Man I love this song and it came at the right moment in my life.
So much of life is built on myths. We build our lives based on what we are told is "Truth". In reality they are merely truths with a small 't'. But as people we need myths. We need myths to define our existence, to define why we chose to turn right instead of left, or to understand why we are who we are. People ultimately come to embrace myths in order to survive.
Now for me personally, I need to see the truth to my own myths. At this moment, I am questioning the notion of choosing my career path of pursuing a Ph.D. I've come to find that maybe this path I chose for myself is all a myth. All the glorious anecdotes describing "living the life of the mind" is just nothing more than a myth. Why? Many of my friends who only graduated with a BAs are living fruitful lives that are not consumed with stress, with insecurities, fears for future employment, politics that rival the Roman Empire, and anything else that comes the academy. Unlike me, they don't feel guilty on the weekends for sleeping in, but instead are able to spend time for themselves and their family -- which I have put off to follow this myth. Thus, the song has helped me to see the road I'm on: It is the one that slides down my cheek as I write.
Btw, I love the lyric, "help me to name it." The only way we are able to make sense of the myth is through the people we trust, love, and/or respect. These people are able to help us to name the "myth," to name the choices we made so that we may be able to see it more clearer or let it fade away into the ether it spawned from.
Man I love this song and it came at the right moment in my life.
So much of life is built on myths. We build our lives based on what we are told is "Truth". In reality they are merely truths with a small 't'. But as people we need myths. We need myths to define our existence, to define why we chose to turn right instead of left, or to understand why we are who we are. People ultimately come to embrace myths in order to survive.
Now for me personally, I need to see the truth to my own myths. At this moment, I am questioning the notion of choosing my career path of pursuing a Ph.D. I've come to find that maybe this path I chose for myself is all a myth. All the glorious anecdotes describing "living the life of the mind" is just nothing more than a myth. Why? Many of my friends who only graduated with a BAs are living fruitful lives that are not consumed with stress, with insecurities, fears for future employment, politics that rival the Roman Empire, and anything else that comes the academy. Unlike me, they don't feel guilty on the weekends for sleeping in, but instead are able to spend time for themselves and their family -- which I have put off to follow this myth. Thus, the song has helped me to see the road I'm on: It is the one that slides down my cheek as I write.
Btw, I love the lyric, "help me to name it." The only way we are able to make sense of the myth is through the people we trust, love, and/or respect. These people are able to help us to name the "myth," to name the choices we made so that we may be able to see it more clearer or let it fade away into the ether it spawned from.
Hell of a song. Thanks Beach House!