"a song for someone who needs somewhere to long for..."

so i've been doing pretty well dealing with homesickness since i've been here...it very rarely pops up, but when it does it's always at the most unexpected times...last night we were taking the bus from edinburgh to liverpool...well really it was edinburgh to newcastle to leeds to manchester to liverpool, but that's beside the point...so i was watching the cars fly by (on the wrong side of the road, mind you) and listening to my iPod on random play when "as bad as they seem" by hayden comes on...and instantly this song brought back a flood of memories about "j" - my best friend since highschool...no one specific memory, but an amalgam of afternoons hanging out in my bedroom listening and playing music (ok, j played on my pathetic excuse of an accoustic guitar, i just listened), late night movie watching and uncountable, stupid inside jokes that i can't even remember why they were so funny anymore...i was homesick, not just for j, or for home, but for a time i feel is long past...something that can never be regained...it shocked me how quickly these emotions snuck up on me...by the time the song ended, i had managed to get it undercontrol and quickly wipe away the tears...the next song on random play, "baby i got your money" by o.d.b., helped change the mood as well...god bless iPod random play...
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"a song for someone who needs somewhere to long for
homesick...
cause I no longer know where home is"
-homesick, kings of convenience