Charlie Brown

You know when you hear a particular song, and that song immediately transports to you an exact moment or time in your life? You almost feel as if you are reliving that very moment all over again. That's exactly how I felt the other day when this song, Charlie Brown (by Coldplay), came on during my shuffle of songs on my iPod. I love this song, I think it's one of the bands best, and it makes me happy when I hear it.

This particular song takes me back to last fall, during the last few weeks of my pregnancy. It reminds me of the wee early hours of the morning when we would go to the gym and I trucked away on the elliptical to ease my aches and pains from the pregnancy weight, as it was on my motivating 'gym mix' playlist. I can also picture me driving the highway on my way to work, when it was still dark outside, belting out the lyrics (hoping that Ronan enjoyed his mommy's singing) and happily anticipating the impending birth of my son. Something about this song will forever remind me of that time in my life. It's so strange too, because it's not like this is the only song I listened to while pregnant...but for whatever reason, it's the one that reminds me the most of that time.

Hearing it the other day made me both happy and sad, and I was surprised when my eyes filled with tears. I was sad because that chapter in my life is over and I was so innocent to the rough patch I was going to endure ahead. But, I also felt so happy because it was such an incredible experience and the result of that time is the best possible thing to ever happen to us! It's bittersweet. I just cannot believe how quickly the time has passed. It felt like just yesterday I was pregnant, and now we are just 3 1/2 weeks from Ronan's 6 month photo shoot! Time flies.

Charlie Brown Lyrics (official)

I stole a key
Took a car downtown where the lost boys meet
Took a car downtown and took what they offered me
To set me free
I saw the lights go down at the end of the scene
Saw the lights go down and standing in front of me

Ooh ooh ooh

In my scarecrow dreams
When they smash my heart into smithereens
Be a bright red rose come bursting through concrete
And a cartoon heart
Light a fire a fire a spark
Light a fire a flame in my heart
We'll run wild
We'll be glowing in the dark
Oooh ooh ooh
We'll be glowing in the dark
A-woo-a-wooooo

All the boys, all the girls, all that matters in the world
All the boys, all the girls, all the madness that occurs
All the highs all the lows, as the room a-spinning goes
We'll run riot, we'll be glowing in the dark

Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh
So we'll soar
Luminous and wired
We'll be glowing in the dark


Can you recall of all the songs that remind you of particular moments in your life? It's fun to sit and think of all of them!