I actually kind of fought against a few lines in the song. "Find
a girl".* No, not worried about that. I went through the "Find a
girl" thing and, blargh, too much drama for my taste.* I'll deal
with it again when I feel like it. "Settle down".* Nope. "You're
still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to
know".* Nope.* I believe you learn most of everything you need
by the time you're four years old.* Most of life is just
roleplaying the scripts we learned when we played before we can
hardly remember them. And your age isn't your fault: it's just
happenstance when you were born. "For you'll still be here
tomorrow, but your dreams may not".* Nope.* My dreams are alive
and well and stronger than ever.* I work towards them daily.
"From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen".* Nope.
Not me.* Talking.* Still talking.* Always talking.* But I listen
because I _want_ to listen.* Not from orders. "I know I have to
go away".* Nope. I'm sticking around forever, even if I'm
absorbed in the Earth's processes.* I ain't ever going anywhere
:P "There's so much you have to go through".* Nope.* I think if
you can survive 3rd Grade, you've learned more about life and
people than you need for two lifetimes.* These same kids who go
to school with in 3rd grade will end up as future millionaires,
future criminals, future computer geniuses, future everythings,
all crammed together in one big mess. And adult life?* Versions
of homework and 3rd grade.* You go through a period where you
think, "my one and only will save me" and, well, somebody go
that route and for those that find it, I think it's awesome.*
And those that don't, well, that's also normal.* I find more
success with friendships than singular relationships anyway.,
but that's me. :) "Keeping all the things I knew inside".*
Nope.* Nope.* I tell people everything I know :P What's the
point of crying and keeping it inside?* Just tell someone.*
Easy. But there's lots of good points in there too. So, much
like I would as if this song was a virtual dad, I agreed with
some things, disagreed with other things :P* He's not my only
virtual dad; I had many, but I figured it was time to address
this one :D I used to cry to this song, even though the song is
before my time, 'cause I didn't have a dad. Still, it was kind
of a "virtual blueprint" for being a happy old man, and while I
never had any particular guy-person to look up to who could tell
me these things, well, I had the Cat Steven's song along with a
few others. As I've heard it through the years though, the song
would hit me differently. There's some truth in it, and some
things that haven't been true at all for me, but maybe it's
because of the song that I always fought to "stay calm when
there's something going on" and the line "If you want, you can
marry" helped make it ok to not marry. A powerful song can
"stick" if it's a song that "speaks to you".* And yeah, this one
did for me.* Still does.* Won't for everybody.* "I am old, but I
am happy" - I think that's a good life goal as any :P and yeah,
I over analyze things.* I do it for fun and quickly too; I never
really thought about it 'til I wrote it, even if it looks like
I've been thinking about it for years.* My unconscious does a
good job at sorting stuff out and tells my conscious what to
write when the time comes. Now if only I could train my speaking
voice to be super-quick like my fingers :P
