Aaron Lewis

But I know I’ll do the right thing if the right thing is revealed

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This morning, I woke up and up on Adele. I sung a few of my favorites as I for ready, “One and Only” being one of them. I lead to a text I sent, and somewhere in there the phrase in the title echoed somewhere deep inside. What I was able to articulate from what I was getting was not quite the same but somewhere after lunch it came to me. I could feel the tone of the song and I knew the emotion but I couldn’t place the actual words or even the song itself. Somewhere in the bank just before getting my third Dr. Pepper, it occurred to me, it was revealed not presented. Somehow I was able to piece together, ‘right thing is revealed’ and from there, goggle was able to tell me what I was thinking.

Staind – Epiphany (2001)

I saw Staind live with Marilyn Manson before the next song had even come out yet. It was on Halloween of 2003 in Dallas, TX. I drove all the way up to Davis, Oklahoma to pick up a friend and then we went back to Dallas (I lived a few hours south of Dallas) to go to the Smirnoff Music Center. I was not prepared for the traffic that I was about to run into that day and am lucky that I didn’t die in an awful car wreck. We missed Sevendust but made it in time to see Staind and then Marilyn Manson.

Staind – Right Here Waiting (2005)

One of my favorite Staid songs is actually a Metallica Cover, but I think it is worth throwing in here. I don’t remember which yeah I have been putting, so I will go with the year the song came out on the next one – not the year it was recorded.

Staind – Nothing Else Matters

Never opened myself this way

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It took a lot to remain calm after the way my ex was talking to me today. She thinks that is it okay to call me asking me to help get her kids ready for school, only to complain about how I am doing. We are working on separating our things, including the phone bill, but in between, its a constant struggle to remain polite without being taken advantage of. I love seeing the kids and spending time with them but I want it on my own terms, not to benefit her.

There was plenty of crying and raising voices today, just like any other day. The four year old has started saying that mommy was loud and Jen cries. It’s sad.

Everything changed when I opened my IG this evening. I saw a red dot and didn’t know what it means, so I clicked it. It was only the best surprise and the last thing I expected.

Now I am holding my breathe until 2 PM tomorrow and smiling more than I have all year.

This song doesn’t have much relevance to much. At some point when I was trying to cheer myself up, I remembered a burned CD that I found in a computer at work back at TNI. I was pretty sad at the time and decided to listen to it to see what it was. It was some Coconut Records album. It was the first time and possibly only time I had heard of them – but I like the way it makes me feel. When I think of the West Coast, I think about when She landed in San Francisco and called me.  I may never forget that and can’t wait to see her tomorrow.  I might even sleep tonight to celebrate.  There is a part of me that wondered if I would ever hear from her again.

The Internet played this song a few minutes later and it is one of my favorite covers.

I wouldn’t mind visiting Lake Tahoe either, and this cover is pretty great too.

I saw Staind in concert with Sevendust and Marilyn Manson on Halloween of probably 2004. Was an interesting show. I missed Sevendust due to never driving on a 6 lane highway before. It was intense, in Dallas.

couldn’t be much more from the heart

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Now, I wouldn’t normally recommend Staind over Metallica, but with “Nothing Else Matters,” I will. This song, Metallica’s version, has come on the radio a few times lately.

In the last year or so.. I have gotten so much unsolicited advice, which I could only ignore and explain they didn’t understand and it wasn’t like that.  I feel fortunate that I feel passionate enough about someone or something that I am able to ignore outside forces… seems very relevant.

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