I am a 23-year old physics graduate of Bethel University in Minnesota. The first day of freshman year, my friend Elizabeth gave me the nickname "Thor." It caught on, and many people to this day still refer to me as Thor, even some of my former professors. Some people hate nicknames, I chose to embrace it. Ever since I can remember, I've had an undying love and passion for music, and this blog is where I go to talk about it. I play guitar and sing in the band Filed under: Music, Songs That Make You Think | Tags: closedeyesopenhands, emery, music, songsthatmakeyouthink
Today was a dark day…
The news broke that GM is filing for bankruptcy. It’s amazing to see a company so large and powerful fall so fast and hard. If American titans can fall that easy, what’s that to say about the country? It really makes you think. All I’ve ever owned is GM (2 Buicks and a Chevy) and I’ve always loved the cars, its just sad that they’ll never be the same. I wonder how much farther this recession will go and how far we’ll fall as a country and when things will turn around…
All this thinking brings me to another Emery song I just (fittingly) heard for the first time today. It’s the bonus track from …In Shallow Seas We Sail and it touches on matters much like these. Here are the lyrics…
We can make believe we’re happy and free,
It’s automatic when the money is in our hands.
People always try to look beyond their own lies, but
I know that it won’t last, pride comes before our fellow man…
It’s a perfect day for us to make a change,
forget about the watered down mistakes that we have made
If there’s a way to clear our tainted names,
Just look ahead and don’t be scared,
We’ve got so many choices to make
Take a look around, just look around
Where is your hope found?
Is it the ones you love, or just your bank account?
We don’t want to be the people we should never be
We’re buying things we just don’t need…
It’s a perfect day for us to make a change,
forget about the watered down mistakes that we have made
If there’s a way to clear our tainted names,
Look ahead and don’t be scared,
We’ve got so many choices to make
Paying for things we don’t need to repress those we don’t know
Indebted to our own accessories
We hide behind our own lives with our fake dreams, it just can’t be
The only thing we have worth living for…
It’s a perfect day for us to make a change,
forget about the watered down mistakes that we have made
Morning breaks into a brand new day
So look ahead and don’t be scared,
We’ve got so many choices to make
It’s time to look ahead. All my life I’ve been dwelling in the past while speaking out against doing just that. I let my experiences as a lonely, friendless child control my relationships today, always needing to be loved and accepted since I was so unanimously rejected back then. I try to not let that happen, realizing that it’s normal for some people to not like or accept me. As a Christian that’s what I have to expect. There are people out there who hate me for what I believe, and that’s fine. I don’t have to explain myself to them or win their favor. They’ll get theirs in time.
So maybe today would be a perfect day to make a change. To start something new. I don’t know what that will be, but at 4:35 am, the day is young.
I think I have minor insomnia… why am I still awake? Anyways, I’m going to try to sleep. Keep looking for that Emery album review in the next few days!
