Confetti for the Gathering

I fell in love with the band The Maine the summer before college, #summer08. Their album Can't Stop Won't Stop was the staple CD in my car and still lives in my glovebox to this day. 

They released their latest album American Candy last spring and was easily one of the most played playlists on my Spotify. One of the tracks I really grew to love was Am I Pretty. Your feet immediately start moving after the first cord, the words are catchy and easy to sing along to, especially with the windows down. 

This morning the video for the track was released and I now love The Maine more than ever. 

I had heard the lead singer talk about the meaning behind the track 24 Floors and depression but I never realized the meaning behind the words of Am I Pretty until five seconds into the video this morning. It's absolutely beautiful. I think John's quote introducing the video sums it up perfectly:

"You are beautiful because your eyes are different sizes and your lisp gets in between your tongue and teeth every time you try to say "something". You are beautiful because the scar under your chin looks like a spider and because you have a massive fear of heights. You are beautiful because there never has been, nor will there every be anyone else on this Earth like you. Because your flaws are like fingerprints and should be embraced just like the free will that resides inside. You are not beautiful because of the symmetry in the little squares on your telephone, you are beautiful because "you" are the only "you" this place will ever know."

-John C. O'Callaghan V.

There's beauty and grace in the flaws of your face