Fourteen-year-old me had absolutely no idea what she was getting herself into when she said yes to going to a cramped concert on a Friday night with her best friends to see you, but I'm really glad she went. From that day forward, you have had the biggest impact on my life and have been the soundtrack to every good and bad moment I’ve had for the past five years.

Thank you for the soundtrack to the best summer of my life. Nights of bonfires, late night car rides, amusement park trips, drives to and from concerts, beach trips and just laying by the pool would not have been the same without your words playing through my speakers the entire time.

Thank you for bringing me to my best friends. I have made my closest friends at the endless concerts that I would attend to see you. Thank you for giving me people to go to when nothing felt right or when I just needed people to have fun with. I would never have thought that I would be attending college with two girls that I met at one of your concerts, but the bond that we have made happened because of your music, and for that I am eternally grateful.

Thank you for making a crowded venue feel like home. Whether it be ten minutes away or ten hours, I knew that once the lights went down and the first chord was played on that guitar, the people in that room would feel like family and the venue would feel as familiar as my childhood home.

Thank you for not breaking up. The months of silence coming from your Twitter page almost signified the end of one of the best eras of my life. Thank you for putting your heart and soul into this fourth album so that none of us had to say goodbye to the good times.

Thank you for being my constant. As I grow up, many parts of my life have changed for better or for worse. The most comforting part of change was knowing that your music wasn’t going anywhere. I am so lucky to be able to still scream the lyrics to the songs that I loved when I was 15 just as loud at 19. You have taught me that jumping out of my comfort zone is the only way that I’ll grow up. The memories that I have made through your band are ones that I will cherish forever. Thank you for making music. Thank you for coming into my life at the perfect time. Most importantly, thank you for sticking by me all of these years without even knowing it. I will never be able to thank you enough for the impact that you have had, and continue to have on my life.