When I arrived in my old set of clothes/I was half a world away from my home/And I was hunted by the wolves and I was heckled by the crows/Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know....

Sometimes your path is marked in the sky/Sometimes you're forced to fit in between the lines/Sometimes all that you can do is say "No"/Darlin' do not fear what you don't really know

Phil Ochs - "I'm Gonna Say it Now"

(except, alas, that we are not)

-- AndrewCase -22 Apr 2009

Belle & Sebastian - "I Don't Want to Play Football"

Live, sketchy YouTube version

Lyrics

-- JosephLu - 21 Apr 2009

Mother, should I run for president? Mother, should I trust the government? Mother, will they put me in the firing line? Ooooowaa is it just a waste of time?

Such is the way of the world / You can never know / Just where to put all your faith / And how will it grow

Gonna rise up / Find my direction magnetically / Gonna rise up / Throw down my ace in the hole

The song is from the movie Into the Wild, which itself was based on a book that profoundly moved me in high school. I think the story is particularly relevant to our discussion of children running away from home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for inspiration.

-- YoungKim - 21 Apr 2009