iMedia: A Boy, A Girl, and A Graveyard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVrxakfJLW8

A Girl, A Boy, and A Graveyard is a very powerful song, written and performed by Jeremy Messersmith.  The song is about a boy and a girl (Lucy) who both feel as though they are numb, and aren't really living.  The song is made up of all the things that Lucy is telling the boy.  Lucy feels as though she "is waiting for a shock to bring me back to life."  Niether one feels as though they are really living because they're just "waiting for lightening to strike."  They both want something important to happen, but feel as though they can't make it happen.  I find this song very insightful because it deals with waiting around, and how these two people view life in general.

I feel as though I can relate to this song because I often feel as though right now I'm just getting through my work, or sitting through my classes.  It's like I'm just going through the motions, blocking a routine instead of dancing it.  I keep thinking that someday I'm going to get all of these new experiences, and not be spending all my time waiting.  Lucy also says in the song that she feels like a "princess in a castle high, waiting for a kiss to bring me back to life, but I don't want to spend my time, waiting for just another guy."  Both of these people feel as though they are drowning, simply because they feel as though nothing is really happening in their lives, but they want it too.

This song also deals with certain aspects of life, and our mortality.  Many people hate the idea of dying, and I have to admit, I don't like it either.  Many people try to pretend that they aren't mortal, so they live either very recklessly because they don't want to realize they could be ending their own lives.  Other people are very cautious and try to outsmart death.  Either way, as Lucy says, "Life's a game we're meant to lose."  She does not say this as a negative statement, it's more like a fact.  I think a lot of people could relate to this song, because I know many people don't want to wait for a big event, and they feel like they are wasting their lives, which won't last forever.