There is a band by the name of Dashboard Confessional, perhaps you've heard of them. A few years ago, when I was in middle school to early high school, I was quite a fan of their music. Well, since then they have fallen out of my current musical favorites, mainly because my tastes have changed. I like to think I've moved on to more interesting and diverse musical groups. Today, because my ipod was dead, I popped in one of their old CDs on the way to class. As I listened, the music took me back to an earlier time in my life. It reminded me of events that now I cringe at. Music is wonderful like that. But what I found interesting was that, as I listened more closely to the lyrics of the songs, I found that I can relate very differently than I did years ago.
Most of Dashboard's music is concerned with love, either lost love or love that could have been. My perspective of love has greatly changed in the past few years. I've experienced the rise and fall of a very serious and life creating relationship. Because of this, I could appreciate the message of the music much more fully now, than when I first heard it. In fact, I think the difference in perspective can be equated to the difference between being told about something and actually experiencing something. I say this because, when I was so in love with this band, I had not lived through the situations they sang about. Now I have and so their music, although musically I don't care for it like I did, resonates with me much more strongly than it once did, because, at the time, I was dreaming of future relationships, whereas now, I can actually remember them.
I just wanted to share with you how much a few short years can affect a person's perspective. I can only imagine what I will be like twenty years from now.
Most of Dashboard's music is concerned with love, either lost love or love that could have been. My perspective of love has greatly changed in the past few years. I've experienced the rise and fall of a very serious and life creating relationship. Because of this, I could appreciate the message of the music much more fully now, than when I first heard it. In fact, I think the difference in perspective can be equated to the difference between being told about something and actually experiencing something. I say this because, when I was so in love with this band, I had not lived through the situations they sang about. Now I have and so their music, although musically I don't care for it like I did, resonates with me much more strongly than it once did, because, at the time, I was dreaming of future relationships, whereas now, I can actually remember them.
I just wanted to share with you how much a few short years can affect a person's perspective. I can only imagine what I will be like twenty years from now.