King Minus The Sage

When we grew up

We never thought our friends would die

When we grew up

We never knew what was to lose everything

And if I was I a hero

One of those I loved as a child

We could take on the wild

And those bad bad country boys

My mother would hold us

And father would know us

As we grew up to be the strong and gentle kind

We'd get real jobs

And then we breathe

The kind of air

That Independence brings

Then we'd wed our lovers

to be eternally together

We'd move into the outfeild

Where seniors play

Then we could move into the outfeild

Where our heroes play!

Yeah you do don't you

You always remember those days

When Johnny had steady fists to raise

Against the demons and monsters

That had haunted our fathers

When all we could think of

Was to hide under our sheets

Like cowerdly sheep

My mother would hold us

And father would know us

As we grew up to be the strong and gentle kind

We'd move into the outfeild

Where seniors play

Then we could move into the outfeild

Where our heroes play!

We were always led by example

But only as children

I have to be the leader today

Cause there's a mess where stuck in

Left for the children

To become a king without a sage

Is to be a leader today

When we grew up

We never thought our friends would die

When we grew up

We never knew what was to lose everything

My Heart's Like a Wound

Im in that cycle of not sleeping.

Seems like I cant find a way to talk to Brian Fallon without getting interupted by the agent people. Im trying to get into an already sold out concert.. I gotta go... The Gaslight Anthem is knit to my soul. Like when Jonathan saw David for the first time.

Their story is one of late nights spent on the floor dream about a beauty caught up fully in heartbreak or wonder, a story of the balance that brotherhoods give to a man weighed down by the world, a story where music is cherished and memories are cherished and people are cherished as they should be, a story where home might not be the places that we dream of having, but by my God, we will do our best to make it your home, a story where redemption means something to those who have lost all that they love to a hard and cold world.

Man, that is MY STORY. That is my LIFE. That is what I live. I am knit to their music. I am knit to it.

My best Friend and I became best friends over their albums... during long summer drives, with the radio pumped to its fullest as we felt the hot air pass across our arms outside of his Eighty-Eight Oldsmobile. We memorized every word they had to say... and I would always sing an octave higher than my buddy Alex.

If you do not know who the Gaslight Anthem is you need to stop reading this blog and go find the song "Meet me by the Rivers Edge" and soak that sucker in. Please for the love of Jesus Christ go listen to them. Jesus Christ's love is very very important. Saved my ass on multiple occasions.

Their concert is on October 8th. And I do not know why it got sold out three months beforehand... but this is wrong.

So what am I gonna do now? Anything I can. Catch you kids later.

Much Love.