Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Society, hope your not lonely without me

Tanya has officially been given her promotion. Congrats to her.

However, it has made me feel inadequate. I would never take away her accomplishment, so please don't misunderstand this post. It is just hard to be a male and not the provider. I'm sure someone would say "just work hard" or "just get a job." Simple answers. But that is another post... I am not much in the eyes of society. If the man doesn't work and provide, he doesn't have any worth. So, I guess by my logic, I'm worthless.

I've been listening to one song today; Society by Eddie Vedder. The lyrics "society, I hope your are not lonely without me" makes me think about my place in the world. On one hand, I hate and hold society in contempt. How and on what criteria do we judge others? On the other hand, I long to part of something. This is part of my cross to carry... I don't know where I am going with this. I just wanted to get my initial feelings down.

The song is from a movie call "Into the Wild." Its based on the true story of a young man who gives up everything, including his family, and just disappears.




Oh, it's a mystery to me
We have a greed with which we have agreed
And you think you have to want more than you need
Until you have it all you won't be free

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

When you want more than you have
You think you need...
And when you think more than you want
Your thoughts begin to bleed
I think I need to find a bigger place
Because when you have more than you think
You need more space

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

There's those thinking, more-or-less, less is more
But if less is more, how you keeping score?
Means for every point you make, your level drops
Kinda like you're starting from the top
You can't do that...

Society, you're a crazy breed
Hope you're not lonely without me...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

Society, have mercy on me
Hope you're not angry if I disagree...
Society, crazy indeed
Hope you're not lonely without me...

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