Live Forever

So I'm laying there in yoga last night and this song starts playing... As I listen to the lyrics I literally start crying. I wasn't sobbing, but I did tear up. The words are truly moving. When I got in my car I got my phone and immediately googled the lyrics that I could remember. Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors popped up. I got on iTunes and purchased it! Then, being the weirdo I am I googled Drew Holcomb. I found out he was from Memphis and now lives and tours out of Nashville. His band includes his wife. On his website he talks about this song and why he wrote it and the impact it has had on him, his career and others. I was also excited to find out they were coming to Little Rock February 9th. I know I'll be in attendance!

"Live Forever" by Drew Holcomb

Laughter is the only thing that'll keep you sane
In this world that's dying more and more everyday
Don't let evil get you down
In this madness spinning round and round

I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue

Some people say faith is a childish game
Play on, children, like it's Christmas day
Sing me a song, sing me a melody
Sing out loud, you're a symphony

I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue
I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue

Take courage when the road is long
Don't ever forget you're never alone

I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue
I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue

Oh yeah, I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue
Oh yeah, I want you to live forever
Underneath the sky so blue

I want you to live forever

The music video that includes his family.

What I copied from his website about this song.....

Live Forever is my favorite song I have ever written. Its a song of joy, a song of sorrow, a song of longing, a song of journeying. I wrote it as a letter to my neices and nephew, who stole my heart a long time ago. I wrote it from the purest part of my soul, without a single thought to its commercial viability or whether or not my fans would like it. I wrote it for them, and for me. I wrote it at a time over 2 years ago when I thought my career as a touring musician was coming to a close, which I was obviously dead wrong about. It's ironic to me how this song, written from that place in my heart, has become the most downloaded, most requested, most used on TV shows, and our most popular song on tour. I have been honored by many people's stories of how this song has touched their lives. A mother who heard it on Parenthood and wrote me how she made it her anthem for her newborn son. Numerous friends and emails and letters of the song bringing comfort in a time of loss. We hear weekly and sometimes daily of the way this song has reached into some part of people's stories. This is the height of success for me as a songwriter. I could not be more honored. I have always wanted to make a music video for this song, but found it difficult to put on film the emotion the song has for me. I finally decided that the only way to do it was to incorporate my family, the very ones I wrote the song for. We gathered in Memphis, my hometown, to film us doing what we love; laughing, eating, and enjoying each other's company in places where we have a deep history. The Hi Tone Cafe. Central BBQ. My Uncle's Farm, and my Great Grandfathers 1942 Jeep, still in my father's possession. My neices and nephew steal the showwith their innocence, their joy, and their courage.
Thank you for watching.-Drew

Hope you like it as much as I did. My goal has been to blog more. So far so good, but I can't guarantee a daily post. Oh well, at least I'm starting out well...ha!

Hope all is well....