“Go to college, a university
Get a real job, that's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want”
-Good Charlotte “The Anthem”-
Get a real job, that's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want”
-Good Charlotte “The Anthem”-
Punk music is with no doubts my favorite genre and one that has shaped my life since I can remember. However, those songs that at an early age seemed like deafening music with emotionless lyrics have started to get a meaning for me in the past months. Songs like “All The Small Things” or “Crazy” have stopped being nice tunes and have instead changed to meaningful words that have helped me in difficult times. Nevertheless, the lyrics that have shaped me the most and helped me in this crucial moment in life are those to Good Charlotte’s “The Anthem”. The first time I heard the song it seemed to me as if it were just a bunch of words crammed together, but then I heard it after having a college counseling session and the lyrics came to life. I have never been someone that has moved with the current, I have always had my beliefs firm and secure and have rarely been influenced by others to do, things I don’t feel correct. Nonetheless, I had never even questioned the thought about why university? In the society we live in, it is expected for every child to graduate school, be like robots, go to university and focus on getting a job that will bring home a good salary. For that reason, lots of kids are left in depression and hate their adult lives because they are not truly happy with that they are doing.
If you read my post last week you will sense what I am feeling between my dream job and my reality. It is there that the lyrics above have truly made me realize who I am and what I want. By no means am I saying that I don’t want to go to university or be a rebel that wants to go against my parents. On the contrary, they have made me realize that I need to follow my dreams and actually thrive to achieve them. They have made me realize, that I shouldn’t do things just because others tell me to do it, but instead do them because I truly want to. “But I could never live the way they want”, that phrase describes me perfectly and what I feel in this moment of my life. My mom wants a university for me while I don’t know if that is the one I want. As the songs say “But I could never…” I am completely different to my family and I still think they haven’t come to terms with that after 17 years. They refuse to understand that I don’t want to do everything like they do, but I want my own life. That is where the song has truly helped me and made me realize that it’s okay to question the norms and break against them.
If you read my post last week you will sense what I am feeling between my dream job and my reality. It is there that the lyrics above have truly made me realize who I am and what I want. By no means am I saying that I don’t want to go to university or be a rebel that wants to go against my parents. On the contrary, they have made me realize that I need to follow my dreams and actually thrive to achieve them. They have made me realize, that I shouldn’t do things just because others tell me to do it, but instead do them because I truly want to. “But I could never live the way they want”, that phrase describes me perfectly and what I feel in this moment of my life. My mom wants a university for me while I don’t know if that is the one I want. As the songs say “But I could never…” I am completely different to my family and I still think they haven’t come to terms with that after 17 years. They refuse to understand that I don’t want to do everything like they do, but I want my own life. That is where the song has truly helped me and made me realize that it’s okay to question the norms and break against them.
“Do you really wanna be like them
Do you really wanna be another trend
Do you wanna be part of their drill”
Do you really wanna be another trend
Do you wanna be part of their drill”