Ryan - Running To Stand Still

SO, I WAS going to write my "intro" post lol but we have such a great topic this week, so I will hold off, yet again..for another week on my intro lol- im sorry :P

Anyways, this was easy for me. There is ONE band that i absolutely love.. that i have loved since grade 6, and will love till the day I die- are you ready for it????? ............... U2.

I have seen them in concert once unfortunately, but will see them again in July!!! If you knew me.. you'd know that I am obsessed with them. Anyways, im getting off topic and to excited lol...

The song that Is my favourite and really explains who i am is called ... "Running To Stand Still".
Interesting fact- I got the song title tattooed on my right Forearm- not many people know the song, so I usually have to go into detail about what it means to me.. so here we go......

U2 actually wrote the song about a girl from Dublin who was experiencing drug troubles in her life.
For me... its about struggling. My whole life, was a struggle. Dealing with an alcoholic mom and an abusive step-father. Not to mention... an alcoholic dad too. I worked 2 jobs at the age of 11, attended school, went to cadets, played hockey and baseball...and really didn't have much of a childhood. I had so many options to get "out" of the situation I was in.. but im loyal to my family.
It was a hard 8 years... and it felt like no matter what I did to push myself forward, I was always 2 steps back again. I'm sure everyone feels like this in their life at some point or another.. which is why i think its a very easy song to relate to.
This song has meant something to me since the day i heard it... It was like instantly, i fell in love with it. The beautiful acoustic guitar, harmonica and nice quiet drum riff... it was perfect.
So, this is my life in a song .. right here. A struggle to find happiness.. but it seemed like it never happened. In General- we work and work and work, but we still never make it ahead... financially, emotionally.. its all so hard- We run so hard and fast, only to stand still.

I did then, and i still am and probably always will be.... Running To Stand Still.

Lyrics:
And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was
Lying still
Said I gotta do something
About where we're going

Step on a steam train
Step out of the driving rain, maybe
Run from the darkness in the night
Singing Ha, Ah La La La De Day
Ah La La La De Day
Ah La La De Day

Sweet the sin
Bitter taste in my mouth
I see seven towers
But I only see one way out

You got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

You know I took the poison
From the poison stream
Then I floated out of here
Singing...Ha La La La De Day
Ha La La La De Day
Ha La La De Day

She runs through the streets
With her eyes painted red
Under black belly of cloud in the rain
In through a doorway she brings me
White gold and pearls stolen from the sea
She is raging
She is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes
She will...

Suffer the needle chill
She is running to stand

Still.