Music has always been an important part of my life. OK maybe I should re-phrase that. It is woven really deep within who I am. So that being the topic I considered that my life is really a series of theme songs. Certain songs have resonated more than others and it's those that I'd consider my "theme songs".
Looking back I had to ponder. There were specific phases I went through when a genre change happened.
I remember in college so many of us were listening to all that was coming out of Seattle. Then shortly after becoming a young dad it was classic Beatles and the like British pop.
Reflecting over the recent few years I see songs being more a part than genres.
2009 into early 2010 without a doubt was Lifehouse's "Broken"
"I'm hangin' on another day
Just to see what you throw my way
And I'm hanging on to the words you say
You said that I will be OK"
Words that I hung on to, in the darkest of days. Knowing that God wasn't taken by surprise and that hope would rise.
And that leads me to mid-2010 and early 2011
United's "With Everything"
"Let hope rise And darkness tremble
In Your holy light"
In late summer 2011 ....my theme has changed,
Switchfoot "Dark Horses"
"I've made my mistakes
I've seen my heart cave in
I got my scars
I've been to hell and back again
Born for the blue skies
We’ll survive the rain
Born for the sunrise
We’ll survive the pain
[Chorus:]
We’re singing…
Hey, you can’t count us out
We’ve been running up against the crowd
Yeah, we are the dark horses
We’re singing…
Wait! It’s not over now
We’ve been down but we’ve never been out
Yeah, we are the dark horses
....Keep running for the dark horses
Hope makes the blood change courses"
Yeah theme songs they change just like the circumstances of life.
So what's yours? Time for a change?
Or maybe it's time you got one.
