Monday, July 16, 2018

Solo

“As a kid, I hungered to be by myself. I had friends, sleepovers, but my favorite was being with nobody at all. After school, I’d hop fences and explore fields, finding places I thought no one else had ever found. When I went adventuring with other kids, they talked, or asked me to carry something, or stopped when I wanted to continue, or didn’t stop when I wanted to sit and enjoy a place, or they wanted to go someplace other than where I wanted to be. Spoiled. Self-absorbed. Introverted. Only child. I’m sure there are many explanations. Does not play well with others.”

Craig Childs
Emergence Magazine

3 comments:

  1. Sleeping, eating, daydreaming, all others I consider distraction.

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  2. I'd rather be alone than to wish I was.

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  3. Indeed. Reminds me of this song:

    "Wherever I May Roam" lyrics

    METALLICA LYRICS

    "Wherever I May Roam"
    ...and the road becomes my bride
    I have stripped of all but pride
    So in her I do confide
    And she keeps me satisfied
    Gives me all I need

    ...and with dust in throat I crave
    Only knowledge will I save
    To the game you stay a slave

    Rover, wanderer
    Nomad, vagabond
    Call me what you will

    But I'll take my time anywhere
    Free to speak my mind anywhere
    And I'll redefine anywhere

    Anywhere I roam
    Where I lay my head is home

    ...and the earth becomes my throne
    I adapt to the unknown
    Under wandering stars I've grown
    By myself but not alone
    I ask no one

    ...and my ties are severed clean
    The less I have the more I gain
    Off the beaten path I reign

    Rover, wanderer
    Nomad, vagabond
    Call me what you will

    But I'll take my time anywhere
    I'm free to speak my mind anywhere
    And I'll never mind anywhere

    Anywhere I roam
    Where I lay my head is home

    But I'll take my time anywhere
    I'm free to speak my mind
    And I'll take my find anywhere

    Anywhere I roam
    Where I lay my head is home

    \[Solo]

    But I'll take my time anywhere
    I'm free to speak my mind anywhere
    And I'll redefine anywhere

    Anywhere I roam
    Where I lay my head is home

    Carved upon my stone
    My body lie but still I roam

    Wherever I may roam
    Wherever I may roam
    Wherever I may roam
    Wherever I may roam
    Wherever I may wander, wander, wander
    Wherever I may roam

    "Metallica (The Black Album)" (1991)

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