Music is Everything

My playlist.  Oh, my playlist.  It became my best friend when I was, "running" --- (insert Forrest Gump accent here.)

I had a variety of music on there.  Classics, Upbeat, and Fun.  So good that at one point during one of the races, apparently I was jamming.  A guy came up beside me, hearing my jams, and says, "That's some good music."  He was referring to "Welcome to the Jungle," by Guns and Roses.

My music ranged from Muse to Guns and Roses.  A little Nikki Minaj thrown into the mix.  Foo Fighters.  Oleander--Love them.  And even, Britney.  Yes, Britney knows how to make some good running music.  I'd be lying if "Eye of the Tiger," wasn't on my list.  And what would be a running mix without "Don't Stop Believing?"

There were two songs in which the lyrics really "got me."   I will admit that I tear up when I hear them even now.

I can't take this anymore

And I'm almost pretty sure

I've been here before

I can't take this any longer

I won't heal until I'm stronger

Strong enough to not be afraid

Of what anybody thinks

Of what anybody says

About the way

About the way I am

So I'll wait until the day

When those feelings fade away

Then I'll make my break

Everybody and everything I've known
Never taught me how to stand up on my own
Had to learn it from the one who let me go
Now I walk alone
Yeah I walk alone, yeah
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk, oh yeah

It makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever.   But, when you're crazy, on the road alone, you can relate.  I went into this with so much fear, it was crazy.  So, for me, I turned this song into it's own meaning.

Another song was Everlong, by the Foo Fighters.  

Hello
I've waited here for you
Everlong
Tonight
I throw myself into
And out of the red
Out of her head she sang

Come down
And waste away with me
Down with me
Slow how
You wanted it to be
I'm over my head
Out of her head she sang

And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You gotta promise not to stop when I say when she sang

Apparently, Dave Grohl wrote this song about a divorce, but for me, it was totally about the experience of the Dopey.  I think I was delirious, I really do.