Col and I saw one of her favorite bands, Phish, a few times together but I don't recall if we ever saw them play 'Backwards Down the Number Line' together. I had the chance to see Phish last month where they played it. It isn't a rarity for them to play or anything, and I can't say for sure if she loved the song like I do but the lyrics (below) and song hit home particularly that night, this day, her birthday, and many others. During the frenzied, ending jam, I can just see her dancing like a maniac with a huge smile and "eyes wide open
Somewhere in between the past and future".
I miss and love you, Col.
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https://spotify.link/hof04o2dsCb)
Happy happy oh my friend
Blow out candles once again
Leave the presents all inside
Take my hand and let's take a ride
Backwards down the number line
You were eight and I was nine
Do you know what happened then
Do you know why we're still friends
Laughing all these many years
We've pushed through hardships tasted tears
We made a promise one to keep
I can still recite it in my sleep
Every time a birthday comes
Call your friend and sing a song
Or whisper it in to his ears
Or write it down just don't miss a year
You decide what it contains
How long it goes
But this remains
The only rule is it begins
Happy happy oh my friend
All my friends
Come backwards down the number line
And when I see you coming down the line
With eyes wide open
Somewhere in between the past and future
Where you drift in time
And you can see a different point of view