![]() Oh yeah, the music is simply terrific too. He knows it won't work though, which is why overall I see this song as a warning: don't live life by the book, waiting for it to get better. The rest of the song is focused on whether he can look forward and how, desperately crying out for this to work through a supernatural medium, showing just how badly he wants to overcome this existential fear. That was my breakdown of the first verse. I think every kid experiences something like this, but that feeling of "if time just passes my life will get better and eventually I'll be fine" particularly resonates within me because I am particularly passive. The thought of a good life, however, a healthy relationship, a good job, and a source of pride for my parents, was a happy dream that seemed to coincide with my straight and narrow lifestyle, as that's what I believed was best. I take the first two lines, "I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line / I used to think that everything was fine," personal because I was the kid in school who thought "as long as I get decent grades and don't do drugs my life will be fine." However, this often precluded me from experiencing life openly, having fun, and being OK with my mistakes. Oh, there's so many things I need to knowĪs a young adult, 21 years old, living through a lot of isolation with quarantine and familial issues, this song and the lyrics hold a special place for me, the first verse especially. Perhaps I'll get a chance to look ahead and see I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me Sometimes I'd like to sit and gaze for days through sleepless dreams I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line
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