Such Great Heights by, The Postal Service
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
In our eyes are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate that God himself
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay
True, it may seem like a stretch, but
Its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
Head when you're away when I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road for
Several weeks of shows and when you scan
The radio, I hope this song will guide you home
They will see us waving from such great
Heights, 'come down now,' they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,' but we'll stay...
I tried my best to leave this all on your
Machine but the persistent beat it sounded
Thin upon listening
That frankly will not fly. you will hear
The shrillest highs and lowest lows with
The windows down when this is guiding you home
This song is another one I love by an amazing band called, The Postal Service. This song to me talks a lot about destiny. You have to ask yourself every once in awhile do you believe in fate, do things happen by chance? To some extent we must believe a little. Can you imagine if destiny was something people did not believe in? It would lead to so much over analyzing so much paranoia, and also would take away from some of the fun in life. While I believe many things happen for a reason, I am a firm believer that there are things that are just destine to be and there is no real explanation for them and this is one of the major aspects of life that keeps me, and I feel the rest of us, on our toes. How boring would life be if we could always explain every aspect of our lives? We need a little mystery
The second, and final point I would like to mention about this song is in the second to last verse when it says that everything looks perfect from far away. This verse is one that I think we should all incorporate into our lives. More often than not we all get caught up in the chaos, materialistic aspects, and general hustle and bustle of our everyday lives and never take the time to step away and take a good look at our lives. If we all took the time to step back, take a breather, while we will still have everyday woes, we will be able to appreciate how fortunate we are and realize that, while in the moment things might be stressful, on a whole life is pretty darn good.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Blowin in the Wind....lyrics we should all look at
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
This song was written by the great lyricist Bob Dylan in 1963. I find it very ironic that a song that was written over 40 years agon mirrors so much of what is going on today. This is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs because I feel it raises questions of morality. Bob Dylan is telling us everything our society ignores, and the reprocussions of it. What I like about this song and the way Dyan writes it is that he never tells us the answers the questions but at the same time he does...they are blowing in the wind. The answers are all around us but because we all know that they are around us we all just assume that someone else will take the initiative to stand up to the injustices created by our society and what really happens is that all of this assuming it will be taken care of nothing actually gets done. The answers are all around us, we just need to look at our lives, look at our society, look at the poor education systems, the violence, the corruption, the globalization, the environmental issues, the greed, the unequal distribution of wealth and we need to learn to fight for those who cannot fight, and to live for all those who lived before us. I find it sad that a song relating to the problems of the 60's can be so realated to our society now, it should not be this way, we should be past all this already we should have moved foward as a society, not be at a standstill. We need to stop ignoring and start doing, like the song says "How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesnt see?"
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
This song was written by the great lyricist Bob Dylan in 1963. I find it very ironic that a song that was written over 40 years agon mirrors so much of what is going on today. This is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs because I feel it raises questions of morality. Bob Dylan is telling us everything our society ignores, and the reprocussions of it. What I like about this song and the way Dyan writes it is that he never tells us the answers the questions but at the same time he does...they are blowing in the wind. The answers are all around us but because we all know that they are around us we all just assume that someone else will take the initiative to stand up to the injustices created by our society and what really happens is that all of this assuming it will be taken care of nothing actually gets done. The answers are all around us, we just need to look at our lives, look at our society, look at the poor education systems, the violence, the corruption, the globalization, the environmental issues, the greed, the unequal distribution of wealth and we need to learn to fight for those who cannot fight, and to live for all those who lived before us. I find it sad that a song relating to the problems of the 60's can be so realated to our society now, it should not be this way, we should be past all this already we should have moved foward as a society, not be at a standstill. We need to stop ignoring and start doing, like the song says "How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesnt see?"
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