Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles (by VanessaCarltonVEVO)

Recently, I realized how much this song means to me. I used to be the kind of person, that every time somebody asked me my favorite song, I could never come up with just one, you know? But this song, it is so beautiful & it literally makes me cry.It was the song I fell in love with when I went to the states 11 years ago. It proved to me that, cliche as it may seem, music is a universally common thing and that it knows no barriers. & When it listen to it, it brings back so many memories of myself having the time of my life with my besties in California. To them, I’m probably just one of the people who randomly moved away, but to me, they mean the world to me. & The memories that come, are really small things, like walking along to it a a Walk-A-Thon, but I can’t stop grinning like a fool every time I listen to it. & The lyrics fit because I would walk a thousand miles to be in Cali again. It’s my one & only home, & it will forever be. As people say, you never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. I know I took my time there for granted, but now I know I would do anything to be back there.

I also found out how much music is a big part of me. Currently, I don’t play any instruments because my parents made me quit, but nerdy as it is, every time I hear somebody playing the clarinet, sometimes I wish I still played. Anyways, my first memories all involve music. Like singing and dancing in front of the TV with a mic every night from before I could even speak, making up songs by myself and teaching them to my friends and family(I still remember), the song that I listened to before going to sleep every night, the times “my boyfriend” & other friends from preschool gathered in the afternoon to sing & practice instruments. & Some of my most embarrassing moments involve music too. There’s this TV show that kids from all over Japan go on, & I went on this one time when I was 4 or 5. I sang the fucking loudest, the camera was zoomed on me the whole time, & you could literally only here my voice. Now I feel sorry for the other kids who were there, hahaa. I know I’m not the greatest singer or best musician out there, but it’s what makes me happy. Except for choir maybe, because it doesn’t give me that special feeling of freedom. Recent memories where I smiled out of pure joy involve music too. Just simple things like going to concerts & letting lose make me forget everything wrong in my life & for a few moments, I feel invincible. Currently, I can’t wait for Simple Plan & Punkspring, because they are two of the only things that I have to look forward to. Oh & I really want to play guitar, but my parents won’t let me start. Plus I sorta wonder if it’s too late & stuff. BUT JORDAN ECKES STARTED AT 16 TOO, just saying;) Either that, or I want to start a band playing alternative pop/punk/rock songs. If only people around me in Japan listened to the same music as me.. lol

Oh & this is kinda random, but yesterday I lost my iPod & I didn’t have it for 12 hours. I was feeling so down & unenergized. I think I have an (unhealthy) obsession. 

I can’t believe I’ve written this much about this one song. But I love it so much.

So there you go. Music is my passion, my joy, my life.