Songs I Can’t Live Without
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Third Eye Blind “Motorcycle Drive By”
This track is hidden deep on the band’s first CD, but is one of the favorites on 3eB fans everywhere at live shows. It’s about a boy and a girl and they are friends, but I am pretty sure that he’s secretly in love with her, almost obsessed. Anyway, he sees her one last time in New York and then goes home and dies. I love it because it starts off with just a guy and a guitar and builds into this full band explosion before settling into this calm, peaceful ending.
Brand New “Jesus Christ”
Just a song from an emo band talking to the Messiah. It comes across deeply personal and definitely something that I have always related to as a Christian – that we are undeserving of salvation. From lines like “my bright is too slight to hold back all my dark” to “I’m not scared to die, but I’m a little bit scared of what comes after,” the song is well crafted and is deeply emotional. I saw Brand New last year at the 2009 Voodoo Music Experience and they performed this song live. It was tremendous. This also isn’t the last time that they will make an appearance on this list.
Brand New – Jesus Christ (official video) from Lindsay Thomson on Vimeo.
