My dmb epiphany

[Rapunzel_]

Hey guys. So I'm sure you all are going to be pissed for me writing in the forum using up the space however it is space well wasted...IMHO...

Anyways, I moved into my dorms this past week and since I have been away from my family I have really had some awesome time to reflect on everything (and in doing so, jamming to some dmb in the background)...

I have been thinking a lot about life and how wonderful it really is. Last semester I had kind of a bad attitude and developed this cynical way of looking at life in general. My college is super baptist and religious...And Im just me. I have never been a real religious person..I mean my dad is a jew and mom is a christian so we always did both holidays.lol...But I thought hmm maybe I need to be saved, but I wasn't ready. That didn't feel right and I didn't want to give myself to something I didnt feel. I didn't realize how out of my self I was becoming until I went home for the summer. My family noticed I wasn't the normal bubbly self I used to be. I got caught up in the negative ways and became self-destructive. I lost my grandfather last year and that really smacked me hard. It has been lingering with me here lately and I feel like until recently I have accepted the fact that we all die and it will happen whenever. We can't change the past and stop the rain from falling out of the sky.

I learned that we have to learn to dance when the rain hits us. not run for shelter.

I had an epiphany just last night in my dorm room.

I have been this better person in life because I have been thinking about my experience at my first DMB concert with my dad this summer.

http://www.antsmarching.org/forum/sh...d.php?t=261943

I had so much fun and was the most free I have felt in the longest time. I have a picture of my dad and I from the concert soaked to our bones with beers in our hands grinning like crazy people. I have our concert tickets in it and look at it every day. I was so happy. SO happy. I was me. finally. I feel like I have been saved.

I walk around with a smile on my face. I have never before been so connected to who I was than now. And as weird as this may sound, I owe it to the concert. And the music. It is my salvation. I am so connected with the power I get from it and I love the emotion I feel. I am me! THANK GOD! I have never been more of myself or relaxed than now. I let the small things in life roll away. (who cares!) I smile all the time and laugh HARD as much as possible. I am healthier and my friends are even noticing. This way of life (which I feel like it is) is so empowering.

Dave Matthews Band's music is seriously the soundtrack to my life.

Every emotion and feeling I have is heightened and I have never felt better about life and love. I focus on me. I focus on spreading as much love and peace and knowledge of it as possible! Its like Im a freaking Jehova's Witness freak...(hey no offense)...spreading my secret of finding happiness in life! Its my inner-peace.

I have been thru so much this past year with my starting college, being in my first serious relationship, break-ups, friendships, jobs, losing jobs, new president, the economy, etc..... I have finally caught up with myself and I have never been happier.

I have been out of a relationship for a while and I think now that I have found this inner happiness it might reflect onto someone special for me to share it with. It makes so much sense. Everything does. When you are your best and try to live life others feel that energy and feed off it!

Anyways, some songs that i listen to that make me feel so empowered lately are Pig, you never know, so damn lucky, dancing nancies....Its been a great trip so far and Im so happy

I have to sing tonight with a small ensemble for a freshman orientation at my school and I have to put on a small skit...Im kind of nervous but Im just trying to focus all those nerves onto how I want to just live it up and do it right. I want to have fun and share this if I can.

I don't feel like an outsider. I feel like all religion and things are beautiful. I feel like its all about how we live and love now that matter. I truly am so content now and I had to tell someone.
im sure I sound crazy hippie-ish but its all good

I LOVE YOU ALL
PEACE


Oh, isn't it strange
How we move our lives for another day?
Like skipping a beat
What if a great wave should wash us all away?
Just thinking out loud
Don't mean to dwell on this dying thing
But look at my blood
It's alive right now,
And deep and sweet within
Pouring through our veins
Intoxicate moving wine to tears
And drinking it deep
Then an evening spent dancing
It's you and me...

This love will open our world
From the dark side we can see a glow of something bright
Oh, there's much more than we see here
Don't burn the day away

Is this not enough?
This blessed sip of life,
Is it not enough?
Staring down at the ground
Oh, then complain and pray for more from above,
You greedy little pig
Stop, just watch your world trickle away
Oh, it's your problem now
It'll all be dead and gone in a few short years

Just love will open our eyes
Just love will put the hope back in our minds
Much more than we could ever know
Oh, so don't burn the day away
Don't burn the day away

Come sister, my brother
Shake up your bones, shake up your feet
I'm saying open up
And let the rain come pouring in
Wash out this tired notion
That the best is yet to come
But while you're dancing on the ground
Don't think of when you're gone

Love, love, love, what more is there?
'Cause we need the light of love in here
Don't beat your head
Dry your eyes
Let the love in there
There's bad times
But that's okay
Just look for love in it

And don't burn the day away...

Look, here are we
On this starry night, staring into space
And I must say
I feel as small as dust lying down here

What point could there be troubling?
Head down wondering what will become of me?
Why concern "WHAT" we cannot see
But no reason to abandon it
The time is short but that's all right
Maybe I'll go in the middle of the night
Take your hands from your eyes, my love
All good things must come to an end some time
But don't burn the day away
Don't burn the day away...

