Day 3 - List the five songs you would have with you on a desert island and why.

I have been struggling so much with this post because the 5 songs that I'd want on a desert island might just be completely different than 5 songs I'd pick for anywhere else. I just don't even think I would want music if I were on a desert island, let's be real. Anyway, these are five songs that mean a lot to me, remind me of times and places, and make me think and smile and think to smile. At the risk of being tooo cheesy I will post a few lines from each.

Forever - Ben Harper

People spend so much time
Every single day
Runnin' 'round all over town
Givin' their forever away
But no, not me,
I won't let my forever roam
and now I hope I can find
my forever a home
So give me your forever
Please your forever
Not a day less will do
From you

I have always loved this song! It is just beautiful. Definitely a candidate for a wedding/ first dance. There will be tears.

Just Wait - Blues Traveler

I ask of you a very simple question
Did you think for one minute that you were alone
And is your suffering a privilege you share only
Or did you think that everybody else feels completely at home
Just wait
Just wait
Just wait
And it will come
If you think I've given up on you, you're crazy
And if you think I don't love you well then you're just wrong
In time you might take to feeling better
Time is the beauty of the road being long

I love love love this song, and its message. I listened to it most in 8th and 9th grade and it will always have a special place in my heart and I will always find it comforting.

Drive - Incubus

Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I can't help but ask myself how much I let the fear
Take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before
And it seems to have a vague, haunting mass appeal
But lately I'm beginning to find that I
Should be the one behind the wheel

Not only is old school incubus a guilty pleasure, but this song is just so great. "Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there" is a perfect message for someone who spent the first 18 years of my life avoiding thinking about the future at all costs!

You've Got a Friend - James Taylor

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, Spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

James Taylor is almost too much to handle. I just love him. Aside from him being the first artist that I remember hearing playing in my house as a little babe, I just see him a truly real-deal musician who has so much talent and soul. Also this song is just super sweet.

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

So, i won't hesitate no more,

no more, it cannot wait i'm sure

there's no need to complicate our time is short

this is our fate

I'm yours

I obviously love Jason, but out of all of his songs that I have to choose from, I think I'm yours is just the perfect love song. (!!!!!) Overplayed? Maybe, but I never ever get tired of it. It's just so great. Good songs attached to great memories are just that much better, too! (Live High is a close second - Just take it easy and celebrate the malleable reality. Nothing is ever as it seems, this life is but a dream. Live high, live mighty, live righteously).