Because I Can

Human beings are actually kind of strange; we want the things that we cannot have, we don’t appreciate the things that we do have and the lyrics to pop songs throughout the ages are all based on the same basic concepts.

Now evolution dictates that only the strongest possible versions of a species will survive long enough to mate and therefore have any effect on the following generation but it seems to me that the moment humans became ‘intelligent’ enough to beat evolution, we all became a driveling, pitiful mess.

We no longer need to be the best possible human in order to survive and this results in an earth over-populated by human beings who cannot for the life of them think of a single original lyric because life has become a monotonous disaster conducted by those who control the media. This means that pop songs will always feature themes such as ‘living forever,’ ‘being a better version of ourselves,’ or ‘convincing someone that we’re the right person for them.’

This is only a few of the topics and there is actually quite a broad spectrum of songs based on these very basic ideas but it comes down to this; we don’t appreciate what we have until we can no longer have it and we believe in a better version of ourselves but are too scared to make it happen.

And so, recently, after finally deciding that I was finally ready to take the first step towards becoming a better me I thought I should focus on one specific area in my life. I was going to be the ultimate SCUBA diver, or I was going to be the best student in my class or I was going to be an amazing musician.

I completely forgot that I wanted to be all of these things and that focusing on just one of these topics was pointless. I needed to make time so that I could focus on everything that I wanted to be or do and it was this very thing that altered my perspective entirely.

I realised that I wanted to be the type of person who could write lyrics that would revolutionize the way that we think, the type of person who appreciated everything that they have in their life and the type of person who realised that there is nothing in this world that I cannot have.