how sweet the sound...

well tonight marked my first show in nashville. i have missed going to shows so much! the last one was... the rocket summer over a month ago so i have been anxious to go to one. i had purchased my ticket a couple days before i left for tennessee, so i've been excited for tonight for a while now. i ventured over to rocketown after work today, and got lost for about 20 minutes, but found my way there eventually :) it was good that i got lost because i got there over an hour before any of the bands started.
tonight's lineup consisted of as cities burn, the chariot, mewithoutyou and underoath. i was the most excited to see as cities burn (this marks my third time!). they began the night with a prayer, which was nice and i had never seen done before, i don't think... but then i began to move my way into the crowd and moved towards the stage thinking that the chariot was going to start because they had banners everywhere but then the song that started was "wake dead man, wake" and i jumped up as as cities burn played. they never are bad live, sadly they didn't play my favorite song (the last one on the cd) but they did play a good set :) my old roommate would be proud, by the middle of their set i was a couple feet from the front of the stage (normally i avoid large crowds). there was a very different feel to this crowd compared to your average la crowd. they were nice, though in the end people were pushing, stage diving and hardcore dancing... but they did this all in a polite manner of having fun whereas some scene kids in hollywood would go just to push kids... not sure if this makes sense but i felt much more comfortable in the front of this crowd than i have at any other show that i had been to.
anyways, as cities burn finished... (i can't wait until they headline... i just want to see them play a full set!) and the chariot was next. since i wanted to avoid a broken neck or knocked out teeth i left my place in the crowd and purchased the poster from the event which benefitted an organization called "invisible children" which has an awesome cause and i am so glad underoath had it on their heart to work with them.
the chariot was next and they were good. though a little harder than my normal taste in music, they were great at what they did. and the crowd was insane to watch! i now have a huge crush on the lead singer... he's adorable and has a STRONG southern accent :) hehehe. anyways, next was mewithoutyou and i'm not a big mewithoutyou fan, so i just watched.
finally underoath was up. they came out and blew me away. this is my 4th time seeing them and it was one of the better shows i had seen them play. they played some new songs, which were good and then some of the favorites. :)
most of the bands all talked about their faith tonight which is always good to hear and i had heard before from most of them, but tonight i felt was a little different. not sure exactly why, but you could feel the presence of God in the room (well i did) and it was a good reassuring feeling for me personally. it reminded me of why i moved out here in the first place. well underoath closed with spencer talking about his faith as i had seen him done before, but when they played their closing song they finished it and continued to play a metalesque instrumental and then began some more screaming. perhaps it was a new song or maybe it was improv, but regardless you could see who they were singing for and it was beautiful. i guess i really got caught up in it all :)
but the night didn't end there... one of the guys from mewithoutyou came out on stage with an acoustic guitar and the guys from underoath just fell to their knees and everyone in the room sang "amazing grace." no words can describe how amazing it was.
in the end, it was hard for me to be at that show by myself. loneliness comes with new places i guess and i know i will eventually find people who enjoy the same things i do and will maybe go to a show to me once in a while. but when it all ended i realized once again why i moved and knew that all i need is patience and faith and all will be provided :)