"American Dream"

This is prolly one of my favorite songs currently. I thought I'd share the lyrics for anyone who reads this blog (thanks, Matt; your one of the bestest online friends I have! :D) because this song is absolutely amazing. It's off of Switchfoot's 2006 album 'Oh. Gravity!' It's a great album; search YouTube or listen to a clip on Itunes of songs from this album...I guarantee you'll love it and find that you can relate to their music...some of it is pretty deep...it's nice. :)

Okay, enough advertising from me, lolz. Without any further ado--or sidebars--here are the lyrics to "American Dream":

When success is equated with excess
The ambition for excess wrecks us
As top of the mind becomes the bottom line
When success is equated with excess

If your time ain't been nothing for money
I start to feel really bad for you, honey
Maybe honey, put your money where your mouth's been running
If your time ain't nothing but money

I want out of this machine
It doesn't feel like freedom

This ain't my American dream
I want to live and die for bigger things
I'm tired of fighting for just me
This ain't my American dream

When success is equated with excess
When we're fighting for the Beamer, the Lexus
As the heart and soul breath in the company goals
When success is equated with excess

'Cause baby's always talkin' 'bout a ring
And talk has always been the cheapest thing
Is it true would you do what I want you to
If I show up with the right amount of bling?

Like a puppet on a monetary string
Maybe we've been caught singing
Red, white, blue, and green
But that ain't my America,
That ain't my American dream

The power of words.

Since when has it been okay for words--or even a simple "I'm sorry"--to be replaced by money and materialistic items?

Yes, money and materialistic items are all fine and dandy--and in today's society, whether we like to admit it or not, the key for survival--but words are so much more powerful than that. 

Words have been able to move and inspire people for centuries. They are used in self-expression and a lot of our favorite songs involve words (shocker, right? lol) which, in some way or another, connect to our feelings at a point in time.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a heartfelt apology than a new outfit.