Outside Reading #7

Stories can help encapsulate a time in our life. For example, the song Stop This Train by John Mayer had this effect for me. In the song, John sings. "Stop this train/I want to get off and go home again/I can't take the speed it's moving in/I know I can't but honestly/won't someone stop this train." I listened to this song so many times that it became ingrained in my mind and taught me about the continuum of life. The song also helps me to reflect on that time period in my life when the song was first released and I listened to it repeatedly. John sings, "So scared of getting older/I'm only good at being young." This part of the verse reminds me of the fear I had of getting older when I listened to it when I was younger. Stories like the one told in Stop This Train by John Mayer can become associated with a certain time in our life and allow us to reflect on them later.