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If you could choose one song to be your life's theme song, what would it be?
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I am split - because why be simple when you can be complex, right? (No, not "difficult"... Complex. Same same? Whatever, it just sounds better, ok. LOL)
I reason as follows...
I've loved the song Somewhere I belong with Linkin Park since it first came out because it speaks to me and puts words on thoughts I haven't been able to verbalize for myself. (I know, right?! Who could imagine...) As almost all their songs, until the passing of Chester Bennington, it's about the struggle with depression and being alone with your inner demons. I love it, but it's not really the song I would label as my theme song. Perhaps a good thing.
When I attended UPW² Virtual with Tony Robbins in March 2021 the music was amazing and the playlist very well curated for the event, not surprising of course. But the song that stood out and touched me on a deeper level was Whatever it takes with Imagine Dragons. It's an empowering song that for me stands for something to strive for and what I would like to be able to one day say. But it isn't my theme song, though it really could be.
No, my theme song have been with me for many years, and I cannot possibly feel anything but happy and inspired when I listen to it. It was played at US President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2020, though the band had long since split at that point. I try to spread it around every so often by mentioning it in discussions and bring it up in conversations as it's just... supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
So I will say that, despite some really great candidates in competition, my life's theme song simply must be You get what you give with New Radicals. And frankly it should be yours too...
/Annalogue75
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"YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE"
— New Radicals² —
One, two
One, two, three, ow
Wake up, kids
We got the dreamers disease
Age fourteen, they got you down on your knees
So polite, we're busy still saying please
Frienemies, who when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smash a Mercedes-Benz
First we run, and then we laugh 'til we cry
But when the night is falling
You cannot find the light (light)
You feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
I'm comin' home, baby
You're tops
Give it to me now
4 AM, we ran a miracle mile
We're flat broke
But hey, we do it in style
The bad rich
God's flying in for your trial
But when the night is falling
You cannot find a friend (friend)
You feel your tree is breaking
Just bend
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
This whole damn world could fall apart
You'll be okay, follow your heart
You're in harm's way, I'm right behind
Now say you're mine
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget
We only get what we give
Don't let go
I feel the music in you
Don't let go
Fly high, high
What's real can't die
You only get what you give
You're gonna get what you give
Don't give up
Just don't be afraid to leave
Health insurance, rip off lying
FDA, big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining
Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes
Run to your mansions
Come around, we'll kick your asses
Don't let go
One dance left
Don't give up
Can't forget
Don't let go
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¹) UPW - Unleash the Power Within
²) "You get what you give" - New Radicals
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Gregg Alexander / Rick Nowels
You Get What You Give lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group, TuneCore Inc.
