when oh when will this sinking feeling feel like "man that was ages ago."

i honestly cannot sleep right now due to being completely overwhelmed by the new taking back sunday songs that are currently floating around the internet. i kind of knew they were out there but hadn't taken the time to look them up, but oh my goodness. this is emotional overload. as strange or silly as it may seem, its hard for me to even write about this right now just because i don't know that i even have the words right now, but i wanted to write to process through it nonetheless. i've listed tbs among my favorite bands since high school, which is now nearly six years away from me, but nothing since "tell all your friends" (2002) has really resonated with me the way that particular album did. its the one i'll listen to again and again on repeat and find myself just lost in the rawness of it. the follow-up albums were just too slick and polished for my tastes. too rock-radio friendly. but this. is something new. perhaps appropriately titled "new again," i'm still waiting until march for the official release of the album, but already i can tell i'm going to be in love all over again. there is so much raw passion and energy in these new songs. the glossy-pop friendly hooks are gone and all the grit and edginess is back. and my dear goodness, the lyrics. wow. just wow. i love all three of the songs i've found, but just this one in particular, "everything must go," has me floored. i feel that i always come upon the music i need to hear just when i need it the most which may just come down to me really searching out for it at particular times but right now i feel like i've finally found something i've been trying to find for months. my heart feels at home.

we found a house with a big yard
and moved all of my things
and most of your things, in
and honey i was proud of it
honey i was proud of you

some boxes, that
hand-me-down couch, and that chair
that used to be at your church
we borrowed them from there
a cabinet record player with nothing but james taylor
two carpets from the corner store
cover the hardwood floor
i'd be a fool to have asked for more

you quote the Good Book
when its convenient
but you don't have the sense
no you don't have the sense
to talk this through to dawn
instead you're sloshing through the mud

the love you had was good enough
the path that we were stuck between
but so much stuff must go tonight

you quote the Good Book
when its convenient
but you don't have the sense
no you don't have the sense