The song has quite a deep meaning to me at the moment. I've made a lot of bad decisions, mistakes etc, and they're about to come and bite me in the arse... my life as i know it, is shortly to be over. My career in ruins, my family disowning me, and my freedom revoked for a short period.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about my life, where i'm headed, the mistakes which i made years ago and had put behind me, which now are going to change my life forever.... and i've decided that i know where i need to be, and what i want from life.
I'm going to get any old job when it's all blown over, work every hour god sends, save like my life depends on it, and then buy a van, and a hang glider and lessons. I'm then going to pack the van with my glider and all my climbing gear... and leave.
"I'll travel up the west coast, through villages and towns... "
For me, i'll be travelling around Europe initially, then who knows... travelling from Launch site to climbing site, making friends.. sleeping in my van, camping... if i need to work, ill do anything - cleaning, work in a bar, waiting tables etc...
"i'll be thinking about home, and all that that means"
Who knows where ill end up? Who cares? My life here is almost over, i'll not have much to stay here for anyway...
The jobs i do after it all to save up may not be glamerous, they may not be the definition of 'career success', but ill be building up my dignity.
When i listen to to this song, the crunch of it is thus:
"and i'm thinking about home
and i'm thinking about faith
and i'm thinking about work
and i'm thinking about how good it would be
to be here some day"
I think about all of those things, the dream i have, the freedom of the open road, being able to put my past mistakes and cock ups behind me, to leave those who'll judge behind, and move to pastures new...
And as the song says, i'm thinking about how good it will be to be there one day.
The song has quite a deep meaning to me at the moment. I've made a lot of bad decisions, mistakes etc, and they're about to come and bite me in the arse... my life as i know it, is shortly to be over. My career in ruins, my family disowning me, and my freedom revoked for a short period.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about my life, where i'm headed, the mistakes which i made years ago and had put behind me, which now are going to change my life forever.... and i've decided that i know where i need to be, and what i want from life.
I'm going to get any old job when it's all blown over, work every hour god sends, save like my life depends on it, and then buy a van, and a hang glider and lessons. I'm then going to pack the van with my glider and all my climbing gear... and leave.
"I'll travel up the west coast, through villages and towns... "
For me, i'll be travelling around Europe initially, then who knows... travelling from Launch site to climbing site, making friends.. sleeping in my van, camping... if i need to work, ill do anything - cleaning, work in a bar, waiting tables etc...
"i'll be thinking about home, and all that that means"
Who knows where ill end up? Who cares? My life here is almost over, i'll not have much to stay here for anyway...
The jobs i do after it all to save up may not be glamerous, they may not be the definition of 'career success', but ill be building up my dignity.
When i listen to to this song, the crunch of it is thus:
"and i'm thinking about home and i'm thinking about faith and i'm thinking about work and i'm thinking about how good it would be to be here some day"
I think about all of those things, the dream i have, the freedom of the open road, being able to put my past mistakes and cock ups behind me, to leave those who'll judge behind, and move to pastures new...
And as the song says, i'm thinking about how good it will be to be there one day.