I don't know why, but this song reminds me of one of my best friends. He graduated from high school and joined the army straight out, went to Iraq and after three tours, he's finally home. Before he left, he told me how he felt about me, but also told me that he didn't hold me obligated to return his feelings (I do, but I'd been dating someone at the time, and I am still with them). But it just reminds me of the last six or seven years, with him coming and going, and only being here for a few months at a time, and now finally being home and trying to reclaim his old, civilian life. To me the "get out of the desert and into the sun" means it's time for him to pull his mind away from all the crappy stuff he saw over there, and get into the sun and start living his life, but being afraid to because he hasn't done the stuff that some of his friends have done at home, and he didn't get the "normal" college experience the rest of us did. But I told him basically just that, he did something super extraordinary instead, and if he doesn't do the same things now, well so what? He did enough, more than most people do in a lifetime and he should be proud. I think he finally is adjusting and he's starting to realize that if he fails, then whatever, he can do something else too... Anyway, it just reminds me of all the turmoil of him leaving and coming back and... how emotional we all got.
I don't know why, but this song reminds me of one of my best friends. He graduated from high school and joined the army straight out, went to Iraq and after three tours, he's finally home. Before he left, he told me how he felt about me, but also told me that he didn't hold me obligated to return his feelings (I do, but I'd been dating someone at the time, and I am still with them). But it just reminds me of the last six or seven years, with him coming and going, and only being here for a few months at a time, and now finally being home and trying to reclaim his old, civilian life. To me the "get out of the desert and into the sun" means it's time for him to pull his mind away from all the crappy stuff he saw over there, and get into the sun and start living his life, but being afraid to because he hasn't done the stuff that some of his friends have done at home, and he didn't get the "normal" college experience the rest of us did. But I told him basically just that, he did something super extraordinary instead, and if he doesn't do the same things now, well so what? He did enough, more than most people do in a lifetime and he should be proud. I think he finally is adjusting and he's starting to realize that if he fails, then whatever, he can do something else too... Anyway, it just reminds me of all the turmoil of him leaving and coming back and... how emotional we all got.