Dear TBS

Dear Taking Back Sunday,

I’d like to say thank you for the rainy afternoons you kept me company. Thank you for being there when no one else was. You made me see it through, when it seemed impossible to. I can’t imagine what I would’ve done without New American Classic, Your Own Disaster, …Slowdance on the Inside, and Great Romances of the 20th Century. And when I just wanted to let go and find some sort of release, you were there for me with MakeDamnSure, A Decade Under the Influence, You’re So Last Summer, and god knows how much else. The last two years have been great, and the coming years will be better.

All my love,
Lexi 

Submitted by: sunsetsandswingsets

Dear Adam, John, Shaun, Eddie, Mark, Matt, Matt, Fred, Steven, Antonio, and Jesse,

Thank you for explaining my feelings to myself. I am forever greatful you formed. Even thank you to the members of Taking Back Sunday that are no longer with them, because you all still touched my heart in a very signifigant way. Please help me through the hard times again. Help me remember the times that I want to never forget and the people that I have met.

Love,

A fan for 5 years and counting

Submitted by: pre-mature

Dear TBS Fans,

I just started this blog last night and I’ve already gotten so many beautiful, heartwarming submissions! It makes me so happy to read all these letters and think about how much love there is out there for TBS. And they sure as hell deserve it. So keep ‘em coming! And-as always-tell all your friends!

Dear Taking Back Sunday,

I first heard your music from the Spiderman 2 soundtrack, when I was twelve. At this point I was beginning to feel different from the rest of my peers and family, and This Photograph Was Proof was so different from anything they listened to- so I found similarity in difference. Miami and Up Against [Blackout] helped me rant through my awkward teenage years, and get my anger out whenever I fought with my mother for my religious freedom. I’d slam one of your CDs into my player and pace in circles in my room, singing away all of my frustration. Everything Must Go helped me deal with a summer of loneliness when my best friend moved away. When I had my first real heartbreak, I listened to Your Own Disaster for a month. And when I found out that I have social anxiety and OCD-  Faith [When I Let You down] and New American Classic were the first two songs I listened to. For being such a different person, your music made me feel the same. Included. So thank you for everything. <3

Submitted by: halliness

Dear TBS,

I don’t know where to begin, but I do know it will last forever. 

Thanks for the past great 9 years,

Gloria. 

Submitted by: prescriptionpillstodiamondrings

Dear TBS

Sunday… Thanks for taking it back <3

-Jeremy Lee

Submitted by: jeremy-lee

Dear Taking Back Sunday

Thank you for opening my ears and eyes so that i could write my own music and express myself in that manner. Without you guys I wouldn’t be playing shows, singing and performing original music. Here in the Philippines its really hard to breakthrough the music scene. Yet we strive to give the best we can hoping we could be as successful as you guys had been. Your music was my friend when I was heartbroken, happy, or just plain bored. Please continue making more amazing music despite all the challenges the world of music has to offer. Oh and thanks for answering formspring questions! we got to know you guys a little bit more because of those.. thanks! - erwin of with empty eyes

Dear TBS:

Thanks for being there through all the good and bad times. For the countless times I put on your music and sang my heart out to forget the world. Thanks for all the amazing shows I was lucky enough to attend. It felt like I was in another world where nothing else but your music mattered. Most of all- thanks for being really amazing people as well as musicians.

Love,

Chelsey

Submitted by: ohyouresotough

Dear Adam,

At your last show in Detroit, I was the really short red head, front row, belting everything out and taking a shit load of pictures. A couple times, you sat on stage directly in front of me, looked me dead in the eye, responded to all my silly fan girl gestures and facial expressions, and I felt like we were singing to each other.

Believe me, I know you probably don’t remember and that it really didn’t mean anything to you, besides having a chance to interact with a fan, but I swear it was the best moment of my life and I simply can’t express how much it meant to me.

I love you.

Love,

Ashley.

Submitted by: xfagan

Dear Taking Back Sunday,

Thank you for everything you’ve done for me the past 8 years, for sticking by me when other people came and went, and for giving me the music that I connected with when I felt so disconnected from everything else.  Thank you for reeling me in when my life was falling apart at the seams.

Love,

Alicia

Submitted by: hidingfromoursins