The Distance

The Distance by Cake, is probably one of those songs in my top 20. It's the lyrics. I feel everyone can identify with at some point. Even though the music kinda gets you a little pumped with its' anxious beat, I feel that it's actually quite a sad song.
Take these two parts of the lyrics:

In his mind he's still driving, still making the grade
She's hoping in time that her memories will fade
'Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse

The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
Not long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for who he still burns

Poor guy is holding on to something that just isn't there. She's moving on, and he's still trying to hold on tight. Sad, isn't it? I bring this up, cause it came up on my itunes randomly and it got me thinking.

There's two feelings that correspond with your heart racing. A happy feeling and a dreading feeling. Oddly enough you can experience it twice in a day, or better still, in regards to the same subject. Think about how excited you were when you got to do something you've been looking forward to. Or how anxious and excited you might have been to see an old friend, or love, or family member. Your heart races beyond anything else, and you can feel it try so friggin' hard to jump right out of your chest. It's as if the blood pumping into your heart has just went into ludicrous speed. Of course on the down side there's hearing about an accident, or seeing the cops walk up to your car, or answering a phone call and it's a doctor.

Sometimes, in the bad situations, the best medicine is to calm down, deep breath, lay back and relax. Allowing your heart to over work itself can't be good. Pretending it doesn't exist or didn't happen, is even worse. Ignoring the problem doesn't work either. Running away from it... it works for a moment, but things that are bad eventually catch up to you. The best thing to do is just relax. Calm down and focus. Realize what it is that got you going, and remember that tomorrow is a new day, with new possibilities. If tomorrow is no good, then next week or the week after. Of course, other times the only way to get past it IS to ignore it. Someimtes there just.... there just isn't anything anyone can do about it and you just gotta let go and move on. Go to your own drum beat. Make your own path.

Good times are always ahead of me and I refuse to let myself trip and fall. I'll stumble, but I won't fall. I will remember the past only when I need to, otherwise, I will focus on the future.