Hero of the Day

Metallica – Hero of the Day

Mama, they try and break me.
The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms no matter where they've gone.
They're off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?
Still the window burns, time so slowly turns
Someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your names?
Do you hear your babies crying?
Mama they try and break me
Still they try and break me
'Scuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now deservingly this easy chair
But the rocking stops by wheels of despair
Don't want your aid
But the fist I've made for years won't hold or feel
No I'm not all me
So please excuse me while I tend to how I fell
But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last through the night
So build the wall behind it crawl and hide until it's light
Can you hear your babies crying now?
Still the window burns Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames, can't you feel your names?
Can't you hear your babies crying?
But now the dreams and waking screams that ever last the night
So build a wall behind it crawl And hide until it's light
So can't you hear your babies crying now?
Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me Mama they try
mama they try
Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me, Mama they try and break me Mama they try
Mama they try

NOTES: I heard this song while I was running yesterday, not by choice; I just came across Metallica on my IPOD and decided to hit play. Now the first song rocked and it was good to get started because I really wasn’t up for the run but, that is the best time to run … when you have to have self discipline and commitment to get something done that you don’t want to do. It is a form of discipline that some many people in today’s society lack. So many have no strength and discipline and all they seek is comfort and weakness found in the niceties of life. Soft pillows, carpeted floors, lazy boy recliners, remote controls, and the list goes on. Sure I indulge in some comfort but for the most part my life is simple and comfort falls more in line with the natural law of economy of motion and conservation of energy. So I sit on lightly padded wooden furniture that is not the most comfortable in the world but each time I sit or lay down I am reminded that a Warriors life should be uncomfortable and disciplined so as not to create laziness and weakness. Anyway … so on my run the song switches from “Aint my Bitch” to “Hero of the day” and the music itself is interesting as it moves from smooth to harsh and the transition itself is musical excellence. And then the lyric “Mama they try and break me” and I think to myself how often in a day people try to break me of my Warrior spirit with drama and nonsense. If people could just live life day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute and not let their own useless thoughts cloud their judgments or blurt out useless dribble about nothing, how simple life would be. If they would just stop thinking, who cares about the thoughts that pop into your head, they are just passing clouds with no context. In theory they don’t even exist, other than in yours or their own mind. Who cares if Jack hates Jill or Jill called Jane a bitch, it just don’t matter. We should be either doing or not doing, not thinking! Does a deer sit and wonder if the other deer like them or not or how their hair looks today or that it is raining and it is a dreary day. Nope they just do what they have to do.

Ok … now on too “The window burns to light the way back home” … home is where you are always welcome and if you don’t have a welcome place to return to … a centering place, a place to feel grounded and relaxed then one can become lost physically or spiritually.

“But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way?” The world is an evil wicked and dangerous place, temptation is everywhere. It is there to steer us away from the road of the righteous and down the path of following our own egos. The many would like us to be like them, self serving and self concerning. The path of the Warrior is through service to others not to serve ourselves. It is easy (weak) to be lead astray.

All in all this song stirs many emotions in me and I felt I had to comment on it because it is stuck in my head.

Bye
GhostDog