Anyone who meets me knows I love music. I love all types… ummm okay I love most types of music. For me its about the lyrics and what it is the artist is talking about or what message they are trying to convey. I love to dissect a song and its lyrics completely. Every Monday I want to post a song that either inspires me, makes me think about the world we live in, motivates me to always be who I am or may be something I was feeling at some point. It will be a great mix of different types of music and hope it will also do the same for you. I love to think that music captures what so many of us may be feeling or want to say, but don’t know how.
SONG – Good Life
ARTIST – One Republic
LYRICS –
Woke up in London yesterday
Found myself in the city near Piccadilly
Don’t really know how I got here
I got some pictures on my phone
New names and numbers that I don’t know
Address to places like Abbey Road
Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want
We’re young enough to say
Oh, this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life
I say, “Oh, got this feeling that you can’t fight”
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life, a good, good life
To my friends in New York, I say hello
My friends in L.A. they don’t know
Where I’ve been for the past few years or so
Paris to China to Colorado
Sometimes there’s airplanes I can’ t jump out
Sometimes there’s bullshit that don’t work now
We are God of stories, but please tell me
What there is to complain about?
When you’re happy like a fool, let it take you over
When everything is out you gotta take it in
Oh, this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life
I say, oh, got this feeling that you can’t fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life, a good, good life
Oh, a good, good life, yeah
Hopelessly
I feel like there might be something that I’ll miss
Hopelessly
I feel like the window closes oh so quick
Hopelessly
I’m taking a mental picture of you now
‘Cause hopelessly
The hope is we have so much to feel good about
Oh, this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life
I say, “Oh, got this feeling that you can’t fight”
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life, a good, good life
Oh yeah, good, good life, good life, oh, this is
To my friends in New York, I say hello
My friends in L.A. they don’t know
Where I’ve been for the past few years or so
Paris to China to Colorado
Sometimes there’s airplanes I can’ t jump out
Sometimes there’s bullshit that don’t work now
We are God of stories but please tell me
What there is to complain about?
LISTEN TO IT HERE – Good Life – One Republic
WHY I PICKED IT – Look at the counter on the right… YUP it’s almost been 500 days. 500 FUCKING DAYS… that is fucking crazy. I can’t believe I am almost there. Okay I can believe it because I have made all this happen. I made this dream my priority and well now I am almost 500 days into it and well I think I can go on for 500 more. It’s weird how sometimes I wanna go home & sometimes I never wanna go home… anyway I’ll leave that for my 500 day blog post coming soon. I picked this song because it’s simple… “This has gotta be the good life” I mean honestly can it get any better??? This song is about seeing the world and living the “Good Life” and well that is just what I am doing. Even though like I have mentioned before… the “good life” for some may not be to travel the world and respect that. For me it is & I love this life I am living… I couldn’t be happier.
Whatever you think is the GOOD LIFE… are you living it???
What a song, pretty much sums up a great life and doing what you love!
Not living it quite yet, but soon i will be.. November can’t come quick enough 🙂
Congrats on nearly 500 days too, super impressive!
Thanks Dom, it really does… and you will be living it soon enough. When you do you will love it.