21 GUNS - Green Day

Do you know what’s worth fighting for
When it’s not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?

Does the pain weight out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Does someone break your heart inside?
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and i

When you’re at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul

Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn’t pass
Nothing’s ever built to last
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and i

Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it’s time to live and let die
And you can’t get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You’re in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky
You and i

* The lyrics of this song excluding the chorus,  intersects with my personal experiences.

            > I’ve been dubious of things that could make me stronger – the things that are worth fighting for, up to the point of losing myself in searching my soul.

            >I’ve already been hurt by myriad people but I have to keep those pains by masking those tears by smiles and laughters.

            >I’ve even questioned the existence of God, my faith has shaken

            > Something inside this heart has died – I have changed. That stupid girl has changed. She’s more stupid now :)       

* The chorus does not correlate with my life. And, I am proud. Giving up will never be for stepping forward. Giving up will never make you free. Giving up just make you weak. Giving up means losing . Giving up goes with death. It’s good I didn’t give up. And I stayed alive living in what I call “LIFE”.

* 21 Guns is the real song for humans because humans are naturally weak. It instills the idea of giving up to free one’s self from the struggles of life.It integrates the idea of giving up for it is an easy way out from the realities of “LIFE”.

* As to experience, it is really more relaxing to hear songs and sing those musics depicting human weakness. First, because it is easier to admit that humans are naturally weak than proving otherwise. Second, it is easier to go with the flow than to resist the current  to direct one’s self to the direction he really likes. Third, majority can not differentiate “humans” from “sub-human species”.

* 21 Guns is a good song. It had made me think deeper about human nature.