We were at a party the other day and The Proclaimers’ "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was pumped out by the proficient and enjoyable band of the night. We don’t usually hear ‘500 miles’ played and it propelled us back to our first hearing of it.
It was Ben who introduced it to us. He returned from participating in a team adventure challenge somewhere in the Victorian high country- he must have been in Year 11 at school- singing the song with gusto. He then bought (and played with plenty of volume) ‘Sunshine on Leith’, the CD with ‘500 miles' on it.
Back at the party, a few songs after ‘500 miles’, ‘Viva la Vida’ by Cold Play was played. We were pretty overwhelmed with ‘if onlys’ and ‘surely it didn’t really happens'.
On the way home from the party, Chris said that he had written about the same Proclaimers song on the blog and so I looked it up:
Friday, March 19, 2010
Again
It happened again today. After a few 'quiet' days, that sense of loss and distance came back with tears and a thud. Ben is so far far away... The Proclaimers' song comes back to me "I would walk a thousand miles just to hear your voice again." So I listen to the recorded message from his mobile. Three times.
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