The Story of Your Life...in One Song!

quadraptor's picture
I thought this would be a fun topic, but what do you consider to be the one song that describes your life?

Mine has to be Bon Jovi's Lost Highway

In my rearview mirror
My life is getting clearer
The sunset sighs and slowly disappears
These trinkets once were treasure
Life changes like the weather
You grow up, grow old, or you hit the road 'round here
So I drive (drive drive)
Watching white lines passing by
My plastic dashboard Jesus
Waiting there to greet us

Hey Hey I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey, hey hey

Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
I'm afraid of going back again
So I drive (drive drive)
Years and miles are flying by
And waiting there to greet us
Is my plastic dashboard Jesus

Hey Hey
Hey Hey I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Hell, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
Hey, hey

Oh patron saint of lonely souls
Tell this boy which way to go
Guide the car, you've got the keys
Farewell to mediocrity
Kicking off the cruise control
And turning up the radio
Got just enough religion
And a half a tank of gas
Come on
Let's go

I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
When I'm out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey


The reason why I love this song so much is because it describes life changing, and things guiding the direction of life. For me, my life is starting to change because I'm almost done with college, and I feel like I've got more self esteem now that I'm soon going to be a professional in my career instead of just a college student with a part time job. And not only that, I'll soon be living my dream job. I wanted to dig and study fossils when I was a child, and I'm studying that as well as rocks, minerals, rock beds, magma chambers, the water table, and so on. I'm living my dream.

The entire theme of driving and traveling really describes me too. I love to travel, and I am very adventurous as a person - at first I was really picky on what I liked, but now I'm trying new things and learning from others. It is especially apparent for me in music, which I listen to just about everything.

Well, this is just the story of my life. What do you consider to be yours and why? Eye
fayne's picture

Fear of Flying by Julia

Fear of Flying by Julia Marcell, I think. At least it describes my life right now, albeit without the emo. :B I'm not old enough to know what my life is like LOL.

QUAD YOU LIKE BON JOVI A LOT DON'T YOU. -sneakysneaky-
trigger_mortis's picture

Hm...this is a hard question,

Hm...this is a hard question, but I'd gotta say for me it's a toss up between One Week by the Barenaked Ladies and Sheep go to Heaven by Cake.

One Week is a bit of a song that I share with my boyfriend, as it sort of sums the two of us together perfectly: we're both stubborn and uncompromising and reeeally don't like to admit that either of us is wrong on a point! Not to mention that the song mentions my high school! Eye

Sheep go to Heaven is sort of a complicated song, but it fits my practical nature while still playing to my creative and metaphorical side. It also nicely sums up how I feel about organized religion...(no offence to anyone intended, everyone has a right to what they believe.) Some may find the song morbid, but I believe the message that we shouldn't take life for granted and spend the time that we have on this Earth doing things that we love and having a fun time.

Anyway, that's me in a short summary...thanks for making me think about this!

tracking~ -too tired to

tracking~
-too tired to think- hurrr

Angels by Within

Angels by Within Temptation

Ok...so it may not be about my life but I can relate it with a part of my life. I'll let you guess what I am hinting about Eye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqKRy_uXgYc

is

is thinking.......................XD

Never mind this needs to be a little more serious..so tracking for now
quadraptor's picture

"When you want to give

"When you want to give up,
And your hearts about to break,
Remember that you're perfect.
God makes no mistakes."
- Bon Jovi Welcome to Wherever You Are

Probably would have been my other choice, it's such a lovely song!
Kaoori's picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3UsnEQ2I-0

I'd have to say it'd change from time to time. But for this moment.. this song.

"Crawling in the Dark" by Hoobastank.

Zergarikiaka's picture

Hmm... hard question. *track*

Hmm... hard question. *track*

Ffff I've no idea, but I'll

Ffff I've no idea, but I'll give it some thought today and see what I can come up with. lol
quadraptor's picture

bump'd

xD I have so many songs that

xD I have so many songs that I find fit me. However, currently I always think of The Passenger by Iggy Pop. C:
MickKreiger's picture

Beware by Xandria from

Beware by Xandria from Salomé: The Seventh Veil...that fits me quite well

"Beware beware I'll be the one the one to take you under beware..."

^^ that's just part of the chorus

"wait for me I'll see you in hell"
--Mick--

*spies on a Bon Jovie fan*

*spies on a Bon Jovie fan*
Lu's picture

Mr. Jones by Counting Crows.

Mr. Jones by Counting Crows.

*sigh* c:

Edit: Mm, and Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall. I'm not a big fan of the song, but it fits.

Lyeekha's picture

Ah, I actually have an

Ah, I actually have an instrumental song that sounds to me like Life itself. It's a bonus track on the end of a The Divine Comedy album, and someone just recently put it on YouTube. Please give it a listen in it's entirety, anyone, because I want to see if anyone agrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzHFYcPdYy0

It's not happy, it's not sad, but it's certainly not neutral. It can help me to cry when I need, it can uplift my spirits when I need. It has elements of everything, and though there are ups and downs, it predominantly just IS. And what it IS is beautiful and a little bit magical, in the end.

It's Life, no?

Heh, sorry if I've brought to much of a serious note to this. ^^;
Reyy's picture

I don't know about actual

I don't know about actual lyrics...
I'm not a lyrics person, so I relate to tunes and sounds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEQHpIkKxk
Finally.
quadraptor's picture

Yeah, it can be instrumental.

Yeah, it can be instrumental. There aren't any rules on this, it's just for fun. I love Lost Highway because one of my passions is traveling and exploring.