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I wish I didn't know what the words meant

"Sometimes things find you when you need them find you, I believe that. And for me, it's usually song lyrics."  Peyton Sawyer, One Tree Hill Music. Music is always on for me. When the world fails me, music is there. When my heart broke, music. Happiness? Music. Sadness? You guessed it.  I grew up with a grandmother that listened to classical and a mother that listened to a little bit of everything. My biological father enjoyed country and old classics, and when my mother re-married when I was eight, I was introduced to good, old fashioned, rock. To say that I ended up with a broad musical taste would be an understatement. After nineteen years of listening to music with me, Rob still shakes his head some days as my iPod bounces from Elvis Presley to Westside Connection to the Decemberists to AC/DC. Music has always been about the lyrics to me. They speak for my emotions when my brain just can't find the words. There are songs that don't mean a lot l...