Deathcab for Cutie struck a chord with me today.
While trying to start my French essay, letting a random-sampling of my iTunes library float into my ears, I heard this:
"If there's no one beside you
when your soul embarks...
then I'll follow you
into the dark."
I'm not sure if I am completely in love with the entire song's Emo-esque vibe, especially as the first line is, "Love of mine, someday you will die," sung sweetly by the lead vocalist.
However, this verse reverberated in my mind. Lately, my life has been set to Level 10 Resistance on the elliptical machine that normally runs pretty smoothly.
I'm so sick of hearing, "Take it one day at a time," or, "Time heals all wounds," or "This, too, shall pass."
STOP.
Sometimes a girl just needs a little Emo-song to realize that it's all right to nurse a wound. It's all right to confront some sadness in your life, whether it's because of a break-up, a fight, a bad grade, a bad hair day--whatever you're going through, all of us have troubled times.
It's feeling that pain that will let you get through it.
But until that ache subsides, no matter the cause, rely on your friends. That's what I find myself doing lately. As a college student, I feel like my emotions are wrapped up inside a tight little ping-pong ball that's getting smacked back and forth between different extremes at a ludicrously high rate of speed by unseen forces in the universe.
But my friends make up that net in the middle. They catch me. They've followed me into my dark time right now, but they're pulling me out of it.
Don't be afraid to let someone follow you through the dark. I know, I know, I just finished complaining about clichés. Guess there's something to 'em. Here's mine:
If you need me, I will follow you into the dark--because there's always a way back to the light.
AW.
(A tear just rolled down your cheek, I know.:)
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