"In This Diary"
The Ataris

Here in this diary,
I write you visions of my summer.
It was the best I ever had.
There were choruses and sing-alongs,
And that unspoken feeling of knowing
Right now is all that matters
All the nights we stayed up talking
and listening to 80's songs;
quoting lines from all those movies that we love.
It still brings a smile to my face.
I guess when it comes down to it. . .

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up:
These are the best days of our lives.
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
and eventually you'll finally get it right.

Breaking into hotel swimming pools,
and wreaking havoc on our world.
Hanging out at truck stops just to pass the time.
The black top's singing me to sleep.
Lighting fireworks in parking lots,
illuminate the blackest nights.
Cherry cokes under this moonlight summer sky.
2015 Riverside, it's time to say, "goodbye".
Get on the bus, it's time to go.

Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up:
These are the best days of our lives.
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
and eventually you'll finally get it right.

The moment I heard this song, I fell in love with it. Kind of low, but, this song really speaks to me. Well, the reason would probably be because its topic is about growing up, which we all know is something everyone can relate to. But this song mostly caters to teenagers because this is the time where we find out who and what we are. In short, it's a crucial part of our lives. Not to mention that during our teenage years, it is where we are trained for when we don't have our parents to lean on or in other words when we become adults.

I love to listen to music, well who doesn't? For me to find this song, is already sort of cliché, but it really just clicked with me. The message is already very common within the other songs, so I think the reason why I liked this song was thanks to the punk band, The Ataris. Must be because of their catchy melody or maybe the vocalist's voice. But anyways, its message is clear and simple. It is about how we should enjoy every moment of our lives before we lose the opportunity to. Especially, when you're a teenager, when it's understood that you have raging hormones, peer pressure and the whole caboodle. This is also the time wherein our responsibility, compared to the adults is small fry. So in the end we should try to make the most of it.