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Remember Wednesday June 18th

Remember Wednesday is a weekly segment where I reminisce with a song (or songs) that always brings up a particular memory. I invite you all to do the same. For more details on how to play along, read here!

Well, it really was only a matter of time before I did a little Lifehouse-pimping via my little music meme here. Come on, you knew it was coming! Bear with me here, I know there are a lot here, but if you know me, you know Lifehouse is a huge part of my life and well, I’m doing good to be able to narrow it down to these 7!! These are really important memories to me =) [Lyrics may not be 100% accurate since I’m counting on an external site for those]

Hanging by a Moment

Of course this is where it all began. Well, technically I had an older song from before they were Lifehouse, but that’s a long story This was still in the era of taping songs off the radio and I’m always reminded of my friend Jeffrey and I bonding over HBAM and requesting it on 95.7 and 99.5 incessantly, and consequently, I remember the great friendship we had then. Smiles all around. To this day, I absolutely adore the song. You’d think I’d be at least a little sick of it, but I always listen when it comes on the radio and I never skip it on my iPod. It’s essential to my happiness.

Somewhere in Between

In my list of all-time Lifehouse favorites. Somewhere in Between has amazing lyrics that effectively sum up my teen years, and more specifically, my relationship with my, at the time, best male friend. He was a year younger than me and hopelessly in love with me. There were always feelings on both ends, but we both understood that it just wouldn’t work for us. Of course, that didn’t prevent any angsty, not-so-platonic cuddle sessions. We dubbed this ‘our song’ It just fit too well.

Everything

Still my absolute favorite song–Lifehouse or otherwise. I remember visits with my then best friend of 10 years (she had moved away in our 7th grade year so long summer visits were all we had), she took a liking to the song as well and we’d lie at night, listening to it on repeat and just talking till we fell asleep. She’s actually the one who took me to my first Lifehouse concert in the summer of 2003. We eventually drifted apart significantly due to her strong religious beliefs and my lack thereof. Aside from snippets of these memories invading, I’m always at peace when I listen to Everything. It’s just so serene, I get lost in it.

Take Me Away

Really, this just reminds me of High School in general–mostly the drives to school every morning where I remember blasting this album and often being spotted singing at the top of my lungs while pulling into my parking space. Take Me Away was the favorite on the album Stanley Climbfall and still gets regular play, of course.

Come Back Down

Well, being as this is a song all about someone leaving you and hoping they find what they’re looking for and return to you, it was all too appropriate that it came along at a time that I was swimming in ex boyfriends. My most recent and two complete blasts from the past were all playing major parts in the life and mind of this confused girl. Ben and I had just officially ended our almost 3 years together, but there were still unresolved things. Chris and I were just getting back in touch and entertaining fanciful ideas of possibilities–he actually brought up this song, saying it made him think of me, and then there was Travis, the Achilles heel of ex boyfriends, who was pretty much toying with me because he was bored. Anyway, while it was a hectic time, I don’t really look back on it in anything other than amusement. It’s nice to have that kind of drama pretty much behind me.

Who We Are

Really, this is just a song from the last album that made me proud of the boys and their ability to rock our faces off and also sort of feels to me like a unifying anthem for us, the fans, or as we endearingly call ourselves, Lifehos These are the memories I’m still making now with Lifeho roadtrips, even though I have to stick to the shorter ones. I’ll be reunited with my favorite Lifeho next week to make some more crazy memories =)

From Where You Are

From Where You Are is a song Jason was approached to write. Of course, he was hesitant as he’s just not into the commercial thing, but after seeing the ad for Allstate’s safe teen driving campaign, he was immediately inspired, drawing upon the memory of a friend who was killed in a car accident during his teen years. Of course, this came so quickly after Pete’s death last year, so it’s a constant, tearful reminder of Pete and our time together. On top of that, it’s an incredibly beautiful song.

I really hope you stuck around for all of that and checked out these awesome songs! I’m willing to share if anyone wants a little Lifehouse love