The title (and tagline) of my blog is from a Hanson song called “Dying to be Alive.”
A Day Closer to Fate/And soon we’ll find its a little bit too late were meant to indicate that we’re running out of time to fix the various crises looming on the horizon. (Peak oil, food, water, space; Climate Change; Economic Meltdown; War; etc.)
Lyrics:
Well I heard you crying,
“Somebody stole my soul”
And, “how could I be dying?
I turned 25 days ago.”
We’re all on the ground just crying out,
“Would somebody save me, please?”
I will not sit around just thinking about
The troubles that tomorrow brings
I’m dying to be alive
I’m dying to be alive
Let’s not go through our lives
Without just dying to be alive
The people you’ve touched
The way you’ve touched them
I hope they’ve touched you too
‘Cause in this life it’s hard to tell
What’s false and what is true
We’re all on the ground just crying out
“Would somebody save me, please?”
I will not sit around just thinking about
The troubles that tomorrow brings
Chorus: I’m dying to be alive
Not trying to just survive
Let’s not go through our lives
Without just dying to be alive
Bridge: And we all come tumbling down
No matter how strong we all return to the ground
Another day gone a day closer to fate
And soon we’ll find it’s a little bit too late
Na na na na na (etc.)
The things you see, the way you see them
They’ll never be seen again
Let’s go through life living on luck
Betting ten thousand to ten
Mistakes I’ve made in this life
I can’t say why or when
But the thing that’s strange
Is that you only live once
And never look back again
(repeat chorus with ad. lib)
And we all come tumbling down
No matter how strong we all return to the ground
When the day’s come you’ll say, “why did I wait?”
Can’t just leave it all up to fate
Gotta turn it around before it’s too late
