Tell Me Something Sweet To Get Me By...

To conclude this week's set of YouTube covers I picked one of my favorite songs. I know that I talked about this song earlier on, but I love it so much that I decided to share it again for those new to reading the blog! The song is If It Means A Lot To You, by the band A Day To Remember. This song really strikes home to me because I have a lot of friends that are in the music industry and I personally hope to work in it one day as well. The lyrics to the song were written by ADTR's front man Jeremy McKinnon and the track also features Sierra Kusterbeck from VersaEmerge. McKinnon's words express the hardships of being on the road touring all of the time. Although the song is focused mostly on a relationship between a guy and a girl, I feel as if it relates to any friendship when someone is on the road touring. There is a lot of stress put on certain friendships and it can get hard.

This Wild Life is the group that did the cover, and all though they don't present the back and forth between a female and male vocalist, they still nail the cover. It is by far the best I have found yet. If you like this version I would suggest YouTube searching the original because it is cool to see how both sides of the story are represented from Jeremy and Sierra.

I hope you enjoyed it and have a great rest of the week! Make sure to check back soon for some more music! Love you guys!

-Andrew

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I Am Trying To Learn I Can Do Nothing On My Own...

First off, I would like to apologize for two things. Number one, I am sorry that it has been a little while since I have posted! Number two, typically I try to refrain from posting on this style of music and keep it to myself due to the fact that not many of you are into it; however, if you are into it, enjoy it! If you are not, please hear me out on this song even if you aren't big into the sound. It is definitely a lot harder of a style than who I typically post about but these guys have a lot to say, and they are saying it loud!

The band Close Your Eyes is on Victory Records, a secular label supporting bands like A Day To Remember, Silverstein, and Emmure. Even in this scene, they are still putting out their message and beliefs in their lyrics and their presence off the stage. To me, that is a huge deal and I give them mad props for staying strong in such a secular setting full of lust, degrading language, and a lot of other crap. They have a new album that drops this coming Tuesday (10/25/11) called Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts. To build up some hype for the album, they released their first single and music video off of it this afternoon. The track is called "Valleys" and the lyrics to this song are really solid!

Give it a listen, read the lyrics along with it (the lyrics are under the video) and remember that there is more to this life that we are living. We most definitely can't do any of this on our own. So why do we keep trying? I will never understand that, but I do know that this song reminded me that even in the struggles and times where we think we really screwed it up past a point of being fixable, He still loves us and won't let us fall to a place that we can't get back up.

I know that everyone is busy, but I encourage you to just stop for a minute or two after watching the video and reflect on the lyrics. Remember that we aren't in this alone.

VALLEYS 

I am starting to realize 

I can do nothing on my own 

Everything that I start to build crumbles into nothing

It's safe to say that no matter what 

I try and fall so short 

This sudden realizing break continues

to widen this space between You and I 

Chorus: 

Is there any point in trying to change

 no matter what I do 

It always stays the same 

But I feel like this has been made for me 

Is there something more that I cant see 

All I want is to let go 

I've tried so hard this pride still grows 

Just for once to breathe in deep 

And catch a glimpse of what You see in me

So many years of sorrow and pain

The bitterness I taste it takes hold of me

How can i forget the joy of the mountain tops

Down in the valleys 

Chorus: 

Is there any point in trying to change no matter what I do 

It always stays the same 

But I feel like this has been made for me 

Is there something more that I cant see

But Your ways are different and call out to me 

No matter what I do You always stay the same 

And I will have the choice to say 

There is more to this life I am living 

There is more 

There is more 

And in the midst of struggles of finding the man 

You call me to be 

Your love reminds me 

That though I am broken 

I am still standing 

I am still screaming 

Chorus: 

Is there any point in trying to change no matter what I do 

It always stays the same 

But I will have the choice to say 

There is more to this life I am living 

There is more to this life I am living 

There is more to this life I am living

On another note, starting this Sunday I will be doing a 5 part blog series on some of my favorite songs unplugged and played acousticly! So stay tuned!

-Andrew

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If It Means A Lot To You

I've got another cover video for you today! One of my friends showed me this cover of the A Day to Remember song and I love it! I will say that it isn't nearly as good as the original due to the fact that it is supposed to be a two part song with a guy and girl singing it; however, it is the best cover of the song there is thus far. I hope you like it!

- Andrew

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