stars

The other day, as I was running (well, driving) between gymnastics and guitar lessons, I was listening to the local Christian radio station.  There was nobody else in the car with me at the moment, so I could actually hear the lyrics to the Switchfoot song "Stars" that was playing.

"Stars"

Maybe I've been the problem, maybe I'm the one to blame

But even when I turn it off and blame myself, the outcome feels the same

I've been thinkin maybe I've been partly cloudy, maybe I'm the chance of rain

Maybe I'm overcast, and maybe all my luck's washed down the drain

I've been thinking 'bout everyone, everyone you look so lonely

But when I look at the stars,

when I look at the stars,

when I look at the stars I see someone else

When I look at the stars,

the stars, I feel like myself

Stars lookin' at our planet watching entropy and pain

And maybe start to wonder how the chaos in our lives could pass as sane

I've been thinking bout the meaning of resistance, of a hope beyond my own

And suddenly the infinite and penitent begin to look like 

I've been thinking 'bout everyone, everyone you look so empty

But when I look at the stars,

when I look at the stars,

when I look at the stars I see someone else

When I look at the stars,

the stars, I feel like 

everyone, everyone we feel so lonely

everyone, yeah everyone we feel so empty

When I look at the stars,

when I look at the stars,

when I look at the stars I feel like myself

I don't look at the stars enough.  I watch too much TV.  I spend too much time in front of the computer, wandering aimlessly through cyberspace.  

When do I feel like myself?  What would it feel like to feel like myself?  These are questions that I need to explore... how about you?