| She & Him – This Is Not a Test Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I would love to find She & Him talking about what this song means to them. It's my favorite song of theirs because it's about living your life to the fullest no matter where you are because "the summit doesn't differ from the big, dark valley And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink." "For those of you who tried but didn't make it," is referring to people who didn't show up for life in much the same way someone might wimp out for a test. Ah ha, but this is not a test! And I take that analogy further because I don't have faith in an afterlife: You are not going to be graded on your life. There is no one supreme being who will be judging your life, so just experience your life the best you can - feel free to experiment and improvise because it's okay to be wrong a lot in order to discover what's right. But let's say you do show up to what you think is a test, but you're nervous and wasting time on biting you're nails, overthinking what the best thing is to do, berating yourself for not having all the answers. Stop it. This is not a test. A percent of how much you got right in life does not show up on your tombstone. If you try doing better than your best, you don't enjoy the joy children have in drifts of snow. I have to say, though, I'm kinda stuck on what "Winters never quit, but winters never rest," means. |
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