"Don't burn the day away."

Have you ever...

Had that one song you could listen to and instantly everything in the world was better? 

Everything that had gone wrong that day was instantly forgotten?

That one song that just saved your soul and made your outlook on everything change?

Pig, by Dave Matthews Band, has done that for me several, several times, today included.  The lyrics are beautiful and always help turn the darkest of days to the bright light.

This is an appropriate blog post for this evening because I have been under a lot of stress lately between going to school full time, beginning a new part time job, being home sick, my sorority, and having a long distance relationship of 3 years... or shall I say having had a long distance relationship because that just ended this evening.  While I could spend the night being sour about things I'm not going to do that.  I'm going to smile, keep my head up and listen to Pig and a bunch of other great songs.  Music has helped me through the shittiest of times, especially DMB.  I would be lost without them.  Below are the lyrics to Pig...

"Isn't it strange

How we move our lives for another day 

Like skipping a beat 

What if a great wave should wash us all away 

Just thinking out loud 

Don't mean to dwell on this dying thing 

But looking at blood 

It's alive right now 

Deep and sweet within 

Pouring through our veins 

Intoxicate moving wine to tears 

Drinking it deep 

Then an evening spent dancing 

It's you and me 

This love will open our world 

From the dark side we can see a glow of something bright 

There's much more than we see here 

Don't burn the day away 

Is this not enough 

This blessed sip of life 

Is it not enough 

Staring down at the ground 

Oh then complain and pray more from above 

Greedy little pig 

Stop just watch your world trickle away 

Oh it's your problem now 

It'll all be dead and gone in a few short years 

Just love will open our eyes 

Just love will put the hope in our minds 

Much more than we could ever know 

Don't burn the day away 

Come sister my brother 

Shake up your bones shake up your feet 

I'm saying open up 

And let the rain come pouring in 

Wash out this tired notion 

That the best is yet to come 

But while you're dancing on the ground 

Don't think of when you're gone 

Love love what more is there 

We need the light of love in here 

Don't beat your head 

Dry your eyes 

Let the love in there 

There are bad times 

But that's ok 

Just look for love in it 

Don't burn the day away 

Look 

Here are we 

On this starry night staring into space 

And I must say 

I feel as small as dust 

Lying down here 

What point could there be troubling 

Head down wondering what will become of me 

Why concern we cannot see 

But no reason to abandon it 

Time is short but that's all right 

Maybe I'll go in the middle of the night 

Take your hands from your eyes, my love 

Everything must end some time 

Don't burn the day away 

Come sister my brother 

Shake up your bones shake up your feet 

I'm saying open up 

And let the rain come flooding in 

Wash out this tired notion 

That the best is yet to come 

But while you're dancing on the ground 

Don't think of when you're gone 

Love love what more is there 

We need the light of love in here 

Don't beat your head 

Dry your eyes 

Let the love in there 

There are bad times 

But that's ok 

Just look for love in it."

Have you ever had a specific song or band "save you" in a sense?  Comment below and share!