My Musical Soul Mate

Collective Soul (aka The Greatest Ban Ever) is my musical soul mate. I’ve seen them in concert four times. I have every single one of their CD’s. There music was played during my wedding. I sing Collective Soul songs to baby Cayden; they will be his lullabies.

When I spent over six hours cleaning the house on Wednesday I listened to all 97 Collective Soul songs that I have on our I-Pod. I wish I could meet the lead singer of Collective Soul, Ed Roland, and simply tell him, “thank you.” “Thank you for writing the words of my heart and my soul.”

I’ve been listening to Collective Soul since I was 7; yet these songs that I’ve been hearing for almost the past twenty years constantly find a way to reinvent themselves and become new. No matter what is happening in my life I can listen to a Collective Soul song, it’s like the perfect song finds me, and the lyrics seem to comfort me, provide me peace and make everything fall into perspective.

As I was cleaning on Wednesday the song Reunion popped on the I-Pod. I’ve heard this song hundreds of times before, but this time was different. It spoke deeply to my heart. The lyrics seemed to mirror everything I have been feeling lately and coupled with Ed’s beautiful voice I felt peaceful.

Reunion:
Change will come
Change is here
Love fades out
Then love appears

Now my water's turned to wine
And these thoughts I have
I now claim as mine
I'm coming home

Change has been
Change will be
Time will tell
Then time will ease

Now my curtain has been drawn
And my heart can go
Where my heart does belong
I'm going home