It's that time in semester when things are beginning to get really stressful. I have four more essays to write, four public performances for one subject and then one other performance for another. It's hectic and scary and all happening within this month, so it's going to be pretty full on, however that leeways into todays song choice... "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne. Bit of a throwback, but a classic that needs to be revisited from time to time.
I remember when the music video first came out when I was a little kid and thinking how much fun it would be to play with the clothes at the supermarket with friends and I don't think I fully took in a lot of the meaning of the song. I was too busy dancing around, singing around my friend's lounge room and doing some weird dance with her. It's a song that really played a big part of early childhood and I think still holds a really special place in the hearts of everyone in my generation. Belting out the lyrics are still something that happens at parties even fourteen years after when the first song was first released, that and 'Sk8er Boi'.
But back to the leeway justification, that things don't need to be as complicated as they first appear. It opens with telling us to chill out, stop yelling and essentially letting it be and see how things turn out without adding unnecessary flourishes. Just relax and do the best you can and you don't have to make things complicated, which I think is a brilliant message to have when things start getting hectic.
I remember when the music video first came out when I was a little kid and thinking how much fun it would be to play with the clothes at the supermarket with friends and I don't think I fully took in a lot of the meaning of the song. I was too busy dancing around, singing around my friend's lounge room and doing some weird dance with her. It's a song that really played a big part of early childhood and I think still holds a really special place in the hearts of everyone in my generation. Belting out the lyrics are still something that happens at parties even fourteen years after when the first song was first released, that and 'Sk8er Boi'.
But back to the leeway justification, that things don't need to be as complicated as they first appear. It opens with telling us to chill out, stop yelling and essentially letting it be and see how things turn out without adding unnecessary flourishes. Just relax and do the best you can and you don't have to make things complicated, which I think is a brilliant message to have when things start getting hectic.
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