Musical Inspiration: Shock to Your System

 

As much as musical inspiration often lifts the spirits sometimes it accents a tough situation and makes you feel it a little bit stronger, in this case so that you can have a serious conversation with yourself to realize what you really are. What you are is lonely. Firstly I’d like to itterate that this Heartthrob album is on the top of my list of the most repeated right now. Tegan and Sara have evolved throughout the years and it has resulted in this amazing series of beautiful music. This song in particular though has struck a chord in me. Whatever I am going through right now this is exactly what I need.

This song for me sounds like a personal conversation with oneself about how you realize exactly how you’re feeling when something tough has happened (particularily being separated from the one you love), and that this has been tough, and that it is entirely okay to be feeling this way. That shock to your system has effected you tremendously but you will get over it because you realize now how you feel and can face it head on. What you are is lonely. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Now time to figure out how to heal better and at your own pace.

Get out and live your life.

You seem like you’re so restless, young at heart

Who gave you reason?

You should be out driving people wild

Who gave you reason?

You got a shock to your system

Knocked your heart right out of sync

You’re only meant to hurt once in a while

Who gave you reason?

You’re only meant to cry once in a while

Who gave you reason?

You got a shock to your system

Pull yourself out of it

I know that shock to your system

Knocked your heart right out of sync

What you are
What you are
What you are
What you are

What you are is lonely
What you are
What you are is lonely
What you are

You must rely on love once in a while

To give you reason

You must rely on me once in a while

To give you reason

You got a shock to your system

Pull yourself out of it

I know that shock to your system

Knocked your heart right out of sync

What you are
What you are
What you are
What you are

What you are is lonely
What you are
What you are is lonely
What you are

What you are is lonely
What you are is lonely
What you are is lonely