Music is Magic

I love music, all kinds and almost everywhere I am, I have to have music playing, seriously. I've always been like that, with music. It can change a mood for me in a heartbeat. Last year I invested in the most awesome Bose headphones, worth every penny! I plug them into my ipod, sit back and I'm magically taken away to a different place! One of my very favorite artists is Jack Johnson. I love the words to his songs, it relaxes me, reminds me of the ocean, which I also love. Above is a picture of my daughter, Brande, with Jack Johnson and another guy from his band, and two other volunteers from RED. Brande is the blonde. She was working for RED at the time at Jack Johnson's concert in Oahu. One of my favorite song's of his is "Hope", a word which is near and dear to my heart. Below are the lyrics in a condensed verision. If you've never heard this song before, you are missing out. You need to download it on your ipod, put on your headphones and be magically taken away to another place like I do!
"Hope"

Shadow walks faster than you
You don't really know what to do
Do you think that you're not alone?
You really think that you are immune to
Its gonna get that the best of you
Its gonna lift you up and let you down
It will defeat you then teach you to get back up
After it takes away all that
You learn to love

Your reflection is a blur
Out of focus
But in confusion
The frames are suddenly burnt
And in the end of a roll of illusion
A ghost waiting its turn
Now I can see right through
It's a warning that nobody heard

It will teach you to love what you're afraid of
After it takes away all that
You learn to love
But you don't
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart

You better hope you're not alone
You better hope you're not alone
Hope you're not alone

Your -
Your echo comes back out of tune
Now you can quite get used to it
Reverb is just a room
The problem is that there's no truth to it
It's fading way too soon
The shadow is on the move
And maybe you should be moving too
Before it takes away all that you learned to love
It will defeat you and then teach you to get back up
Cause you don't
Always
Have to hold your head
Higher than your heart

You better hope you're not alone
You better hope you're not alone
You better hope you're not alone
You better be hoping you're not alone