Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Music Monday

October 13, 2015

I first heard “Drive” by Incubus back in the early 2000’s and was immediately drawn to it. Yeah, like all the other songs I write about. I probably won’t write about a song I don’t like or don’t think has any merit. For me it’s the words and the music and it’s a rare combination anymore. Anyway. This song is about how fear drives a person and how much we let it control us or how we can take over the steering and control our own lives. And most of our lives are under our control. In The Simplicity Primer the author talks about how most of our lives are made up of our own choices – good or bad. I hadn’t really given it a lot of thought, but yeah, there’s a lot of truth in that. So, here we go.

“Drive” by Incubus

Sometimes I feel the fear of the uncertainty stinging clear
And I can’t help but ask myself how much I let the fear take the wheel and steer

There was a time when my older boys were younger that I probably should have seen a doctor about my anxiety. At the time I didn’t even know it had a name. Fear does take hold and steer you in a direction you don’t want to go in the guise of keeping you safe. It can be simple like a party where you don’t know anyone. It can be much bigger, like being afraid to even leave your home. Either way, it keeps you from living your life.

It’s driven me before, and it seems to have a vague
Haunting mass appeal
Lately I’m beginning to find that I should be the one behind the wheel

Here the writer is recognizing what’s going on in himself and that whatever fears he has he needs to face and he needs to be in charge of his own life instead of letting fear (people, jobs, insert whatever here) be in charge. I’m glad that the writer of this song recognized this in himself at a young age. As we know, it’s harder to teach old dogs new tricks.

Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there
With open arms and open eyes, yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there, I’ll be there

I’m slowly getting to the point where I can say this too. That whatever happens I will embrace it. That life can be good and it doesn’t have to be scary all the time. It’s like that line in “It’s A Wonderful Life” that George says – “I don’t care care what happens to me – let me live again.” Kind of the same here.

So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Should I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive
It’s driven me before, and it seems to be the way
That everyone else gets around
Lately, I’m beginning to find that when I drive myself, my light is found

One of the hive – like everyone else. I think about that often – what do other people do? How do other people handle these things? I know I’m different – I am socially awkward – so I look at what other people and wonder what they are doing that I am not. Sometimes I even ask to see what I can learn from them. Once we begin standing on our own two feet, facing the fears, living our lives, it becomes easier every time we do it.

Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there
With open arms and open eyes, yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there, I’ll be there

(bridge)

Would you choose water over wine… hold the wheel and drive

I’ve thought about this line before and now I think I get it! What I’m getting is this – water is a life that is holding you back while wine is a life that is fully lived. He’s asking, would you really choose the lesser? Then he responds, “hold the wheel and drive” – kind of like saying “just do it”.

Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there
With open arms and open eyes, yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I’ll be there, I’ll be there

So, that’s my take on this song and it kind of goes with the whole self-help thing I talked about last time. There will be more on that to come as well as I grow and change again. I don’t have a lot of confidence in myself or my decisions, but getting better at it and learning to hold the wheel and drive. So, take a listen if it’s been awhile or if you’ve never heard this one. Enjoy!

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