{ a promise }

I made a promise to my good friend nathan once...

back in the day when we lived on an island,

ate pineapple

and always had the ocean in view...

that I would write him a song.

It's been 10+ years but a promise is a promise

so it's about time he gets his song.

nathan, remember that time that you and mounce

called me from maui and you were listening to my song?

that might have been the one of the greatest days ever

because I thought you hated each other

and I was so happy that you were friends

and because you liked my sappy songs.

well, this one's not perfect, but few things are.

I usually would never ever let anyone listen

to anything I've written that I thought

was a bit cheesy or not finished

or that I didn't like for some reason

but I don't care anymore.

maybe I'm tired and need to pack for my trip

and don't want to stay up until 3am

or maybe I really just don't care what people

think anymore and that is a very good thing

so here goes nothing

whatever the case, it's nathan's birthday

I wrote him this song

and he's cool,

even when he uses too many napkins and wastes trees.

{ happy birthday and thanks for never giving up on me }