there is something so magically to have the whole crowd singing along in time and so loudly you can barely even hear the main singer. it is almost like that is how you are supposed to hear the song. with everyone who has been changed for the better and affected by the song. with everyone who understands it. with everyone who now owns the song. as soon as that song is sent into the world the fans are the one who take it and give it life and give it meaning and turn it into something amazing. so it is only right to hear it being sung with the people who make it what it is.

i'm saying this because i went to a paradise fears concert and it was so magical. but i recorded a lot for the audio and i'm going through to make it into mp3s and when everyone sang Sanctuary it was amazing. you could just feel how much that song meant to everyone who was singing it as loud as they could. they were thanking Sam and all of Paradise Fears by singing along. and they were letting them know how much that song means to them by knowing every word.

that concert was "Acoustic and in the Round" so the stage was a circle and everyone was surrounding them. it was such an intimate and awesome concert. unlike anything i have ever seen. i was really there to see Sunderland and then i looked up Paradise Fears and really liked them too. so i didn't know all of their songs. but i still felt so connected. but at the same time i could appreciate the concert almost removed a bit because i wasn't as emotionally invested as the rest of the fans. and it was such an amazing experience. i can't explain what it was like to look around and see all of those people just singing along and so happy and looking at the band and knowing how they are living their dream. and it was so magical.

and i loved seeing Sunderland, they are so nice and i really do love them a lot. and they sounded so amazing. and they are just such great people.

i haven't told you anything about our days with Taylor. and i'm not sure if i want to tell you everything now. maybe i should. let me think about it. if i do, i am going to do it in a separate blog post. but Paradise Fears - you guys put on an amazing concert. thank you.