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Out of My Hands
I went into Best Buy to look at DSLRs and they had it set up where there were two comfy chairs that had the cup holders built in and shit in front of this TV that was mounted on a stage that looks like your living room wall and I was heading back towards the cameras when I heard Dave’s voice and I was like “whoa, Dave, you always mysteriously show up in my life when I need you most.” Dave and I have a special relationship. His voice takes me back to a time when I was happy… I didn’t really get into his music until after I dumped my “ex” and I was so fine then, everything was natural and wonderful without being too manically happy or too awfully depressed. I was happy with my life. Always hoping for more, but happy with how things were, being single and wearing cute dresses and living on my own, listening to Dave & Tim make awesome music. (By the way, while I appreciate Dave Matthews and his band’s musical contributions, most of my listening is to Dave & Tim, because I prefer acoustic music and also because Tim Reynolds’ guitaring can sometimes bring me to tears.) Anyway, I sat there for an hour and watched them on that TV and I was so amazed at how it filled my ears/mind, like I was really there or something.
When “Crash Into Me” came on a small girl with blonde pigtails and a fuzzy sky blue jacket climbed into the seat next to mine, put her hands inside the cup holders, and closed her eyes. She swayed and sighed to the music. She couldn’t have been more than 3 years old. Her parents were visibly annoyed but they let her have her moment.
That’s kind of how I felt. Do you ever have moments in your life where you realize that “this is a turning point” but you don’t comprehend yet why or how? Because you’re going to just continue life as usual, day in day out, no real changes? You just know. Something’s giving.
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