“Elizabeth repeat after me, ‘you can’t always get what you want’” my dad joked. My dad always turned up this song on the radio whenever it was on in the car, and joked that it was “my song”. At the time of being only four years old, I didn’t realize how much of an impact this song by The Rolling Stones would have on me.
Growing up, my favorite pastime has always seemed to be listening to music in the car; for me, the lyrics of every song scream out to me when I’m taking in the scenery outside the car window. It’s almost like time gets frozen and all I’m thinking about is the meaning behind every song and how it could relate to my life.
13 years later since I had that moment in the car with my dad, I’m 17 years old, and dealing with the common …show more content…
While driving around the beautiful and peaceful scenery, I had been browsing my ipod. I’m a massive fan of music with a meaning; nothing connects with me more than hearing artists sing about the experiences every other human goes through, but is too scared to talk about. One particular song that screamed out to me was John Mayer’s song “Stop This Train”. I was going through a hard time up until this trip, I was extremely stressed with my personal life mixed with facing advanced courses in school. All I wanted at this point was to quite literally “stop this train”. Sometimes, no matter what age, people go through periods where they just wish they could stop and take a breath; everything is moving so fast and it’s hard to handle everything going on, we just wish we could go back in time to when we were little kids and things were so much more simple. The lyrics explain “turn 68, you’ll renegotiate..don't stop this train, don't for a minute change the place you're in”. I completely stopped and replayed those lyrics. In an instant, I realized maybe he was right. One day when you get older you'll look back and realize everything happens for a reason,
Growing up, my favorite pastime has always seemed to be listening to music in the car; for me, the lyrics of every song scream out to me when I’m taking in the scenery outside the car window. It’s almost like time gets frozen and all I’m thinking about is the meaning behind every song and how it could relate to my life.
13 years later since I had that moment in the car with my dad, I’m 17 years old, and dealing with the common …show more content…
While driving around the beautiful and peaceful scenery, I had been browsing my ipod. I’m a massive fan of music with a meaning; nothing connects with me more than hearing artists sing about the experiences every other human goes through, but is too scared to talk about. One particular song that screamed out to me was John Mayer’s song “Stop This Train”. I was going through a hard time up until this trip, I was extremely stressed with my personal life mixed with facing advanced courses in school. All I wanted at this point was to quite literally “stop this train”. Sometimes, no matter what age, people go through periods where they just wish they could stop and take a breath; everything is moving so fast and it’s hard to handle everything going on, we just wish we could go back in time to when we were little kids and things were so much more simple. The lyrics explain “turn 68, you’ll renegotiate..don't stop this train, don't for a minute change the place you're in”. I completely stopped and replayed those lyrics. In an instant, I realized maybe he was right. One day when you get older you'll look back and realize everything happens for a reason,