Hold. Fast. Hope.

If I was asked which band has changed my life the most, I think most everyone would say thats obvious dude, its weezer.

they'd be wrong.

Weezer is my all time favorite. Those boys have gotten me through some tough spots and always cheer me up cause they are a bunch of silly nerds who like to have fun like me.

However, Thrice would be the correct answer to that question. No other band has influenced me like them. Putting into words how much this band and their music makes me feel is damn near impossible. Every single song speaks to me on a cellular level, a piece of my soul in every riff and beat. I remember hearing identity crisis for the first time when I was a freshman in high school, and I was hooked. The artist in the ambulance, Vheissu, The alchemy index, and beggers, each and every record different in its own way. Choosing one to say its the best can't be done. Vheissu though, is one of the greatest works of art in human history. The things going on on that CD blow my mind. Its one of the few CDs I can listen to once, play it again and again and again. I m pretty sure that I listened to it at work a totally of 5 times one day. Its so beautiful and powerful, the last track red sky brings me to tears almost every time i hear it. Saying that out loud makes me feel like a sap but its true. Actually, Red sky and Silver wings make me cry when I hear them, just out of the sheer beauty of the sound. No other band or song has done that to me. No other band has made me feel, like really feel something with the music they play. It moves me so much.

The tattoo I have planned for them is probably to most important one I ll have for a long time. Sure, I m gonna get more tattoos, but none as important as that, and maybe after. The only other ones that will be more so will probably my kids names when I have them. The song melting point of wax is pretty much how my view on life is. "But how will i know limits from lies if i never try?" The song is about Icarus and how he flew to close to the sun. "I will touch the sun or I will die trying." There it is, all in one line, how I live. Going threw life, living it to the fullest and trying my hardest and best. Like I said, I can't explain how this makes me feel. I finally figured out how I want to have it done, and once its done, part of me will finally feel complete.

I have so much emotion for this post I m not sure how I want to end it. so i ll let the words that speak to me do the job. "will i trust you, will i trust you to carry me through? I will trust you, cause i know what a promise can do."