"I've been awake for an hour or so
Checking for a pulse but I just don't know
Am I a man when I feel like a ghost?
The stranger in the mirror is wearing my clothes
No, I'm not alright
I know that I'm not right
A steering wheel don't mean you can drive
A warm body don't mean I'm alive
...Feels like I travel but I never arrive
I wanna thrive not just survive"
These lyrics, this song, the message have stirred up a sort of discontent in me. Although it hasn't evoked an emotional response, this is probably the hardest a song has hit me. It been on my mind for quite a while now, constantly surfacing here and there bring along with it an exasperation analogical to a catchy song stuck in my head. Annoying in a sense of incessantly poking at me.
Simply existing and living are on far ends of a spectrum. The essence of the song sums itself in the line, "I wanna thrive not just survive." To not just go through the motions but rather go against the established flow of things: to fight and steer our lives as we desire.
It's a great song with a great message which I completely agree with, but how I'll repsond to it I don't know. Will I live by it or just remain pacified in "death."
Lying there with life dwindling away.
Those lyrics are pretty deep, and to me it seems that people just live to live rather than truly pursue what they aspire for. What kind of genre of music do you prefer, since this seems like a pretty good song?
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