"Better Things" is a series of weekly posts, each about one song I really love, by an artist I haven't featured in the previous This Year or Portions For Foxes series. See the introduction for more.
I'm solitary by nature, and often feel like I'm over things before they've really started, or out of place basically anywhere. And this is the song that often plays in my head in those situations, or has for the last fifteen years or so.
This is First Train Home by Imogen Heap, one of the clearest, loveliest musical expressions of the thought "I just want to get out of here" that I've ever heard.
I want to get on with getting on with things
I want to run in fields, paint the kitchen, and love someone
And I can't do any of that here, can I?
This is the song for everyone stuck in a group you can't stand, listening to things you're not interested in. For everyone who wishes they could just get out, go home, and do what they really want to do right now. And, you know what? You probably can.
So what? You've had one too many.
So what? I'm not that much fun to be with.
So what? You've got a silly hat on.
So what? I didn't want to come here, anyway.
So, for all of you: best wishes to get out, get on that train, and get home.
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