I know the sink and the rot gut feeling…
“Is this happening to me?”
and i know what it’s like to want to end it all Driving home between the lines in the road,
I swear that i’ve been through this before.
When nothing makes much sense except for doing yourself in
but razor blades are hard to hold When we’re hit in the heart with
Problems that won’t shift
It’s hard to admit we are afraid
When we’re hit in the head with
Unanswered questions that repeat:
“How could i live after this day?” We can take the hits and grow tougher
Collect ourselves to live longer
and find there is no need to be afraid
because we all have more to offer
when we struggle to cope with
whatever it takes to make the days We all have what it takes to make the days
we all have what it takes to make it home
We all have what it takes
Driving Home by Hot Water Music
It was hard to pick a few phrases from this song to post, so I just included all of the lyrics. I think it’s one best taken in as a whole. From the get go you might think, “depressing” but as the song develops it’s anything but that.
The encouragement to vulnerability and authenticity (like, “it’s hard to admit we are afraid”) to developing some semblance of resiliency (like, “we can take the hits and grow tougher, collect ourselves to live longer”) to the ultimate hope that “we all have what it takes…”
It’s almost too much for one song but it’s a song that got me through my angsty college years of trying to figure out life in all its beauty and ugliness and developing that strength not just to carry on but to (eventually) thrive.