"Living is Simple" by Switchfoot is one of my favorite songs. The tune as well as the meaning of the song itself just relaxes me and makes me feel less stressed. When I think about the lyrics, I begin to realize myself that there are bigger problems out there than mine. In this song Switchfoot is singing about the fact that simply living is so easy to do, like breathing it's just kind of an involuntary motion that just happens. And maybe it means that living a bigger more meaningful life is harder, but when they sing the part about how they've "made their choices" and "chosen today" it just kind of puts everything into prospective for me and I realize that I can't dwell on little troublesome things that make me feel as if "I'm falling apart" because the truth is... I'm really not. Everything will be okay as it always is and God will take care of me, because everything happens for a reason and I just have to put my faith in God to make things happen for me. The "gravity" that they sing about will take me where I'm supposed to go so there's no use stressing and feeling down about little things.
Here's the lyrics:
Living in simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
It's gravity; gravity isn't so hard
Living is simple
It's entropy; entropy, falling apart
I'm falling apart again
Living is simple
And breathing is easy, it's easy to do
Living is simple
And losing is easy; I'm losing my cool
I'm losing my cool again
All will be made well
Will be made well
Will be made well
Will be well
Is this fiction?
Is this fiction?
Hope has given himself to the worst
Is this fiction or divine comedy?
Where the last of the last finish first
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is dying
Your mercy, Your mercy is how I believe
Living is dying
I can't understand it
I'm down on my knees confessing my needs again
I've had my choices
I've chosen today
I've had my choices
Choices remain
Is this fiction? Is this fiction?
Hope has given himself to the worst
Is this fiction or divine comedy?
Where the last of the last finish first
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
It's gravity; gravity isn't so hard
Living is simple
It's entropy; entropy, falling apart
I'm falling apart again
Living is simple
And breathing is easy, it's easy to do
Living is simple
And losing is easy; I'm losing my cool
I'm losing my cool again
All will be made well
Will be made well
Will be made well
Will be well
Is this fiction?
Is this fiction?
Hope has given himself to the worst
Is this fiction or divine comedy?
Where the last of the last finish first
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is dying
Your mercy, Your mercy is how I believe
Living is dying
I can't understand it
I'm down on my knees confessing my needs again
I've had my choices
I've chosen today
I've had my choices
Choices remain
Is this fiction? Is this fiction?
Hope has given himself to the worst
Is this fiction or divine comedy?
Where the last of the last finish first
Living is simple
Living is simple
Living is simple
4 comments:
Everything you said is so true. I like the way that song goes too. In high school you could be eaten alive by the little things or at least at mine, especially senior year. So much stuff to do. People, social stuff, applications, appointments, sports, homework. It can be the same here. Sometimes we put too much emphasis on the "little things" that are going on. I had an economy test today that I was stressing about. I didn't do very well on my first one so I thought I would focus really hard and knuckle down and get this one right. While I was trying to study it felt like this was the be all to end all test and after I took it, I still sort of felt the same way except a weight had been lifted. I didn't have to study for it anymore because it was over and after it was over I could breathe again because I knew I had done the best I could do, which is all anyone can ask of you. At the end of the day you're still there and you keep going. Eventually whatever is happening, you get through. A "this too shall pass" sort of thing. And also an "if God brings you to it, He'll bring you through it" sort of thing. Don't worry though. It's gonna be a bumpy ride, but He'll be there sitting right next to you the whole time. :)
I really like this song and the lyrics are wonderful. It reminds me of my calming and relaxing song by Lifehouse called "You're All I Want" or “Everything.” It is a beautiful song with a similar meaning. It also follows the motto that I live my life by “let go and let God.” Like you, I know if I put everything in His hands I will be okay.
This song reminds me of Heat-Moon saying that he took his trip to get out of the way of life. He felt like life was just running over him, running him down. So he decided to live with jeopardy and let life take him where it would, a life of chance. Maybe even after he came back, he kept that philosophy because he became a writer who worked just at odd jobs to keep his writing going, rather than making a full fledged attack on trying to find another job in his old profession of college teaching.
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