Life's Waiting to Begin

I'm a huge fan of lyrics when it comes to music.  To a lot of people, if it sounds good, it's good music.  I, however, being a writer, beg to differ.  I'm a musician as well, so I identify with both parts of a song.  BUT, you can take an ordinary, average song and turn it into something that can move your inner being to a whole different level by adding some meaningful, sincere, deep, full of life lyrics.  That being said, I love to just go look up my favorite bands and go through their lyrics.  So I'm doing that, right, and I'm reading lyrics by Angels and Airwaves, simply because I think Tom Delonge is a lyrical genius.  He captures thoughts and feelings by painting pictures with words that Van Gogh himself might struggle to paint.

So I'm reading some lyrics from their first album, and I come across the very first song I ever heard by them, "The Adventure."  There a lot of expressions and one-liners that I love in this song.  So, I started reading it a little deeper and it's not just a few lines that I love in this song, it's the whole thing and how they're all put together.  So, I'm going to post the whole song.  Feel free to read it, or if you want, just skip down to the bottom and I'll talk about what really speaks to me.

The Adventure
By: Angels and Airwaves

I wanna have the same last dream again,
the one where I wake up and I'm alive.
Just as the four walls close me within,
my eyes are opened up with pure sunlight.
I'm the first to know,
my dearest friends,
even if your hope has burned with time,
anything that's dead shall be re-grown,
and your vicious pain, your warning sign,
you will be fine.

Hey, oh, here I am,
and here we go, life's waiting to begin.

Any type of love - it will be shown,
like every single tree reach for the sky.
If you're gonna fall,
I'll let you know,
that I will pick you up
like you for I,
I felt this thing,
I can't replace.
Where everyone was working for this goal.
Where all the children left without a trace,
only to come back, as pure as gold,
To recite this all.

Hey, oh, here I am,
and here we go, life's waiting to begin.
Tonight,
hey, oh, here I am,
and here we go, life's waiting to begin.
Tonight,
hey, oh, here I am,
and here we go, life's waiting to begin.

I cannot live, I can't breathe
unless you do this with me
I cannot live, I can't breathe
unless you do this with me
I cannot live, I can't breathe
unless you do this with me
I cannot live, I can't breathe
unless you do this with me
I cannot live, I can't breathe
unless you do this with me
I cannot live, I can't breathe
unless you do this with me

Hey, oh, here I am (do this with me),
and here we go, life's waiting to begin (do this with me).
Hey, oh, here I am (do this with me).
And here we go, life's waiting to begin,
life's waiting to begin

I love the first line of this song.  "I wanna have the same last dream again, the one where I wake up and I'm alive."  To me, if I'm the one singing this, it means that I'm living a life that is dead, maybe a life without purpose, and I've lost all point of living...I've lost my DREAM.  This was the main thing that I wanted to talk about in this blog.  Losing your dream...it's so easy to do.  You can get so caught up in the preparation and what not of trying to get to your dream that you lose your actual vision and and lose the essential foundation that was once your actual dream.  Don't get caught up in the legalism and qualifications that require you to get your dream.

Next, I love the chorus.  "Hey, oh, here I am, and here we go, life's waiting to begin."  To me, this means you're afraid to take the next step.  Life's waiting to begin, so what are you waiting for?  This can be looked at in many aspects.  God's there.  He's ready.  He's waiting for you.  All you have to do is grab His hand, jump into His arms, and let REAL life begin.  This can be looked at in other areas, but you'll have to ask me about that if you really wanna know :-).

Anyways, I say all this to say, lately I've felt like I've been on the outside looking in, as if I can't even effect my OWN life...Don't be apathetic and, as someone I love very dearly has said to me, don't let life happen to you...you should be happening to life.  God Bless.

Zachary S. Low