There Can Be Only One - Cass McCombs
from the album Big Wheel And Others (2013)
Have you ever driven across a desolate plain towards a majestic mountain? When you first see it, your heart starts pumping and you start to speed up. A little later, you can feel the engine working harder as you subliminally begin your climb. Then more and more time passes and you think "Holy shit, am I ever going to get there." So you kick it in a little harder, you hear the engine hum, staring through the windshield at a mountain in distance.
That kind of sums up 2013 for me. I have set a course and worked my ass off, but I'm not there yet. Personally and professionally. When I look in the mirror, I see a guy who has aged at an accelerated rate. I am sun drenched and burnt, beaten and worn, but still kicking it into that next gear. I will stand on that mountain. There is no doubt.
I realized on a flight the other day that the music I've been gravitating towards matches the guy I see in the mirror. Songs like There Can Be Only One by Cass McCombs. The song has a burnt out vibe, but the beat goes on, never letting up. It may seem melancholy, but there is a determined optimism that prevails.
Sometimes music is the mirror.
Click Here to listen to the album version of There Can Be Only One.
Have you ever driven across a desolate plain towards a majestic mountain? When you first see it, your heart starts pumping and you start to speed up. A little later, you can feel the engine working harder as you subliminally begin your climb. Then more and more time passes and you think "Holy shit, am I ever going to get there." So you kick it in a little harder, you hear the engine hum, staring through the windshield at a mountain in distance.
That kind of sums up 2013 for me. I have set a course and worked my ass off, but I'm not there yet. Personally and professionally. When I look in the mirror, I see a guy who has aged at an accelerated rate. I am sun drenched and burnt, beaten and worn, but still kicking it into that next gear. I will stand on that mountain. There is no doubt.
I realized on a flight the other day that the music I've been gravitating towards matches the guy I see in the mirror. Songs like There Can Be Only One by Cass McCombs. The song has a burnt out vibe, but the beat goes on, never letting up. It may seem melancholy, but there is a determined optimism that prevails.
Sometimes music is the mirror.
Click Here to listen to the album version of There Can Be Only One.
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