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"Simple Life"
There's a breakdown on the runway And the timeless flights are gone I'm a year ahead of myself these days And I'm locomotive strong My city spread like cannon fire In a yellow nervous state I can't cut the ties that bind me To horoscopes and fate And I won't break and I won't bend But someday soon we'll sail away To innocence and the bitter end And I won't break and I won't bend And with the last breath we ever take We're gonna get back to the simple life again When we break out of this blindfold I'm gonna take you from this place Until we're free from this ball and chain I'm still hard behind the eight My city beats like hammered steel On a shallow cruel rock If we could walk proud after midnight We'd never have to stop To a transcendentalist, simplicity is honest beauty. That beauty comes from its natural way of fitting in with the environment. That is why they believed the single best way to live this simple life is by doing things such as planting your own garden. The song by Elton John called "Simple Life" is an example of simplicity through pop culture. " And with the last breath we ever take, we're gonna get back to the simple life again." One of the main messages of this song is about regaining a life that is simple. "If we could walk proud after midnight, we'd never have to stop." Another main message of this song is shown through this lyric as he is describing the freedom someone can have by living a simple life style. "Simple Life" is an example of simplify, simplify, simplify because the lyrics are about regaining a lifestyle and the freedom that comes along with it. "However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate property like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society." -Henry David Thoreau This quote is an accurate representation of what it meant to the transcendentalists to live a simple life and the reasons why they should live a simple. Henry is saying to not worry about getting new things because that takes our focus away from God and He will see that you choose society over Him. This quote also relates to living a simple life being Thoreau tells us to cultivate our property like a garden and that is exactly what the transcendentalists did to live their lives according to their beliefs. |