Written by Emma Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This time of year is, in my opinion, the best for listening to my favorite album by my favorite band: \u201cI And Love And You\u201d by The Avett Brothers. This album covers several themes, from moving to a new place, to teenage romance, to adult friendships, but there are three songs on the album that have really been speaking to me during this season of my life \u2014 that season being, of course, my senior year. Being home for Thanksgiving break and having all my family members ask what I\u2019d be doing after graduation really made it sink in. In May, I will be leaving and will not have the consistent routine of school that I\u2019ve depended on for so long. And that\u2019s scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third track on \u201cI And Love And You\u201d is \u201cHead Full Of Doubt\/Road Full Of Promise,\u201d which I think is a good metaphor in itself for senior year. I am doubting many things about life right now: Am I in the right major, do I have all my credit hours, where will I work after graduation, etc. But I have so much to look forward to after next May; the road is truly full of promise. As the narrator sings, \u201cThere was a dream and one day I could see it. Like a bird in a cage, I broke in and demanded that somebody free it.\u201d I\u2019m not quite sure what that dream will be after graduation, but I hope that I can achieve it when the time comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the sixth track, \u201cTen Thousand Words,\u201d the narrator confesses how badly he overthinks and gets caught up in his own head about things, to the point where he feels he has an expert opinion on overthinking. But he says, \u201cAin\u2019t it like most people? I\u2019m no different. We love to talk on things we don\u2019t know about.\u201d It\u2019s human nature to want to be viewed as someone who is knowledgeable, so we often give our opinion on everything, regardless of how much we actually know. Ironic to make this point in an opinion column where I\u2019m free to write about whatever I feel like each week, and that my column is named after this very song. (I liked the irony, though I try to stick to talking on things I do know about.) As a senior, I sometimes feel entitled to give my opinion on everything because I am older and thus wiser, but it is just as important for me to be the one listening and learning from others and appreciating what I can still learn from people while I am still here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 13th and last song on the album is titled \u201cIncomplete And Insecure,\u201d in which the narrator feels as if he has done everything in his life halfway, but realizes that maybe he needs to change. He starts by saying, \u201cI haven\u2019t finished a thing since I started my life. I don\u2019t feel much like starting now\u201d but later in the song says, \u201cBut watching you makes me think that that is wrong.\u201d Much like the \u201chead full of doubt\u201d sentiment from earlier, I sometimes feel as if I\u2019ve done things halfway or not well enough, and I\u2019m insecure as I\u2019m facing the end of my college career. But going into my last semester makes me want to finish strong and put my all into my last few months of school \u2014 here\u2019s to hoping you join me in doing so in the spring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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