So I am listening to John's Battle Studies at the moment. He really reached into the part of his heart that just bleeds for love when writing this album. When I first listened, I was disappointed by the laid back tunes and somber sound. But listen after listen has made me take my first impression back completely. The lyrical purity, the raw emotion in guitar and vocals, in a way the essences of John's music, is still all there just in a mellowed mannor.
Nonetheless, one song, "Perfectly Lonely," always gets me jamming out. Ever time I hear this song a wave of self confidence and self happiness rushes over me. Quite frankly it always leaves me with a happy feeling after listening. In the song, he describes how he doesn't "belong to any body and no one belongs to me." At this stage in life, I love this concept. The freedom that comes with being perfectly loney is perfectly delightful. As a single man or woman, we could litterally do whatever we want. Grant it you still have your self, your God, and prehaps even your mother to answer to, but with moral integrity in tact and judgement at the forefront, a single 20/30 something is the most desired being out there. Think about it, how many married men or woman look at us and think, "Those lucky bastards." Singles, we need to reevaluate our situation. Its not a sad fact that we are without a counterpart for the moment, sure ever one wants a cuddle buddy, but the fact that we can lesser the stress and responsibility in our lives by simply being happy with ourselves, is a beautiful thing. Lets just look at single life not as a lonely cruch that we should rush out of, but as a perfectly lonely state of freedom. :)
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