Marching On

Ok, before I start, this is a new theme song to my life.  I am very picky when it comes to choosing new theme songs.  I want a theme song that sounds good and has good meaning to the lyrics.  Well, that's pretty much how I choose all of my songs, whether they are theme songs or not.  I'm just weird like that. Nothing wrong with that, but yeah.  I will post the lyrics and the link to the music video because, hey, I want to share my love of music with others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHvgAJe8bvM

Marching On by OneRepublic

For those days we felt like a mistake,
Those times when love’s what you hate,
Somehow,
We keep marching on.

For those nights when I couldn’t be there,
I’ve made it harder to know that you know,
That somehow,
We’ll keep moving on.

There’s so many wars we fought,
There’s so many things we’re not,
But with what we have,
I promise you that,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

For all of the plans we’ve made,
There isn’t a flag I’d wave,
Don’t care if we bend,
I’d sink us to swim,

We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

For those doubts that swirl all around us,
For those lives that tear at the seams,
We know,
We’re not what we’ve seen,

For this dance we’ll move with each other.
There ain’t no other step than one foot,
Right in front of the other.

There’s so many wars we fought,
There’s so many things we’re not,
But with what we have,
I promise you that,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

For all of the plans we’ve made,
There isn’t a flag I’d wave,
Don’t care if we bend,
I’d sink us to swim,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right,
We’re marching on.

We’ll have the days we break,
And we’ll have the scars to prove it,
We’ll have the bonds that we save,
But we’ll have the heart not to lose it.

For all of the times we’ve stopped,
For all of the things I’m not.

We put one foot in front of the other,
We move like we ain’t got no other,
We go when we go,
We’re marching on.

There’s so many wars we fought,
There’s so many things we’re not,
But with what we have,
I promise you that,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right, right, left, right,
Right, right,

We’re marching on.

Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right, right, left, right,
Right, right,
We’re marching on.

Allow me to explain why I chose this song in particular.  Apart it being an awesome sounding song, it means something.  To me, it means that I gotta keep going, even when things aren't going according to plan.  There is no giving up, no surrendering to sorrow or depression.  You keep marching on.  You keep going. 

The drums in the song, represents two things.  Your footsteps and your heart.  Your heart will keep beating, even after heartbreak or some other traumatic event.  Your footsteps are what keeps you moving. 

In a march, there is no stopping until the march has ended.  There are no early endings.  You keep moving and showing, that even in the face of sorrow, you will continue onward, in hopes of better days. 

Now there's a good chance that I pretty much over did it in my reasoning to this song, but that's how I see it. 

I cannot stress it enough.  Keep Marching On.
-Drew (250)