Burn out Bright

Just listening to Switchfoot for no particular reason today in the office.

The lyrics to this song totally caught me off guard. Don't know if it is the lack of sleep or what, but I found myself weeping and see my life and desires in them so much. I had never listened to this song closely because the music is fairly hard, and actually annoyed me a bit, but in retrospect, the music perfectly matches the "fight for it tone" of the lyrics. Listen to it if you can.

I mostly relate the the first line. Never did I want the mediocre Christian life. One life to live and then eternity. Too often I live as though this world and its pleasures are all there is. Forgive me Lord for not following you with total abandon.

Burn out Bright

Does it have to start with a broken heart
Broken dreams and bleeding parts
We were young and world was clear
Young ambition disappears
I swore it would never come to this
The average, the obvious

I'm still discontented down here
I'm so discontented

If we only got one try
If we only go for a life
If time was never on our side
Before I die I want to burn out bright

So a spark ignites
In time and space
To make it through this human race
You fight and crawl your way back home
But you're running the wrong way

The future is a question mark
With kerosene electric sparks
There's still fire in you yet
Yeah there's still fire in you

If we only got one try
If we've only got one life
If time was never on our side
Before I die I want to burn out bright

I can't clean up the mess I've made
I can't clean up the mess I've made

I can't sleep in the bed I've made
I can't sleep in the bed I've made

If we only got one try
If we only go for a life
If time was never on our side
But before i die i wanna burn out
Before i die i wanna burn out
Before i die i wanna burn out
Before i die i wanna burn out bright

If time was never on our side
But before i die i wanna burn out bright