As I drove to work this cold morning on autopilot it dawned on me that I am over, done, old, tired, used, irrelevant, unimpressed, and bored.
I watched idiots speeding like lunatics, weaving in and out of lanes while paying attention to no one as though the place they are rushing too was going to vanish RIGHT NOW!! As asshat in a silver car next to me was banging the lines on both sides while vaping God knows what, texting and drinking something from a battered cup and a supersmart guy wearing a hoodie and a mask was walking in 32-degree weather on the highway instead of on the shoulder and I wondered if he wanted to get hit or was he just stupid.
Crowded House came on the radio and transported my mind to a place where there was this stuff call fun, way before life bitch slapped me into the reality of being an adult. Yes, I visited those dreaded glory days.
Crowded House took me back to 1985 where I enjoyed the hell out of high school, had an awesome circle of friends, and a great sense of fun and exploration, someone else paid the bills, and all I had to do was study, clean my room and have fun. It was a time of laughter, social drama, crying over Kelly, Jody, Gene or Houston, hanging at the mall, drinking MadDog or Boone’s at the lake, trips to the beach, awesome movies and never enough money.
There were always bodies on the floor of my room lol my friends were there EVERYDAY, no one was connected to electronics, and we went everywhere in a yellow Buick driven by my friend, Amy. We screamed, laughed, complained, cried and laughed some more. We always had something to do even when there was nothing to do. Yes, just like in the movies. Do people still laugh anymore?
We had freedom, no money, but the freedom to go, do, and enjoy and we didn’t bother comparing to what everyone was doing. We drove to school together, screamed in the halls during every period, congregated at lunch, spent far too much time in the band room, and ran to the parking lot when that last bell rang. Back then, we were the weird ones that everyone was pointing at, and now I wonder were they jealous, angry, or just laughing at weirdos?
Does this song take you anywhere or is it just mine?
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