Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:36:09 GMT

I read this book a while ago. I know most people have read it. My favorite line from the book is when Charlie describes a car ride through a tunnel with his friends. He says, "And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." I have no idea what he means. I've had some good car rides with friends before, and when everyone is sitting around talking and smoking cigarettes, I keep thinking that the feeling in those moments has to be the feeling Charlie was talking about.

I drove down to Murray this weekend to surprise Kendall. She saw me from the parking lot when she got off work and she started crying. It was the best reaction I could have hoped for. Friday afternoon, we all piled in my car and went for a tour around Murray. Windows rolled down, cigarettes in hand, I thought of a song. I turned it on and we all started singing it. We knew every single word. Kendall looked at me and said, "This is like having the best of both worlds, with you being here." I looked around and everyone was singing with their eyes shut. We were on this empty stretch of road in the middle of nowhere. I hadn't seen a car in miles. And as we sang that song at the top of our lungs; In that moment, I swear we were infinite.

There are few things pure in this world anymore,
And home is one of the few.
We’d have a drink outside and maybe run and hide,
If we saw a couple men in blue
But to me it’s so damn easy to see
That your people are the people at home
Well I've been away, but now I’m back today
And there ain’t a place I’d rather go

I feel home, when I see the faces that remember my own
I feel home, when I’m chilling outside with the people I know
I feel home, and that’s just what I feel,
Home to me is reality, and all I need is something real.

We’re feeling all right heading out tonight,
Maybe off to a dark driveway
I say now, some feel bored, and some are looking for more,
But we all just decide to stay
We got nothing to do, but when I look at you
I see someone that I know and love
And with the crack of your smile we all stay awhile
We know from home there ain’t nothing above

Well in the end, we can all call a friend,
Well that’s something that I pray is true
And in a thousand years, and a thousand tears,
I will find my original crew
Cause to me there’s nowhere else that I’d rather be
Except right here, right at home.
And on those long dark drives on that road at night,
In my heart, I feel home

I feel home when I see the faces that remember my own
I feel home when I’m chilling outside with the people I know
I feel home and that’s just what I feel.
Home to me is reality and all I need is something real.
Home to me is my reality and all I need is something real.
I feel my home.

I feel home, I feel my home.
I feel my home, I love my home.
It’s been so long, I’m finally at home
I know you’re gone, but in our hearts, you will always, always live on
And all your friends, they live in your smile
There is no end, you will always live on
No matter my age, I swear to God, tonight I can see you on my stage
I feel home, I feel home, I feel home.
I feel my home, I love my home, I miss my home
Late at night when we’re driving all alone I feel my home
And all those nights when I’m lying all alone I feel my home
And in my heart, I'm always at home.
And in my soul, I feel my home.

Confessions of a Broken Heart