“They don’t even know what it is to be a fan. Y’know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts.” - Almost Famous
It was 2004 on the floor of my best friends bedroom when I heard a song so moving that it brought me to tears. I had never cried to a song before. But that simple moment changed my life. The music that that echoed through that room would translate into my life for the next 7 years. Now on this very night, I feel lost just as I had in 2004, seconds before that song touched my ears. You see, Augustana is more than music, and more than words, and more than a band. They are a feeling. And better yet, they are a feeling that is all my own. I cannot explain to you what it means, or how it works. But it deals with a love and passion that is so deep, it hurts. And tonight knowing that I can never stand in a dark crowded room, with their music filling my body, I am at a loss. I never knew how much this would hurt, and I never knew how much I could love some piece of music.
