Hey everyone.. Sooooo I discovered a new band today that I'm a bit excited about. It's a band out of Manchester, England called "Elbow"....Yeah, i know. stupid name. dumb.what do you expect; theyre english.... buttttt they're amazingly talented. instrumentally sound and the song writing is way deep. I started watching some of their Youtube videos and came across this one. Its incredibly inspiring (at least to me). And it got me thinking which is primarily why i listen to music all the time. If my life were a movie, it would have a soundtrack. a f*%cking badass soundtrack if i do say so myself. not everyone likes the music i listen to so i sit alone and listen sometimes. helps me clear my thoughts. gather myself. music influences my thoughts and feelings. maybe thats why i listen to such a wide variety of music. it takes alot to match the mood im in. looking at my ipod, im all the way up to 10,631 songs/262 artists/31.1 days worth of music. and amazingly sometimes i cant find anything i want to hear. its like my sub-conscience brain knows theres that one song in there that'll make everything in the world right for about 4 minutes. and theres nothing more frustrating than searching and not being able to physically find it..... But today this song sparked me to think.
I'd like for you to watch the video and read the lyrics before reading my analysis.
Drinking in the morning sun
Blinking in the morning sun
Shaking off the heavy one
Heavy like a loaded gun
What made me behave that way?
Using words I never say
I can only think it must be love
Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day
Someone tell me how I feel
It's silly wrong but vivid right
Oh, kiss me like the final meal
Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight
Cause holy cow, I love your eyes
And only now I see you like
Yeah, lying with me half-awake
Stumbling over what to say
Well, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day
So throw those curtains wide!
One day like this a year'd see me right!
For some reason, that video is awesome. So real. So simple. It's like that feeling you get when you know everything is right for once. If for only a day or for a moment, your happy. you know your gonna be okay. in the case of this song, its meeting someone and knowing essentially they're the one for you. the realization of destiny, if you will....
After getting to this point i starting thinking. Essentially, the person i'm gonna eventually be with is out in the world...like, right now. Reading a book or driving in her car or texting her current boyfriend. I mean, how freaking weird is that to think about. I had NEVER connected the future to the present time like that. I mean think about it. All you people reading this, if you arent married yet, the person you eventually will is doing something right now. They're like an actual person whos been around for prolly about as long as you have. And it makes me wonder do i even know her? does she know me? Is she in another place i'll eventually move to? have i already met her, but just like once? what's she look like? shes prolly someone thats not even "my type". God would do that just to screw with me and laugh; make it harder for me to recognize....It almost makes you want to drop the person your with if you know its not gonna work in the long haul. just temporary. BUT then again, you do have to live in the present time and the future inevitably makes its way to you.....SOOOOOO, idk. i guess you have to be the judge. hears a thought, make the present time more compatible with the future. Is it even possible to make the present mesh with the future more smoothly? or would it even be a waste of time to try since the future is inevitable?...i'm getting too deep here for some people. i know. basically, i guess what i mean to say is, when you look at someone and you feel something for some reason you cant explain, drop what your doing and pursue it. Forget the plans you've made and pursue it. Take that broken record off and put on something new. idk. just a thought i had today......
Your post always make me want to cry.. and make me take a second look at things I've never put any effort into thinking about. This is exactly what I needed to read right now and how I need to start thinking day to day. Thanks for making me feel 402678574 times better about the future :) I love youuu
Anonymous
April 11, 2011 at 10:45 PM
this is your "im gonna be alright" moment. a sigh of relief :) love you too sis
Austin
April 11, 2011 at 10:52 PM
LOVE this! :)
Unknown
April 11, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Austin, I gotta give it to ya, you're an intelligent individual. I never thought I was into blogging, but after reading this one and watching the video, I realized that its the same exact thing I do every day... except I just do it in my bedroom with weeks worth of songs on my phone and a notebook. I have to agree that Elbow is a pretty dumb name, but the lyrical content of this song alone makes up for it... I'm always a fan of genuine MUSIC, not just racket, bc it's the lyrics as well as the rhythms and chords that makes it music. So I guess what I'm sayin is, Well done my friend.
Unknown
April 12, 2011 at 10:18 PM
You did a little too deep for me for a moment, but then I got back on track. I love the way you think. It's like you have a larger than life mentality! You've given me a lot to think about and will probably be still thinking about it from weeks to come! Great job, I love it!
Blair Slagle
April 13, 2011 at 1:00 AM