for the taste of gin

I still don't now, oh, but it's been helpin

Oh I'll make it without you

in my life

Oh I'll make it without you

and though my body's laying here

It's my mouth that must be lying now.

Weird when someone (an artist) you've never met knows the story of your life. I don't know how that works. But it does. I write songs about what's in my deepest heart and then you tell me I said exactly what you were feeling. There is no way I could have known what you were feeling, except that we all hurt, we all find joy in life and love, we all struggle in between trying to get through and all we really want is to be happy. That's a nice thought. We're all connected by these songs, these .wav, .mp3, 44.1 khz 16 bit sound waves that permeate the space between and enter into your heart and mine. There's someone out there feeling the same way I do, listening to this song, making tough decisions, looking up at the stars with tears in their eyes. Thank you Andrew for reaching in and turning your story into beautiful art and in the process, telling mine. What you have done for me I hope to do for others with my music.