Please Don't Shake Me
Every been listening to a song you've heard a thousand times before, but suddenly it hits you in a completely new way? That happened to me recently with a song that I've had on my iPod for years. It sums up how I feel about this study abroad trip and the effect its had on my life like nothing I've been able to come up with by myself. The title is "So Far Away" by Staind, but I never thought of it as a song about being physically far away. For some reason it has just never hit me before that it might not just be about distance from a problem or place but an openning of one's perspective. Its the problem that all teenagers have and I guess we all struggle with throughout our lives... we are never as mature and worldly as we like to think. Nearly everyone makes at least one big leap when they graduate high school or go to college. Where they suddenly realize how silly all that high school drama was. But after the first one its interesting to wonder how many more steps up there really are... It also captures how awesome I feel but how sureal it all is. How I feel that I'll "wake up" from my new found confidence and strength... which is my true fear when thinking about home. Falling into old bad habits and comfort zones.
Anyway, here is the song for you. Let me know what it means for you:
"This is my life
Its not what it was before
All these feelings I’ve shared
And these are my dreams
That I’ve never lived before
Somebody shake me
Cause I, I must be sleeping
(chorus)
And now that we're here,
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all the mistakes,
One life contained
They all finally start to go away
And now that we're here its so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today
These are my words
That I’ve never said before
'I think I’m doing ok'
And this is the smile
That I’ve never shown before
Somebody shake me
Cause I, I must be sleeping
(chorus)
And now that were here
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all mistakes one life contains
They all finally start to go away
And now that were here
So far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today
I'm so afraid of waking
Please don't shake me
Afraid of waking
Please dont shake me
(chorus)
And now that were here
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all the mistakes one life contains
They all finally start to go away
And now that were here
So far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today"
Anyway, here is the song for you. Let me know what it means for you:
"This is my life
Its not what it was before
All these feelings I’ve shared
And these are my dreams
That I’ve never lived before
Somebody shake me
Cause I, I must be sleeping
(chorus)
And now that we're here,
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all the mistakes,
One life contained
They all finally start to go away
And now that we're here its so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today
These are my words
That I’ve never said before
'I think I’m doing ok'
And this is the smile
That I’ve never shown before
Somebody shake me
Cause I, I must be sleeping
(chorus)
And now that were here
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all mistakes one life contains
They all finally start to go away
And now that were here
So far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today
I'm so afraid of waking
Please don't shake me
Afraid of waking
Please dont shake me
(chorus)
And now that were here
So far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
And all the mistakes one life contains
They all finally start to go away
And now that were here
So far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed to be the person that I am today"