My Rollercoaster. FREEWRITING

“And if home is really where the heart is

Then we're the smartest kids I know

Because wherever we are in this great big world

We'll never be more than a few hours from home

And that's important because I need to travel

I've had this itchin' in my shoes since I was just a little kid

And before I had a mini van I road the Greyhound bus

My mom would say "I hope some day you get paid for being Kimya Dawson”.”

—My Rollercoaster by Kimya Dawson.

This lyrics are taken from the song “My Rollercoaster” by Kimya Dawson. Some of her songs are best known for being the soundtrack of the film “Juno”. Although she is not very famous, I think she is a really good singer, not as ordinary and simple as other artists. 

From this lyrics I can understand her will of rebelling against what is “normal” nowadays. She has an impulse of living so strong that she just leaves home and what was the proper way of living, and therefore she actually starts living her life. 

“Wherever we are in this great big world / We’ll never be more than a few hours from home” — This verses are so simple and so complicated at the same time that I hadn’t thought about it in my whole life. And they are right. 

Home is where your heart is, but the question you should ask yourself is: Where is it? Is it with my family? With my friends? With my spouse? Is it lost in the woods or swimming in the ocean? Is it on the pages of a book? Is it hidden in a work of art?

The answer, from my point of view, is so simple: We don’t know until we know. 

-Irene