"Shut Up and Get on the Plane"

"Living in fear's just another way of dying before your time"
Mike Cooley
The Drive-by Truckers

Ain't that just another cliche. But then again, what isn't these days. You just gotta' live your life the way that you need to. Don't worry about what your preacher or your friends or your bosses think, just do what you need to do to survive in this dog-eat-dog world. There is no need for fear; you'll just end up regretting whatever you didn't do.

"The Righteous Path"

"I got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas
I got a house in a neighborhood that's fading fast
I got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much
I got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch
I got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids
I got a couple of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid
I don't know God but I fear his wrath
I'm trying to keep focused on the righteous path"

Patterson Hood
The Drive-by Truckers

What are we trying to do in this life?
We go out and buy ourselves big, over-sized SUV's to impress our fellow soccer-moms and dads. We are told by the talking-heads on TV and by our families and friends that what we have isn't good enough. We don't let anyone in our lives, yet at the same time we let everything in. It is this prophetical "Righteous Path" that we are trying to stay focused on. We live in a world we have lots of debt and lots of fear. It's a scary life out there and even if it takes everything out of us we can still survive in this horribly beautiful world.