Life Through Music: "Summer Lies" By Late Night Alumni

Well, the last days of summer are quickly fading away into fall. Some of us are happy about this and some of us (myself included) are trying to hold on to the warmth and sunshine that summer brings. Especially for someone like myself who lives in the Pacific northwest because I know that many gray days of winter are on their way. 

I think this year I really have tried to make the most of my summer. Being older it seems that summer flies by so fast. This summer not only did I spend my days off from work doing as much as possible, I also took some time off to really soak in the summer. When I think back on this summer I think of many nights being out and about. I think of many long bike rides I have taken in the comfort of summer’s sweet embrace. 

During these long bike rides I have had lots of time to reflect on myself and my life. I was on one of those long bike rides just a few days ago when the song I picked for this week played on my iphone. The song that I’m referring to is the song “Summer Lies” by Late Night Alumni. Now, I heard this song for the first time in January of this year when the album came out. I had a pretty strong feeling that this song already could be my summer jam before spring even started to make it’s arrival. This song to me just embodies the smooth feel that summer has. Between the songs sweet groove, smooth guitar, and Becky William’s voice there is no song more fitting for me when I think back on the summer of 2013. 

It has been a great summer and a wonderful break for me. I really did some awesome things this summer that I’m still working on as blog entries that will be coming soon. I’m so glade I got to spend time with my brother who is now living closer to me and countless other people in my life. I have so many great people in my life that I tried to make time for over the summer. There were definitely some hard times mixed in there as well, but much good came out of those times too. Just so very blessed at my progress and where I’m right now. I have my frustrations with certain things in my life of course, but I have to always remember all the good things I have done and all the good things I have in my life. 

Lets look at the lyrics and see what speaks to me.

“Summer Lies”

In the way water still loves the coastline, your summer eyes, lazy, eye me up and down. I slow down. Slow. Summer lies. Coast to coast we fly. Nevermind. No time for time. Seize the day. You know I will. Say it like a rhyme. This summer life, easy, cycles round and round. I slow down. Slow. I slow down. Slow. Summer lies. Coast to coast we fly. Nevermind. No time for time. Summer lies. Coast to coast we fly. Nevermind. No time for time. Summer lies. Coast to coast we fly. Nevermind. No time for time. I slow down. Slow. I slow down. Slow. I slow down. Slow. I slow down. Slow.

Seize the day. You know I will. I love those two lines the most from this song. I just like the repeating of the idea of slowing down. Summer goes by so fast that it’s important to take those moments to slow down. I have less than a week left of summer break before I head back into school. Even now with fall definitely on its way in I’m still trying to slow summer down to make the most of it. 

I hope that your summer was everything you hoped it would be and before summer goes for good this year take a moment to sit under the stars and really take it all in. Till next year summer...I will miss you. 

As always I bring this to you with love and pure D-lite. = )