Live Like We're Dying

On my way to school on Friday, I flipped through the radio stations to be greeted by the familiar electric guitar sounds of Kris Allen's song called "Live Like We're Dying". My favorite part of that whole song is the first clause:

Sometimes we fall down, can't get back up
We're hiding behind skin that's too tough
How come we don't say 'I love you' enough?
'Til it's too late, it's not too late

I agree with him that at some time in our lives, we do fall and we feel like nothing can bring us back up on our feet again. But his next words explain why we can't bring ourselves back to normal. We're hiding behind skin that is too tough. We tend to put up a facade for the rest of the world to see; we don't want them to view the real person that we are. The reason that we become stuck in this pit we can't escape from is that we don't ask others for help. We feel that if we ask for help, we become vulnerable. The word vulnerable has always had a negative connotation, but it doesn't always have to have a negative meaning.

The next line in the song is built upon vulnerability. Saying 'I love you' is a huge step in your relationship with someone. By saying these words, you make yourself extremely vulnerable to the person on the receiving end of your exclamation. Once those words come out of your mouth, it is up to the other person to decide what to do with them; reject them or accept them. The last line goes along with the third line asking why we don't tell the ones we love that we love them until it's too late to do so. I think we begin to take our loved ones for granted once we've been around them for a long time. Even though they may know that you love them, it would be nice to remind them every once in a while that they do matter to you.

'It's not too late'. Kris nailed his point on the head with these four words. We don't know how long we have to live, but we do have this moment to live in. His main point in singing this song is simply this; we must live like we're dying because we are not guaranteed to live another moment.