The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

The absolute best musical genre of the mid-late 90's was Alternative. I loved this song when I was 10, I love it now, even moreso that I actually understand the lyrics.

Third Eye Blind's Semi-Charmed Life has the same effect; loved it then, even more brilliant now that I understand and have lived the words. How I even sang these words at age 10 I don't know, but this song carried me away, perhaps as a prelude of what would come of my later youth.

The sky it was gold, it was rose
I was taking sips of it to my nose
And I wish I could get back there
Some place back there...

And then I bumped up
I took the hit that I was given
Then I bumped again
And then I bumped again...

The beach gives a feeling
An earthy feeling
I believe in the faith that grows...

We tripped
On the urge to feel alive.

She's got her jaws now locked down in a smile
But nothing is all right
All right...

So innocent I was when I first sang those words, so lost I was while living those words years later, and so free I feel looking back, reflecting on times passed that I've survived and have lived to tell about them.

Music makes me most nostalgic.