I'm gonna be (500 Miles)

As I'm still in the "honey-moon" stage of my new found love for the film 'Sunshine on Leith' (which I saw at the cinema again yesterday), for the past few days I have had different 'The Proclaimers' songs stuck in my head.

And as it is "Music Monday" (I'm such a nerd), today's song is 'I'm gonna be (500 Miles),' which is probably the most famous song of theirs. And it is a fantastic song; a love song that isn't a typical slow paced tempo, but an upbeat- yet not pop-y- and motivational, uplifting song. Every time I listen to this song, I instantly want to get up and start marching and walking those 500 miles, which is pretty impressive of the song to make me do that, considering I'm one of the laziest people ever when it comes to exercise.

So, as I was saying, it is a love song; just by looking at the lyrics you can even consider it as one of the most sweetest 'declaration-of-love' songs there are. Take the opening verse for example:

When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you

When you go out, well, I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna be the the man who goes along with you

If I get drunk, well, I know I'm gonna be

I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you

And if I haver, well, I know I'm gonna be 

I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you 

And then the chorus comes in, which are those well known lines of:

But I will walk five hundred miles

And I will walk five hundred more

Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles

To fall down at your door

The lyrics become sweeter and sweeter as the song progresses, and with that amazing music accompaniment, you have an incredible classic before you.