In the movie “Rent”, there are these lyrics to a song that caught my attention. They are:
“The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn
There is no future
There is no past
I live this moment as my last
There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today”
When I first heard these lyrics I thought to myself, how cute and sweet. She is singing to her boyfriend who is pretty stressed and upset. She states that she lives this moment as her last. What!? Why would you be in a cold room singing a song if it is your last moment to live? Why wouldn’t you do something crazy and exciting? Then she sings about how there is only this and us. That is what I like to call a double S; Selfish and Stupid. She is clearly not thinking about anyone else and how they can be affected if they did something stupid just for themselves. Think about it, if I wanted to live my moment as my last and only think about myself, and not worry about the consciences, I would rob a bank! And robbing a bank is wrong because it usually involves violence and guns and hurting other people. And ok, I guess it’s alright to forget regrets, but doesn’t making poor choices help us learn and do better for the future. If I didn’t worry about the future, why would I go to school and be typing a blog about all this? Next time you want to write crazy romantic song lyrics, think about the logic please.
3 comments:
I love the movie rent. The song lyrics are great because most of them can be applied to lives of people in almost every situation. What song are those lyrics from
So cynical at such a young age kt. I don't think love lyrics are supposed to be logical, the whole idea is that you're wild and young and passionate, and your brain is barely functioning. Also she's a coked up stripper, so no wonder it doesn't make sense.
This is a really cool blog post! Everything you said was so true. It gets so annoying when ever song is so illogical just to rhyme. I could kind of see that if you're living your last moment you would want to spend it with your boyfriend, but they should at least go somewhere romantic and fun!
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