Day Two

Funny the Way It Is
By: Dave Matthews Band

Lying in the park on a beautiful day
Sunshine in the grass, and the children play
Siren’s passing, fire engine red
Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this?
The evening comes and we’re hanging out
On the front step, and a car rolls by with the windows rolled down
And that war song is playing, “why can’t we be friends?”
Somebody’s screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs

Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Somebody’s going hungry and someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is, nor right or wrong
Somebody’s heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song
Laying out in a field in a lover’s kiss
Like a baby bird on a breeze or water to a fig
A bomb blast brings a building crashing to the floor
You can hear the laughter while the children play “war”

Funny the way it is, if you think about it
A kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out
Funny the way it is, nor right or wrong
Oh, a soldier’s last breath and a baby’s being born

Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing under me
It must’ve been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small. Remember how it used to be, with mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars? Watch the sky, the jet planes, so far out of my reach
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
Boy chase a bird, so close but every time
He’ll never catch her, but he can’t stop trying

Funny the way it is, if you think about it
A kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out
Funny the way it is, nor right or wrong
Oh, a soldier’s last breath and a baby’s being born
Funny the way it is, nor right or wrong
Somebody’s heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song
Funny the way it is, nor right or wrong
A kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out

Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing under me
It must’ve been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small.
Remember how it used to be, with mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?

When I heard this song for the first time, it got me thinking about how lucky I am to have the life that I do. I am so lucky to have the family and and the friends that I do, and it makes me so sad to know that a lot of people are not as fortunate as me. My family has been through its share of trials, but who doesn't? And the good always outways the bad. Recentely, I have realized that everyday is a new opportunity for success, and a new chance to experience those things that you never have experienced before. These realizations help me move forward into the next chapter of my life, with a new perspective on everything. Sitting here, next to my big brother with the possibility of him going off to war soon and my new 8 year old brother that we adopted reading in the other room, I know that I just have to open my eyes every morning and thank God for the beautiful things that I do have.