The Fray Concert at Luna Park!

Last night, I went to Sydney with a big group of girls from my dorm. We got into Sydney early and went out for pizza before the show. I got a gluten free pizza...it was soo yummy!! I haven't had pizza forever! Sydney is incredible, they have so many options for me to eat! Almost everywhere I go, there is something I can order! It is so nice to have the flexibility to go places with my friends!! Then we walked to the train station and took it to Milson's Point. At the Milson's Point stop, we got off and walked to the entrance of Luna Park. We hung out in this little park that overlooked the Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. The view at night, with all the city lights was amazing! I took lots of pictures, but as usual, they will never do this place any justice. You must see it in person. I wish my family could come visit, they would absolutely love it here! I've been missing them a lot lately!
When the gate opened, we walked down and entered the venue. It was a really small show, only a few thousand people were there. We were able to make our way up through the crowd and we were right in the front in the center of stage. I was right next to the gate in front of the stage. It was probably one of the best concerts I have ever been to. There were three bands and The Fray was the last to perform. When they came on stage, everyone went crazy! I was singing and screaming the entire time, we even had a few crying moments. Isn't it funny how powerful music is? How it is capable of changing your mood, changing your mind....always making you think of someone, something? Brings back memories...helps create new ones. You can tie a songs to single moments in time...
The music was really intense and before every song the lead singer would tell a little story or something about his life that led him to write the song. He had so much passion and emotion, it was spreading over the whole crowd. He sang a song called Happiness (my favorite) and he talked about finding happiness and his journey to becoming himself. He talked about hardships and peer pressure and loneliness. Sometimes it can be a lonely road to success and independence and you're own personal happiness. It spoke so loudly to me and his performance of the song blew me away. He sang acapella and the entire crowd was silent, listening to his story. I can't put the experience into words. We arrived back in Wollongong at 3am in the pouring rain. It was the perfect night.

Happiness:
Happiness is just outside my window
Would it crash blowing 80-miles an hour?
Or is happiness a little more like knocking
On your door, and you just let it in?

Happiness feels a lot like sorrow
Let it be, you can't make it come or go
But you are gone- not for good but for now
Gone for now feels a lot like gone for good

Happiness is a firecracker sitting on my headboard
Happiness was never mine to hold
Careful child, light the fuse and get away
‘Cause happiness throws a shower of sparks

Happiness damn near destroys you
Breaks your faith to pieces on the floor
So you tell yourself, that's enough for now
Happiness has a violent roar

Happiness is like the old man told me
Look for it, but you'll never find it all
Let it go, live your life and leave it
Then one day, wake up and she'll be home
Home, home, home