As I listened to them play a couple songs, I was struck by one - Paradise. It tells us of a girl who thought she could do anything and be anyone, that the world was hers for the taking - except that she soon realizes that life doesn't often work that way where we get everything we want. Sometimes we have to accept the simple fact that 'life goes on, it gets so heavy...every tear a waterfall'. But, we can change how we feel and react to that, just by managing day to day, one step at a time. A life in flux is better than a static fantasy.
This gave way to another groundbreaking thought (for me, at least): I don't think people ever escape from our problems. We have good days and bad days, some better than others, but the best we can do is manage them and hope that tomorrow is a brighter day and another chance to be happy.
As I walked to work today, I was listening on my iPod to this song, and started to smile. It's so easy for us to get lost in the everyday shuffle of things, and we need to take a moment to simply think in the present, in the now, and appreciate that this very second is awesome. I smiled at others passing by, I sang some lyrics out loud without caring if I looked a fool, I gazed at the sky and thought wow it's so pretty, I breathed fresh wintry air and filled my lungs anew, my walk turned into a tiny dance, and I closed my eyes and thought, how lucky are we. Life is beautiful, in this moment, in this now, and I appreciate it and am so thankful that I'm living it. And that, my readers, is simply enough. :)
PaRaDiSe
" When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
and the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly
and dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh
lalalalalalalalalalala
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh..."
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
and the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly
and dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh
lalalalalalalalalalala
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh..."
