"There's no point in living if you can't feel alive"- Shirley Manson, The World Is Not Enough
For those sighing in exasperation at the onslaught of a seemingly emo rant- You've been punk'd!
For those now sighing in disappointment, sorry, I'm still here and I'm not planning on checking
out anytime soon.
There are certain lyrics one can identify with; Simple pieces of song can stick with a listener no matter how old the song becomes or how
far away they get from it. You don't have to be a miserable emo-fuck to appreciate the meaning of a song, you just have to listen. I first
heard The World Is Not Enough when I was about 10 or 11 and I have no problem admitting that I wasn't some child prodigy who
understood the deep and philosophical meaning of a few words in a song. But I liked the song nonetheless and kept it on mix tapes (And
later cds, you know, when they became cool) and when I went back and listened to it a few years later it hit me in a very different way.
The line stuck with me, it wasn't some cry-yourself-to-sleep-because-the-world-sucks kinda deal. It was a bit of a motto to live by. An
ideal, if you will. Life isn't worth living if you don't feel like you are living it.
There are plenty of dark ways that one could interpret this lyric, but let's put the razors down a moment and look at it as a 'hurrah' to
Carpe Diem, shall we?
No matter what life throws at someone, it's their life to lead. No matter what their friends think or their parents want, they can't decide
someone else's life. Nor should they be able to, the decision to buy 'this' car, go to 'that' school, or take 'this' job. Those aren't decisions
for someone else to make.
(Sidenote- that does NOT mean every 16 year old in America was just given license to back talk their parents. This is for everyone old
enough to legally buy cigarettes.)
For those facing this problem, I feel your pain. People's expectations are always a drag, and the closer they are to you, the worse their
expectations seem to be, unless you're one of those lucky kids who is supported no matter what, 'so long as you aren't hurting yourself'
of course. For the rest of you, some parting wisdom (and I don't have a lot of it so pay attention):
It's never easy to tell the ones you respect and love 'no', but it's necessary. It may or may not get easier, depending on how you function,
but in the end, you will be a happier person. At least the life you're living will be yours.
There's no point in living if you can't feel alive. []
For those sighing in exasperation at the onslaught of a seemingly emo rant- You've been punk'd!
For those now sighing in disappointment, sorry, I'm still here and I'm not planning on checking
out anytime soon.
There are certain lyrics one can identify with; Simple pieces of song can stick with a listener no matter how old the song becomes or how
far away they get from it. You don't have to be a miserable emo-fuck to appreciate the meaning of a song, you just have to listen. I first
heard The World Is Not Enough when I was about 10 or 11 and I have no problem admitting that I wasn't some child prodigy who
understood the deep and philosophical meaning of a few words in a song. But I liked the song nonetheless and kept it on mix tapes (And
later cds, you know, when they became cool) and when I went back and listened to it a few years later it hit me in a very different way.
The line stuck with me, it wasn't some cry-yourself-to-sleep-because-the-world-sucks kinda deal. It was a bit of a motto to live by. An
ideal, if you will. Life isn't worth living if you don't feel like you are living it.
There are plenty of dark ways that one could interpret this lyric, but let's put the razors down a moment and look at it as a 'hurrah' to
Carpe Diem, shall we?
No matter what life throws at someone, it's their life to lead. No matter what their friends think or their parents want, they can't decide
someone else's life. Nor should they be able to, the decision to buy 'this' car, go to 'that' school, or take 'this' job. Those aren't decisions
for someone else to make.
(Sidenote- that does NOT mean every 16 year old in America was just given license to back talk their parents. This is for everyone old
enough to legally buy cigarettes.)
For those facing this problem, I feel your pain. People's expectations are always a drag, and the closer they are to you, the worse their
expectations seem to be, unless you're one of those lucky kids who is supported no matter what, 'so long as you aren't hurting yourself'
of course. For the rest of you, some parting wisdom (and I don't have a lot of it so pay attention):
It's never easy to tell the ones you respect and love 'no', but it's necessary. It may or may not get easier, depending on how you function,
but in the end, you will be a happier person. At least the life you're living will be yours.
There's no point in living if you can't feel alive. []
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