Come sister, my brother
Shake up your bones, shake up your feet
I'm saying open up
And let the rain come flooding in
Wash out this tired notion
That the best is yet to come
But while you're dancing on the ground
Don't think of when you're gone

Love, love, love, what more is there?
'Cause we need the light of love in here
Don't beat your head
Dry your eyes
Let the love in there
There're bad times
But that's okay
Just look for love in it


so the next time you feel down or bummed. Smile and love.

[Speilmen230]

Wall-O-Text......

[burnedpig]

great but...loooooooooooooong.

Editing makes you happier I swear.

jk, I feel the same way after a weekend of dmb and dmb fans

[dancheatham]

Good thread

[joshizzle3]

your posts are always the weirdest shit
i want to say what the fuck, but i'll just say congrats and good luck

[bluesbrother41]

holy long post batman!

[Jsc6545]

since i actually read all of that i guess i should post. i'm glad that dmb has helped you find yourself again and i wish you luck in the future. i also believe that dmb has helped me a lot in many situations. its a good feeling to know that you can always turn to dmb.

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by Jsc6545

since i actually read all of that i guess i should post. i'm glad that dmb has helped you find yourself again and i wish you luck in the future. i also believe that dmb has helped me a lot in many situations. its a good feeling to know that you can always turn to dmb.

what he said

[420th jimi]

Right on! Glad to hear you are off living in a dorm and that the music is still moving you.

Best of luck in the new digs and always keep on smiling!

[vikes989]

tl;dr

[BrotherChaos420]

the angel poops right before she spreads her wings to fly.

[RiotAct]

wow Rapunzel_ , you really need to stop all these negative posts, you're starting to sound like MistreatedLewis!

[joshizzle3]

Originally Posted by RiotAct

wow Rapunzel_ , you really need to stop all these negative posts, you're starting to sound like MistreatedLewis!

trying to get into her pants, nice try

btw you look like mclovin

[Canadian]

http://songza.fm/~47wzyw

music is oh so powerful.

[RiotAct]

Originally Posted by joshizzle3

trying to get into her pants, nice try

btw you look like mclovin

why, thank you.

[joshizzle3]

Originally Posted by RiotAct

why, thank you.

sure thing

[kav2312]

Really long post, but a good one

[thehammer316]

i dig, and a little pig at the end. rock on

[Roose13]

Why do people still feel the need to give her shit? When we ask people to make setlists, or what their favorite songs are, or do you like this version of w/e song it is, how is that more accpetable than her wanting to express her opinion with a lengthy post? If anything, I think this is a much better read than hearing someone say "make a setlist."

[Aubrie]

Rock on. I feel the same exact way. I consider DMB shows to be my church. I have met some of the most fabulous, most genuine people because of DMB and all of it makes my life better and more positive.
Great post.

[dmbphan07]

Originally Posted by joshizzle3

your posts are always the weirdest shit
i want to say what the fuck, but i'll just say congrats and good luck

yeah seriously and i feel like no one calls it out but oh well.


i'm glad dmb has done good for you, i think the band has for most of us

[jackbauer0041]

Originally Posted by Roose13

Why do people still feel the need to give her shit? When we ask people to make setlists, or what their favorite songs are, or do you like this version of w/e song it is, how is that more accpetable than her wanting to express her opinion with a lengthy post? If anything, I think this is a much better read than hearing someone say "make a setlist."

no one is giving her shit.

and, great post, dmb has helped me through some hard times too!

[BustedStuff87]

Can someone post the spark notes for OP's post. Looking at it just makes my hangover feel worse.

[Canadian]

Originally Posted by BustedStuff87

Can someone post the spark notes for OP's post. Looking at it just makes my hangover feel worse.

lonely college girl finds hope while listening to dmb. she likes her dad. she let her self get rained upon. now she's happy. I think that's about it.

[Roose13]

Originally Posted by jackbauer0041

no one is giving her shit.

and, great post, dmb has helped me through some hard times too!

Being badgered about length

[RiotAct]

Originally Posted by Roose13

Being badgered about length

well, to be fair, the average person's attention span nowadays is like 3 seconds, lol

[BustedStuff87]

Originally Posted by Canadian

lonely college girl finds hope while listening to dmb. she likes her dad. she let her self get rained upon. now she's happy. I think that's about it.

What's the moral to this story? I can't put together the pieces you displayed for me.

[jackbauer0041]

thread title should have been "dmb-piphany", but good post nonetheless

[Canadian]

Originally Posted by BustedStuff87

What's the moral to this story? I can't put together the pieces you displayed for me.

to eat, drink, and be merry? I don't fuckin know.

[joshizzle3]

Originally Posted by dmbphan07

yeah seriously and i feel like no one calls it out but oh well.

correct me if i'm wrong... but i just did?