"Swim" by Jack's Mannequin

I'm a sucker for inspirational lyrics put to catchy music. The background to this song is inspiring. Jack's Mannequin's principle member, singer, songwriter, etc... is a guy named Andrew McMahon.

Three months before the release of the band's first album, McMahon was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was consequently forced to cancel an upcoming summer tour to fight the illness. Three months later, he received a bone marrow transplant from his sister which lead to a full recovery.

This week's song, Swim, is the track on JM's newest album, The Glass Passenger. The song's lyrics depict his struggle with Leukemia and how he found the strength to overcome the illness and push forward in spite of it. Pretty amazing stuff!

Check out the lyrics here, http://www.lyricsyoulove.com/j/jacks_mannequin/swim/

And listen to the song on youtube or be a spender and download it from iTunes. It's well worth your time and 99 cents!

Let me know if you like it!

New Track Tuesday

In an attempt to share some music with my friends and family who take time to read my blog, Taylor Howe is giving back!

Those who know me know that I have a passion for music. One of the most powerful lessons I learned as a missionary in Brazil is the power (both positive and negative) music has on us as individuals, particularly through lyrics.

Now I dig on music from various genres and I'm always looking for new music to get into. With that being said, I want to share a little music with you. Each Tuesday I will write about a new song that I'm into and include the lyrics. I need to find some type of widget to post an MP3 of the songs (anyone know of anything?) but until then if you want to hear the song of any given week, try youtube.com and you'll likely find it there

I hope you like the songs!