Wednesday, April 19, 2006

The Gambler

Name: Melissa

Song that changed your life: Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (listen now) (lyrics)

The story behind it:

I used to listen to it over an over when I was living in my apt on the upper east side, after [my ex boyfriend] attacked me, it was the only thing i could do to calm myself down enough to go to sleep... I would sit up in bed looking at the door terrified that he was going to knock it down. Those were also the days I was doing a lot of drugs. So now when I listen to it, i get this sad feeling inside of how sad i was then, but then so grateful at how far my life has come since those days. Im not joking it still makes me cry when i hear it. Music moves our souls.