Bring Me Home "Time to Reflect"

Hey I'm back! I missed last week. Sorry! But this week I'm gonna bring it all back home. That actually makes me think more about Bob Dylan, than the topic at hand, but hey, all good stuff.

Bring Me Home

So this track is one I wrote while going through some weirdness. I was trying to decide wether or not I wanted to stay in what was my then current living situation in Logan. At the other end was the opportunity to leave the state and work as a salesman. I couldn't decide!! I remember sitting in the living room of the our former Alpine home on 191 W Center St. and writing the first lyrics. "I'm growin fast, like a seed in the soil of a brand new spring sunshine." The idea of starting something completely new meshed so well with the changing season, and my current situation. This came out in that lyric.

This was one of the last tracks to be written for the album. I had spent tons of time with some of the finest musicians I know, and thereby felt very inspired by their music. You see, at the time, 3 of us were all working on each others albums. The Yaks (fellows from Deadtooth), Matt Weidauer (from Mr. India), and mine. I asked Matt to do the drum work, cause well, he plays the meanest folk drums. I'm always amazed as I listen back on this song, at how talented Matt is, and how well those drums work for this song. This song has always been so inspiring to me, and reminded me to chase the wind from time to time. 

The decision was made, sales job it was, and to Boston I went. I did so bad. I felt I had left behind so much. I felt like I was dying on those hard streets, listening to the sound of gunshots, while I felt everyone was flourishing in the beautiful farms of Utah listening to the wind in the trees. 

 After a while of doing my best to stay true to what I had decided to do, my manager suggest I go home and enjoy the rest of my summer. He commended me on my efforts, but even he could see the light come to my face upon realizing I would soon be going home.

Home is a wonderful concept, and it is something we all seek to have. 

My dear brother and his wife were there with me, and had bought me a giant birthday cake, knowing that I would be away from home during my birthday. As fate would have it, I ended up getting a flight that would get me home a few days before my birthday. But I WAS so touched as we shared giant chocolate cake anyway, and celebrated my going home :) I couldn't have been more happy and relieved to be going home.

This song took new meaning for me as I served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A lot of the same feelings and experiences, only multiplied by 100. Haha I reflect often on these experiences, and am SO glad that I am home. Also, I look forward to my next venture. I know it will be amazing. I will come to appreciate home all the more. I know that if I leave, there will always be loved ones here to "Bring Me Home"

-Willy Sunshine