back (and in a sappy mood!)

I know it's been awhile... It's been a crazy couple of weeks. But, life right now is a blast :) I was driving home today, though, and I decided to revive some of my CD's and break up my XM Radio addiction. And, well, the first CD I played had one of my all-time favorite songs on it. And, I'm sure I've posted about it before, but it's totally worth sharing again!

I came across this song in college senior year thanks to Allison, and I loved it then, but it wasn't until Wendy & Nick (one of the world's most perfect couples) played it as their first dance at their wedding that I realized how much I really love the words. I guess it's just that when I finally find someone that feels this way about me, that's when I know that things are right and will last. Because really, this song is beyond sex and beyond dating and beyond everything else but the root of everything that's good and pure about love. So anyway, here it is-- Ben Fold's The Luckiest-- if you have never heard it, PLEASE download it :)

I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns
The stumbles and falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am, I am
I am the luckiest

What if I'd been born
Fifty years before you
In a house on the street where you lived
Maybe I'd be outside
As you passed on your bike,
Would I know?

And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
and I know
That I am, I am
I am the luckiest

I love you more than I have
Ever found a way to say to you

Next door there's an old man
Who lived into his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife, she stayed
For a couple of days and passed away
I'm sorry I know that's a
Strange way to tell you
That I know we belong
That I know
That I am, I am
I am the luckiest

--Ben Folds, "The Luckiest"