Though the name of the song is Boulevard of Broken Dreams, I listened it a lot of time while I was chasing my dream. I first heard the song when I was in high school. For the whole album, I remembered only this one. Someone interprets the theme of the song as “loneliness and sadness” because of the lyrics “i'm the only one and i walk alone i walk alone i walk alone i walk alone i walk alone”. People who live in an unfamiliar city alone may share the same feeling with the author. Especially when the city is getting dark, people walking to home by himself, it is true that the ideology of the song is about a broken dream. However I listened to the song each time when I was running. I used to be a chubby girl in the school. After I was laughed by one of my friends unintentional, I decided to start running. It was odd such a song about broken dreams cheered me a lot. I did not feel sad at all when I listened to this song. Actually when I was so tired that I decided to quit, this song made me more energetic.
At first when I decided to use running to lost weight my mom did not support me. She thought being chubby was not a bod thing for teenagers and she also thought running would waste of my study time. I ignored her protest and kept my routines of running every day. Actually running was a very good way for me to release pressure of my study.Even though my mom did not support me I keep running as a habit as a way of release pressure until now. Like the lyrics of the song, I may be a lonely person while I was running, I did achieve a good result both of my academics and sports.
Through you interpretation, I can feel how this song cheered you up and inspired you to chase your dream. Actually, I feel a little bit same as you did when I heard this song first. This song is really a good stimuli when people want to quit doing sth.
ReplyDeleteI decided to respond to your post because I also like this song. Furthermore, when I read your post and listened to the song, I remembered that I often jogged, listening to this song, like you did! As you said, the theme of this song is loneliness. I also agree with your idea that this song is not just sad. The lyric says “I walk alone” even if the dream is broken. I think it means, “I do not stop but keep walking in spite of loneliness.” The song encourages me to keep moving forward even if I am alone or have problems.
ReplyDeleteI love your story it is interesting how we can connect to certain songs and rhythms and how they motivate us. This is another example that sometimes words mean nothing; it is the spirit and the sound that leads us through the path of emotions provoked by the music. I’m so happy that this song helped you to achieve your goals and dream and the irony actually lies in the title of the song “Boulevard of broken dreams”.
ReplyDeleteYou have realized you dream to lose weight but I know you must have experienced the feeling of walking alone.You must have faced and overcome a lot of difficulties. I believe this experience will be your most valuable wealth.
ReplyDeleteI think you choose a good song, Shansha. I share with you the relationship with melancholic songs, I think they make you realize a part of our life that we are not always aware of. One of my personal quotes is "to find beauty even in the loneliness"
ReplyDeleteGood work
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