Chasing Cars

We’ll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don’t need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don’t quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They’re not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that’s bursting into life

Let’s waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they’re all I can see

I don’t know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

 

- lyrics from Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars

    

     Lately, this song has been running around my head a lot.  I guess it’s because with everything that has happened in my life as of late, and even the things that have transpired in the not so distant past, this song has been cataclysmic of quite a few realizations.

     Isn’t it funny how sometimes, others’ opinion of us seem to matter more than our opinion of ourselves?  We get stuck in this rut so many times that it tends to become a vicious cycle that grips us with frightening tenacity, until little by little, our self-esteem crumbles into nothing more that what the judgment of others allow it to be.  While trying to please others and to meet expectations isn’t unhealthy in itself, we should take care not to stretch ourselves both ways.  That would mean that we would be spreading ourselves too thin until there’s nothing left of us but a poor vestige of who we really are.

     We’ll do it all; everything, on our own… We don’t need anything or anyone…

     Isn’t it funny how we always say we want to enjoy life but ironically, we tend to take things so seriously that we fail to achieve enjoyment and end up in mediocrity and disillusionment instead?  Sometimes, we need to learn to laugh at our own fumbles and to take the good things along with the bad.  Nobody ever said life would be easy and smooth-sailing all throughout, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t face the rough spots with a smile and much hope.  Let us always take time to appreciate the beauty and colors surrounding us.

     Forget what we’re told before we get too old… Show me a garden that’s bursting into life…

     Isn’t it funny how we sometimes focus our energies towards acquiring material things that we miss out on the real treasures… the people that care for us?  While having lofty ambitions and setting high goals are admirable, we should never forget that we need not look to the heavens for our dreams.  We only need to look closely all around us and we would see people who are so precious that they really are dreams-come-true themselves.

     I need your grace to remind me to find my own…

     Isn’t it funny the way we chase so many elusive dreams when all the while the best that the world has to offer is just within our reach?  I have spent most of my days chasing after things that have continually evaded me.  For a time, I was frustrated and disillusioned, but my faith told me that sometimes, some things just are not meant to be… most importantly, sometimes, some things are not yet meant to be.  And so now, I find myself no longer chasing after illusions, for I am already so blessed to have the best family, the best friends, and the best boyfriend in my life.  And though the future may still be uncertain as of yet, I know that everything would eventually fall into place, in God’s will and in His perfect time.

     All that I am, all that I ever was, is here in your perfect eyes; they’re all I can see… I don’t know where, confused about how as well;  just know that these things will never change for us at all…  If I lay here… If I just lay here… Would you lie with me and just forget the world…