Those who love us best...

Have been listening to Big Star and The Replacements since Alex Chilton passed away some months ago. It all comes together when I listened to Bastards of the Young on my ipod while walking down Tenjin looking for Mandrake.

"God, what a mess, on the ladder of success
Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung
Dreams unfulfilled, graduate unskilled
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons

Clean your baby womb, trash that baby boom
Elvis in the ground, there'll ain't no beer tonight
Income tax deduction, what a hell of a function
It beats pickin' cotton and waitin' to be forgotten

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons

Unwillingness to claim us, ya got no word to name us

The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest
And visit their graves on holidays at best
The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please
If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
We are the sons of no one, bastards of young
The daughters and the sons"


As working adults, we can all identify with the lines "Those who love us least are the ones we die to please."
It's sad that "Those who love us best are the ones we lay to rest. Visit their graves on holidays at best."

We should spend more time with our loved ones and appreciate them. Even if the time is short, it's about cherishing the moment at hand, making every second counts.

Eternity or a day? Sometimes, a day is all we need to last a lifetime.