Carved Across My Chest, Loyalty

In the breaking hours of of the day today I received a call from my buddy Andre. Dispite everything that happened to us in our past we are still able to push that aside and continue our friendship after all these years. So after a close to three hour conversation I was inspired to write this blog. The subject of friendships has been lingering in the back of my head for quite some time now and through Andre, I was able to come to the realization that I needed to in order to put this blog out there. So I bring you "At The End of August" by 36 Crazy Fists. All I could find was this live video and this was the best one at that. It's pretty good though since it does a good job of portraying their intensity.




Artist: 36 Crazy Fists
Song: "At The End of August"

Lyrics: "At The End Of August"

Crawling from the floor
I been there before
There I was staring back at the bottom
And let's make this clear
It came from these tears
Carved across our chests
Loyalty...

And with the new light there was young hope
To underline the meaning
And carve our names in

At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of

I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?

So I lit lanterns to
Light up all these words
Looking back I know it's what I'd die for
And through all this life
Smashed away all the strife
A friendship I paint
Untouchable

And with the new light there was young hope
To underline the meaning
And carve our names in

At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of

I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?

Crawling from the floor
I been there before
And let's make this clear
Loyalty

And I want you to know
How all of you made me
How all of you saved me
And I'll never replace
The ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?

At the end of August
The end of
At the end of August
The end of

I'll never replace the ones I first made
Jesus, does anyone?

Crawling from the floor
I been there before
There I was staring back at the bottom

And let's make this clear
It came from these tears
Carved across our chests
Loyalty

Loyalty, loyal


Now the thing that has been floating around my head is how no matter what happens, I don't think I could ever hate someone to the point where if they needed help I wouldn't be there for them. Now all of us have had our civil disputes with some friends at some point in our lives. Even the best of friends fall apart and don't talk for days and even years. For me though, I don't think I'll ever be able to just write them off completely. If I was driving down the road and saw someone that I really don't like broken down and helpless, I don't think I could just let them be. If I saw Esai getting beat up, I would probably jump in and help him. When I wasn't friends with Carlos for that time period, I always told myself I wouldn't fight him and if he got into some trouble I would help him despite what happened between us.

So even if you and your friend(s) have some beef, don't be afraid to let them back in. Squash it and get on with your lives. If you've ever had a close connection with anyone I find it hard to just throw that away forever. I can't imagine it. I think that once you've let someone in that deep, you'll always have that connection to save your friendship later in life.