I've been in a bit of a strange mood the last couple of days - difficult to describe - I guess melancholy comes closest...a lot of change seems to be ahead in the next few months and maybe thats what is driving it. I usually find articulation of my moods through song lyrics that then I end up listening to on my IPod or humming incessantly - here's a few that have been preying on my mind the last couple of days:
From George Michael's Older - he's one my favorite artists - wish he'd clean up his act
"Strange
Baby
Don't you think I'm looking older
But something good has happened to me
Change
is a stranger
Who never seems to show"
From Linkin Park's In the End - my brother gifted me an mp3 CD with this song that I've come to love
"I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter"
The lyrics refer to a failed relationship but in my mind can refer to anything that you take too seriously at the expense of all other things. I definitely want to get far but hopefully will never be at the point where the deep sense of regret in these lyrics applies to me :)
Thankfully I also have in my IPod's arsenal a set of songs that help me climb out of my melancholy moods - lyrics that I've found always help are from Tim McGraw's Live Like You Were Dying:
I went sky diving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds
On a bull named FuManChu.
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
And gave forgiveness I'd been denying
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dying
Makes you think about how you're living your life huh? :)
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