Blogocentric Formulations

The Longest Night

Over the holiday weekend, my wife and I got sucked into The Vampire Diaries, where I first heard this song. It's a great show, too. I have to admit that I stayed away from it because I thought it was going to be just another vampire property and I'm sick of the whole Twilight phenomenon with brooding teens running around crushing on vampires. But this show surprised me. It's from Kevin Williamson of Scream and Dawson's Creek fame, so I should have really given him the benefit of the doubt... it's a surprisingly engrossing show with some really, really great characters and excellent writing. I definitely recommend it.

Anyway, here's the song that's been stuck in my head all day:

THE LONGEST NIGHT
by Howie Day

Is it dark, where you are?
Can you count the stars where you are?
Do you feel like you are a thousand miles from home?

Are you lost, where you are?
Can you find your way when you're so far?
Do you fear, where you are?
A thousand nights alone

So here we are set into motion
We'll steal a car and crash in the ocean
You and I, caught in a fading light
On the longest night

It's enough, just to find love
It's the only thing to be sure of
So hard, to let go of
A thousand times or more
I was close to a fault line
Heaven knows, you showed up in time
Was it real?
Now I feel, like I'm never coming down

So here we are, set into motion
Steal a car, crash in the ocean
You and I, caught in a fading light
On the longest night

I recall when we were together
Even now it seems like forever
So alive caught in a fading light
On the longest night

Can we go too far to find, what is waiting here?
A little fall from grace
On the longest night

Did we go too far to find, what is waiting here?
We'll take a little time, to open up again

Is it dark where you are?
Can you count the stars where you are?