Some bands feel like family to me.

So, I had this sudden realization some days ago that there are some (very few, but existent) bands that feel like a part of my essence. OneRepublic have grown to be one of those bands and I'm eternally mad at myself from 6 years ago for not getting into them back then and eternally grateful to my 2012 self that decided to finally give them a proper listen and to my 2013 self for completely falling in love with the awesome people they all are and the amazing music they create. 

Their beauty is in that they pour their completely human emotions into songs and manage to create lyrics that you can relate to, at least 90% of the time. Their beauty is in that they are extremely down to earth everyday people who just happen to create music you can relate to. Their beauty is in that through that music they teach so many lessons. And that is why I fell in love with them and why they will always hold a special place in my heart. So today morning, as I was watching something, I came across this and, if you ever happen to just stumble on this, Ryan, know that this "letter" is a lesson that everyone should be taught, regardless of age. It's a lesson I've always tried to teach everyone and it makes me cry every time I hear this song because of how simple, yet beautiful it is. Never, ever stop teaching people about life and never ever stop being the awesome you you are.

"There's a song on the album called I Lived and I wrote it specifically as a letter to him just on acoustic guitar and turned it into a kind of a mantra for just, again, about being human and, it's kinda like what you would say to your son or your daughter. Just saying, at the end of the day when you've lived life and you've kinda made it to the end, I hope you look back and you can say this and that's what really the song is about." - Ryan Tedder

OneRepublic - I Lived

Hope when you take that jump 

You don't fear the fall 

Hope when the water rises 

You build a wall 

Hope when the crowd screams out 

They're screaming your name 

Hope if everybody runs 

You choose to stay 

Hope that you fall in love 

And it hurts so bad 

The only way you can know 

Is give it all you have 

And I hope that you don't suffer 

But take the pain 

Hope when the moment comes 

You'll say... 

 I, I did it all 

I, I did it all 

I owned every second 

That this world could give 

I saw so many places 

The things that I did 

Yeah, with every broken bone 

I swear I lived 

Hope that you spend your days 

But they all add up 

And when that sun goes down 

Hope you raise your cup 

I wish that I could witness 

All your joy and all your pain 

But until my moment comes 

I'll say... 

I, I did it all 

I, I did it all 

I owned every second 

That this world could give 

I saw so many places 

The things that I did 

Yeah, with every broken bone
I swear I lived 

Yeah, with every broken bone 

I swear I lived 

Yeah, with every broken bone 

I swear I lived 

I, I did it all

I, I did it all 

I owned every second 

That this world could give 

I saw so many places 

The things that I did 

Yeah, with every broken bone 

I swear I lived 

18.11.2013

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