This song has being in my head for quite some time, and day after day I’m neglecting my responsibility to write an article about this song, which has so much relevance in this 21st century world of ours. The song’s name is “Astronaut”, and it is by a band Simple Plan. All I can say about this song is that it has instigated me to figure this song out on keyboard, as well as I’m amazed by the fact that this song has being written by a punk rock band. Usually punk rock bands don’t write such song, but all i can is thumps up to this band for this song.
The song begins on these lines, the picture emphasizes the true meaning indeed
Today, the WWW or rather the social media has become an integral part of our lives, we spend way too much time checking our phone for how many likes we get on Facebook or how many followers we have on twitter, and this whole business of social media has made an alien(metaphorically) out of this human beings. People these days talk about the things that go on social media like Whats-app, Face Book, Twitter. They have lost the sense of actually talking to another human being, and even if they talk all they do is that they talk about what TV show they are watching or some imaginary events of some stupid nail-biting show. All this has unintentionally created a void in our lives, sometimes all these things going around me make me feel like an “astronaut” in the dead silent outer space. It has made me sceptic about many things about me, it has made me doubt myself, and has made me question whether there is problem with me, or is it just that I have drifted apart from this world. Has the world shrunk down or has it expanded so much that it has become like the outer space (metaphorically)?? I don’t deny the most obvious fact that I’m too also a part of the social media of Outer space, but this has created a lot of problems in everyday Hi!!! And Bye!!!
The Chorus!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes it makes me think that what happened to those stupid conversations we had in this everyday world about the quirks, jokes and funny incidences in our “Real Social Life”. Social media was created for making people connect with each other through shared interests, but the sin which has being committed by this media is that it has made people disconnect from their loved ones. If we the youth waste so much time talking about things that happen in some stupid/interesting sitcom, when will we have the time to think about giving back something to this world we live in. Have you ever imagined what has happened to those “lonely people”, who just want to have a normal quirky conversation with you, or just that they want someone to open up with their thoughts, have you ever thought about those people, those people who ever normal just a decade ago, and suddenly have turned weirdos in today’s time. this song has made me think a lot about this minute everyday events in my life, and well it is high time we start connecting with each other in real life before a time, we stop talking to each other in real life, and start conversing with the person besides us by Whatsapp or any messenger service on our so called smart phone. Undeniably it has made many moments in our life awkward, weird or just plain old boring.
The lyrics are just too good…..
Let this article be a serenade to all those normal lonely weirdos, in this 21st century world, who are struggling to strike up a conversation with their colleagues or a person sitting beside him. Let’s connect to each other in real life before we become like those lonely astronauts drifting apart aimlessly in that ever-expanding outer space of loneliness.
The source of images:
Endless Journey 